Embodying Nature by Ella Black-Andrade
The harmony of the birds as they sing into the blissful breeze embracing the beauty of the day. The peaceful rush of the creek as she travels through the land
Navigating the Snowcrests by Sage Stirratt
WRFI has a tradition of assigning roles to each student in a course, one of these roles being leader of the day. For Restoration Ecology 1, the first backpacking trip
Once Upon a Harsh Day by Piper Loeffelholz
I have had plenty of experience in backcountry camping, even before I joined WRFI. I have backpacked through the Wind River Range to the Cirque of the Towers, and canoed
Fear Hates Funny by Sydney Hayes
I think if you were to ask a group of nine strangers how long it would take them to feel like they have known each other their whole lives, they
Familiar Faces in Unfamiliar Land by Aiden Brossard
Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness is a gentle, unfamiliar world to me. Never in my wildest dreams have I seen mountains so stoic or rivers so clear. The bellow of a
Touring My Reality by Yixuan Li
December 26, the day after Christmas, New York woke up from its holiday slumber. It was on this lazy afternoon that I took my sister on a tour of our
Where Trust Takes Root by Uma Champe
Together we knelt inspecting the grasses that to me blurred into a uniform mass of browns and greens, but to Steve Charter were unique. A tiny microcosm of life that
The List by Toni Kozich
At the beginning of this trip, I wrote down a list of everything I was nervous about– a typical journal activity of mine, a title of “what I’m nervous about”
Invisible Forces by Evelyn Bomann
“This machine, your body, is stronger than you think. Trust it.” Rock, one of our hosts in Rygate Montana told my Cycle the Rockies cohort this on our fourth day
Make Sure It’s Fun by Aileen Kearney
We walk into the lush backyard of Elizabeth Wood’s home in Roundup, Montana. Sunlight filters through the tall trees that surround the area, making it feel like we are in