This kind of training originated in England during World War II. At that time, the Atlantic commercial fleet was repeatedly attacked by the Germans, many ships sank because of the attacks, and many inexperienced young sailors were buried at the bottom of the sea, but very few people finally survived after a long ordeal.
In view of this situation, German Kurt Hann and others founded "Aberdeen Weihai School", which uses some natural conditions and artificial facilities to make young seafarers do some psychologically challenging activities and projects, train young seafarers' maritime survival ability and survival skills after ships hit the rocks, and exercise their bodies and will.
After World War II, the goal of this kind of training has expanded from simple physical and survival training to psychological training, personality training and management training. Later, his good friend Lawrence set up an Adebayor Weihai Training School at 1942, which was the earliest prototype of outward bound training for young seafarers.
Outward bound training usually uses natural environment such as mountains and rivers to achieve the training purpose of "tempering will, cultivating sentiment, perfecting personality and melting team" through carefully designed activities.
Outward bound training, a very novel training form and good training effect, quickly swept the whole European education and training field in the next half century and developed to the whole world.
Experiential training is very useful. I suggest you go to Changsha, where there is a more professional Outward Bound College-Hunan Shiyan Lake Outward Bound College. In Changsha, all the training of No.31 School was completed there.