"Broadened my experience of living in some of the best ways I've ever encountered."
--Steve H.
Flagstaff,
Arizona
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"It was the most important gift I've ever been given. It helped me to be a woman who sees life as an adventure, a challenge, and a treasure."
--Donna W.
Evergreen,
Colorado
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The mountaineering adventure part of our curriculum is designed around different specific challenges that, when completed, result in each student’s becoming competent in
search-and-rescue techniques.
The first expedition begins on the third day of school and lasts for seven to ten days. Students spend five to seven days a month in the mountains, for a total of 50 days of training.
The final challenge of FMA’s mountaineering adventure program requires all students to complete a three-day expedition during which they build their own shelters and find their own food.
FMA students learn:
- Vital search-and-rescue skills
- Terrain navigation
- Map and compass reading
- Field first-aid
- How to construct survival shelters
- How to read weather signs
- Campfire cookery
Many years of training students and hiking have taught us that a positive and relaxed state of mind is far more important than size, power, or age.
All aspects of our mountain training are kept at a pace that allows each student to develop his or her muscles and mental processes intelligently and harmoniously. Because of the intentionally restrained and gradual process of development, all students are able to participate in all expeditions.
At FMA, students are encouraged to step out of their comfort zones, but not too far. The carefully balanced elements of reflective thinking in the classroom and intelligent daring in the mountains give our students the opportunity to learn vital life and leadership skills in a safe and supervised environment.
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