What We Do
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The Plan
There are few places in the United States that are still as wild and demanding as the Southwest. Elk, bear, wolves and deer roam wild across the forests; hawks and eagles populate the skies; the desert is home to coyotes, lizards and snakes. For thousands of years, human cultures have existed, adapted, intermingled and flourished here. Since 1926, our expeditions have explored the wilds, the history and the society of the Southwest, always discovering more to see, more to learn, more to understand. Our founder, Hillis L. Howie, said it best: The plan is to leave civilization behind and spend the months of July and August in remote and generally unknown regions of the Southwest; to establish temporary camps in sagebrush, piñon, and big timber and at ruin sites, deserted mining towns, and alpine lakes; to investigate the fauna, flora, and geology of each territory; to set a standard of camping which will be a satisfaction to ourselves, and a model to others; to live a physically vigorous life, with a taste of the hardships which the early explorers expected. From this it will be understood that the expedition is not a sightseeing trip nor a deluxe dude ranch. |