Events teach outdoor skills
■ WOMEN: Sponsors are
encouraging participation by
women in outdoor activities.
By Angie Suchy
Student Activities Editor
The outdoors can be a harsh
place.
But whether the outing is a
backpacking trip or rock-climb
ing expedition, women are no
longer limited in clothing or out
door options, said Cassie Curtis,
a McKenzie Outfitters employee
and founder of the week-long cel
ebration of women in the out
doors entitled “Women in the
Wild.”
“We want to raise awareness
about what’s available to women
nowadays as far as activities and
equipment,” Curtis said.
Events this week include a
women’s outdoor information
fair today in the EMU Gumwood
Room at 7 p.m., a panel discus
sion on women and the outdoors
in the EMU Ben Linder Room
Thursday at 7:30 p.m., a slide
show entitled “Woman on the
Summit” in 138 Gilbert Hall Sat
urday at 7 p.m., an indoor rock
climbing event Saturday at the
Crux Rock Gym at Third Avenue
and Lawrence Street, a raffle and
a possible silent auction. Pro
ceeds from the celebration will
go toward the Women’s Adven
ture Scholarship Fund, which
McKenzie Outfitters will award
to local women and girls for use
in taking outdoor courses
through area organizations.
Local participation in the
event includes co-sponsorship by
the ASUO Women’s Center as
well as a slide show presentation
by local high altitude climber
Heidi Howkins.
McKenzie Outfitters helped
supply Howkins with gear to
climb an 8,000 meter peak in the
Himalayas. After she agreed to
give a slide show about her expe
rience as a female mountaineer,
the idea for “Women in the
Wild” was born.
“Women are underrepresented
in outdoor pursuits, and this is
part of our ongoing effort to raise
awareness about what's available
for women,” Curtis said. "Putting
support into the community is
also important, so having differ
ent participants all seemed to tie
together.”
Support largely came from
manufacturers of outdoor equip
ment, who donated around
$3,000 in items such as back
packs and sleeping bags for the
event. The equipment will be raf
fled at the climbing event on
Sunday.
Curtis said women’s outdoor
gear is evolving as manufacturers
realize that “’unisex’ sizing does
not work comfortably for women
— scaled-down men’s smalls
don’t cut it in the rugged out
doors anymore.”
Curtis said that campus events
co-sponsored by the Women’s
Center are “helping promote
women’s issues in general, in
cluding outdoor exhibitions.”
“We [at McKenzie Outfitters]
have a strong tie with the Univer
sity, including employees and
customers, and we thought we’d
show support for the center as
well as join forces,” Curtis said.
U2: Ticket sales could be delayed indefinitely
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“Since it will be April before they
determine whether or not we’re
going to do the concert, I don’t
know when the tickets will go on
sale. I don’t even know how
much they’re are going to cost.”
Ticketmaster, the company
handling the ticket sales, plans to
make tickets available for its ma
jor performers, including U2, on
March 1. With the construction at
Autzen, however, it could be
much later until tickets are made
available for the band’s Eugene
appearance.
Seating capacity for the concert
is expected to be at around 30
35,000 people.
Walton said Autzen Stadium is
the largest venue between Seattle
and San Francisco, and she hopes
that by opening Autzen to
big acts, touring bands and per
formers will look to the venue
as a place to showcase their
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