Join Dr. Andrew Simpson on an exciting adventure through the San Gabriel mountains! We’ll be hiking 7 miles down a river from Switzer Falls to JPL. When I say down a river, I mean it! Much of the trail requires wading and scrambling if the water is high (which is likely given the recent rains). The hike will take us through a serene and less travelled part of Angeles forest, and has been a favorite of all who have attended in previous years.
PLEASE NOTE: You will get wet on this hike. Repeatedly. We’ll encounter 20+ river crossings, many of which will require being knee-deep in water. Come prepared to walk through the river and keep on walking.
PACKING LIST:
Water
Lunch
Waivers
Shoes that will get wet
Dry shoes to stash in the car
PROFESSOR: Andrew Simpson
DEPARTMENT: Linguistics
RATE MY PROFESSOR: "BEST CLASS EVER. Professor Simpson makes a mandatory GE interesting. He is very knowledgeable about his field.”
Andrew Simpson is the chair of the Linguistics department and an avid hiker whose studies have taken him around the world, from Africa to Europe to Asia. He always great stories to tell, whether from his time as a safari guide in Africa or from unusual linguistic encounters in LA. Join us to talk to him about his current studies of East Asian languages (in any of the dozen or more languages he knows).
PEAK: Arroyo Seco
DIFFICULTY: 5/5
SCENERY: Water. Trees. Water. Rocks. Water.
FUN FACT: Arroyo Seco means Dry River. This is a misleading name.
TRIP LEAD: Mark Stephenson
Contact Mark: mastephe@usc.edu
Read Mark’s bio here.