Lehigh Launch American West 2022

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Student Profiles

The 2022 cohort's tents below Dragon's Head Peak at the end of their first week of NOLS. Photo by Holly Fasching.
The 2022 cohort poses for a photo on their first NOLS summit at Dragon's Head Peak in the Wind River Range of Wyoming.
Holly Fasching, '26, poses on the summit of Dragon's Head Peak after her first week during NOLS in the Wind River Range of Wyoming.
A view over the Wind River Range of Wyoming during NOLS. Photo by Holly Fasching.
NOLS instructor Pablo teaches students about the South American drink, mate, while on the summit of Dragon's Head Peak in the Wind River Range of Wyoming.
Lizard Head Meadows in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. The team had their first NOLS re-ration here. Photo by Holly Fasching.
NOLS instructor Pablo Cuadra with Tino Chibvuri, '26, on day one of the three-week backpacking excursion.
Holly Fasching, '26, has laid out all of her gear for the three-week backpacking expedition with NOLS.
The 2022 Lehigh Launch cohort poses after receiving their NOLS certificates in Pinedale, Wyoming. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
The entrance to Mountain Springs Ranch in Boulder, Wyoming. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Trinity Trainor, '26 (left), inspects the drawing Adam Zimmerman, '26 (right), has made during a mindfulness lesson with Professor Barry Kroll. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Professor Barry Kroll analyzes the novel "Shane" with students. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Looking out over the Wind River Range at Sacred Rim in Wyoming. Photo by Holly Fasching.
Professor Jessica Moore teaching Wildlife and Conservation Biology. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
The living room in the main lodge at Camp GROW (Mountain Springs Ranch). Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
A Camp GROW canoe on the shore of Soda Lake in Boulder, Wyoming. Photo by Holly Fasching.
Students hear from Dean Clause, a wildlife biologist with the Wyoming Fish and Game Department. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
The Unnamed Lake near Scab Creek in Boulder, Wyoming. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
The main lodge at Camp GROW in Boulder, Wyoming. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
A horse at Camp GROW grazes in the sage brush. Photo by Holly Fasching.
Tino Chibvuri, '26, writes an essay for History of the American West with Professor Ann Noble. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Mr. Noble greets the Lehigh Launch students during the 2022 cattle drive. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Noble Land and Livestock drive their cattle downriver to winter grazing lands. Photo by Holly Fasching.
Sam Anderson, '26 (left), and Adam Zimmerman, '26 (right), prepare for a zoom call with students in the Lehigh Launch Ecuador group. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Tino Chibvuri, '26 (left), and Trinity Trainor, '26 (right), talk with the Lehigh Launch Ecuador students over zoom. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
The headwaters of the Green River in Wyoming. Photo by Holly Fasching.
Adam Zimmerman, '26, explores the sage brush. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Jenny Lake and the Grand Tetons in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo by Holly Fasching.
Students search for freshwater invertebrates in Lander, Wyoming. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Petra Oganovich, '26 (left), pans for freshwater invertebrates in Lander, Wyoming. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Cabin D in the first snow at Bishop's Ridge in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photo by Holly Fasching.
A Pueblo child performs a ritual dance with her mother in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
The Lehigh Launch students explore Petroglyph National Monument in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Lorraine Rwasoka, '26 (left), and Tino Chibvuri, '26 (left), at Petroglyph National Monument in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the first snow of the year. Photo by Holly Fasching.
Students sit along the Santa Fe River. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Professor Jennifer Jensen and students at Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos, New Mexico. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Three actors pose for a photo during a festival for the Day of The Dead in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photo by Holly Fasching.
Professor Ray Pearson conducts in-field water quality testing with students at a soda dam near Los Alamos, New Mexico. Photo courtesy of Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.