"The guides did not want him to fail the $3,175 course."

With all the guides' "help", he still failed, didn't he? Did he get his money back?

BOSS says then can only drink water they find, then take them where there is no water.

"...participants can drink water at the source only and cannot carry it with them."

They have a container, yet can't take it with them. Smart!

"He seemed capable of completing the hike to camp that evening."
Exhaustion, cramps, vomiting, slurred speech, delirium, collapse, cardiac arrest... "BOSS instructors can give water based on their assessment of a camper's needs." Isn't DEAD a little late, after a poor "assessment"?

This whole situation was stupid beyond belief. All BOSS did was take money to put their customers into a dangerous situation. It didn't really teach them anything that they might be able to use in the future. That "toughing it out" crap is just that, and nothing else.

I almost said that they would be better off teaching their victims to use their brains, but with BOSS, that would truly be a case of the blind leading the blind.

Sue