Rafting
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"It's a great way to meet people
and get connections to get outdoors,"
said Kat Smith, a trip initiator. "It
suits everybody and you don't have
to be a student."
The 24-year-old Smith just became
involved with the trips this summer,
and on Sunday initiated her own trip
in a six-mile white water rafting ex
cursion down the McKenzie River.
"I though it was a beautiful day,"
she said. "I love seeing other people
have a good day. Water is very healing
and (the situation offers) a chance to
reconnect with people."
For trip initiator Steve Carper, who
also joined Sunday's rafting expedi
tion, the Outdoor Program has been
an essential part of life since 1996.
Carper was a temporary employee at
one point and was introduced to the
program by a friend who invited him
out on a rafting trip.
"I can't imagine a relationship
without it," Carper said. "When I'm
away from it, I miss it. You meet dif
ferent personalities and people of all
ages where everybody contributes."
The Outdoor Program is also very
cost-effective. Guides are not paid to
lead trips and commercial permits
aren't required either. Rental equip
ment is the only major expense, so
trips cost about $15 for interested
students.
The program, which offers more
than 175 trips a year, functions on
four basic components. First, the co
op trips that are offered are the core of
the program, which is primarily fund
ed through student incidental fees.
Co-op trips include everything
from rafting to hiking to skiing in the
winter and even rock climbing.
"There is no limit," Geiger said.
"Over the years, we've had some re
markable trips."
Some of those trips include
Geiger's recent rafting expedition in
the Northern Yukon Territory on the
Firth River, it was the first Outdoor
Program trip above the Arctic Circle,
and it lasted for 11 days and covered
80 miles.
"It was incredible," said Geiger,
who was subjected to 24-hour day
light. Among the occasional hiking
trip that left at midnight, Geiger and
his crew saw all kinds of wildlife,
from grizzly bears to some 2,500
caribou.
Other adventurous trips in the
Outdoor Program's history include
the first mountain biking trip from
Tibet to Nepal and the first ever de
scent along Nepal's Camali River.
The second component of the
Outdoor Program is its events. 'Hie
year-round events include "how-to"
clinics and seminars about emer
gency ski repair and river rescue. Ihe
Bannf Mountain Film Festival and
ever-popular fall and spring equip
ment swaps that draw up to 500 to
700 people are among the Outdoor
Program's larger events.
"It's like a big garage sale or flea
market of equipment," Geiger said.
Geiger said he also enjoys the laid
back atmosphere of the swap that al
lows anyone to come without regis
tration or paperwork.
The Outdoor Program's Resource
Center, which sits in the EMU's base
ment, is the program's third compo
nent. Maps, guidebooks, magazines
and some small equipment are all
made available for students to check
out for free.
The final aspect to the Outdoor
Program is the rental program avail
able at the Bam, the program's equip
ment shed. The rental program al
lows students to check out virtually
any kind of equipment they could
need, from rafts to backpacks, but it
Jessica Waters Emerald
Andrew Orahoske maneuvers his inflatable kayak through the chilly McKenzie
waters during an Outdoor Program white water rafting trip.
does come at a cost.
Trips during the remainder of
summer include rafting on the
McKenzie River this weekend and a
more advanced white water excur
sion on the Upper Klamath River
Aug. 15.
Contact the sports editor
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com
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