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This moderate hike is only 6 miles long, but you’ll feel worlds away from LA as we journey deep into the Angeles National Forest. Come for the picturesque views and fragrant cedar stands, stay for Professor Lamy’s priceless life advice!
PACKING LIST:
H2O
HAT, SUNGLASSES, SUNSCREEN
WAIVERS
PROFESSOR: STEVEN LAMY
DEPARTMENT: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, SPATIAL SCIENCES
RATE MY PROFESSOR: "Professor Lamy is highly respected and by far one of the best professors you could take."
One of USC's most prominent faculty, Professor Lamy has won over 20 teaching awards at USC, including professor of the year four times. His areas of expertise include international relations theory, foreign policy analysis, and the foreign policies of the Western nation-states, with over 40 published articles and books in those topics. Dr. Lamy served as USC Dornsife’s Vice Dean for Academic Programs from July 2007 to August 2017 and is currently teaching in the USC M.A. in Global Security Studies Program.
Outside the classroom, Dr. Lamy spends time fishing and hiking in Colorado. He also travels with students to exotic locales (Iceland anyone?) through Dornsife programs like Problems Without Passports.
PEAK: MT. WATERMAN
DIFFICULTY: 3/5
SCENERY: TREES! epic cedar stands, pines, many nice boulders, a general sense of remoteness
FUN FACT: Mt. Waterman operates the closest day ski area to the Los Angeles basin! (It has a very short ski season.)
TRIP LEAD: BEN BLUM
Contact Ben: bjblum@usc.edu
Read Ben’s bio here.