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Photo Stories: Refuge of Scouts

  • Climbing guide Dillon Diering, 22, left, helps Nirshika Neopany, 14, right, prepare for an ice climb at Camp Alexander at Lake George, Colo. on Feb. 17, 2017. The camp is run by the Boy Scouts of America.
  • Sapana Rai, 14, left, and Susmita Limbu, 14, right, work their way up during an ice climb at Camp Alexander at Lake George, Colo. on Feb. 17, 2017. The camp is run by the Boy Scouts of America.
  • Nirshika Neopany, 14, left, Sapana Rai, 14, middle, Jamie Stanley, 33, and Susmita Limbu, 14, right, prepare breakfast at Camp Alexander at Lake George, Colo. on Feb. 17, 2017. The camp is run by the Boy Scouts of America.
  • (l-r) Laxmi Adhikari, 14, Devika Subba, 14, center, and Susmita Adhikari, 16, right, wash up and brush their teeth early one morning after a night camping out at Bear Lake Campground in Lakewood, Colo. on Oct. 14, 2017.
  • Sostika Chhetri, 14, left, and Dechen Drukpa, 14, run into the Zapata Falls on Sept. 3, 2017. The falls are not far from the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, where the girls spent much of the day.
  • Sapana Gurung, 14, right, checks to make sure she makes the correct Boy Scout of America hand sign on Sept. 2, 2017 during one of their campouts. At left is Puja Rai, 14.
  • Laxmi Adhikari, 14, left, and Susmita Adhikari, 16, right, playfully talk to each other shortly after waking up after a night camping out at Bear Lake Campground in Lakewood, Colo. on Oct. 15, 2017.
  • Nirshika Neopany, 14, left and Dechen Drukpa, 14, right, laugh together before making breakfast at their campsite in Hooper, Colo. on Sept. 3, 2017.
  • Susmita Adhikari, 16, upper left, and Laxmi Adhikari, 14, center, are all smiles as they canoe for the first time at the Bear Creek Reservoir in Lakewood, Colo. on Oct. 14, 2017.
  • Morning light strikes across a carton of eggs which will cooked by the girls for breakfast at their campsite in Hooper, Colo. on Sept. 2, 2017. At center is Nirshika Neopany, 14, a refugee from Nepal.
  • Saruna Rai, 14, wraps herself in a blanket to keep warm after waking up the last morning of the campout in Hooper, Colo. on Sept. 4, 2017. Temperatures hovered around 50 degrees overnight, making for a chilly start to the morning.
  • Nirshika Neopany, 14, left and Sostika Chhetri, 14, right, pause before making breakfast at their campsite in Hooper, Colo. on Sept. 2, 2017. It’s not far from the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, where they would later visit for the first time.
  • Shrostina Magar, 14, left and Puja Rai, 14, right, unfurl a sleeping bag before placing it in their tent at their campsite in Hooper, Colo. on Sept. 2, 2017.
  • (l-r) Samita Subba, 14, Devika Subba, 14, Laxmi Adhikari, 14, and Susmita Adhikari, 16, play together during a campout at Bear Lake Campground in Lakewood, Colo. on Oct. 15, 2017.
  • Sostika Chhetri, 14, left, and Dechen Drukpa, 14, right, walk together after arriving at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve on Sept. 2, 2017.
  • Puja Rai, 14, left and Sapana Gurung, 14, right, prepare to ride down some of the dunes on Sept. 2, 2017. The crew spent a large part of the day at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
  • Dechen Drukpa, 14, looks over the landscape at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado on Sept. 2, 2017. It’s the first time she visited the park.
  • (l-r) Sumina Magar, 14, Sostika Chhetri, 14, Dechen Drukpa, 14, and Jamie Stanley, 33, gather water before making dinner at their campsite in Hooper, Colo. on Sept. 3, 2017. Stanley is the Venturing Crew advisor and is from Denver.
  • Sapana Gurung, 14, uses her headlamp to light the way at night at their campsite in Hooper, Colo. on Sept. 2, 2017. In the background are other headlamps used by the girls.
  • Saruna Rai, 14, left, and Sumina Magar, 14, right, sleep in the back of the van after they visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colo. on Sept. 2, 2017.
  • Susmita Adhikari, 16, center and Devika Subba, 14, right, keep warm by the fire during a campout at Bear Lake Campground in Lakewood, Colo. on Oct. 14, 2017.
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