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Steve Carper teaches a Paddle Captains Clinic at the Outdoor Program Barn on Thursday.
Outdoor Program
helps fund travel
The Greenberg Expedition
Fund offers up to $1,000
in aid to students whose
trips meet the qualifications
By Chelsea Duncan
Senior News Reporter
The University's Outdoor
Program isn't just a means for
planning day hikes or overnight
rafting trips, it's also a resource for
students to plan the international
experience of their dreams.
Suzanne Hanlon, the program's
assistant coordinator, said she
likes to think of the Outdoor
Program as a catalyst for students
to plan all kinds of excursions
from bicycling in Tibet to sea
kayaking in Thailand.
"We see ourselves as the resource
to make it easier," she said.
Students can use the program to
plan their own excursions or to
initiate trips that would include
other students and community
members. Hanlon said while any
student can join an excursion, it
can be difficult for some to afford
and plan for the trip.
However, the Outdoor Program
Greenberg Expedition Fund can help
shoulder some of the students' finan
cial burden. Expedition groups that
are planning extended or interna
tional trips can qualify for up to
$1,000 to fund costs such as equip
ment, film, access fees and safety
gear. To qualify, students must
demonstrate that their expedition
abides by the program's philoso
phies. For example, trips must focus
on the back country, self-reliance and
non-competitiveness.
Senior Brad Schallert, the pro
gram's trip initiator advocate, said
few people have taken advantage
of the grant money in the past few
years, and he encourages students
to check it out.
"That's a really nice perk," he said.
Students also can rent equipment
through the program, such as back
packs, rafts and tents, according to
the program's Web site at http://out
doorprogram.uoregon.edu.
"We're just a really affordable
program," said junior Tess Weaver,
the events coordinator. "It's the
cheapest gear rentals in town,
hands down."
Throughout the year, the program
also offers clinics that teach skills
such as rafting, rock climbing or
mountain bike maintenance.
Students also can become qualified
trip initiators, which means they can
post and plan their own trips for oth
ers to join. The next trip initiator
clinic will be in June, and updates
will be posted on the Web site.
Schallert said many of the stu
dent staff working with the pro
gram have experience traveling
abroad, which makes them good
resources for other students plan
ning excursions.
"It's a nice forum to meet peo
ple who have a lot of internation
al experience," he said.
Schallert, who has studied and
traveled abroad — separately from
the program — in India, Tibet and
Nepal, said staff members can
provide input and give ideas for
excursions, or they can connect
students to other people with
knowledge of particular countries
and regions.
He emphasized the importance
of planning ahead and said stu
dents should give themselves up
to six months to plan large-scale
trips. He said this foresight makes
coordinating trips easier among
people who may not know each
other well.
One of the most important
aspects of the trips planned
through the program is the group
dynamic focus, Schallert said.
Everyone works together during the
planning stage and the trip itself.
"You rely on each other," he
said. "You're in it together until
the end."
Contact the higher education/student
life/student affairs reporter
at chelseaduncan@dailyemerald.com.
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