Upon arriving in Chile over two weeks ago, after many hours of traveling, we quickly got to see the breathtaking Patagonian landscape and culture. We spent the first few days getting prepared for our most challenging expedition yet, shopping for our ration at the local grocery store, reviewing the route with the instructors, and mentally preparing for […]
Upon arriving in Chile over two weeks ago, after many hours of traveling, we quickly got to see the breathtaking Patagonian landscape and culture. We spent the first few days getting prepared for our most challenging expedition yet, shopping for our ration at the local grocery store, reviewing the route with the instructors, and mentally preparing for
Group A Group A began their third and final expedition with a long, energetic, and fun-filled bus ride that took us all the way to Fry Canyon. Our whole crew spent the first exciting night together, in sight of the highway, where one tarp group was given an unexpected surprise: an unconventional, two-sided tarp as
Group A Group A began their third and final expedition with a long, energetic, and fun-filled bus ride that took us all the way to Fry Canyon. Our whole crew spent the first exciting night together, in sight of the highway, where one tarp group was given an unexpected surprise: an unconventional, two-sided tarp as
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Hello from the desert! Since transitioning from the mountains overlooking Moab, Utah, we headed down to Indian Creek, the mecca of sandstone crack climbing. After one week there, and a short canyoneering adventure, we finished our time in Utah camped by the Colorado River north of Moab. We have been focusing on learning traditional rock climbing
Family Weekend is just around the corner and everyone is very excited to see their families for the first time in over two and a half months. Families will be coming from all over the country and even the world. We will be having families fly in from Australia, California, Massachusetts, England and many other
This week several of our classes have been focused around a human ecology project. The goal of the project is to learn about the history, identity, and environment of Leadville. On Sunday we had the opportunity to go into town and interview locals about how Leadville’s identity has changed since the town’s mining days. We
Coming to the La Sal Mountains overlooking Moab, Utah, we were promised relief from the bitter cold clutches of the Sawatch Range in Leadville. Instead, we went from balmy 37 degree weather to freezing teen-temps, suited for an ice box. An icebox is in fact, an excellent description of the campsites we occupied, which for
Expedition Group A started off the trip south of HMI doing trail work near Twin Lakes. We quickly became accustomed to hauling wheelbarrows full of dirt across a bridge to the trail site and tamping the dirt down. When we finished there, we drove north past HMI where we met with Liz’s group the next day to do more trail
