Leadville, Colorado has come a long way in the nearly 30 years since HMI cofounders Molly and Christopher Barnes selected the town to be the home of their new school. At that time, the mid-1990s, Leadville’s economy was bottoming out. Climax Mine, Lake County’s largest employer for most of the 20th century, had closed the […]
Written by: Grace and Caleb We arrived in Moab on the 28th of October, excited by the prospect of climbing that would not destroy our hands as badly as Indian Creek. We were welcomed by a furious lightning storm, and Luke and Macy rushing to our tarps to tell us to get into a lightning position.
Waylon Zedonis Enjoy the Ride: A Bus Trek to Utah Going into our Second Expedition, we had an eight hour bus ride ahead of us all the way to the canyons in Utah, and another eight hour ride back. Initially, it sounded like a daunting experience. But, as we soon found out, itwas one of
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
Abraham Zepeta: Un Momento Como Este – A Moment Like This Ya sea despertarme a las 6:30 AM o después de mi clase de Español, a las 2:20 PM, cocinar con mis compañeres es una gran diversión. Tenemos la responsabilidad de alimentar al semestre, y cada día tenemos nuevos platillos para cocinar! Al terminar nuestro
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;
