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Comfortable in the Unknown: First Expedition with Fall Gap!

By Art Couture and JD Wilson As we first arrived at HMI, feelings of being in an unfamiliar place arose […]

Mavis Downey:My Growth as a Leader: an Exped Expert Going into my first expedition, the main thing on my mind

“A sense of place is both the emotional attachment we experience and emotional bond we create with particular environments based

Connor Holloway: Waking up in the morning is astonishing. I have a window that faces the entire campus. It faces

RMS V alum (Fall 2000) Dan Schieffelin has made thirteen trips to the South Pole in various professional roles One

Dave Clark-Barol (“DCB”) and Em Powers Ducharme have held a combined 21 different roles at HMI. They are without a

Laura Alonzo-Ochoa is HMI’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Coordinator and an active Air National Guardswoman When I was a kid

Group A: Lea Zwecker Third expedition, our last expedition with my HMI family, in the canyons of Utah. With 8

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Gap Spring Trek Written by: Sofia and Sara Sofia: Dear Mamma Patagonia, Thank you for the past 79 days. Thank

Hi Simon, welcome back to HMI! Can you tell us a bit about your new role and your connection to