At the start of July, a particularly sporty friend–the kind who believes a vacay-day is squandered if it doesn’t include at least two athletic “adventures”–asked innocently what my goals were for my time here in the Tetons. “Goals? Are you kidding? I come up here to get away from goals!” Guilt–mine–set in before I’d put […]
After a long day of hiking up Mt. Langley, my prefect group arrived at the campsite. The temperature was dropping rapidly so everyone got some layers on. Grady (our prefect) got out his hacky sac. The six of us gathered up in a circle, and began playing. We all laughed at our mistakes. I looked […]
It was in late August that I first felt the happy dizziness of seasons spinning, doubling back and oddly moving ahead at the same time. There, topping the list of my Sierra campmates, was Nan, senior prefect to the 9th grade girls who’d be trekking together for five days (six, if you throw in the […]
I would safely put money on the fact that Thacher is the only school in the country where “new faculty orientation” takes place at 10,000 feet. When I was interviewing for my job in the admission office I heard about the amazing outdoor program with its week-long camping trips that are so central to the […]
The cool air of Golden Trout rushed across me as I quickly jumped into the four-person tent that was happily filled with eight warm classmates. After a long day which included hiking up near Cirque Peak and up the Mesa, it felt so great to relax and play BS with my prefect group. The winds […]
Already, life at Thacher has been filled to the brim with fun, learning, and everything in between. To kick off the school year, I went with the other freshmen on the Golden Trout camping trip in the Sierra Nevada. It was my first camping trip and I felt both excited to see the great outdoors- […]