Adventure seekers: FLC award inspires students to pursue outdoor dreams

Adventure seekers: FLC award inspires students to pursue outdoor dreams

Fort Lewis College students Carly Smith, Charlie Brockway and Carl Schnitker used a Seek Your Adventure Award to travel down the Upper Animas River and into the Weminuche Wilderness in summer 2019.
Vestal Basin sunset with sleeping bags stretched out and sleeping pads in place.
Imagine climbing all those slippery rocks to get behind a San Juan waterfall for a portrait. Fort Lewis College students love outdoor challenges and dress accordingly.
Fort Lewis College students, roped and ready, prepare to get to the top of Wham Ridge. They followed the outdoor dictum of having a safe group with a minimum of three companions.
Camp food is always the best grub argued President Theodore Roosevelt, and he was right. Fort Lewis College students prepare to eat dinner at their Needleton camp. Over the course of the trip, they also gorged on wild strawberries.
Fort Lewis College students Carly Smith, Charlie Brockway and Carl Schnitker pose for a group self-portrait before launching their adventure down the Upper Animas River.

Adventure seekers: FLC award inspires students to pursue outdoor dreams

Fort Lewis College students Carly Smith, Charlie Brockway and Carl Schnitker used a Seek Your Adventure Award to travel down the Upper Animas River and into the Weminuche Wilderness in summer 2019.
Vestal Basin sunset with sleeping bags stretched out and sleeping pads in place.
Imagine climbing all those slippery rocks to get behind a San Juan waterfall for a portrait. Fort Lewis College students love outdoor challenges and dress accordingly.
Fort Lewis College students, roped and ready, prepare to get to the top of Wham Ridge. They followed the outdoor dictum of having a safe group with a minimum of three companions.
Camp food is always the best grub argued President Theodore Roosevelt, and he was right. Fort Lewis College students prepare to eat dinner at their Needleton camp. Over the course of the trip, they also gorged on wild strawberries.
Fort Lewis College students Carly Smith, Charlie Brockway and Carl Schnitker pose for a group self-portrait before launching their adventure down the Upper Animas River.