{"id":5385,"date":"2022-03-14T14:42:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/?p=5385"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:42:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:42:57","slug":"lessons-from-the-colorado-rockies-by-benjamin-payne-1l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/?p=5385","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from the Colorado Rockies &#8211; by Benjamin Payne (1L)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Benjamin Payne (1L)<\/p>\n<p>Waking up at 5 AM sucks. It sucks a lot more when you\u2019re 7,000 feet above sea level and it\u2019s about six degrees outside. This is what two 1L\u2019s realized when we embarked on a week-long hiking trip in Colorado. Over the course of five days, we would summit five mountains, hike approximately 30 miles, and make connections that would last a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5388\" src=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2022\/03\/payne1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frank Morris and I traveled to Colorado Springs, CO, to meet up with renowned wilderness survival instructor Greg Wiggins and conquer some of Colorado\u2019s most difficult mountains.\u00a0 We would ascend Mt. Hermon, the Manitou Springs Incline, North Star Mountain, Cheyenne Mountain, and St. Mary\u2019s Glacier while battling Colorado\u2019s most intense winter conditions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5391\" src=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2022\/03\/payne4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few take-aways from our trip: Downhill is better than uphill. Your mind is stronger than your body. Sweat freezes. The easiest day was yesterday, and you\u2019re never as tired as you think you are. And the most important tool to have in a new and challenging environment is an open mind \u2014 a willingness to be humble, take direction, and embrace the unknown.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5386\" src=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2022\/03\/payne5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you are a student and would like to write for the MuseNews blog, please email Alex Clay Hutchings, Student Services Librarian, at <a href=\"mailto:ahutchings@richmond.edu\">ahutchings@richmond.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Benjamin Payne (1L) Waking up at 5 AM sucks. It sucks a lot more when you\u2019re 7,000 feet above sea level and it\u2019s about six degrees outside. This is what two 1L\u2019s realized when we embarked on a week-long<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5238,"featured_media":5389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36947,36494,96635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-fun","category-library-news","category-student-services-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5393,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385\/revisions\/5393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}