Written by: Grace and Eleanor Hello! This is Grace and Eleanor writing to you all from a rainy and cold community park in a town we have forgotten the name of, somewhere in Utah. The past few days of rain have prevented us from climbing the delicate sandstone here in Indian Creek, but we are […]
By Art Couture and JD Wilson As we first arrived at HMI, feelings of being in an unfamiliar place arose in all of us. As our first days on campus went by, we began to learn some of the skills needed to have a comfortable time being outdoors for an extended time. Our first days
Mavis Downey:My Growth as a Leader: an Exped Expert Going into my first expedition, the main thing on my mind was how jacked I would be by the end of it. I had no clue that my biggest point of growth would not be quite as materialistic. Dirty, soggy, and on my last straw: that’s
Dear colleague, We are so pleased that the NAIS People of Color Conference will be hosted in Denver this December. Given that many of our partner schools will be sending representatives, we are organizing a tour of HMI’s campus that will take place on either Tuesday, December 3 or Wednesday, December 4, 2024. This free
“A sense of place is both the emotional attachment we experience and emotional bond we create with particular environments based on our own cultural backgrounds and/or personal perspectives” says Running for Public Lands (RPL) board president Vic Thasiah in a recent Q&A reflection on RPL’s Camp and Run event, held in our own Leadville, Colorado
RMS V alum (Fall 2000) Dan Schieffelin has made thirteen trips to the South Pole in various professional roles One of the most frequent questions I get asked when people learn that I have spent time in Antarctica is: do you see any polar bears while you’re there? There are no bears, polar or otherwise;
At 26 years old, HMI now boasts hundreds of former faculty, staff, and apprentices who have gone on to pursue diverse careers in education, the outdoors, and more. We recently checked in with five former faculty members (whose combined tenures span 3/4 of the school’s history!) about what they’re up to post-HMI. Nancy Hiemstra &
Dave Clark-Barol (“DCB”) and Em Powers Ducharme have held a combined 21 different roles at HMI. They are without a doubt HMI’s most versatile employees! We asked each to reflect on their winding HMI professional journeys–and why they keep coming back for more. Dave Clark-Barol I’m honored to be recognized as an HMI Jack of
Laura Alonzo-Ochoa is HMI’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Coordinator and an active Air National Guardswoman When I was a kid I used to get mesmerized by passing clouds. I would play outdoors until the streetlights came on. I was not an indoor kid. My brother used to negotiate chores with me, because he favored indoor
As I approach my one-year mark of being back at HMI, I have marked a number of “firsts” in my new role: first moonlight cross-country ski, first board meeting on campus, first time on telemark skis in twelve years… The year has been full of firsts, as well as first-time-in-awhile reacquaintances. One thing that is
