One of two things could be happening: you are drowning, or you are on the fall break trip with Elon Outdoors.
Hopefully you are on the Elon Outdoors' trip in West Virginia. The trip is a three-day venture to Bridge Day, an outdoor sports festival, rafting on the Gauley River and hiking to scenic views of the Appalachian Mountains. All of this takes place Saturday to Monday, Elon's fall break.
Elise Foerster, Elon Outdoors team leader, describes Bridge Day as "like a holiday in West Virginia, when people go base-jumping."
After Bridge Day, the group will head to the North American River Runners (NARR) campground and set up camp. The following day consists of rafting on the Lower Gauley River with NARR for the entire day. NARR's website calls the Lower Gauley the "Super Bowl of Whitewater." After breaking camp, everyone will hike before driving back to Elon.
Foerster also led last year's trip and said her favorite part is meeting people.
"While all the activities we do are really fun, I am mostly excited about meeting new people," she said. "It is a three-day trip, so that gives us more time than usual to get to know one another."
Sophomore Lauren Kepke also shares the sentiments that Elon Outdoors is a great place to create friendships.
"Last year I went sea kayaking during the first month of school, and it was there that I made some of my best friends," she said.
Elon Outdoors has many different events on nearly every weekend of the school year, ranging from going to the indoor rock climbing facility in Greensboro called Tumblebee's, day hikes and going to the North Carolina Whitewater Rafting center. The trips are not only planned for weekends, but also during some of the breaks.
"We are currently in the process of planning a new Fake Break trip," Foerster said. "Hopefully skiing, potentially somewhere out West. Also, we are planning a spring break trip. For this our options are still open, but we are thinking about camping in Florida and going to Disney World."
The next trip with Elon Outdoors is Oct. 29, when the group goes for a day hike at Hanging Rock State Park. In the meantime, it hosts "S'mores with Outdoors" every Wednesday at 10 p.m. on the patio outside of the Elon Outdoors office attached to Koury Gym.
"Elon Outdoors is trying our best to come up with new trips and experiences for students on and off campus," Foerster said. "Last year we held a ukulele concert in Irazu to promote sustainability. We hope to do more things on campus this year, so that students have even more of an opportunity to get involved."