Our Mission
Outdoors For a Change is founded on the idea that there is great value in the journey out beyond our comfort zones to experience the challenge, joy, and reward of venturing out into the wilderness. As participants stretch themselves in outdoor activities such as sea kayaking, rock-climbing, and backpacking they have the opportunity to not only explore the beauty of creation but to discover within themselves new vistas of power and courage.
Outdoors For a Change is founded on the idea that there is great value in the journey out beyond our comfort zones to experience the challenge, joy, and reward of venturing out into the wilderness. As participants stretch themselves in outdoor activities such as sea kayaking, rock-climbing, and backpacking they have the opportunity to not only explore the beauty of creation but to discover within themselves new vistas of power and courage.
Director and Lead Guide
Steve Harrington has been leading wilderness adventure trips for over 42 years throughout the United States and in select spots around the world from Croatia to Patagonia, from the Sea of Cortez to the Bahamas.
Steve has worked as an instructor for Outward Bound, Higher Rock Adventures, Presbyterian Wilderness Ministries, and Outdoor Adventures. He is currently a field instructor for The National Outdoor Leadership School, a kayak and wilderness medicine instructor for International Field Studies Inc. and serves as the director and lead guide with Outdoors For a Change.
Steve is an ACA certified Open Water Level 4 Sea Kayak Instructor, a High Angle Rope Rescue Technician, and is a member of a California Search and Rescue Team. He is a Wilderness EMT, a Master Educator for Leave No Trace Inc., and teaches Wilderness First Aid for both NOLS and ASHI. Previously, Steve served as a Nordic / Back-Country patroller for The National Ski Patrol and wrote his doctoral dissertation on the power of the wilderness to transform life and renew the spirit. Steve's passions are sea kayaking, rock climbing and all things outdoors.
Steve Harrington has been leading wilderness adventure trips for over 42 years throughout the United States and in select spots around the world from Croatia to Patagonia, from the Sea of Cortez to the Bahamas.
Steve has worked as an instructor for Outward Bound, Higher Rock Adventures, Presbyterian Wilderness Ministries, and Outdoor Adventures. He is currently a field instructor for The National Outdoor Leadership School, a kayak and wilderness medicine instructor for International Field Studies Inc. and serves as the director and lead guide with Outdoors For a Change.
Steve is an ACA certified Open Water Level 4 Sea Kayak Instructor, a High Angle Rope Rescue Technician, and is a member of a California Search and Rescue Team. He is a Wilderness EMT, a Master Educator for Leave No Trace Inc., and teaches Wilderness First Aid for both NOLS and ASHI. Previously, Steve served as a Nordic / Back-Country patroller for The National Ski Patrol and wrote his doctoral dissertation on the power of the wilderness to transform life and renew the spirit. Steve's passions are sea kayaking, rock climbing and all things outdoors.