ACTIVITIES

November 2007

Fall Camping Trip

A trip to Looking Glass in North Carolina is scheduled for November 16-17. We have a good sized group and plenty of equipment.

We will be following this plan:

depart Columbia on Friday, Nov. 16 @3pm
arrive in Brevard, NC around 5:30pm
setup camp in the free camping area of the Davidson River area and get food cooking
wake Saturday morning and hit the Looking Glass trail head by 10am
hike to summit and back with many exciting views in between
return to Columbia late Saturday afternoon (estimated 6pm)

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The following table should help you plan:

Item	Quantity	Comment
people	10-11	call 397-4455 if you'd like to come
vehicles	1 15-passenger van	dept. provided
sleeping bags	1 ea.	bring something to keep you from freezing (estimated temp range for day/night is 55/25F)
sleeping pads	1 ea.	not just for comfort... insulation is important for warmth
tents	3 for all to share	you may bring your own but we have space for everyone
hiking gear	not critical	comfortable clothing/shoes and at least a 32 oz. water bottle
cooking gear	stoves/burners/utensils	dept. stoves and any extra if you like
lights	several	limited battery and fueled lights provided
coolers	2-3	two large ones plus a 5-gal. water cooler
camp sites	$0	first come, first serve
food	$5-10/person	community dinner, personal snacks/other meals

October 2007

At our last meeting on Tuesday, the 30th, we addressed the following:

Increased GPA scores for GS-USC members
GPR data from Santee State Park
A Fall camping trip

October 2005

We were presented with some interesting field trips to a limestone quarry used for cement production. The floor of the quarry began faulting over the underlying aquifers and slowly flooding. We surveyed several targeted locations in the quarry with Ground Penetrating Radar.

See pictures of the quarry
See GPR sections

February 22, 2005

The USC Geophysical Society in collaboration with the AAPG Student Chapter at USC hosted an Interview and CV/Resume Writing workshop presented by Dr. Rinehart from USC's Career Center.

Download Dr. Rinehart's presentation