Name: John Culliton
Position: Recreational Programmer, Trip Leader, Shop Ninja
Hometown: Orcas Island
Grade/Major: Senior/Recreation Management
Career Goals: To develop outdoor recreational programs/opportunities!
Favorite Food: Lasagna and Deer Tacos!
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Adventure Running
- Floating and Swimming
- Raft Building
Craziest Outdoor Experience:
I once battled a bobcat defending her young, I was lucky to escape with my eyes.
Quote to live by: "No locked doors."
Name: Trey Howard
Position: Shop Attendant/Trip Leader
Hometown: Kirkland, WA
Grade/Major: Political Science
Career Goals: Travel, do interesting things, get real paid
Favorite Food: Everything from Risotto to a crunchwrap
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Rock Climbing
- Snowshoeing
- Scuba Diving
Craziest Outdoor Experience:
Fighting monkeys to get my sandals back, I was no match for their twisted intelligence.
Quote to live by: “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” - Hunter S. Thompson
Name: Daniel Int-Hout
Hometown: Cashmere, WA
Grade/Major: Senior, Recreation and Tourism
Favorite Food: Arnesto's Taco Wagon in Cashmere
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Whitewater Rafting/Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Longboarding
Craziest Outdoor Experience: Rafting the Wenatchee river at 25,000 CFS
in May, then swimming class IV whitewater because the boat flipped. :)
Quote to live by: "If you're gonna get wet, you might as well jump in.
Name: Ryan Johnson
Postion: Challenge Course Facilitator, P.R. Representative, Professional Class Administrator
Hometown: Cle Elum in the UKC
Grade/Major: 5th year Senior, Outdoor recreation Management
Career Goals: Outdoor guide, Recreation programmer
Favorite Food: Leftover Lasagna
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Snowboarding
- Climbing
- Getting shutdown trying to summit Mountains
Craziest Outdoor Experience:
Running for my life after a 90 second booster hand charge missed the
snow cornice, bounced off the rock face and landed back at my feet :(
Quote to live by: “Hold on loosely, but don’t let go…. If you cling too tightly,
you’re going to lose control!” - 38 Special
Name: Darrell Kangiser
Position: Shop Attendant / Being really, really, ridiculously good looking
Hometown: Tacompton, WA
Grade/Major: Senior / Nutrition
Career Goals: To heal the ones I touch… Or tell people what to eat
Favorite Food: Pho! Mainly cuz it sounds cool
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Climbing something (Ice, rock or snow)
- Sun bathing in the grass, next to a sign that says “Please do not walk
on grass”, 7.5 yards away from the guy mowing that same lawn, and
three yards away from the guy telling me to get off the lawn but I can’t hear
because of the lawn mower…
- Going to the middle of nowhere, calling my boss and asking, “Can you hear me now?”
Craziest Outdoor Experience:
My nose got super cold riding my bike to class this morning!
Quote to live by: “Run around, scrape your knees, get dirty! Get into Trouble!!!” - (The Sandlot)
Name: Lance Larsen
Position: Shop Attendant/Trip Leader
Hometown: Kent, WA
Grade/Major: Sophomore/Undecided
Career Goals: Work outside and catch a record size fish
Favorite Food: Meat and spinach
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Fly Fishing
- Snowboarding
- 2 way tie between tree climbing and log running
Craziest Outdoor Experience:
Walking across a semi frozen pond… The ice was breaking
Quote to live by: “In it to win it.”
Name: Kristine Lund
Position: OPR Raft Guide, Adventure Camp Counselor, Challenge Course Facilitator, Shop Attendant
Hometown: Fall City, WA
Grade/Major: Senior/Paramedic
Career Goals: Paramedic Firefighter
Favorite Food: Meat and Potatoes! Pineapple!
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Being in the Water!
- Climbing! :)
- Hiking and Camping
Craziest Outdoor Experience:
Swimming with a pod of dolphins in Hawaii!
Quote to Live by: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow!” - Albert Einstein
Name: Kurt McCanles
Position: Shop Attendant / Raft Trip Leader
Hometown: Vancouver, WA
Grade/Major: Senior/ Geography & Environmental Studies
Career Goals: To work toward bettering the state of our environment.
Favorite Food: King Crab fo sho!!!
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Cycling
- Backpacking
- Whitewater Rafting
Craziest Outdoor Experience:
During the summers of 2004 and 2007, I rode my bicycle from the Pacific
Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Combined I clocked about 7,000 miles over
4 months of riding.
Quote to live by: “Let’s go get lost!”
Name: Sarah Montgomery
Position: Shop Attendent/River Guide
Hometown: Gig Harbor, WA
Grade/Major: Super Senior/Biology (Ecology)
Career Goals: I want to be outside studying ecosystems, you know saving
the planet and whatnot.
Favorite Food: Stuffed Bell Peppers
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Horseback Riding
- Kayaking (especially in the San Juans)
- Hiking with my super cool Australian Shepherd, Sydney.
Craziest Outdoor Experience:
Trying to catch up to a pod of orcas in the San Juans by kayak...and after
5 hours of paddling in huge rollers, the whales suddenly popped up all
around us! To say the least I was surprised.
Quote to live by: "The biggest risk in life is the one you don’t take."
Name: Blaine Serrin
Position: Staff Attendant and Trip Leader
Hometown: Deer Park, WA
Grade/Major: Super Super Super Junior, Biology, Geology
Career Goals: Become an influential teacher and impact kid's lives for the
better after I travel the world looking at rocks.
Favorite Food: Large quantities of anything
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Rock Climbing
- Mountain Biking
- Skiing
Craziest Outdoor Experience:
Summiting Chimney Rock (in Idaho) in a rainstorm and then trying
to rappel a double length rope in the storm. Gnarly time for sure.
Quote to live by: "Never, never, never quit." - Winston Churchill
Name: Kyle Stolp
Position: Shop Attendant and Trip Leader
Hometown: Port Orchard, WA
Grade/Major: Sophomore/Undeclared
Career Goals: To find a career!
Favorite Food: Spaghetti
Favorite Outdoor Activities:
- Hiking/Mountaineering
- Biking
- Climbing
Craziest Outdoor Experience:
Slashing through tide tables on the coast of Olympic National Park in the
middle of the night during the year’s lowest tide, then racing back to the shore
before the tide could strand us on an island!
Quote to live by: "We don't stop hiking because we grow old; we grow old because we stop hiking." - Finis Mitchell
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