Tuesday November 24, 2009
Outdoor Action Reunions Activities
Reunions 2009
The celebration begins this spring at Reunions from Friday, May 31–Sunday, June 1. We will have a number of great activities over those two days. OA's NEWClimbing Wall will be open and we’ll be running canoeing and kayaking on Lake Carnegie. Here are the special events we have planned.
Download the Adobe Acrobat OA Reunions Schedule.
Friday, May 29
Outdoor Action, Princeton’s outdoor education program, is offering rock climbing activities for alumni and their families at OA’s Climbing Wall. Sign-ups for climbing are at the Outdoor Action Reunion Tent in front of Dillon Gym. You may sign up on Friday between, 10:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m. and Saturday morning between 9:30 -10:30 a.m. There will be a small fee to climb. Children under age 12 must have a parent present and the minimum age is six-years-old. Outdoor Action’s Climbing Wall is located inside the southeast column on the second level of the football stadium.
Rock Climbing at the OA Climbing Wall: Meet at the OA Reunion Tent 15 minutes before the starting time.
- 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
- 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
- 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
- 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
- 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
- 4:30 p.m.–5:30p.m.
2:30 p.m.
Climbing Mount Everest: Jeremy Hubball ’69 Takes You ‘Into Thin Air.’ Jeremy Hubball ’69, co-founder and director of The Children’s Initiative and passionate climber, will share his personal experience as a member of the 1994 Sagarmatha Environmental Everest Expedition that successfully summited Mount Everest and initiated the first major environmental clean-up of the mountain. He will offer his perspective on the Everest tragedy of 1996 in which his friend and expedition leader, Scott Fischer, lost his life. Jeremy will also discuss the ethics of climbing, the environmental effort on Everest, incorporating adventure into everyday living, and the value of constantly re-inventing ourselves. Sponsored by the Outdoor Action Program. To 4:00 p.m. Location: McCosh 10.
4:00 p.m.
Outdoor Action Alumni Reception. All current and former alumni, participants, family and friends of Outdoor Action are invited to join us at our annual reception. Stop by and visit with OA alums and find out about some of the new initiatives within Outdoor Action. Sponsored by the Outdoor Action Program. To 5:30 p.m. Location: Hallway outside stage McCosh 10.
4:00 p.m.
Tree tour of the Princeton campus. The Princeton University campus has over 150 different tree species from around the world as well as trees dating back to the 1700s. Come learn about the history and diversity of trees on campus at this Reunions favorite led by Philo Elmer ’69 and University Grounds Manager, Jim Consolloy. Sponsored by the Outdoor Action Program. To 5:00 p.m. Meet at McCosh 10 entrance.
6:00 p.m.
Joe Palmer '84 Memorial at the OA Climbing Wall. Joe Palmer ’84 was one of the founders of OA’s climbing program in the eighties and helped to build Princeton’s first climbing wall in 1983. Joe passed away in a climbing accident in 1985. A number Joe’s friends in the Class of ’84 and Joe’s family have instituted a special fund in memory of Joe to support the climbing program at Princeton. Those funds were instrumental when we opened the new Climbing Wall in the fall of 2007. In his honor we are going to install a Joe Palmer ’84 Memorial plaque during a short reception at the new Climbing Wall in the Princeton Stadium. To 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 30
Outdoor Action, Princeton’s outdoor education program, is offering rock climbing activities for alumni and their families at OA’s Climbing Wall. Sign-ups for climbing are at the Outdoor Action Reunion Tent in front of Dillon Gym. You may sign up on Friday between, 10:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m. and Saturday morning between 9:30 -10:30 a.m. There will be a small fee to climb. Children under age 12 must have a parent present and the minimum age is six-years-old. Outdoor Action’s Climbing Wall is located inside the southeast column on the second level of the football stadium.
Rock Climbing at the OA Climbing Wall: Meet at the OA Reunion Tent 15 minutes before the starting time.
- 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
- 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
10:30 a.m.
To The Ends of the Earth for Science: A Life in Exploration. Since 1976, as Fellow of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Bob Peck’74 has led a life many people only dream about— traveling the globe with some of the world's most knowledgeable scientists in the Academy’s continuing effort to better understand the mysteries of life on earth. Along the way, he has had a remarkable series of adventures. As a naturalist, writer, photographer, and historian, Bob has chronicled research expeditions for the Academy from the Andes to the Amazon and from the Himalayas to the Mongolian steppes. In this special presentation Bob will share the highlights of his career in exploration. With spectacular slides, he will regale us with his sometimes hilarious, sometimes terrifying, but always fascinating tales of adventure around the globe. Don't miss this chance to travel to the ends of the earth for science with one of America's most witty, knowledgeable and eloquent explorers. Sponsored by the Outdoor Action Program. To 12:00 p.m. Location: McDonnell Hall A01.
Sunday, May 31
10 a.m.
Outdoor Action Leaders Breakfast & Climbing Reunion. Outdoor Action Leaders from all 36 years of the program are invited to join us for a fun bouldering and rock climbing breakfast reunion event at the football stadium. Climbing will be at OA’s state-of-the-art Climbing Wall (inside the southeast column on the second level of the football stadium). Breakfast of coffee, bagels and GORP will be on the other side of the stadium in the Class of 1956 Lounge. Sponsored by the Outdoor Action Program. To 11:30 a.m. Location: OA Climbing Wall and Princeton Stadium Class of 1956 Lounge, (top level, home team side).
Where is the new OA Climbing Wall on campus?
The new Wall will be inside the southeast column on the second level of the football stadium. Click here for pdf file of OA Climbing Wall open hours and map.
