Eddie Jean – Colorado’s Rocky Mountains A lover of the natural world, Jordan Mullens is excited to share the beauty of our Colorado’s Rocky Mountains trips with her students this summer! Jordan spent her childhood exploring natural landscapes on land and sea around her home in Jacksonville, Florida. Beyond Jacksonville, Jordan’s family took yearly trips
Connor Murphy – Maine’s Downeast Explorer, New England Mountains & Coast Savannah Brusett grew up in the Pacific Northwest and didn’t take the beautiful setting for granted. Whether alongside her family of six, a group of friends, or her trusty golden retriever Ragnar, Savannah loved getting out and exploring, especially in the stunning Olympic National
Ryan Young – New England Mountains & Coast, Maine Coast Junior Emma Norton grew up on the seacoast of New Hampshire, a stone’s throw from the ocean and driving distance from the White Mountains, cultivating a love of the outdoors from a young age. Alongside her parents and older brother, Emma loved rowing, exploring museums,
Elliot Wilson – Vermont to Montréal Though Grace Leslie calls “The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes” home, she can’t wait to head east to lead our Vermont to Montréal trips this summer! Raised in Orono, Minnesota, Grace caught the bug for the outdoors at a young age exploring alongside her twin brother. After returning from
Michael Alberse – Cape Cod & the Islands Growing up on the New Hampshire seacoast, Joanna Papadakis’ love of salty sea air and all things outdoors runs as deep as the ocean itself! From a young age, Joanna spent her days adventuring alongside her sisters (they’re triplets!), setting up tents in the backyard and learning
America Coast to Coast. Guided by their leaders, Apogee students will ride 2,754 miles across 9 states and touch 2 oceans – all to cross 1 continent. But they won’t be riding alone; they’ll have support along the way. This year, two Apogee returners will tag-team the critical role of supporting Apogee students and leaders
Here it is: the moment you’ve all been waiting for… Support bios! These are the folks who keep the wheels rolling (sometimes quite literally) when there’s a bump in the road (also sometimes quite literally). We’ve introduced and celebrated all our incredible trip leaders, but we also could not make it through the summer without our
Can you believe that this year’s leaders will be arriving in Brunswick in just nine days? As we count down the final week until summer officially starts, we can’t wait to introduce you to this year’s epic America Coast to Coast and Europe Coast to Coast crews! Tim Gruber – America Coast to Coast We’re
Today we present a haiku from our office Can you guess which trip? * Eighteen days we wait ’til our great leaders are here Only eighteen days * Some travel afar They climb great heights, they frolic Alps Explorers rock Zach Nerod – Alps Explorer Sam Mengual is gearing up for her third summer with
We can’t believe that this year’s Apogee trip leaders will be rolling into Brunswick in less than three weeks! We’re looking forward to sharing our daily apogees, perigees, and kudos with each other (traditions that those new to the Apogee family will surely learn this summer). And while not everyone may be well-versed in A’s,