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Leader Bios: Meet our Maine’s Downeast Explorer, New England Mountains & Coast, and California Mountains & Coast leaders!

Batch number two of our summer staff biographies is now live! Read on to learn about the awesome leaders who will be leading our Maine’s Downeast Explorer, New England Mountains & Coast, and California Mountains & Coast trips! Leader Name: Megan McKeown (she/her/hers)  2022 Trips: Maine’s Downeast Explorer, New England Mountains & Coast Hometown: Verona,

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Introducing our Expert on our 2022 Maine Coast College Essay!

Have you ever wondered who the “master writing instructor” is on our Maine Coast College Essay trip? Well, look no further! We wanted to take this time to highlight one of the people that makes our essay writing program such a wonderful and productive experience for our students. Leah Siviski came on board as our

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Your Bike Helmet – the First Line of Defense When Riding

Ever since I first discovered the joys of cycling, I’ve been addicted. The sense of independence and adventure you experience from propelling yourself from point A to point B using only the power of your own two legs is unlike any other, and it has become one of my favorite activities. But just as with

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Apogee’s Environmental Stewardship Initiatives

You may have heard us say that Apogee trips are, first and foremost, community building experiences – and that the great outdoors simply provide the setting where our trips foster new friendships and confidence building. And while this is absolutely true, well, maybe we downplay the importance of the outdoors with that sentiment. The outdoors

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How To: Leave No Trace

If you are an Apogee alum and/or an avid outdoors person, then you have likely seen and heard the term “Leave No Trace,” or just “LNT.” But what is LNT? And, with a group of 14 explorers, how do we put LNT into practice on our programs? First, we’ll run through the general Leave No

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A (Mostly Comprehensive) Guide to Food on Apogee Trips

Meals are a huge part of every Apogee trip, and good or bad food can make or break an experience – which is why we work so hard to provide simple, tasty, nutritious, and plentiful meals – for all of our students, every day. The focus on meals during an Apogee trip starts at our

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Day 49: Undiscovered Territory!

Today is Day 49 of the Apogee summer – and that’s the first time we’ve ever been able to say that. For whatever reason, this summer happened to start a bit earlier and end a bit later than year’s past, which means that we’ve never actually had a Day 49 before (let alone Day 50,

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