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Staff Highlight on Nathan and Alex’s Trip to the ADK’s
Feb 12, 2015 | Staff Stories
By Nathan Landis Thanksgiving–for many of us that word immediately conjures up images of a laden table surrounded by family, laughing, talking and enjoying one another’s company. This past Thanksgiving however, Alex (ADK summer staff ’13-’14) and I (summer staff...
Photo Contest Winners
Feb 12, 2015 | Adirondack Expeditions
Congratulations to our contest winners! It was fun to look through all of these wonderful photos and we had a hard time making the final decisions. All in all, we received 69 photos submitted by 26 different people and spanning over 30 years. Thanks to all those who...
Snowshoeing After Winter Storm Juno
Feb 2, 2015 | Adventure Pursuits
By Abby Foster It is often a common fact that when a snowstorm hits, we stay cooped up inside, bundled under our blankets, sipping on hot tea or cocoa. However, there are a select few who decide to bare the cold, and go out to explore what the snowstorms have left for...
Rock Gym Re-Route
Jan 29, 2015 | Rock Gym
As the activities at our outdoor challenge course close down for the winter, we gear up for a season of events in our indoor Rock Gym. In preparation, we have been doing some cleaning and re-routing of the climbs. La Vida staff members Dan Pfistner and Erika Gorgeny...
Staff Highlight on Joel Cox “Sharing the Dream”
Jan 29, 2015 | Staff Stories
Sharing the Dream By Joel Cox Over break I had the opportunity to return back to my motherland of Romania. Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is where my parents serve as missionaries and where my sister is finishing up high school. Coming home after having been gone...
La Vida- A Very Brief Early History
Jan 21, 2015 | Staff Stories
Photo Above From Left to Right: Rich Obenschain, Steve Oliver, Jim Kielsmeier By Rich Obenschain La Vida began in 1970 as a follow-up, discipleship program for Young Life’s newly acquired Saranac Village in the Adirondacks near Lake Placid, NY. There were many...