By Norah Adler, Joey Biehl and Liana Eisner. The place: Jacob’s chair region of Bear’s Ear’s National Monument. The time: “spooky season.” The people: stoked! It was around 8pm when we rolled into Gravel Crossing–a parking lot off of Gravel Canyon. Despite the day darkening, we were all giddy with excitement to start our next […]
Written by: Marina, Sophia, Lola Sunday, October 10th, we stepped outside our cabins to a soft carpet of snow descending from our porches. For most of us, snow in October was a rarity, and we all gathered in Who’s for Sunday brunch our first weekend back from expedition. Around 2 pm, we threw on our
Danny O’Brien, HMI Head of School Mo Copeland, HMI Board Chair A Letter from HMI’s Board Chair Dear HMI Community, As you all know, the High Mountain Institute has been fortunate in its leadership. Danny O’Brien has served as HMI’s Head of School for nine years, and before that taught and engaged with students in
Hi Lupe! Thanks for sitting down with us. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Where are you from and how long have you worked at HMI? I am originally from Los Angeles, CA, and completed my undergraduate and graduate studies in Southern California. My original plan was to work as an administrator in
Written by: Anna, Ben, Luis, Selayni, & Juliana Group A: As we thought about going on expedition number two, two things occurred to us. One: we would be hiking again… by choice. Two: there was no way that this exped could be nearly as life-changing, epic, and beautiful as the last one. It was unfathomable
When we departed Tennessee Pass on September 24th, we could not have predicted the conversations, laughs, and challenges ahead of us. Although our Trek community grew a little stronger every day, our 6 mile hike from Timberline to Virginia Lake stands out in particular. The morning started like most others had around that time in
HMI Gap Blog by Molly Grand and Abby Sieler The first two weeks of HMI Gap in the American West have been filled with LOTS of walking. We began at Sugarloafin’ Campground, where we had Orientation and learned how to set up a Whisperlite stove and a Mid Tent, divide up rations and pack our
Written by: Russell, Nick, & Annika We woke up to gloom and grey. We’d camped at South Willow Stream the night before, on the flanks of Mount Massive. After cooking breakfast in the rain, we started out on our longest day of hiking yet: 6 miles through the hail and rain. The showers of rain,
Written by: Ann, Grace, Sasha, & Marley The weekend started early Saturday morning with a lovely run to the fish hatchery with friends. We had Saturday morning classes and then some wood chopping (a favorite!) and free time. Soon after that, we loaded up the busses for an evening of fun. The drive was a
Written by: Iniye, Frankie, Jack M., Ryder, & Simrin So, you may be wondering what student life is like on campus at HMI! This week, Iniye, Frankie, Jack, Ryder, and Simrin write about chores, academics, cabin life, AMX, and weekend activities! Chores at HMI are definitely special. After Expedition, each student was assigned a chore.
