Hold Mine Hand: The Incomparable Wisdom and Humor of Young Boys (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615898438)

Tom has been instructing, guiding, and facilitat- ing outdoor adventure and hands-on learning ex- periences for 30 years. He is currently the Executive Director at Summit Adventure. He has also worked extensively with both the Colorado and Voyageur Outward Bound schools, the West Pines Training Center and as a consultant in a wide variety of cor- porate and educational settings including NASA, the Wharton School of Business, Johns Hopkins University, Toyota, and AirLife of Denver, among many others. He mixes humor, challenge, and reflection together to help people of all ages explore and expand their personal limits, develop their relationships, and deep- en their faith. Tom received his Master's degree in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University at Mankato and his Ph.D. in Educational Foundations from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has been a professor in Regis University's Graduate School of Education, and Fresno State University's Recreation and Administration department. He is also the main professor in Summit Adventure's Immersion Service and Adventure Semester-a fully accredited 17-credit interdisciplinary program held in California's High Sierra and Ecuador's Andes mountain ranges. In his free time, Tom reads, races bikes and skis, plays drums, and tries to spend as much time with Carey and the boys as possible. Tom can be reached at tomsmith@summitadventure.com.