Wild Foods: Pemi’s Tastiest and Most Popular Occupation
A quick update on the Wild Foods occupation this summer.
Visiting Professionals
In addition to Pemi’s talented full-time staff, we are fortunate to have several people, all experts in their fields, come to Pemi this summer to offer their unique expertise to our campers. Whether they join us for one day or for a couple weeks, their talents are sure to broaden the experience for many boys. Above, professional photographer Andy Bale, who will be on staff for about two weeks.
A Pemi Primer
Life at Pemi involves some jargon with which neophytes may not be familiar. Here, then, is a Pemi primer: an introduction to the lexicon of the place.
Pre-Camp Newsletter
The first newsletter of the 2010 Pemi season contains important pre-season information.
Good vibrations: music at Pemi
This next blog item comes from Ian Axness, Pemi’s Head of Music. It’s his fourth year at Pemi, and he’s a 2009 graduate of Oberlin College (a place with deep Pemi connections) where he majored in Music History/Theory and worked on numerous music theater productions.
A brief history of “dope stops”
Of all the traditions at Pemi, the one with the strangest name is called the “dope stop.” For those unfamiliar with this term, let me first assure the curious reader that there is absolutely nothing drug-related about this tradition: “dope” is old New England slang for soda.
Inspection!
Just after breakfast each day at Pemi, there’s a magical moment when something incredible happens: The campers and counselors scurry back to their cabins, and clean!
Bean Soup
One of Pemi’s weekly highlights occurs each Monday evening, which is when the most delicious meal is served: Bean Soup.
David Pogue remembers Pemi
If you read The New York Times and have an interest in technology, there’s a very good chance you’ve read David Pogue’s work. He is the Times’ personal technology columnist, and he’s also a former Pemi camper.
White Mountain trips at Pemi
A Pemi day has a great, busy rhythm to it. But one of the most rewarding parts of a season at Pemi comes when that routine is replaced by a trip into the mountains, whether it be a quick scramble up to the bald, brisk summit of Pemi’s neighbor, Mt. Cube.
Packing the trunk for a summer away
These days, when I travel, I take one of two rolling suitcases I have. Both are convenient, and either will easily glide between the turnstiles in the subway in Boston or New York. But when I took my first trip to Pemi when I was a kid, I took with me what might seem like a much less practical item by today’s standards: a big trunk.
Mountain leadership in Olympic NP: Pemi West
In 1997, when I was 18, I traveled out to Crested Butte, Colorado, to take part in Pemi West’s inaugural season. We had a base camp at 10,000 feet in the Maroon Bells, and spent almost a month living in the mountains.