Mile three marked the point in the trail where the group hiked up their pants and took off their shoes and socks to cross the 65º water to continue their journey
While backpacking, cooking and eating becomes an even larger community event since groups have to work together to carry all the materials in. | Photos by Richard Hirst, Photo Editor
The Baylor lifetime fitness class, Backpacking and camping, takes a weekend camping trip at the end of each semester for students to use the skills they have been learning in the classroom. This year’s trip took the class to Lake Georgetown near Austin. | Photos by Richard Hirst, Photo Editor
The entire class surrounds a campfire that they made to tell jokes and stories and to listen to David Pajela play a ukulele and sing the FUN song from the cartoon Sponge Bob. | Photos by Richard Hirst, Photo Editor
Each person carried a roughly 25 pound backpack that carried everything they would need for the trip. Items include warm clothes, tent, cooking materials, food, flashlight and water. |Photos by Richard Hirst, Photo Editor
Mile three marked the point in the trail where the group hiked up their pants and took off their shoes and socks to cross the 65º water to continue their journey
The trip ended at Tajas Camp at the North West side of the lake where students had a fantasitc veiw of the river that feeds the lake. |Photos by Richard Hirst, Photo Editor
