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- From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
- Subject: Re: hiking clubs??
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.174812.12851@unocal.com>
- Keywords: hiking clubs bay area
- Sender: news@unocal.com (Unocal USENET News)
- Organization: Unocal Corporation
- References: <1992Nov21.011157.22085@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:48:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.011157.22085@leland.Stanford.EDU> lyford@amy3.stanford.edu (Julian Karl Wright) writes:
- >I am looking for recommendations of a hiking club in the bay area to join.
- >I'm a Stanford student and there doesn't seem to be any clubs on campus.
- >I'd like to go for a weekend trip ,say ,once a month ,with no serious
- >climbing, and with some people in my age group (20's).
- >Any ideas??
-
- The Sierra Club has many chapters, specialized as to activity (hiking, climbing)
- and social interest (singles).
-
- Hiking clubs come and go at Stanford. I ran trips for two in the 1980s,
- but they are defunct now. Not enough interest in leading trips. Next year the
- ASSU (student government) has funded an outdoors program for incoming
- students. That may be the nucleus of new hiking clubs at Stanford.
-