<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/6/summiting-challenge-building-confidence-howard-college-students-tackle-guadalupe-peak.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>06/12/2025</pubDate><title>Summiting Challenge, Building Confidence: Howard College Students Tackle Guadalupe Peak</title><author>Mick Sudano</author><image><img src="/_migrated-binaries/wp-content/uploads/g-peak-2025-1.jpg" alt="Summiting Challenge, Building Confidence: Howard College Students Tackle Guadalupe Peak article image"/></image><caption/><thumbnail/><description>Last weekend, a small group of Howard College students traded their usual routines for backpacks and hiking boots as part of the Adventure Club’s latest outing, a two-day backpacking trip to Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The destination: Guadalupe Peak, the highest natural point in Texas at 8,751 feet. Unlike a typical day hike, this was a full backpacking trip. That...</description></item>