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OAP Staff

Director of OAP- Carlo Ritschl

  • Year: Senior
  • Hobbies/Passions/Obsessions: Fly Fishing, Backpacking, climbing, snowboarding, my dog Bentley
  • Favorite outdoor trips: Fly fishing RMNP, Sand Dunes, Classic Moab trip
  • Words of Wisdom: "In the end all things merge into one, and a river runs through it"

Assistant Director of OAP- Mickey Smith

  • Year: Senior
  • Hobbies/Passions/Obsessions: Backpacking, Climbing, Whitewater Rafting, being in the wilderness with friends and no one else around within a 5 mile radius.
  • Favorite Outdoor trip: Backpacking in Rocky Mountain National Park, even though i forgot my sleeping bag.
  • Words of Wisdom: Look at the mountains everyday. You'll have a better day.

OAP Trip Leader- John Otten

  • Year: Junior
  • Hobbies/Passions/Obsessions: Climbing, Backpacking, Proteins and other nerdy science things, Gear Junkie
  • Favorite Trip Location:
  • Past Trips: Spring Break '08 White Rim Trail Mountain Biking, Mt. Harvard, Spring Break '09 Backcountry Skiing, various other non-OAP trips
  • Words of Wisdom: "These are all words, and sometimes words have meaning" -Dr. Mahapatro

Trip Leader- Anne Flower

  • Year: (for fall 2009) sophomore
  • Hobbies: SKIING, hiking, running, camping, climbing

Trip Leader- Jonathan Landolfe

  • Year: Senior
  • Hobbies: Climbing, backpacking and photography
  • Favorite Trip: Any climbing trip to Or, Ut or Wy
  • Words of Wisdom: Mountains are my cathedral and climbing is my way of worship.

Trip Leader- Joe Vuletich

  • Year: Senior
  • Hobbies/Passions/Obsessions Skiing, Hiking, Running, Biking, Ultimate Frisbee, Table-Tennis, Writing, Reading, Movies, and Listing.
  • Past Trips: OAP Moab Mountain Biking, Boy Scouts Phimont Backpacking, Day Hikes and Fourteeners, Dunes, --Colorado Trail Segments, etc.
  • Words of Wisdom : "That's just like...your opinion, man." - Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski

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