By: Olivia Box We’ve got quite the collection of stories and photos for our faithful readers today! On this day, there are only two West Coast trips running, as many wrapped up yesterday. Never fear, we have plenty to report from California, the Northeast, down south in Texas, and across the pond in Europe. Today’s
By: Isabel Janzen We had a bunch of bittersweet departure days and lots of exploratory excursions today! With all of our three week trips saying goodbye and many of our two week trips just ramping up, there’s a lot of variety in our photos today. Ah, the ebbs and flows of the Apogee summer. We
by Ezra Ward-Packard Hello everybody! My name is Ezra Ward-Packard and I have the privilege to be guest writing today’s blog (for the first time) while your regular word jockey, Will Vietze, is scampering around Acadia National Park with MCJ2. Today, like all days, is a big day in Apo-world! Two of our Maine-based trips
by Olivia Box Every trip we have is in the field today except Coast to Quebec and Maine Coast Photo – so needless to say it’s a busy one! Many of our trips have made it to final destinations such as Geneva, San Francisco, Edinburgh, and Seattle. Regardless of where our trips are in their
Skip to a Specific Trip: CI, NEMC, CRM, CSA, MCCE, DEXA, DEXB, VM, CRLS, CMCA, CMCB, MSA, NWXA, NWXB, PCA, PCB, SHX, AXA, AXB, ECCA, ECCB, ACC1, ACC2 Energy levels are high in the Apogee world today! Along with your standard mix of epic service projects, hikes, and rides, we have a few other milestones
By Willard Vietze Howdy, friends! Today is a bittersweet day at Apogee – I will be relinquishing my blog duties for the week to enter the field! In the meantime, enjoy the wordsmithery of Ezra and H.A.G.S (have a great summer). I will surely miss updating you on our trips whereabouts and all the fun
Skip to a Specific Trip: MCJ, CI, NEMC, CRM, CSA, MCCE, MCP, DEXA, DEXB, VM, CRLS, CMCA, CMCB, CQA, CQB, MSA, NWXA, NWXB, PCA, PCB, SHX, AXA, AXB, ECCA, ECCB, ACC1, ACC2 It’s Day 16 of the Apogee summer, and a sweet one at that! Today is a day of ups and downs (literally in
By Will Robertson Our summer turned fifteen days-old today! Instead of balloons and streamers to celebrate, however, we will settle for peaks and meadows. Today’s trips turned in an impressive amount of great views that are certainly worth celebrating! We’ll let the pictures speak for themselves as we celebrate fifteen spectacular days of Apogee’s 2017
New England Mountains & Coast (NEMC) After a successful day on the ropes course, NEMC tackled their first peak today, summiting beautiful Mt. Willard in New Hampshire’s Crawford Notch State Park. Fun fact: my dad wanted to name me Willard instead of William. Maine Coast College Essay (MCCE) A new group of essayists gathered in
Skip to a Specific Trip: MCJ, CI, NEMC, CRM, CSA, MCCE, MCP, DEXA, DEXB, VM, CRLS, CMCA, CMCB, CQA, CQB, MSA, NWXA, NWXB, PCA, PCB, SHX, AXA, AXB, ECCA, ECCB, ACC1, ACC2 There was some great city exploration happening today! In the northeast, CI explored Boston and further south CSA headed into San Juan. Furthermore,