IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting Spring 2023, all non-driver trip participant spots will be selected at random due to high demand. Links will accept sign-ups until 12AM Sunday
Relax and unwind with us before finals at one of California’s most breathtaking parks! A beautiful weekend filled with waterfall hikes, giant sequoias, blossoming meadows, and towering mountains. We’ll hike up to the top of Vernal and Nevada falls, frolic through Cooks Meadow, take in the views of El Capitan and marvel at the towering sequoias.
PACKING LIST:
Sleeping bag + pad
H2O — ~2 full liters per person! hydration is cool
Mess kit (plate/bowl/utensils)
Hiking shoes & clothes
Layers! Lots of them! You can never have too many layers! Temps could be in the 30s!
Rain coat
Toothbrush & general life items
Sunglasses, sunscreen, hat
WE WILL PROVIDE: FOR OVERNIGHTS ETC
Sleeping bags/pads if you don’t have one already!
Tents
Friday dinner through Sunday lunch
PROFESSOR: Elisa Warford
DEPARTMENT: Engineering Writing
Professor Warford teaches courses in the ethics of science and technology and written and oral engineering communication. Her teaching and research interests include engineering ethics and the rhetoric of science and engineering. Not only is she an amazing professor, she is also an avid hiker and backpacker herself! She’s gone on lots of amazing trips that I’m sure she'd be happy to talk about!
PEAK: Yosemite: Vernal and Nevada Falls
DIFFICULTY: 3/5
SCENERY: 6 mile loop along the Mist Trail to two breathtaking waterfalls!
FUN FACT: President Lincoln signed a grant protecting this land in 1864, over 50 years before the national parks service was created!
TRIP LEAD: Kelly Fitzpatrick
Contact Kelly: kellyf@usc.edu
Read Kelly’s bio here.