By Alex Rabin and Emma Mitchell On November 9th we set out on our fourth expedition of the fall semester; a 5-day rafting trip on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon! We started the expedition by meeting our guides, Bec, Stevie, and John, all who were either current or graduated students from Prescott College […]
Rock Semester By Page and Sophie Our trip to the Canyons had a less than auspicious beginning–due to navigational difficulties, two of the three hiking groups had to tack on an extra four miles of walking on the road and mesa for a ten-mile first day. All arrived safely and hungry to camp, but soon
Trek Semester Written by Noah and Annika. When one imagines the desert here is a typical scene that comes to mind: endless golden dunes of sand, minimal water except for perhaps the tiny blue-green island of an oasis, a desolate wasteland: Bears Ears national monument, while a desert, was none of these things. Vast expanses of red rock
By Norah Adler, Joey Biehl and Liana Eisner. The place: Jacob’s chair region of Bear’s Ear’s National Monument. The time: “spooky season.” The people: stoked! It was around 8pm when we rolled into Gravel Crossing–a parking lot off of Gravel Canyon. Despite the day darkening, we were all giddy with excitement to start our next
When we departed Tennessee Pass on September 24th, we could not have predicted the conversations, laughs, and challenges ahead of us. Although our Trek community grew a little stronger every day, our 6 mile hike from Timberline to Virginia Lake stands out in particular. The morning started like most others had around that time in
HMI Gap Blog by Molly Grand and Abby Sieler The first two weeks of HMI Gap in the American West have been filled with LOTS of walking. We began at Sugarloafin’ Campground, where we had Orientation and learned how to set up a Whisperlite stove and a Mid Tent, divide up rations and pack our
Written by: Russell, Nick, & Annika We woke up to gloom and grey. We’d camped at South Willow Stream the night before, on the flanks of Mount Massive. After cooking breakfast in the rain, we started out on our longest day of hiking yet: 6 miles through the hail and rain. The showers of rain,
We are very pleased to report the successful completion of our Spring 2021 high school semester (HMI Semester 46) and Gap programming. HMI Gap students departed from Leadville on May 13; HMI Semester students departed on May 23. Semester 46 poses after the “Cabin Showdown Throwdown” competition in March The 49 students of HMI Semester
Part 1 Written by Ellie and Jonah and Part 2 by Georgia S Trek 1 Canyons: Part 1 Our first expedition in the canyons of Utah (near Moab) brought us lots of sun, rappelling, and brownie scramble. Very unlike our last expedition in Leadville, we spent most days in shorts and a t-shirt. For the
S Trek 1’s Winter Trip Blog! Written by Claire and Ben, STrek 1 After about a week of front country living, we were all itching to get outside again. As we embarked on the winter expedition, we learned to pack sleds, make water from snow, dig a winter kitchen, and take care of ourselves and
