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22Aug, 2023

Life on Grey Jay Way

Drive down County Road 5A and you’ll see a new driveway just before the turn on to main campus—Grey Jay Way. Drive down Grey Jay Way and you’ll find seven new homes, 17 residents, three dogs, and 19 chickens. With …

24Sep, 2019

Semester 43: Life on Campus

This week marks the start of our second week of classes. So far, classes have been very fun and engaging as we are all finally settling into the school routine after expedition. In math class we have been diving into …

20Sep, 2019

Semester 43: First Expedition

Group A: For 18 days, from August 24th until September 10th, our expedition group lived in the Sawatch region just outside of Leadville, Colorado. Our expedition group was split up into four tarp groups, which were the same as the …

23Jul, 2019

Between the Expeditions

July 13 Today we woke up in the wilderness and went to bed in our cabins. After long and exciting expeditions in the beautiful backcountry of Colorado, we got to come back to our beloved HMI campus for a week …

17Jul, 2019

Rejected from Harvard

We woke up at 4:00am while the sun remained asleep, and we fumbled in the darkness to find our headlamps. As we prepared our routinely plain oatmeal with sprinkles of sugar for breakfast, the cold morning air was filled with …

23May, 2019

Gear Up for Good

“In wildness is the preservation of the world.” – Henry David Thoreau Hello! My name is Chap Grubb. I went to HMI back in 2008, as a member of RMS XXI. My time exploring the wilderness with Molly and Danny …