Our sacred duty as educators hinges on one essential thing: trust. The cornerstone of every nurturing classroom is trust; this is doubly true for outdoor classrooms. Expeditions into the outdoors are a journey into the unknown for many of our students. While typical outdoor classroom expeditions may not always be as exotic as my hike into Florida’s sub-tropical wetlands, they are nonetheless environments in which our students may not always be fully comfortable. And, for an ever increasing population of urbanized students, any venture into wild areas brings with it a substantial fear of the unknown.