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Join us for 24 whole hours of climbing! Ok, maybe we won’t be climbing for all 24 hours, but we definitely will be having fun. You can be part of history by being on the first overnight climbing trip that Peaks and Professors has had, not to mention you’ll get to meet Professor Nicolas Moure from the Physics department. Who knows, you might even calculate the final velocity of a rock that falls from the heights you’ll be reaching on the trip.
Keep in mind that this trip won’t have the traditional hike that makes Peaks so special, and that it’s mostly tailored towards those with prior climbing/ belaying experience since it includes moderate sport routes. If you don’t have climbing gear we’ll also have to charge you for the rentals individually, so definitely keep that in mind too as you plan which Peaks trip to sign up for!
PACKING LIST:
Shoes, Harness, Helmet,, Draws/Rope if you have them!
WATER (read fun fact below), Snacks for the road, Lunch
Outerwear
WAIVERS
Warm clothes for a pretty cold night in the desert
Sleeping Bag (we will provide if you don’t have one!)
Sleeping Pad (we will provide if you don’t have one!)
Mess kit (fork, knife, plate, cup, etc.)
Flashlight or headlamp
Additional snacks you may want
PROFESSOR: Nicolas Moure
DEPARTMENT: Physics
RATE MY PROFESSOR: “Moure is a great physics professor and he cares about his students doing well. His office hours were scheduled for 2 hours, but sometimes he'd stay an extra hour to make sure everyone understands the topics.”
PEAK: New Jack City
DIFFICULTY: 5.6-5.13
SCENERY: The rock is an unusual form of metamorphic rock of volcanic origin, offering often tricky and thought-provoking sequences and moves on huecos, pockets, edges, jugs, underclings, and crimps.
FUN FACT: "New Jack City" is the nickname that rock climbers gave this area, however the historic name for the canyon is “Traer Agua” which means “bring water’. Good advice to follow.
TRIP LEAD: Kian Jeshion-Nelson
Contact Kian Jeshion-Nelson: jeshionn@usc.edu
Read Kian’s bio here.
TRIP LEAD: Aditi Jagannathan
Aditi knows little to nothing about sport climbing, but she’s excited nevertheless!
Contact Aditi: aajagann@usc.edu
Read Aditi’s bio here.
TRIP LEAD: Rachel.Amir Chatman
Contact Rachel.Amir: rchatman@usc.edu
Read Rachel.Amir’s bio here.