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Join us for a 6.8 mile (1,145 ft elevation gain) in the Trippet Ranch in Topanga State Park to the Parker Mesa overlook with Professor Victoria Chonn-Ching! We will meander through a lovely oak grove with luscious green grass, and at the vista we will witness the San Gabriel Mountains to the east, Catalina Island to the south, and the crescent shaped coastline of Santa Monica to the west to rise above the October depression pummeling towards us.
Packing List:
Water (two bottles or more)
Athletic or Hiking shoes
Sunscreen and something to cover up with (will be hot and sunny yay!)
SNACKS and maybe a lunch
WAIVER
Prepare a two truths and one lie
NOTE Views are stunning so bring extra socks for when yours are knocked off, AND no one is allowed to ask what other peoples majors are.
We will provide
A guide that will make you throb with joy
A wicked smart professor
A way to overcome the looming October Depression (tentative)
PACKING LIST:
ITEMS
H2O
WAIVERS
PROFESSOR: Victoria Chonn-Ching
DEPARTMENT: International Relations
RATE MY PROFESSOR: “I would get so
Professor Chonn-Ching holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations and an M.A. in Economics from USC, and an M.A. in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Before USC she was the Director’s Assistant of the Center for China and Asia Studies at Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, Peru.
PEAK: Parker Mesa Overlook Trail
DIFFICULTY: 3/5
SCENERY: Expect meanders through
a lovely oak grove, frolicking green
grass, a trail that transverses the
ridgeline between Topanga and
Santa Ynez Canyons, with the
vies of giant sandstone and ocean
pealing out between mountains!
FUN FACT: LOTS OF WILDLIFE EXPECT
TO SEE LIZARDS AND MAYBE FROGS
TRIP LEAD: Mason
I had a tummy ache a few miles out in
the pacific ocean so I had to p00p in
the water
Contact Mason: mpmorris@usc.edu
Read Mason's bio