Every year on October 2nd, HMI alumni from all over the country gather to celebrate HMI Day. HMI Day is always on October 2nd (10/2) to signify 10,200 feet—the elevation of Leadville. This year, over 100 alumni met up in …
Written by: Lia and Emma Hello from Utah! Our group has spent the last week camping and learning how to crack climb in Indian Creek, Utah–which is home to some of the best crack climbing in the world. For the …
Part One: Enjoying Base Camping’s Little Luxuries Written by: Ky and Pearl This past week has been exceptional. We feel a lot more connected as a unit and to our environment. There were tons of new and exciting memories made. …
Written by: Ryan, Veerle, Spencer Greetings from HMI! Life up at 10,200 feet in the heart of the Rocky Mountains is wonderful. We recently had a four mile run down to the National Fish Hatchery and back, along beautiful County …
Written by: Jack, Zack, Rory, & Lucas Group A: After a month of classes on campus, we traveled back into the backcountry. During the day, the warm air of the desert made us sweaty and tired and during the night …
Written by: Flynn and Haley Hello from snowy Leadville! We just arrived back after a pleasant month spent under the desert sun. Since our last blog post, we recently spent 4 days working with the Front Range Climbing Stewards to …
Written by: Montana, Ian, Leilani, & Chace This week in HMI academics, our studies took us from the base of Mount Elbert to America’s revolutionary past. In English class, we continued our reading and discussion of Ceremony, a novel about …
Written by: Josh and Laria I’ve been horizontal for 11 hours and caught about 5 hours of sleep. The wind has been assaulting our “tent” for about 14 hours. It’s a good thing Flynn was running around all night keeping …
Written by: Kevin Sun and Jack Viergever Hello from Chile Chico, the cuidad del sol! We’ve just come off of our 21-day expedition in the Patagonia wild. We’ve hiked through forests, marshes, mountains and many rivers during our time in …
Written by: Pearl Just two days ago, HMI Gap fall semesters came to a close. At the end of every HMI program, students do a Solo, during which they write their Full Circle, a reflection exercise to consider what they …