Boulder, Colorado has very interesting and unique geology compared to many other places in Colorado, or even the country. As you can clearly see the Flatirons are very unique for a rock, at least for the size they are. Even though the geology in Boulder looks all very different, it is mainly one single type… Read more »
Testing Has anyone here ever had a reality check? Heck, I have them all the time Mine came to me -far off in the wilderness By an old sage tree As I stood there this random rhyme came to me My heart said this Everything good seems natural And natural is the only thing free…factual?… Read more »
I lay looking up through the greenish leaves to the gray clouds splashed over the blue canvas, leaking water drops that fall and break on my face. Or, the lucky ones do, the ones that are not dashed on the green ledges created of leaves. The ledges of leaves straining their way upward and outward… Read more »
I went to see the film Death on the Mountain: Women on K2 for my outdoor clinic. I thought it was well done and fascinating. It was a documentary following the many different stories all of the women connected to climbing K2. First there was Araceli Segarra, a Spanish model/TV show host/Imax film star/mountain climber… Read more »
Throughout this past week, the most important item on our agenda was our community action project. We have had some difficulties contacting fire mitigation organizations that can accommodate us so we spent the first two days of the week focusing on that. We finally received some responses from groups that we can spend our four… Read more »
We have had quite a week of variety with a little bit of everything that kept us going strong without boredom. The four days in May project is getting along quite well and we really seem to be getting the information we need to base our opinions and decisions on for the project. I had… Read more »
This was my first week of Community Adventure Program, and I was totally excited. I
Needless to say, I was excited when Kappy, the Vice-Principal, came and asked me if I would like to get into the Community Adventure Program even though it was after Drop-Add. Usually when you see Kappy, it is not a good thing. And you kind of avoid eye contact until she taps you on the… Read more »
Another great week of CAP has passed, and it is time to review all the incredible information that we have learned. Tuesday we worked some more on the community action project, and everyone was assigned something to research. This took up most of the class so got down to the real learning on Wednesday. As… Read more »
I saw “Touching the Void”. The movie was about two climbers, Simon and Joe, who decide to climb the west face of Siula Grande, a mountain in Peru. The west face had never been successfully climbed, and never was again. It appeared to me that they came into it without a lot of information, near… Read more »
