By Jackson Ward from the University of Vermont After a quick siesta when we first arrived at Leo’s, she put us to work. We gathered branches around her yard, most of which had fallen recently after a windstorm. One pile…
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By Jackson Ward from the University of Vermont After a quick siesta when we first arrived at Leo’s, she put us to work. We gathered branches around her yard, most of which had fallen recently after a windstorm. One pile…
By Maddy Love of the University of Vermont Mo here, coming at you from basecamp with quite the story to tell about a band of fools that took on the greatest adventure of them all, collecting data for the Campesinos…
Ever sweatier, ever dirtier, more blistered and more tired, and more content. And the lingering sentiment: Thank you. That was incredible. What’s next?
By Travis Goodin from Westminster College Life is brought into the camp with an early sunrise and the soothing calls of the camp owners’ roosters and the native southern lapwing. As the breakfast crew makes their way out of their…
Our goal (team 4) for the day was to survey the Los Coigues trail and the remainder of the Los Carpinteros trail. We hiked along quickly, taking many data points, and only stopping to eat lunch at a lakeside beach, finishing the 12k day at 2:30pm. As we drove back to basecamp to return to the other 3 teams, I was left feeling grateful that I was able to spend the past days in beautiful Tamango, surrounded by wildflowers and songbirds, doing research I enjoyed.