Major: International Development and Social Change; minor in
Global Environmental Studies
Hometown: Shelburne, Vermont
Favorite gear: My Nimbus Latitude KI 3800 Granite Gear Pack.
Favorite Outing Club trips: Hiking Mt. Mondanock, rock climbing
at Metrorock and the YMCA.
Favorite club activities: hiking, rock climbing, canoeing.
Favorite place: Cochise Stronghold (Arizona),
The Green Mountains (Vermont), The Gila Wilderness (New Mexico).
Fun fact: I spent 3 months living in the desert.
Always wanted to: Hike the Appalachian Train and International
Appalachian Trail together.
Scared to: Sky Dive or Bungee Jump.
Favorite quote:Our lives begin to end
the day we become silent about things that matter -Martin Luther King, Jr. Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver
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Lana Petersson
Position: Co-President
Year of graduation: 2008
Major: English - Creative Writing.
Hometown: Lexington, Massachusetts
Favorite gear: My EMS fuzzy hooded bear fleece.
Favorite Outing Club trips: Whitewater rafting, backpacking to Greenleaf Hut
in the Whites, cross-country skiiing in the whites, caving at Purgatory Chasm.
Favorite club activities: Hiking, climbing.
Favorite place: The empty ocean beaches at the cape on a stormy day,
the presidentials or smokeys on a nice one.
Fun fact: The first time I went rock climbing outside it was night time and it
snowed... and I am damn proud of it!
Always wanted to: Sleep in one of those hanging tents while
multi-pitch climbing.
Scared to: Whitewater kayak.
Favorite quote:Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you,
and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn. -John Muir
Hilary Gaddis
Position: Treasurer
Year of graduation: 2008
Major: Biology
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Favorite gear: Polartec Fleece.
Favorite Outing Club trips: Whitewater rafting, Block Island, and
Martha's Vineyard.
Favorite club activities: Hiking, skiiing, and going to the beach.
Favorite place: The Cascade Mountains in Washington State.
Fun fact: I love to go boogie boarding.
Always wanted to: Backpack through Europe.
Scared to: Ice climb.
Boyd Zapatka
Position: "Scribe"
Year of graduation: 2010
Major: Environmental Science, Management
Hometown: Midland, Texas and Bangkok, Thailand
Favorite gear: North Face boots.
Favorite Outing Club trips: Acadia National Park.
Favorite club activities: Hiking.
Favorite place: On top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa or the
Matukituki Valley in New Zealand's South Island.
Fun fact: I bungy-jumped off the bridge where bungy jumping was first invented.
Always wanted to: Hike the GR 20 across Corsica or trek the Cairo-to-Cape Town highway.
Scared to: Get attacked by bears.
Megan Mateer
Position: Publicity Chair [fall '07]
Year of graduation: 2010
Major: Undecided
Hometown: Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Favorite club activities: Hiking and backpacking.
Fun fact: I still play in my tree house.
Always wanted to: Do the 6 month hike on the Appalachian Trail.
Scared to: Get stuck in a cave.
Willa Deitch
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2009
Major: English
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Favorite gear: My Turtle Fur ear warmers.
Favorite place: At my summer camp on top of the hill.
Favorite dance party song: Eye of the Tiger.
Fun fact: I love hip hop.
Scared to: Be alone in elevators.
Favorite quote:Let the beauty that we love be what we do. -Rumi Never doubt that a small group of committed individuals can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead
Katie Dawsey
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2010
Major: Psychology, Studio Art
Hometown: Saratoga Springs, New York
Favorite gear: Snowshoes
Favorite club activities: Hiking, canoeing.
Favorite place: On top of a mountain skiing.
Always wanted to: Go on an extremely long backpacking trip.
Scared to: Fall from something high.
Ali Foley
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2010
Major: Screen Studies, Spanish
Hometown: Arlington, Virginia
Favorite gear: My Gregory pack, by far!!!
Favorite Outing Club trips: Canoeing.
Favorite club activities: Hiking, kayaking, camping.
Favorite place: Guanajuato, Mexico.
Fun fact: I love coffee yogurt way too much.
Always wanted to: Hike the entire Appalachian Trail.
Scared to: Miss out on our world's natural environment.
Favorite quote:Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
- Oscar Wilde
Krittika Govil
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2010
Major: Geography
Hometown: The Hague, The Netherlands
Favorite gear: My bright orange hat for those cold winter hikes.
Favorite Outing Club trip: Purgatory Chasm
Favorite club activities: Sitting around a warm fire reminiscing.
Favorite place: The Himalayas
Fun fact: I call the toilet, the loo!
Always wanted to: Go bungee jumping/sky diving.
Scared to: Walk alone in the dark.
Favorite quote:Every exit is an entrance somewhere else.
- Tom Stoppard
Ashley Gray
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2009
Major: Spanish/Education
Hometown: Lunenburg, Vermont
Favorite gear: Boots.
Favorite Outing Club trips: Nature Connection hikes, bouldering at
Lincoln Woods State Park, whitewater rafting on the Deerfield River.
Favorite club activities: Hiking, rafting.
Favorite place: South Island of New Zealand.
Fun fact: I trained and worked with oxen growing up.
Always wanted to: Go skydiving.
Favorite quote:What is living if I can't live free,
what is freedom if I can't be me? -Bonnie Raitt
Juliana Kessler
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2010
Major: International Development and Social Change
Hometown: Granby, Connecticut
Favorite gear: Long underwear.
Favorite Outing Club trips: Day hikes, they are the perfect getaway.
Favorite club activities: Marshmallow roasts.
Favorite place: Napping under a tree.
Fun fact: I jumped out of a tiny plane with a broken door while a fat
man was strapped to my back.
Always wanted to: Travel to Africa.
Scared to: Get lost in the woods, I have no sense of direction.
Favorite quote:Laugh at yourself first, before anyone
else can. -Elsa Maxwell
