Unique Himalayan Summer Adventure Opportunity

by Ariella Rogge on November 02

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We hope you are enjoying these early November days and are looking forward to the holiday season ahead.

We are excited to share information with our camp community about a new, unique international summer learning opportunity for older teens. One of our former staff member, Himanshu Thapa (known at camp as “Thapa”), is the owner/operator of an experiential and expeditionary learning company, Beyond the Wall, based out of Dehradun, India. Thapa spent two summers at Sanborn, one as a trip leader and counselor and one as our climbing coordinator.

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During his last summer at camp, in 2022, Thapa shared a presentation with some of our campers and staff that highlighted the successes of his company and his plans for the future, which included a trip specifically designed for older teens from the US. This trip would provide a on-the-ground perspective of life in the Himalaya, while taking advantage of the incredible outdoor adventures available in that region of the world.

Thapa and Beyond the Wall are excited to share that they have launched their Discover Himalayas Program and will be hosting their first course during the 2024 summer.

We hope you will take a moment to review and consider this unique opportunity to have an immersive, in-country designed, international experience.

If you want to connect with Thapa directly, please email him at

Enjoy the season!

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Ariella Rogge
About Ariella Rogge

Ariella started her career at Sanborn when she was twelve. After five years of camper and five years of Sanborn staff experience, she continued her work with kids in the high school classroom. Ariella and her family returned to Sanborn in 2001 to take on the Program Director role which she held til 2012. She and Elizabeth Marable became co-directors of High Trails in 2013 and then Ariella became the High Trails Director in 2020. In the fall of 2022 she became the Director of Sanborn Western Camps, overseeing the director teams of both Big Spring and High Trails. She lists mountain golf, Gymkhana, climbing mountains and making Pad Thai in the backcountry as some of her favorite activities at camp. Ariella received a B.A. in English from Colorado College and is a certified secondary English educator,an ACCT Level 2 Ropes Course Technician, an ARC lifeguard and NREMT and WEMT. She lives in Florissant in the summer and in Green Mountain Falls during the school year so she can stay involved with the busy lives of her husband, Matt, and two teenage sons, Lairden and Karsten.