“Tortuous Pathway” was a 9 days semi-outdoor PDA held during the period of 13-23rd of August 2022, in Bakuriani/Borjom-Khargauli National Park, Georgia. Project brought together 29 youth workers, youth leaders, teachers, trainers, educators from 8 different organisations in order to discuss the current challenges and issues of young people in Europe, specifically in the context of the global pandemic and its side effects such as lack of quality social interactions, over digitalisation of every aspect in daily life, (E.g. Online Schooling, Home officing, etc.) tension and anxiety, at times, fragile mental state, etc. Explore the role of youth work and youth workers in this process and introduce Outdoor Adventure Education as a relevant, effective, sustainable and engaging methodology to use in Youth work and education. The main aim of the project was to raise the quality and outreach of youth work by training representative youth workers and promoting more healthy, sustainable, up to date & learner-oriented practices in youth work. Project set the following objectives: - To explore and share current challenges of young people in Europe in post-pandemic period and identify effective and relevant steps that youth workers and educators can apply in their work in that regard; - To promote Outdoor Adventure Education as an effective, healthy and sustainable learning methodology in education and youth work; (With the specific focus on its multi-layer potential, including stress reduction, mental hygiene, physical wellbeing, etc.) - To explore and cultivate the potential and value of using nature in the process of young peoples’ learning and personal development; - To discuss the role of youth work and youth workers in the process of overcoming crisis situations, such as pandemic and climate change; - To improve participants’ soft skills and competences relevant for their work with young people; - To improve basic hard skills (trip planning, safety & first aid, risk management, etc.) needed for running educational activities within Outdoor Adventure Education framework; - To explore further possibilities of growing network and cooperation on this topic within the framework of the Erasmus + programme and beyond; Methodology of the PDA was based on the principles of non-formal education, Outdoor Adventure Education and Experiential Learning. Program provided extensive theoretical inputs alongside authentic outdoor experience for hands-on practice.