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HMI Gap 2016: Lessons from the Desert

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 […]

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Semester 37: Medieval Feasts and the PSAT

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

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Semester 37: The Human Ecology of Leadville and 90’s Dance Parties

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

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HMI Gap 2016: Climbing and Conservation in the La Sals, Utah

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

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Semester 37: Second Expedition

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

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Semester 37: Second Expedition

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

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HMI Gap 2016: Back from the Sawatch Range

Hello there, parents, grandparents, friends, future gap students, and to anyone else reading! We just got back from our first expedition in the Sawatch Range outside of Leadville. We hiked around thirty miles over the span of eight days, with two days of climbing at a high alpine crag. We started the trip in unusually

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Semester 37: Cabin Reps, Open Mic, and Making Connections

This past week, each cabin elected a cabin representative! Our election process started with nominations where individuals elect people they believe will encompass the values we want to see in our representatives. Their roles are to take the voices of their fellow classmates straight to the faculty. Any concerns, ideas, hopes, and activities we want

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Semester 37: Fall Has Begun!

Classes have really picked up the pace here at HMI! In English, we finished reading A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean, learned how to cast a fly-fishing rod in order to gain a deeper understanding of the story, and moved on to reading Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. In USHistory, we have continued to investigate the system of education we’re

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Semester 37: First Week of On-Campus Classes

Semester 37’s schedules were packed this week as academic classes began. Last Thursday and Friday we had introductions to each class before beginning our regular class schedules on Monday. In history class, we discussed American identity and what it means to be an American, while in Spanish class we read about Latino immigration in America. In Science

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