HMI Rock Written by Cece & Nichola On September 25th, after a three day orientation on the HMI campus, Fall Rock 2022 embarked on their first expedition in the Sawatch Mountains. We packed out heavy 100 liter packs with all …
A Colorful Rainbow Welcome! HMI Gap staff await the arrival of students Gap students made their arrival to HMI’s campus on Thursday, September 22, where they were greeted by a stupendous rainbow! All three fall programs (Rock, Traverse, & Trek) …
I am writing this just as the stars peek out and the 12 of us get ready for our last night spent in Chile. The anticipation of going home alongside the memories of the past three months are bubbling up …
Rosa and Amelia are here to talk about our last expedition together. As a culmination of everything we’ve learned about living in the backcountry this semester, the students worked together to plan one final trek, led by our fearless Student …
By Claire Sutton, Assistant Director, HMI Gap The size of HMI’s Gap Program has more than doubled since the beginning of the pandemic. It did not always feel like this would be the case. In May 2020, the HMI Gap …
Hey everybody! It’s Kosi with an update from the field. The ice fields exped was incredible. Here is a day by day. Day 1: Starting again We woke up and the world was dark. Louis and Amelia drove us from …
What a wonderful and chaotic trip!!! Lily and Lydia are here to talk about our most recent trip to Cerro Castillo National Park. his trip was by far the one with the best views, but it also had the most unplanned …
What a wet (but wonderful) week! We are currently back at Las Natalias in Futaleufú decompressing from a once-in-a-lifetime experience on a world renowned river, the Futaleufú. Brett here! One thing that I find really amazing about this experience is …
“Trip of spontaneity” Day 1: Driven before hiking 30 minutes Erwin’s house Day 2: Lamb slaughter, ferry, driven to Melvina’s Day 3: Melvina gave us a tour of her farm and told us about farm life; chores around the farm; …
Spring Trek’s First Update From Patagonia! After 13 days in the backcountry, we are all back “home” happy and healthy in Chile Chico. And we have had quite an adventure over the past two weeks! We started off with a …