“We work to play,” Ingman adds.

This summer, work and play will intersect for Ingman and Gibbs. After graduation, the two are packing up the “Cavy,” as they call their car, and heading out to Colorado for three months. He’s got a job teaching at Telluride Academy, an outdoor enrichment and adventure program in western Colorado. She’s waiting to hear back about a job from another outdoor learning academy in the area. Both are looking forward to the adventures that await them out West. But there is a drawback to moving to the mecca of adventure sports.

“The outdoor areas here are untapped and uncrowded,” Ingman says. “In Colorado, it’s going to be a lot busier.”