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Eagle Rock w/ Ronald Osborn {International Relations}

  • Musch Trail to Eagle Rock J W Wisda 1-067 Dam, Parking lot Topanga, CA, 90290 United States (map)

Sign ups are first come first serve! Links will open at 9PM sharp on Sunday.

COME WITH US TO CONQUER EAGLE ROCK! This landscape is absolutely incredible (especially after recent rainfall) and will leave you feeling completely refreshed before finals week. It’s a 5-mile loop trail with 1000 ft of elevation gain, estimated to take around 3 hours total. We’ll stop for lunch at Eagle Rock and get back to campus around 4 PM. This is a moderately difficult trail, so come if you’re experienced!

PACKING LIST:

  • LOTS OF H2O!! 3 LITERS MINIMUM

  • MOVABLE CLOTHING

  • ATHLETIC SHOES (nothing open-toed)

  • SUNSCREEN

  • SNACKS

  • SUNGLASSES/HAT (recommended)

  • BACKPACK (recommended)

  • MEDICATION/EPIPEN (if necessary)

  • WAIVERS

WE WILL PROVIDE LUNCH!



PROFESSOR: RONALD OSBORN

DEPARTMENT: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

RATE MY PROFESSOR: "This was one of the most inspirational classes I've ever taken; for the first time in my academic career, I felt motivated to actually make a change in the world.”

Link: 4.6-Star Rating

Professor Osborn grew up in Thailand, Taiwan, and Zimbabwe. He has worked with humanitarian organizations in Kosovo, Guinea, and Sudan; hiked between the Pyrenees mountains of France and Spain; participated in an ultimate Frisbee "tournament for peace" in North Korea, and much more. He acquired his PhD in the Political Science and International Relations at USC and a couple years later came back to teach in the department. Ask him about the many places he has been around the world!


PEAK: EAGLE ROCK

DIFFICULTY: 3/5

SCENERY: Mountains and greenery

FUN FACT: Eagle Rock is named after a massive 50-foot boulder that casts a perfect shadow of an eagle in mid-flight on its south face around noon.


TRIP LEAD: CONOR “THE GOAT” KRUGER

Genuinely one of the coolest guys the club has ever seen. Shockingly kind and an EXCELLENT chef. Favorite hobbies include: songwriting, reading, writing short autobiographies.

Contact CONOR: cckruger@usc.edu