Two groups of Hamilton students, led by the College's outdoor leadership staff, are headed to the U.S. seacoasts for eight days of adventure during spring break.
Six students and a Hamilton professor will spend part of their spring break exploring the Everglades on a sea kayaking trip led by Andrew Jillings, the director of Outdoor Leadership. Jane Cowles '10, Katie Giuliano '10, Billy Wieczorek '11, Jeff Chandler '11, Taylor Adams '11, Dave Goldberg '11 and George Shields, the Winslow Professor of Chemistry, are paddling through the Florida Everglades on what is called the "Wilderness Waterway." Beginning in Flamingo, the group will kayak 100 miles in eight days, averaging 14 miles a day. Some days they'll be off the Gulf Coast, camping on beaches, and they'll spend other days in the Mangroves, camping on tent platforms called chickees. The group expects to see alligators, dolphins, horseshoe crabs, turtles as well as dozens of species of birds.
Sarah Weis, the assistant director of Outdoor Leadership, is also leading a spring break trip. She and about 10 students are spending eight days hiking in the Ventana Wilderness along California's Big Sur Coast, 150 miles south of San Francisco. Bordered by the Santa Lucia Mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Ventana Wilderness offers steep-sided ridges, valleys, rivers, thermal springs, and is home to California's virgin Redwood forests. The group expects to see condors, orcas, elephant seals, sea otters, and possibly gray whales as they migrate between the Baja Peninsula and Alaska.
Both trips began on March 16 and return on March 25.
-- by Molly Kane '09
Six students and a Hamilton professor will spend part of their spring break exploring the Everglades on a sea kayaking trip led by Andrew Jillings, the director of Outdoor Leadership. Jane Cowles '10, Katie Giuliano '10, Billy Wieczorek '11, Jeff Chandler '11, Taylor Adams '11, Dave Goldberg '11 and George Shields, the Winslow Professor of Chemistry, are paddling through the Florida Everglades on what is called the "Wilderness Waterway." Beginning in Flamingo, the group will kayak 100 miles in eight days, averaging 14 miles a day. Some days they'll be off the Gulf Coast, camping on beaches, and they'll spend other days in the Mangroves, camping on tent platforms called chickees. The group expects to see alligators, dolphins, horseshoe crabs, turtles as well as dozens of species of birds.
Sarah Weis, the assistant director of Outdoor Leadership, is also leading a spring break trip. She and about 10 students are spending eight days hiking in the Ventana Wilderness along California's Big Sur Coast, 150 miles south of San Francisco. Bordered by the Santa Lucia Mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Ventana Wilderness offers steep-sided ridges, valleys, rivers, thermal springs, and is home to California's virgin Redwood forests. The group expects to see condors, orcas, elephant seals, sea otters, and possibly gray whales as they migrate between the Baja Peninsula and Alaska.
Both trips began on March 16 and return on March 25.
-- by Molly Kane '09
