Spring Break
Outdoor recreation program provides a wealth of activities
BRIANA GERDEMAN
Issue date: 3/19/09 Section: Out & About
This spring, the Georgia Outdoor Recreation Program (GORP) will give students the chance to try caving, horseback riding and paragliding.
Caving: $60 for students
$65 for non-students
Horseback Riding: $70 for students
$75 for non-students
Paragliding: $60 $65 for students
$70 for non-students
For more information on GORP trips, call 706-542-GORP or visit www.recsports.uga.edu/outdoor.
GORP trips provide "the opportunity to experience a different natural environment, whether that's air or land or water, and the opportunity to learn a life skill," said Jennifer Stewart, the assistant director of GORP. "We provide an opportunity for you to do that safely."
The caving trip will take students to explore Petty John's Cave, Georgia's third largest cave.
"It's mainly one big descent into the cave," said Darren Hamilton, one of the trip leaders. "We take them down a stream passage in the cave until we get to a waterfall."
Students should bring a lunch to eat in the cave and should wear clothes and sturdy shoes they are willing to get dirty. The trip is intended for experienced cavers.
"We are looking for people [who] have been caving at least one time before," Stewart said. "There is some crawling around, so people are going to get dirty."
Hamilton said anyone who is comfortable being in an enclosed space for five to six hours can participate, but "it's definitely the most physically demanding of the caving trips we offer."
The horseback riding trip is open to all skill levels and is offered March 21, April 5 and April 18. Participants will spend two hours riding in North Georgia.
"We're going up to use an outfitter in Helen and they provide the equipment and instructions," Stewart said. "So it's open to beginners, but experienced persons are welcome to join us as well."
COSTS OF SPRING GORP TRIPS
When: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. todayCaving: $60 for students
$65 for non-students
Horseback Riding: $70 for students
$75 for non-students
Paragliding: $60 $65 for students
$70 for non-students
For more information on GORP trips, call 706-542-GORP or visit www.recsports.uga.edu/outdoor.
GORP trips provide "the opportunity to experience a different natural environment, whether that's air or land or water, and the opportunity to learn a life skill," said Jennifer Stewart, the assistant director of GORP. "We provide an opportunity for you to do that safely."
The caving trip will take students to explore Petty John's Cave, Georgia's third largest cave.
"It's mainly one big descent into the cave," said Darren Hamilton, one of the trip leaders. "We take them down a stream passage in the cave until we get to a waterfall."
Students should bring a lunch to eat in the cave and should wear clothes and sturdy shoes they are willing to get dirty. The trip is intended for experienced cavers.
"We are looking for people [who] have been caving at least one time before," Stewart said. "There is some crawling around, so people are going to get dirty."
Hamilton said anyone who is comfortable being in an enclosed space for five to six hours can participate, but "it's definitely the most physically demanding of the caving trips we offer."
The horseback riding trip is open to all skill levels and is offered March 21, April 5 and April 18. Participants will spend two hours riding in North Georgia.
"We're going up to use an outfitter in Helen and they provide the equipment and instructions," Stewart said. "So it's open to beginners, but experienced persons are welcome to join us as well."
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