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About Us Outdoor Escapes is a younger-adult (18 to youthful <50) volunteer-based club at Georgia Gwinnett College that provides the opportunity to make new acquaintances and build friendships while experiencing the Hotlanta adventures of the great outdoors and other similar shared interest. Our main goals are fun, fitness, and friendships while learning about nature, the environment and the great outdoors. Some of our excursions include hiking, camping, urban/mountain biking/cycling, whitewater rafting, caving/spelunking, horseback riding, canoeing, kayaking, rappelling, rock climbing, cabining, fishing, geocaching, and other outdoor activities. Other social functions may involve mixers, movie nights, cookouts, dinners, potlucks, pool parties, going to the Georgia Aquarium, ZooAtlanta, or a Braves games. We participate in activities that promote environmental stewardship such as clean up programs for parks, nature centers, hiking/biking trails, and/or streams/rivers along with other community outreach and service projects. Our group started in April 2005 and have over 2,000 members. Most of our members are novices to many of our outdoor activities with some being more experienced outdoor enthusiast. We welcome all experience levels who are egger to participate in our fun, fitness, and friendship activities. We set up many part- and full-day outings in the Metro Atlanta area, North Georgia mountains, and other areas within a couple hours drive. Destinations further than that are typically overnight or multiple-day trips. We sometimes combine activities into a fun weekend getaway staying in some cabins or camping at a state park or other fun area, hang out and socialize with a nice group of men and women in a different atmosphere than the typical city scene. Our group is a diverse mix of collegiate, boy/girl next door, athletic/jock, preppy, trendy, average and/or regular types of nice, fun, younger professional men and women that that like outdoor adventure activities who are also relatively fit/in-shape (not necessarily gym built) and clean cut types. Our younger adult age range is 18 to those who are youthful under 50. One of our goals is for this to be a group of men and women who have more in common than just their enjoyment of the outdoors making it easier to cultivate better friendships. There are a variety of outdoor groups in Atlanta plus several campgrounds in Georgia that cater to different types of crowds and as such, we are only trying to fill our nitch and to have a comfortable atmosphere for those who are looking for something different than the typical Metro Atlanta social groups. We do not want this to be a click'ish or pretentious group, just people who like doing similar activities and for it to be more enjoyable for those involved. We welcome men and women regardless of race or sexual orientation and as such we are a diverse group with a mix of straight and gay, men and women, and various racial backgrounds that are legal US residents. Most of the members are single but we have a good mix of couples. Our group started in April 2005 and we now have over 2,000 members. Most of our members are from the Metro Atlanta area, with some from other parts of Georgia, and a few in neighboring states. |
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