Rock Climbing Group (F-Rock) By Jill Pollard, Forrest Peck, and Nick Jones We received a cold, wet welcoming to Ken’s Lake, a campground a few miles south of the town of Moab, Utah. After a six hour drive from Leadville, …
Wilderness Group (F-Trek) Written by Ally Pyne Greetings from the midcountry – a mystical land that is not quite the isolated escape of the backcountry yet does not offer the wholehearted interconnectedness of the frontcountry. In our past week living …
Wilderness Group (F-Trek) By Sofie Pedemonti When you think of disconnecting, what do you think of? Putting your phone on airplane mode? Leaving your phone in your room while you eat dinner with your family? Though these actions may provide …
Rock Climbing Group (F-Rock) By Lauren Hough and Tim Kim Imagine a box of Apple Jacks. Now take out the cereal and crumple the box. Submerge the cardboard box in water and shape it into a “pancake.” Slap ‘em on …
If you’re reading this introduction you’re probably interested in taking a gap year. My recommendation: Take the plunge! As HMI Gap’s new Admissions Associate my advice is, of course, biased, and it is based on my experience. Living, working and …
In Your Stoke Won’t Save Us, published in the March issue of the High Country News, Ethan Linck elegantly distills hundreds of thousands of Instagrams of adventurous people in dramatic landscapes into a single phrase: “Stoke has become an ethos.” …
Who are the students that choose to do an HMI Gap Semester? Becca Schild, Co-Director of HMI Gap, sat down with two of our fall 2017 alumni to hear about their interests, college plans, and gap year experiences. Nora Fried, …
My experiences in these past three months have shed light on an unexpected irony. In feeling incredible weakness, my knees buckling under the weight of my pack and my legs burning with each step through the rising snow, I knew …
Backpacking Group By Leo Polk and Christina Iwanski Three days after arriving in Chile Chico and getting acquainted with Chilean culture and prepping for our expedition through Parque Patagonia, our group of 10 set off on an unbelievable bumpy road …
Rock Climbing Group Written by Nora Fried and Ben Clouse Bienvenidos a Patagonia! Welcome to Patagonia! After quite the journey (3 planes, 3 bus rides, and a ferry), our group finally made it all the way from Leadville to Chile …