During a typical summer, I spend my days backpacking across the Sierra Nevada mountain range as an Outward Bound Instructor. These past few months, however, have been quite a change from my typical schedule. During this time of the pandemic,...
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My high school experience was mundane and ordinary. I enjoyed my time in school, participated in sports and extracurricular activities, but I wasn’t excelling. My time in the classroom felt mandatory and uninspiring. I was going through the motions to...
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You’re standing in the middle of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in California. You feel afloat in a vast granite ocean with peaks surrounding you in every direction. The fiery glow of another high elevation sunset is reflected onto...
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