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Oct 14, 2015
For the past two days me and all of my fellow adventurers have been working on challenges that are not only self-designed, but also challenges that must be designed and completed by each individual independently. I had thrown around a few ideas, including fasting and refraining from speaking for a day, but was encouraged […]
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. […]
Oct 3, 2015
To bring an end to the third week of the Adventure Semester, new groups got together for the first time to be together for a mere two days in which they would design a challenge designed completely by them. My group threw around a few options, but eventually settled on learning how to reupholster furniture both for […]
Sep 30, 2015
These past 2 days have been intense for my group, and very accomplishing. We were the exercise group and we were true to our name. The first day our group (Joe, Katie M, Max C, Kieran, and myself) started out by waking up at 5:00 in the morning and driving to the base of Mt. […]
Sep 26, 2015
Friday activities at the Adventure Semester have the distinction of being participated in only by groups who have already seen every other group rotate through them. Every member of our group, as a result, had heard a good deal about the activity we were to participate in today, spending 5 hours alone in the woods […]
Sep 25, 2015
***Warning: Full Details of Chicken Slaughter – Only Read if Able to Handle It*** As I took a deep breath, I counted… one, two, three. Then came that unforgettable crunching sound. I stood still while I processed the fact I had just killed a rooster with a hedge clipper. Our group challenge today was to […]
Sep 15, 2015
It’s day two here at the Adventure Semester and today my group’s challenge involved questioning the validity of our beliefs. Since we had already heard last night’s presentation from yesterday’s group, we had a general idea of what to expect. Our first goal was to come up with every possible “PRO” argument for two statements that we had […]