Backpacking, climbing and biking excursions headline the 2018–19 schedule for the ASWWU Outdoors division of the Associated Students of Walla Walla University (ASWWU). For students who can’t seem to get enough of the great outdoors, the opportunities to get outside and explore will be plentiful this school year.
“My goal is to increase the number of trips ASWWU Outdoors provides and the number of students who go on each trip,” says Tyler Humphries, senior mechanical engineering major and director of ASWWU Outdoors. “I want as many students as possible at Walla Walla to be able to experience the beautiful places in the Pacific Northwest.”
This fall, the schedule features backpacking in the Wallowas; biking, climbing and caving around Bend, Ore.; and potentially hiking at Mount Adams. During winter quarter, there will be cross-country skiing, ice climbing and downhill skiing trips. Then in the spring, ASWWU Outdoors will be planning rafting, surfing and hiking trips.
ASWWU Outdoors offers students opportunities to meet new people and create lasting memories. “ASWWU Outdoors exhibits what is inherent in so many students — that adventure is out there and we want to find it,” says Humphries. “Life at Walla Walla University isn't just about what happens on campus. Many of us create our best memories of college climbing at Smith Rock or surfing at Pacific City.”
For more information and updates, follow @aswwu.outdoors on Instagram or visit www.aswwu.com/pages/outdoors.
Malcolm Shaw, WWU university relations student writer
