Answers to your questions
What is the trip philosophy?
Our trips are much more like traveling with a group of friends than going
on a guided tour. Nothing is more rewarding than learning experientially
among friendly peers and creating your own outdoor adventure. Rather
than offering a series of trip packages,we encourage participants to create,
launch and fulfill their own adventure dreams or just join someone else's
dream! OP trip philosphy can be summed up in the following words:
Cooperative
Self-propelled
Noncompetitive LOW"COSt
Egalitarian
Participant Initiated
What kinds of trips are offered?
As long as a trip is aligned with the OP philosophy anything and anywhere
is possible. The OP has been all over the world: Tibet, Nepal, Cuba,
Northwest Territories, and South America to name just a few. Trips in our
own backyard are frequent; nearly every weekend we ski, hike, boat or
climb. Come talk with us about the possibilities!
Mountaineering
Rock Climbing
Kayaking
Mountain Biking
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What are the trip guidelines?
All OP trips are open to any qualified participant to join and all trips are
posted a reasonable time before the trip departs. Cost, decisions, and work
is shared on OP trips- this means that expenses are low, descisions are con
sensus based, and everyone pitches in to make the trip a success!
Shares Wort, Shgrgd COSt
Shared Decisions
Can you help me plan my own trips?
Yes, yes, yes! That's why we're here! Whether you're initiating an OP trip or
planning a private outing, the Outdoor Program serves as your backcountry
information center with libraries, boards, maps, videos, equipment rental
information and a knowledgeable staff that's ready to help you with trip
planning and preparation. If we don't have the answer to your outdoor
question, we know how to find it. Come by and visit us; you'll be amazed
at the array of cool outdoor information we have including:
Helpful Staff
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What kind of gear do you have?
The Outdoor Program has all the gear you need to launch a great adventure
or a simple day trip. Although we don't have the space to list all the items
here you can check out our rental gear on-line at
http://outdoorprogram.uoregon.edu. Here's just a quick list of some of our
more popular items:
Two-Way Radios
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Snow Shovels »afts
Campstoves
Snowshoes WetSUitS
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'GPS Units
Sleeping Bags
Kayaks
Who Can Use the Gear?
You can! OP equipment is available to all LIO students and OP Co-op
members (becoming a member of the co-op is easy and costs just $ 15/year).
The OP has 3 main equipment programs:
OP Gear Rentals
OP Co-op Equipment
OP Gear Rental program is available for private trips. The program has over
70 categories of rental equipment; check out our website for a list of gear
and prices: http://outdoorprogram.uoregon.edu. OP Co-op Equipment is
available ONLY for participants on OP trips; each trip's initiator arranges for
the rental of this equipment. The Allard and Casey Safety Library equip
ment is available for private trips; this program has cell phones, avalanche
beacons, GPS units, Two-Way Radios and more safety items.
Where Can I Find the Gear?
OP Co-op Equipment and OP Gear Rentals are both located in our trip
facility,"The Barn", located at 18th & University streets (346-4371) and the
Allard and Casey Memorial Safety Library is found in the OP office in the
basement of the EMU (346-4365). Information on OP Gear Rentals can
also be found at our website: http://outdoorprogram.uoregon.edu. For
details on any of the equipment or to reserve the gear, just give us a call.
Can I Get the OP Newsletter Mailed
to My Dorm or Home?
Sure! We'd be happy to add you to our newsletter mailing list. Just e-mail
Cindy at cherzog@darkwing.uoregon.edu, let her know if you're a student,
non-student, business/organization and please include the following infor
mation:
Your Name
The Date
City
Zip Code
You can check out
our website, call
us, write us a let
ter, or just drop in!
Find Dan Geiger
(director: 346-0636),
Suzanne Hanlon
(assistant director: 346-3730)
and Cindy Herzog
(office manager: 346-4365)
at the Outdoor Program
Office in the basement
of the EMU.
Find Ed Fredette
(trip facility director:
346-4371)
at the OP Barn on the
corner of 18 th &
University.
Trip and Rental
Facility
346-4371
General Info
346-4365
UO Outdoor
Program,
UO, Room 37 EMU,
Eugene, OR 97403
Website
outdoorprogram. uoregon.edu