Our wonderful new water-specialty 💦 instructors spent ten days canoeing 🛶 Lake Moomaw, the Potomac, and C&O Canal 🚣 for water HOLT (waho) 2024!
They had a blast on some rapids 🌊, tarp camping ⛺, and yapping around the fire 🔥
Enjoy the rivers 🏞️ and beaches 🏖️ this summer!! 🌻🌅
Our lovely new land-specialty instructors spent ten days backpacking 🎒🥾 in Virginia and West Virginia 🏞️ for land HOLT 2024.
We loved the views 🌄 at Shenandoah, swimming in waterfalls 🏊 at Otter Creek Wilderness, and going solo 🏕️ in Dolly Sods!
Have a great summer ☀️ and remember to spend some time outdoors! ☺️🌲⛺
as we finish up exams, thank you for an amazing semester together!! 🌊🥾🛶🎣🌎🌤️
we look forward to seeing you on our trips in the fall & will update with our summer adventures as well!
get outside this summer and pursue the outdoors!
Our final shout-out goes to the one and only LAURA CORDOBA!! 🙌🙌
Her infectious positivity🌻and enthusiasm for teaching 👩🏫 have fostered a goofy 🤪 and loving 🥰 culture in white water 🚣♀️ kayaking! AND Laura's been the one behind this amazing Instagram account 🔥🤩
You've touched so many people Laura 💕 I couldn't fit it all:
"Laura is the absolute best kayaker and friend I could ever ask for! She is a wonderful role model and will be very very missed. She brings light and happiness every time I see her! Can't wait to be on the river again with her in the future!"
"Laura is such a ray of sunshine for the program...she's an amazing instructor and but also helps all of us have fun! Her shenanigans during clinic and trips and legendary and always make things more fun!"
"Laura is such an amazingly cheerful, caring person. She brings such a brightness to all the trips she leads, and she's so great at making people feel welcome in EE. She's been a great friend and a wonderful presence in the program. We're going to miss her but I'm sure she's going to do great wherever she goes after graduation!"
" Laura is so amazing! She teaches things in a fun way that is highly effective. She is a trend setter in the program, and her energy will live on for generations of future instructors!"
"Laura is an incredible friend and leader and I'm so grateful to have spent so much time with her through EE! She's one of the most thoughtful and caring people I've ever met :)"
Our second to last senior shout out is for Ryan Austin Lessing!! 🥳
Man loves his cheese🧀 , but more than that he loves his astronomy 🔭 🪐 and helping others enjoy white water kayaking, all while staying safe.
Here’s to you Ryan 🥂 :
“Ryan is the most fun guy to lead a trip with! His positivity and good vibes are infectious, he will be missed on the river and as a friend!”
“Ryan, you’ve made such a safe and wonderful learning environment for all of us to grow in!! Thank you for your everlasting support, your warmth, shenanigans and all the advice! “
“Ryan is one of the nicest and most genuine people that I’ve meet here at Hopkins. His constant wisdom and guidance has made him sort of like my outdoors father and I’m very lucky to call him a good friend”
“Rye Rye, I frankly don’t know how we could have kept WWK running without you. I am so lucky to have been partnered with one of the kindest, considerate and most dedicated instructors this program has ever known. It was an honor to learn and grow by your side. More than just a friend, you have been my white water kayaking brother. 👦 ”
Next up for our senior shout out we’d like to give a big thanks to our one and only, Austin James LARSON!!! 🤩
Austin is very charismatic🕺 and knows how to keep an engaged 😄atmosphere. Needless to say, he’s the social glue that keeps us all together. 🏡
Here are a couple of sweet words from his co-instructors:
“Mister Austin James Larson has brought a fun goofy energy and a passion for climbing that has kept the specialty alive 💪 despite being our sleepiest instructor he’s managed to stay awake long enough to keep climbing afloat and get a bunch of us out on the rocks 🧗♂️”
“Austin snuck his way into my life - I realized one day that I trusted him completely, but couldn’t put a date to when that happened. I have been lucky enough to really get to know him over the past few years, and I will be forever grateful for that :)”
“#1 best climbing teacher for climbing and ramen fixing”
“Nerd🥸 and loved being the one to operate systems”
**swipe all the way right for a surpriseeee
Next up for our Senior Shout Out we have Miranda Jimenez!! 🥳
Miranda is one heck of a hiker ⛺️and always brings her radiant smile 😊 everywhere she goes.
Here’s what some of our instructors have to say:
“It was so much fun getting to lead trip with you. :) ”🥾
“It was cool getting to meet Miranda outside of EE during our WFR Solo course!”⛑
from FISHING 🎣🐟🐠 to HIKING 🚶♀️🥾 to KAYAKING 🌊🛶 we loved our last trips of the semester!!
thank you 🫶❣️ to everyone who came on our trips this semester, look out for our semester recap post coming soon!!
And this senior shout-out goes to Allison Lorentz!! 🥳
Not only is she 🙌🏼one of our sweetest 💕instructors but the funniest. 🥸Her, Patrick and Carter are THE ultimate 🥾hiking 👣🐾trio.
Here’s what some of our lovey members have to say to Allison:
“Allison has been super vital to EE throughout her time here. Her warm friendliness and ability to reassure others in sticky situations are some of her greatest strengths, and she’s been a fantastic hiking and backpacking leader!”
“Allison has been one of my biggest role models when coming to Hopkins. She was one of my pre-orientation leaders and inspired me to join EE, and I value our friendship so much!”
“Allison is the biggest sweetheart and has made me feel so welcomed since day one. She also has phenomenal style and excellent hot takes I love to hear about :) I can’t wait to see her save the world with environmental science!”
We had so much fun on the WATER 🌊 this weekend! We went flat water canoeing 🛶 on Saturday and stand up paddling 🏄 on Sunday. Thank you to our wonderful participants 🩵
Thank you 🙌🏽 to all the people who came out on a LAND🥾 trip with us this past weekend! ☺️💕 Our instructors always have such a BLAST taking you all outdoors. 🌲🏕✨ Hard times are coming with finals seasons, but with the sunny ☀️ weather be sure to spend some times outdoors to help calm those nerves. 🌹
