The Blog of the West Wind

If you ask former Kabeyun trips counselors about their experiences leading wilderness trips, you’ll get an earful, in all the best ways. That’s what I found when I began researching…

When daily photo-sharing first emerged in the mid-2000s, many camps were quick to adopt it. Kabeyun, as it often does, chose a different path. Nearly twenty years later, we've revisited…

For campers, whitewater kayaking begins without any whitewater at all, in the sheltered Small Cove. It’s where we start small, learning to keep our boat straight and trying our first…

I’ve written before about the stages of camp’s ‘cycling down’ during the fall and winter: how things here can feel empty and quiet before the snow falls, and how that…

Kabeyun is saddened to announce the death of Bill French, a pillar of our community whose impact on camp cannot be overstated. Bill passed away on February 10, 2025, in Cambridge, MA, after…

Some of the most meaningful growth we experience at camp comes from enduring periods of discomfort, whether that’s getting on stage with a serious case of jitters, jumping in a…