Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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 Ad Jt : drenalin Adventurous students try new, creative sports Adventure. Students searched for some adventure in their life, whether it was the late night prank, like dumping Tide laundry detergent into the library'' fountain or the high flying, heart thumping rush of jumping hundreds of feet only to be caught by a cable that snapped your body into eight ugly and painful positions. Most people considered adventure more than simply dumping laundry soap into a fountain, though. To me adventure is hiking into the woods and backpacking 15 miles up a cliff,” Jason Sell, forestry student said. Some students said they would try anything once and had. Dean Piper said that after bungee jumping he would have been willing to sky dive just for the adrenalin rush. I really wasn't that scared when I bungee jumped, Piper said. After my second jump 1 couldn't even hold anything, 1 was so pumped full of adrenalin. It was absolutely the greatest.” It seemed that people were becoming more interested in adventure vacations or sports, since the release of movies such as Cliffhanger, K2, Extreme Skiing and Point Break. “I think stuff like that (referring to Cliffhanger) is awesome to watch and maybe even try once,” Piper said. “I've really developed a habit for adrenalin. Almost anything is worth the rush, except maybe death. Many students felt that the adrenalin rush was worth the risk of climbing 500 foot rocks, diving off 150 foot bridges, jumping off cornices on skis or surfing the Great White infested waters of the Oregon Coast. There were also many more conservative students who said they wouldn’t dare risk their life for any adrenalin rush. 1 would never bungee jump,” James Stanislowski said. I saw those people die on TV. I’d probably wouldn't make it cither. I wouldn't take the risk of being the one who the bungee cable broke on.” Adventure meant many different things to many people, but one conclusion about OSU adventurists was they tended to take the path less traveled, less jumped and less populated. These adventurists were dedicated to trying the newest and most creative adventure in order to achieve the all-mighty adrenalin rush. It’s (the adrenalin rush) one of the best things I've ever experienced,” Piper said. “I’m always looking for something new and exciting to do on the weekends or breaks.” Dena CwUermann Erith Thompson A D V E N T U R I S T S