The students in Paul Geary's advisory found out exactly what "toboggan" means: sitting upon a flimsy piece of foam board and hurling down a snow-covered hill with reckless abandon and total disregard for preservation of life laughing all the way. Now if we could only figure out what "bells on bobtails" mean.

Jeremy Toupin and Dani Fowler begin the ascent of K2.

Tina Valenti hikes skyward to join Fowler and Toupin.

Fowler gets a helpful shove from Toupin as she begins "dashing through the snow."
Photos by Sarah Melville