Trips and Workshops

Fall 2008 Trips

Trips for the Spring semester are listed below. Also check out:

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Please note: Detailed trip descriptions are also available.

Date	Trip	Location	Cost	Other Information
Sat., Sept. 1	Beach Trip	Galveston, TX	$20	Get your feet sandy on Labor Day. Beach activities in Galveston.
Sat., Sept 20	Disc Golf	Houston, TX	$20	Join your Rice friends for a day in the park.
Sat., Sept 27	Day Sail	Kemah, TX	$30	Sail a 38-foot boat off the coast of Kemah
Oct 4-5	Climbing I	Austin, TX	$30	Camp and climb. Open to beginner and intermediate climbers. Pre-trip meeting.
Oct 11-13	Enchanted Rock Camping	Fredericksburg, TX	$30	Camp over fall break at E-Rock. Hike up the granite dome. Pre-trip meeting.
Oct. 18-19	Leave No Trace Trainer Course	Texas State Parks	$30	Learn about LNT Outdoor Ethics. Open to all. Pre-trip meeting.
Sat., Nov. 8	Caving	Austin, TX	$20	Crawl under Austin in Whirlpool cave.
Nov. 15-16	Climbing II	Austin, TX	$30	Camp and climb. Intermediate climbers. Pre-trip meeting.

Fall 2008 & Spring 2009 Conferences

Dates	Organization	Location
Oct. 30 - Nov. 1, 2008	AORE: Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education	San Diego, CA
Jan. 23-25, 2008	TOLC: Texas Outdoor Leadership Conference. Presenter applications available. Open to all Rice students.	Sam Houston State University, TX
April 1-4, 2009	NIRSA: National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association.	Austin, TX

Registration

Please read over the general information before signing up:

General Information:

• You may pay via credit card on-line. If you need to pay with check or cash please come to the Recreation Center second floor office during business hours, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
• You may need to create an account with SignMeUp.com to use additional features. This is entirely FREE; no extra charges will ever be added to trip prices for use of this service. Creating an account is optional.
• All participants must leave Rice campus as a group.
• Pre-trip meetings are required.

Registration fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable once registered for a ROPE program. Our registration numbers help us plan for the equipment and reservations that we need. Thank you for helping us keep our prices as low as possible for the Rice community.

Registration is open to all Rice Students, Faculty, and Staff members. Each Rice participant is eligible to bring one non-Rice affiliated guest. Guests will need to be registered under the Faculty/Staff/Guest rate, regardless if they are a student elsewhere. Each trip has minimum and maximum participant numbers that need to be met. All guests must be 18 years or older. All participants on ROPE events are required to have health insurance. Participants will be asked for their insurance information during registration.

Fall 2008 Registration

To register for a trip, click in the "Register" column below.

Make sure you continue all of the way through the registration pages until you receive a confirmation message. If you do not see a confirmation message, you may not be registered for the trip.

Date	Trip	Register
Mon. Sept. 1 12 p.m.-8 p.m.	Beach Trip	Registration has closed.
Sept. 20 12 p.m.-5 p.m.	Disc Golf	Register.
Sat. Sept. 27 12 p.m.-8 p.m.	Coastal Sailing	Registration is now full. Email harwood@rice.edu with a contact telephone number to be added to the waiting list.
Oct. 4-5	Climbing I	Registration coming soon.
Oct. 11-13	Enchanted Rock Camping	Registration coming soon.
Oct 18-19	Leave No Trace Trainer	Registration coming soon.
Nov 8th	Caving	Registration coming soon.
Nov 15-16	Climbing II	Registration coming soon.

Detailed Trip Descriptions

Day Hike: Jones State Forest and Arboretum, Saturday, February 2
Enjoy the outdoors near Houston and get outside for the day. We'll get a chance to hike, bird watch and orienteer at Jones State Forest on nature trails and off-trail. We may get a chance to see the endangered species red-cockaded woodpecker. Then we'll head over to take a look at the nearby Mercer Arboretum.

Climbing in Austin at Reimer's Ranch, February 22-23
Reimer's ranch is located about an hour west of Austin. This Travis County Park is along the Pedernales River in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Climbs range from 5.9 and above and are 30 to 75 feet high. All climbing abilities welcome. We will be driving out Friday afternoon and camping near the park. Saturday will be spent climbing all morning and afternoon. We will return to campus Saturday night. Pre-trip meeting on Feb. 20 in the Recreation Center is required, 6-7:15 p.m. Participants provide their own food. Camping and Climbing gear is provided.

Day Sailing in Kemah, March 22
Step up to the challenge of sailing a beautiful 38-foot sailboat off Kemah, on Galveston Bay, and savor the effects of this unique "hydro-therapy". Some of you may wish to just kick back and enjoy the afternoon. Others may want to actually participate in hoisting the sails and/or steering the boat. Both opportunities are before you. This sailing experience is to be hosted by trans-Atlantic sailor Capt. Dave McCabe of Blue Marlin Sailing.

Big Thicket Canoe Trip in Pineywoods, April 3-5
Spend spring recess in the Big Thicket National Preserve, 86,000 acres. We will leave around lunchtime on Thursday April 3. We may start on the River Thursday afternoon or camp at a State park nearby, depending on the group's interests. Friday morning we'll get out on the water with our canoes. We'll camp out on a sandbar along the water on Friday night. Saturday we'll work our way down the river farther and then return to campus that night. Participants provide their own food. Camping and Canoeing gear is provided. Pre-trip meeting is required: Tuesday, April 1, 6:00 p.m.

Outdoor Cooking on Campus, April 19
Learn the basics of outdoor cooking and then eat your creations.

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