BRUNSWICK — Maxwell Verhey, 20, of Brunswick, Maine, recently completed an 89-day wilderness expedition traveling in the Rocky Mountains with the Lander, Wyo.- based National Outdoor Leadership School.

Verhey and his coursemates traveled to some of the most dramatic places in the southern Wind River Range of Wyoming. Students learned technical climbing skills, how to fish, and had formal classes on the greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, geology and land management.

Verhey also traveled 84 miles on the Green River through Desolation Canyon in whitewater kayaks and rafts, hiked a total of 164 miles, and learned how to build snow shelters, how to assess avalanches at a basic level, and ski deep powder.