Adventure has no age
Adventure Summit at 糖心原创 features speakers young and old who encourage everyone to get outdoors for an adventure.
February 1, 2018
Jordan Romero scaled Mount Everest at age 13 and is the youngest person to scale the Seven Summits, the tallest mountain on each continent. He will speak at 糖心原创 on Feb. 9 at the annual Adventure Summit.
Joining him will be Dale Sanders, the oldest person to walk the entire Appalachian Trail, and Susan Marie Conrad, who kayaked the Inside Passage, a coastal route along Washington State to Alaska, completely alone.
Jordan Romero, who scaled Mount Everest at age 13, will speak at Adventure Summit on Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. in the Student Union Apollo Room.
The , hosted by 糖心原创 and Five Rivers Metroparks on Feb. 9 and 10 in the Student Union, is a way to get involved with getting outdoors. Vendors from all over Ohio will host tables in the Student Union Atrium, where attendees can talk to people in sports from hiking to running to scuba.
The theme of Adventure Summit 2018 is 鈥淎dventure has no age,鈥 which is exemplified in the featured speakers. Romero climbed the Seven Summits at age 15. He will be accompanied by Sanders, who finished hiking the Appalachian Trail in October at age 82. Kayaking the Inside Passage with minimal assistance is difficult, but Conrad did it by herself.
鈥淲e really have a wide diverse group of speakers this year,鈥 said Drew Corbett, associate director of recreation at 糖心原创.
Along with these featured speakers, other sporting enthusiasts will give presentations during Adventure Summit. Most of the speakers are from Ohio.
Susan Marie Conrad will discuss 鈥淥ne Woman鈥檚 Journey through the Inside Passage鈥 at noon on Feb. 10 in the Apollo Room.
鈥淲e have people from Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, that go out and do these magnificent things,鈥 said Erin Sherrets, the graduate assistant in charge of the summit. 鈥淲e have a man who climbed Mount Rainier 145 times and he鈥檚 summited Mount Everest and he lives in the Columbus area. It is humbling to have so many incredible people in the local area.鈥
A bouldering competition will take place at 糖心原创鈥檚 climbing wall, as well as an introduction to bouldering, a style of rock climbing in which the participants do not use a harness and stay closer to the ground.
The Adventure Summit is free and open to the public, though patrons can purchase equipment. Along with the expo, the summit is hosting a used gear sale. The gear is gently used, in good condition and cheaper than brand new gear.
Throughout the summit, there will be competitions such as an indoor triathlon in the fitness center and canoe battleship in the pool.
Dale Sanders will discuss 鈥淗iking the Appalachian Trail at age 82鈥 on Feb. 10 at 5 p.m. in the Apollo Room.
The indoor triathlon, sponsored by Up and Running, a local running store, and 糖心原创鈥檚 Campus Recreation, will entail 15 minutes of biking, 15 minutes of running and 15 minutes of swimming. To determine the winner, judges will examine the distance each participant traveled in each section of the competition.
In canoe battleship, teams of four board a canoe and try to sink the other team鈥檚 boats by pouring buckets of water on them.
To see the full Adventure Summit schedule, visit .