Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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poster Mud Flats held on - 'January 11, 1997 created Cs more than one compromising situation for those involved. The mud flats is the bottom of Foster Lake that is drained every year so that in excess of 2500 trucks can come roll around in the mud. Photo By Natalie Gould c )fU 9 9 L rr att Pritchard works his ay up the side of a mountain while on a climbing excursion with his friends. Rock climbing was also offered as a PAC course. Photo Submitted By Matt Pritchard

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 Feel the rush turned into a catch phrase around campus. Taking every opportunity students got outdoors and got crazy. Mondays became days full of stories from the weekend. Stories ranging from the smallest of risks to the largest. Providing a safer environment for experiencing some of these natural highs OSU offered PAC classes ranging from snowboarding and mountain biking to open water scuba and rock climbing. There are some great classes offered, but they fill up really fast. So if you don't get to register at the beginning you've pretty much lost your chance at the cool classes, commented Jeff Pierce. Jountian biking contin Vy ued on the temd of be L coming one of the most popular sprts. and one of the up and coming Olympic sports. Many students took the opportunity to take the PAC Mountain biking class. Outside of school students became more ambitious in their pursuits by sky surfing, parachuting, extreme skiing and snowboarding, bridge jumping, off roading, hunting, and numerous others. Off roading, I mean REALLY off roading, gets expensive but it is defiantly worth it! I'm not sure if there is a better day than a day with friends and my truck, offered an enthusiastic on looker. With plenty of trails in a close vicinity and Foster Mud Flats, 4X4 vehicles were high in demand around the community. I'm glad that they are having fun, but I wish that they would chose sports that weren't so dangerous. I don't want to pay loans on an education that he's not even around to enjoy! said a father of a OSU student. Although many people didn't see the draw to these outrageous sports, many students saw them as on of the best opportunities that college life had to offer. Story By Natalie Gould mm —-------------------■ . — ■— -. - 28 Student

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 b aking advantage of a beautiful weekend Mo Biria, Jake Garner, and Cameron Cunningham seize the opportunity to get in a little target practice. Photo By Natalie Gould snag group of students out for a “light off roading trip run into a slight in their plans. 30 Student £.i(ey