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Semester 54 First Academic Block: Ski Week, Casino Night, Skijoring, and Cultivating Belief in Oneself

April 11, 2025

Hudson Spyros Laughter and Stoke During Ski Week  When it was announced that we would be going to Ski Cooper, our local ski mountain here in Leadville, I was ecstatic. The goal of ski week is to prepare everyone for our wintery, second expedition into the backcountry mountains of Colorado. Additionally, we make sure everyone is somewhat confident on skis since we use them to travel to our campsites. Since I have been a freestyle skier from a young age, I was incredibly excited when the first morning of ski week rolled around. This served as my favorite type of class, skiing on a mountain, sharing in laughter, and being

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Semester 54 Second Expedition: Gratitude, Amazement, and Self-Discovery Amongst the Trials and Tribulations

April 10, 2025

Lily Currie Finding Positivity Through Moments of Gratitude Second expedition (the skiing expedition) was a grueling ten-day adventure filled with backcountry telemark skiing, building quigloos (a huge pile of packed snow that you dig out from the top and side and then live inside them), and pulling sleds through the Mosquito mountain range. Each day presented new challenges, from navigating steep slopes to never quite feeling warm in all my eight layers and -20 degree sleeping bag. However, despite the physical demands, I found joy in a simple yet powerful practice… gratitude. Every night, as we huddled around our winter kitchen or inside our quigloos, we shared moments of gratitude.

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