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Oct 20, 2015
Today our challenge was to practice our listening skills with each other, learn how to talk about and discuss controversial topics, and then go out into the streets with signs asking a controversial question and listen to what peoples’ thoughts were on that topic. We started our day with taking the bus up to […]
Oct 14, 2015
Going into these two days, I had absolutely no idea what I would set as my personal challenge. I was caught up in my own perfectionism and putting pressure on myself to create the perfect challenge for myself; I wanted to challenge myself in every capacity in a way I never had before. After several […]
Oct 10, 2015
Today, the High Desert Center experienced its largest conflict yet. A battle for the ages: a fight between Pirates and Ninjas. A fight so epic that it included, squats, lunges, lizard-crawling, farmer walks, “ninja” jumps, and a full-body shark suit. it was a battle that would not only go down in history, but also burn […]
Oct 8, 2015
Imagine not being able to see, hear, use your dominant hand, or speak. Each one of us experienced to a certain extent not having these capabilities for the length of today’s challenge. As we experienced this, we were also rotating and teaching one another first aid techniques. Joey, Dave, Ben, Max, and I each taught […]
Oct 7, 2015
Today, our group’s challenge was for each of us to create a personal website, which will be our public online presence. While the technical work was a hurdle, the main difficulty was trying to figure out what you want your public appearance to be. Speaking for myself, Joey Phelps, I really enjoyed the entire process, […]
Oct 6, 2015
Our challenge began last night when Dev regaled our group stories of his past exploits in grad school. He went into detail on adventures he went on in the name of science before revealing to us that our challenge the next morning will be to create a science experiment from observing the area around us. […]
Sep 26, 2015
Today our group (Spencer, Joe, Kieren, Aubrie, and Dave) did the infamous makeover adventure challenge. This challenge challenged us to change our style, inside and out. A few of us got haircuts from Dave (el cosmetologist extraordinaire). We also acquired new clothes. We took on the roles of characters that we believed were very much […]
Sep 22, 2015
First day of new challenges in week two, with a completely new group! Today’s challenge entailed doing four radical acts of kindness, two on our own and two as a group. One as a group must be completed for recognition and one anonymous Spencer, Dave, Joe, Kieran, Aubrie, and Ari as facilitator started off the […]
Sep 17, 2015
Garbage is everywhere, in our homes, our dumpsters, and our city waste processing facilities. It’s undeniable that we live in a waste producing culture. However, living at the beautiful site in Paonia, we were inspired by one fact: everything was made of recycled resources. With the encouragement of Dev, we set out to follow in […]
Sep 16, 2015
It is the third day of challenges in the UA Adventure Semester. Today our challenge was to effectively argue the opposing positions on two subjects we had strong opinions and intuition about as a group. The topics we discussed were whether there should be more or less standardized testing in schools, and whether the moon […]