Tired of the same old campus scenery? Excited to try something new and adventurous? Want to build new, meaningful friendships? Join OA for an overnight trip to the Princeton Blairstown Center!
Outdoor Action Search
Topics: Climbing, Community Service
Content type: Article
Peak Potential is all about helping kids achieve more than they thought was possible. Using the OA Climbing Wall and a team approach volunteers help children with disabilities reach new heights (literally). All children require a belayer and many also require a climber with an additional belayer. The climber encourages the child and may help her place hands and feet on holds as they climb. OA is looking for students who would be interested in working with children at the Wall on a weekly basis throughout the semester. No previous climbing experience is required, although you will need to...
Topics: Biking, Canoeing, Climbing, Community Service, Hiking
Content type: Article
Saturday, April 23: 12:30pm-4pm
Join OA for a day full of fun, FREE, outdoor activities! Explore some of the hidden natural gems that are right in the Princeton area.
Topics: Leader Training
Content type: Videos
TripStore is the online shopping cart for signing up for all OA Activities from Leader Training to day trips. You'll need to have a Princeton University NetID and Password in order to login via the Central Authentication Service.
Topics: Community Service
Content type: Article
Interested in hiking local Princeton trails and giving back to the Princeton outdoors community? Join OA for a nature hike and trail maintenance project!
We partner up with FOPOS (Friends of Princeton Open Spaces) to tackle a section of trail in full-force. Typical projects include movingstones, leveling sections, clearing vegetation, and lining paths. You'll also learn about wildlife and invasive species along the way!
Be sure to bring shoes you are comfortable hiking and working in!
Topics: Leadership
Content type: Article
Are you a budding entrepreneur, a social change agent, working on a team or part of a student group? If you want to enhance your effectiveness and impact then you need to cultivate you highest leadership potential. Outdoor Action is offering the opportunity for all students to do that through our Leadership 101 and Leadership 102 workshop series. These workshops are open to the whole campus (no prerequisites and you don’t have to be interested in becoming an OA Leader to participate).
Leadership 101 - Sunday, April 7 from 1:00 - 6:00 PM, Frist MPR
Content type: Article
Leading a group on a multi-day trip either in a base camp setting or a backcountry setting requires extensive training in outdoor camping skills, effective first aid, judgment and decision making, leadership and group facilitation. The final part of OA Leader Training is the Leader Training Trip (LTT), a 6-day trip which pulls together all of the skills you have been learning all semester.