mountaineering

My Four Peaks Trip of 1960

Aug 17, 2022 Comments Off on My Four Peaks Trip of 1960
Oct 6 @ 5:10 am

With five summers of experimenting with program activities and overnight trips, Cap Andrews, I think, was looking for something new to challenge those campers who had already “done it all.” Thus came into being The Four Peaks Trip, an overnight at Kite Lake above Alma, CO, and a one-day ascent of four 14,000-foot peaks.

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Mountaineering Memories: Hap Holly

Apr 23, 2020 Comments Off on Mountaineering Memories: Hap Holly
Oct 6 @ 5:10 am

I scaled my first mountain at A/U’s College Stampede. Those not wishing to ascend Collegiate peaks such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, or Princeton, were given the option to go on so-called cake walks to Harvard Lakes or Brown’s cabin. I reluctantly signed up the night before the climb to abuse my big, fine body climbing Mt. Elbert, Colorado’s highest peak.

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For this Middle-schooler, Camp Made a Big Impact

Apr 30, 2019 Comments Off on For this Middle-schooler, Camp Made a Big Impact
Oct 6 @ 5:10 am

Frank Scott was a camper at the A/U Ranches when he was a kid. As an adult, he stopped attending church due to heavy work commitments. Two years ago his brother, Bill Scott, encouraged him to start taking his 13-year-old daughter, Juliette, to Sunday School so she could come to camp. Here is Juliette’s story.

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