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Please be aware that this trip will involve disperse camping for one night — essentially we will be camping out and digging our own toilets :)
Welcome to Peaks and Professors and the Periodic Table… From the Calcium Carbonate that makes up the Trona Pinnacles to the largest Borax Mine in the world, this trip will rock. On Saturday, we’ll stop by the Rio Tinto Boron Mine and ghost towns as we head up to the towering tufa spires of Trona Pinnacles, where we’ll spend the night where Star Trek was filmed. On Sunday, we’ll scramble through lava rocks at Fossil Falls before heading back to campus. Joining us will be Finance Professor Larry Harris, an experienced Peaks Professor, and his dogs — Peaks and Pups?
PACKING LIST:
LOTS of H2O (around 2-3L, 68-100oz per person)
Change of clothes, pajamas
Comfortable shoes
Warm outerwear (it’ll get chilly at night)
Hat + SPF
Toothbrush/paste and other daily necessities
Mess kit: tupperware and utensils to use to eat
Flashlight
Snacks
Sleeping bags/pads, tents, blankets, and other camping gear (if you have any)
Waivers
WE WILL PROVIDE:
Food
Sleeping bags/pads, tents (for those that don’t have one)
PROFESSOR: LARRY HARRIS
DEPARTMENT: FINANCE/BUSINESS
Professor Harris holds the Fred V. Keenan Chair in Finance at the USC Marshall School of Business, and has extensive experience in the field of Finance. Dr. Harris was the Head Economist at the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2002-04 and currently serves as lead independent director of Interactive Brokers (IBKR), director of the Selected Funds, and research coordinator of the Q-Group. Professor Harris is also very experienced when it comes to the outdoors and is one of Peaks’ most loyal professors.
PEAK: TRONA PINNACLES
DIFFICULTY: 1/5
SCENERY: Otherworldly towers in the middle of the desert
FUN FACT: Phoebe Bridgers shot her album cover here and we will be recreating it
TRIP LEAD: NANA
Contact Nana: nanaefuj@usc.edu
Read Nana’s bio here.