As always, there was lots going on as we rolled into our last academic week on campus before third expedition! Last week, we had an extremely meaningful experience in community meeting. After splitting up into single-gender groups, we focused on exploring gender stereotypes. Each group was led through an activity that asked us to reflect on […]
Our third expedition will be much different than our other two expeditions. This time around, we have Student Expedition Leaders (or SELs) who will help make this expedition run smoothly. We got to vote for our SELs, and we’re excited about the leadership that they’re already showing. SEL responsibilities include helping to choose our route for the
As you may well have guessed, we’ve been busy here on campus! We’re rolling out of our third week of academic time since our second expedition. It’s hard to believe how quickly it’s all gone by. Our Family Weekend was such a blast—we enjoyed sharing this place that we care so much about with people
This second expedition can be summed up in one word: snowy! While we felt prepared with warm sleeping bags and lots of layers, we were still a bit surprised to be hiking around in snow up to our knees while summiting 14ers. We look outside now at two of these big peaks right outside Who’s
This is our last update before heading into the snowy wildlands around Leadville. We figure that if we’re working with people from the Colorado Fourteener’s Initiative then at least we’re not the only crazy ones headed out into the backcountry! We feel more comfortable this time around preparing for expedition—rationing food, issuing gear, organizing, packing
Since we’re sure that we’re going to miss our “traditional” HMI on-campus classes, we thought we’d dedicate this penultimate post before expedition to honoring those classes (even though we still get to work on them in the backcountry)! One of the things that we’ve been most excited about is our teachers. They are so passionate about what
Words cannot describe the pure feeling you get in the backcountry or the freeing breaths you take at 12,000 feet above all expectations and obligations. Words cannot describe the bonds you form with the people you share that time and experience with—the unspoken acknowledgement that you are both experiencing a rare and once-in-a-lifetime moment. You
Welcome to Semester 33’s first expedition! Before heading into the backcountry, we had two days of crazy classes, including pack packing, shelter set-up, hitch tying, and cooking. After issuing all sorts of personal and group gear and packing up rations, we loaded up the busses and headed for the mountains! Here’s a description of our
Woo! We’re finally catching back up. Two weeks ago on Saturday, we all enjoyed our second coffeehouse of the semester. We were more prepared this time and all put in a lot of effort for the big night, which, of course, turned out to be fantastic! Some highlights included: raps written by our very own (Cabin
As you can tell from our recent lack of communication, we are in the thick of it! We’ve been quite busy these past few weeks, from normal school work to prepping for SATs and AP tests. Way back when, on Sunday, April 27th, we all drove down to Colorado Springs to take a tour of Colorado College.
