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Each summer, the Outside Adventure Grant funds the dream adventure of a team of young aspiring explorers. The only requirements: The team of no more than six must be between the ages of 12 and 17, the expedition must take place in North America during the summer, and it must involve non-motorized travel through a wilderness area.

A panel made up of the world's best explorers will award the grant to the expedition proposal that best combines exploration, conservation, adventure, and potential for success. Then we'll provide the necessary training, equipment, and funding. Instructors from the National Outdoor Leadership School will help with training and tag along during the expedition. The team has to organize and lead the expedition, keep journals, and talk to other kids.

The 1999 Outside Adventure Grant winners, four nascent explorers from Wyoming, spent this past July caving beneath the Guadelupe Mountains in southern New Mexico. The team explored known caves and mapped and photographed ones that they discovered. When their expedition was over, the explorers were more impressed than ever with the beauty and fragility of caves, and more determined than ever to study them and dedicate themselves to their conservation. This coming summer, when they will be 18 and of age to do underground work, all of the '99 OAG explorers will work for the USFS in Carlsbad.