Mt. Ellis Academy students carried out the tradition of climbing Mt. Ellis, the mountain for which the academy was named. Many of this year's students climbed Mt. Ellis for the first time this year. Paul Curtis, the first boy up, made it in one hour, 11 minutes, and the first girl, Elizabeth Neuharth, followed 13 minutes later. Some years have recorded climbs by students in less than one hour.
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MEA students gather at the gate to start climbing Mt. Ellis.
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Johnson Turner, a ninth-grader from Great Falls, Mont., takes a break to relax and enjoy the view from 8,400 feet in the high mountains. It truly is a beautiful place offering a view for miles around.
Featured in: February 2004
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