{"id":799220,"date":"2019-09-06T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=370939"},"modified":"2019-09-06T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:00:20","slug":"local-students-participate-in-cmc-first-ascent-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/local-students-participate-in-cmc-first-ascent-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Local students participate in CMC First Ascent program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/190823-FP-SUM-first-ascent-carisch-climbing-684x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-370941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/190823-FP-SUM-first-ascent-carisch-climbing-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/190823-FP-SUM-first-ascent-carisch-climbing-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/190823-FP-SUM-first-ascent-carisch-climbing-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/190823-FP-SUM-first-ascent-carisch-climbing.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\"><figcaption><strong>Emily Carisch of Dillon took part in First Ascent, a youth leadership program, during June. Every summer rising ninth- and 10th-graders from throughout Colorado Mountain College\u2019s footprint spend a week based at CMC Leadville climbing, hiking, rafting and negotiating the campus\u2019s ropes course while learning confidence and problem-solving skills.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>First Ascent, a free weeklong residential program for ninth and 10th graders, brought 35 students to the Colorado Mountain College Leadville campus in June to build trust, solve problems, work on teams and gain confidence in the outdoors, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The group rock climbed at Camp Hale, hiked Colorado\u2019s highest peak Mount Elbert and rafted the Arkansas River while learning what it takes to be a leader and a team player, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Corbin Finley, of Breckenridge, and Emily Carisch, of Dillon, participated in the program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/190823-FP-SUM-first-ascent-finley-climbing-684x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-370942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/190823-FP-SUM-first-ascent-finley-climbing-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/190823-FP-SUM-first-ascent-finley-climbing-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/190823-FP-SUM-first-ascent-finley-climbing-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/190823-FP-SUM-first-ascent-finley-climbing.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\"><figcaption><strong>Corbin Finley of Breckenridge \u2013 with calls of \u201cYou got this, Corbin!\u201d from fellow students below \u2013 took part in youth leadership program First Ascent during June. Every year, rising ninth-and 10th-graders from throughout Colorado Mountain College\u2019s footprint spend a week based at CMC Leadville climbing, hiking, rafting and negotiating the campus\u2019s ropes course while learning confidence and problem-solving skills.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local-students-participate-in-cmc-first-ascent-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Carisch of Dillon took part in First Ascent, a youth leadership program, during June. Every summer rising ninth- and 10th-graders from throughout Colorado Mountain College\u2019s footprint spend a week based at CMC Leadville climbing, hiking, rafting and negotiating the campus\u2019s ropes course while learning confidence and problem-solving skills.Courtesy photo First Ascent, a free weeklong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-799220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 03:17:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}