Today we welcome 27 students to an exciting summer in the Rockies. They join us from as far away as Venezuela, as close as Leadville, and everywhere in between. We can’t wait to see this community unfold, come to life, and take advantage of the Colorado summer; backpacking, rock climbing, and fly fishing await! Over […]
Our last week of Summer Term was packed with academics, reflection, and fun closing activities! On campus, we rushed to finish our final sense of place projects and tie up all the loose ends with respect to classwork, while off campus, we visited town one last time, ran the 4.5 mile Fun Run, and took
Expedition #2 – Sending and Peak Bagging Our second, weeklong expedition, in which we again split into three different expedition groups, was filled with climbing near Hagerman’s bowl and fishing various alpine lakes for brook, rainbow, and the beautiful, native to Colorado, greenback cutthroat trout. But, perhaps the crowning moment for many of us were
We had a busy but exciting week, packed full of classes with labs, discussions, and field trips! Sense of Place Humanities This week in the humanities portion of our Sense of Place course, we interviewed local citizens from the Leadville area. These people had a diverse range of ages, ethnicities, and professions, providing us
This week, even though most time was spent on campus and in classes, we were introduced to a few more new outdoor skills. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we divided into groups, half of us going rock climbing while the other half visited a few nearby lakes to fly fish. Climbing There was quite the spread
Having divided into expedition groups A, B, and C during our preparation, we were ready to head into the wilderness. Group A – wildlife on day one! After being dropped off on a dirt road about ten minutes from the HMI campus, we were ready to begin our first expedition. We walked for a quarter mile up the road while
When we arrived at the Denver International Airport, the terminal packed full of people all singularly intent on getting to their destination as quickly as possible, many of us felt a bit aimless as we scanned the crowds for any sign we might recognize. We all wandered about, huge packs and duffels slung over our
