Mr. Ramer is in Vermont, with temperatures almost below freezing. His friends and family are bundled up tight, attempting to ski the highest mountain in Sugarbush. The attempt is scary, and the view down is even scarier, but they make it down together with grit and perseverance. 

Mr. Ramer, a tenth and eleventh grade math teacher, spends his free time on the mountains of Sugarbush, Vermont. Through countless lessons with his family, they have mastered the slopes. 

“We went up to the highest mountain. It was 4,000 feet up and the view was beautiful,” said Ramer. Mr. Ramer appreciates skiing because it makes him push his limits and set an example for his boys. “Being able to push myself, and the willingness to push others has been enriching through my whole skiing career.” 

Mr. Ramer first went skiing when he was 12 years-old but didn’t ski again until he was 23, while working at Blair Academy in New Jersey. That’s when he and his wife decided to take some lessons together with Mr. Ramer’s father-in-law.  

 Now, the Ramer family has been fortunate enough to have Mr. Ramer’s father-in-law teach his grandchildren. “What’s been really cool is he’s now come full circle and has taught my boys after teaching me as an adult,” said Mr. Ramer. This experience has become more than just skiing, its become an amazing lesson through all generations by pushing each other and making each other stronger. 

 “I love going on these trips with my family, and I can’t wait to go on more each year,” said Landon Ramer ’30. 

The willingness to push others has been the reason for Mr. Ramer coming back on these trips with his family and friends. “You can always go beyond what you think you can do, and having that as a coach and leader, being able to push myself, and then able and willing to push others, I have to be willing to push myself.”