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& Views
- Jun, 1991 Issue |
Wilderness Conquest History
(Now Known As Wilderness Quest)
(208) 552-1080
Larry Wells, Founder
The Wilderness Conquest Inc.
vision began in Idaho in 1971 as Expedition Outreach Inc. Expedition
Outreach Inc. conducted programs throughout the western states for juvenile
and adult correction agencies. In 1973 they designed and conducted the
wilderness phase for VisionQuest now known for their wagon trains. In
1982 they designed and conducted the wilderness program for the School
of Urban and Wilderness Survival, the first wilderness treatment program
to market to the general public. In 1984 they developed the long term
60 day "specialty program."
Then, in 1988 Wilderness Conquest
Inc. was incorporated and national marketing began to the general public
to allow a preventative approach. In 1989 the Family Enhancement Phase
was added to the program tying the treatment together with the family
system. In May of 1990 the field office was moved to Monticello, Utah
leaving the admissions office in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Larry Wells, founder of Wilderness
Conquest Inc., was featured on Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story in
1986. WCI is a family run operation with Karen Wells as the Family Coordinator,
Larry the Program Director and a daughter Anngela Ritter the Admissions
Director. Field Staff usually consists of 10 instructors in the field.
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