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. […]
We had amazing expeditions in the canyons, and we can’t believe that we’ve completed the wilderness portion of our time at HMI! It has just flown by, but here are some of our great stories: Group A remembers a hot day along the trail—fourth mile of the day, sun beating down, map spread open across the orange
This week has been filled with laughs and smiles. We returned from spring break to hear about all sorts of interesting stories and experiences our friends had had during their vacations. Since returning and catching up with the HMIfamily, we’ve spent the past few days preparing for our third and final expedition. During this last expedition we
This week has been exciting to say the least! This past weekend was our college counseling weekend. We each got paired with a visiting college counselor who gave us some more advice on our potential college choices. While some of us came out of our meetings a bit overwhelmed with all the new choices of
We have been back on campus for a few days now, having returned from our second expedition skiing in the mountains of Leadville. We are relishing the luxury of wood-burning stoves, beds, and hot showers! The winter trips were, of course, really darn hard—temperatures were cold and building quigloos was laborious. That said, the experience
On Saturday, February 23rd, many students rose early and raced in or volunteered for the Leadville Loppet—an annual Nordic ski race held in town. Costumes, cold, and craziness were rampant as HMI cheered on both fellow students and Leadville residents who were racing. Student racers loved the tasty treats they received from aid stations throughout the race,
A little over a week ago, we emerged from our sleeping bags in southern Utah, covered in filth and, for the most part, feeling a little apprehensive about reentering the HMIcommunity. What would seeing other human beings be like? Having to attend school in a classroom rather than at the base of a large drainage or on
The journey to HMI was definitely that—a journey. We learned from the very start something that HMI is really good at—being flexible. Despite snowpocalypses across the country on the day we were supposed to arrive, we (eventually) all made it. We departed from the airport in small groups. There was much excitement in the air as we all made
When we wrote our last update we were looking forward to Parents’ Weekend, but now we’re excited to tell you about Parents’ Weekend, along with some of the other things that have been happening around campus this past week. We were quite excited to have so many guests on campus a few weekends ago. They flew in
Sorry it’s taken us so long to get this written for you! We had a slow time returning to campus from our last expedition since it was so snowy in Leadville. Seeing as we were a bit delayed, we focused on de-issuing efficiently so we could pack ourselves up for Thanksgiving break! Now that we’ve
