"There is no force on Earth more powerful than the will to live." A Ralston

We just launched our latest Read it Forward, Between a rock and a hard place (the book the movie 127 Hours was based upon, if you did not know that) and all the copies are gone!  I hope you're one of the lucky ones to get it; if not, ask a friend to pass it along after they've read it.

We have some really great activities paired up to go with Aron Ralston's story.  First, we'll have a guest speaker from REI come and talk to the outdoor adventure classes as well as Dr. Hauwert, a professor from Southwestern University in Georgetown, talk to us about the caves underneath McNeil.

That's right; there are caves under our school.  And drumroll.....this is the biggest coup OF ALL TIME.  Dr. Hauwert has agreed to take a small group through the caves.

We are so excited we can hardly stand ourselves.

Actually, Mrs. Bligh and I haven't stopped high-fiving ourselves since  Thanksgiving break.

Stay tuned for the details on the cave exploration/ pick-up project!

If you've been under a rock and have no clue what I'm talking about with all the rock/cave stuff, check out Aron's blog (who doesn't have a blog these days?) or watch the clip below in which he discusses being trapped between a rock and a hard place (lest you think the title was merely figurative) while on a hike, alone, in Utah's Canyonland National Park.