<p>WOW quaere!! Thanks for all of the info. It sounds like he most definitely would not have a problem finding stuff to do in the outdoors. He can always come back home… we live in CA, on breaks and do his serious mountaineering stuff. It just sounds like all the schools that fit his kind of quirky personality are in the midwest. He is looking at some schools in the East but I just don’t think he will jive as much with the students. He is not interested in sports at all and would actually prefer a school that had almost no emphasis on them. That is also hard to find in the East Coast. He fell in love with Reed but I’m worried it will be just too intense for him. He likes to be involved in tons of activities and I think all they have time to do there is study. He would be miserable. He is a good student and loves to learn but there has to be more to life for him.</p>