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  • Eighteen students, faculty and staff trekked to the base camp of Annapurna in Nepal's Himalaya as an optional part of Professor Maurice Isserman's History and Literature of Himalayan Mountaineering course. Anne McGarvey '17 blogged from Nepal.

  • At opposite ends of the U.S. members of the Outing Club swam in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during the second week of spring break.  In Big Sur, California, a stretch of land along the coast about three hours south of San Francisco, nine students waded into the frigid Pacific Ocean waters.  Thousands of miles away, on the east coast, nine other Hamilton students paddled to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, where water from seven different states meets the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Mountains are a “defining characteristic of American culture,” according to Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History. He spoke about the release of his new book Continental Divide, a tale of American mountaineering, on April 7 in Glen House.

  • The weather threw a few curveballs at the two Outing Club trips that backpacked in the Northeast during the first week of Hamilton’s spring break.  While four students were climbing one of the High Peaks of the Adirondack State Park in New York, three other students trekked into the Pemigewasset Wilderness of the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire.

  • Though the winter weather in Upstate New York this year has been nothing but sporadic and unpredictable, it has not stopped the Hamilton Outing Club from getting into the woods and playing in the snow. However, since winter conditions in the Upstate region are usually much colder and snowier than fall or spring conditions, student Outing  Club leaders who have been trained to handle mild fall weather must be trained with a different skill to handle most extreme winter conditions.

  • Very few study abroad experiences offer a chance to be truly independent. While some may allow their students to pursue directed research projects, they are often within bounds predetermined by the program. However, during the first semester of Hamilton’s Adirondack Program during the fall of 2015, students not only had a chance to be independent in their academic pursuits, but they were also able to explore areas of interest outside of their comfort zone by way of internships.

  • Camping outside in January in the Northeast in a foot of snow with nothing but a foam pad and sleeping bag separating you from the cold earth might not appeal to many people.  But this past winter break, seven students braved the frigid Adirondack winter for five days in the Adirondacks High Peaks Wilderness the week before the new semester began.  This camping trip was “designed for Outing Club leaders who want to build their skill set and lead trips in a variety of conditions,” according to one of the trip’s leaders, Annie Emanuels ’16.

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