Andrew "Don" Kelly

OdP role: Trip Leader- Day and extended trips, Assistant Trip Leader- Climbing
VTL- Rafting
Home Town: Massachusetts
Outdoor Activity of choice: 4-Square
Favorite backcountry meal: Peanut Butter on anything
Quote: "Find what you love, Love what you find"

Ashley Rasmussen

OdP role: Climbing Center Student Coordinator
Hometown: Washington CH, Ohio
Outdoor Activity of choice: Climbing/Sea kayaking
Favorite backcountry meal: Mountain Quesadillas
Quote: "I felt that the Dolomites were made to suit me with their small but excellent toe- and finger-holds, and pitches where a delicate sense of balance was the key, rather than brute force. While it helps, of course, to have tough muscles, the prizefighter would not necessarily make a fine Dolomite climber. But the ballet dancer might." Mirium Underhill.

Brooke Romines

ODP Role: EQC Staff
Hometown: Puyallup, Wa
Outdoor Activity of Choice: White Water Rafting
Favorite backcounty meal: Hot oatmeal in the morning!
Quote: "I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in the rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. -Robert Frost

Chris Baldwin

OdP Role: Outreach Coordinator
Home Town: Fairfield, Connecticut
Outdoor Activity of Choice: Backcountry snowboarding/surfing
Favorite Backcountry meal: Gado-gado with a touch of Slovak
Quote: “Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up.” - Thoreau

Ellen Wyoming

OdP Role: Graduate Assistant/Volunteer Coordinator
Home Town: Denver, Colorado and Austin, Texas
Outdoor Activity of Choice: Backcountry skiing, backpacking, rafting
Favorite Backcountry meal: Dutch-oven lasagna!
Quote: “Now I see the making of the best persons, it is to grow in the open air and eat and sleep with the earth.” - Walt Whitman

Julian Kegel

OdP role: Trip Leader and Climbing Center Staff
Hometown: Milwaukee Wisconsin
Outdoor Activity of choice: Waking up to a sunrise on the mountains after a
night under the stars.
Favorite backcountry meal: Take a bunch of hot sauce, a lotta peanut butter,
and some soy sauce then add a bunch of fresh veggies, noodles and of course
a handful of nutritional yeast. Mmmmmm.
Quote: Understand why the fishes, the forests, the mountains and the rivers
matter. Your choices matter, buy local.

Kate Schousen

OdP role: Trip Leader
Hometown: Grand Rapids MI
Outdoor Activity of choice: Backcountry skiing, sledding
Favorite backcountry meal: Cheesy Beans and Rice
Quote: ""Mahay!" (Malagasy for "you can do it!")

Martin Cenek

OdP role: Guide
Hometown: Zilina Slovak Republic
Outdoor Activity of choice: Alpinism
Favorite backcountry meal: Anything at least partially defrosted and not charcoaled will do...
Quote: Getting to the top is optional, getting down is mandatory!

Nathan Ball

Role: VTL
Hometown: Portland, OR
Activities: Rock climbing, backpacking, hiking
Meal: Breakfast burrito w/ chorizo
Quote: "I was a bird in my last life."

Ngawang Choeda

ODP role: Equipment specialist/Volunteer
Hometown: Thimphu, BHUTAN
Outdoor Activity of Choice: Rafting
Favorite Backcountry meal: Tuna Spaghetti
Quote: " Only the paranoid survive"