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
After what has felt like months of working on our Human Ecology Projects (an interdisciplinary project between P&P and science), we finally got to take a deep, relaxing breath on Wednesday evening and celebrate our hard work. During the day, each student group presented their final multimedia project to members of the HMI community as well as
Just a few days ago, we were running five miles for AMX in what most of us would call a blizzard. As we reached the final stretch, our hoods were pulled up tightly, and snow was building up in our leggings and sweatshirts. All anyone could think about was that in just a few short days, we’d
After returning from an amazing second expedition and cranking out our group gear de-issue, we spent some time back together as a whole community. We started off the weekend with a Lake County High School football game! It was a refreshing welcome and felt good to be back together sharing fun stories from our time
We made it! While we’re glad to be back in the warm buildings of HMI, our expedition groups had a lot of great adventures. Each of the groups spent a number of days base-camping while doing trail work with the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI). Afterward, we spent some time backpacking through the mountains. While it seemed
