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Sweet View - It is 5 pm on a late June day up in the Central Rockies.  You and your BFF are on a hiking trail at about 8500 feet when you come across a gentleman sitting alone, right in the middle of the trail.  As you approach you say hello, but he doesn’t respond.  [...]

First Descent - You are doing an alpine ascent of a remote 13’er in Colorado’s Collegiate Range.  You summit just as clouds and mist drop down to engulf you.  After a quick handshake with your three buddies you hurriedly begin your descent.  Somehow, in the thick clouds—like being inside a ping pong ball—you get off [...]

Rock Jock Doc - You and a friend are climbing at a local crag.  As you take a break to eat some lunch another friend who was climbing a couple of routes over, and who knows you took this cool WFR class, comes running up and, out of breath, manages to spit out that a [...]

Over the next eight days, many pre-meds will find themselves in one last push of proofreading in a dash to May 30th. Why? May 30th is the date that the AMCAS application is finally open for submission. This date marks the culmination of years of academic, clinical, research, and volunteer experiences for many pre-meds. Since the […]

Along the path to medical school, many students choose to pursue clinical experiences to complement their pre-medical schoolwork. From scribing to becoming a volunteer EMT, clinical experiences can come in all shapes and sizes, and finding the right experience can be as challenging as it is personally enriching.  In this article, we will explore the […]

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Yolo Abuelo Case Study - It is day two of a four-day trek to Ciudad Perdida, or the Lost City, in the foothills of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada mountains.  There are 17 of you, 15 gringos (almost all from Europe) and two local guides.  Everyone is trekking with just daypacks as the food and lodging are [...]

Glissade Aid Case Study - After reaching the summit you are descending Buckeye Peak, an almost 13,000 foot peak in Colorado.  You return to the top of the snow filled gully you laboriously ascended an hour or two earlier.  The snow is deep but the avalanche hazard low.  You pull out your ice axe—you’ve been dying [...]

Burn Out Case Study - It’s late January and it’s been a long couple of weeks at work; you’re feeling a bit crispy after lots of holiday family visits and way too much overtime.  You decide to head out for a weekend ski tour to a “secret” old mining cabin up above Breckenridge that you’ve been [...]

Going for the Gold – It is a beautiful September afternoon and the aspen are aglow.  You and three friends (the “over the hill” gang of 50-somethings) are mountain biking down an old mining road up near Telluride.  The brilliant fall foliage ignites your spirits and you and let ‘er rip.  You are doing Mach [...]