Being apart of the media department means a very different schedule every week and even by the day. Today is Tuesday in the office, but it feels very similar to a Monday. We were lucky enough to have our weekend feel extended by heading to Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania to go white water rafting with the very first Odyssey trip of the summer. Our job was to collect photos and footage of the participants by speeding by them, quickly setting up, quickly breaking down, speeding to the next checkpoint and attempting to stay in the raft as best as possible (I was the first one to fall in a rapid out of the entire trip. It was on the first rapid. Our patient director, Matthew Shreve, was kind enough to save me. Thanks Matthew Shreve.)
On that note, we were very fortunate to have our director be so familiar with the river and guiding us because the three of us were, well, very inexperienced and maybe not the most graceful people. The day was a success in every way as far as we can tell. We saw trout, a black bear, bald eagle, four turkey vultures on one branch and a handful of ducks flowing through the rapids ahead of us. Every camera made it safely back home with no water damage (This was a big fear for the lesser graceful of us, meaning all of us but Matthew...). We took two GoPros, one on a monopod and one on a longer poll. This came in handy so we could stand in the rapids and get very close to the action or stand on a rock and extend the camera further than we could walk. We also had a Sony NEX-VG900 and a Nikon D7000 to capture more footage. We focused on collecting more footage than photos, but we did come out with a few just because.
Picture left to right: Safety boater, Cody Holliday, Associate Director of Adventure Nathan Harlan with the monopod GoPro, Lane Horter with the other GoPro, Matthew Shreve with Sony NEX-VG9000 and me, in control of the case so it doesn't fall in the river. (I swear I did other things aside from being in charge of the camera case safety team.) Photo by Andrew Sealy.
Odyssey 17 trip participants and leaders enjoying the beautiful day in Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania.
After carrying the heavy raft up a hill to get shuttled back to our car, we indulged in pizza that Lane was thoughtful enough to pack. Right after we changed into dry clothes and packed up all the gear, thunder began to roll in. Apparently Morgantown was hit with a huge storm, but we missed it and had sunshine all day.
It's days like this where you go home and realize that you just "worked" all day. Today we are reminded that it's not all fun and games as we send out emails, design calendars, edit videos and photos and brainstorm the next steps in our projects. Regardless, how cool is our job?
Today we made our community calendar "TAP" live and are filling it in gradually while waiting to hear back from businesses and organizations with their submissions. Keep posted on our Facebook and our website to view the calendar and prepare to get involved this summer! If anyone has an event that they would like promoted, please fill out our submission form here. All emails will go to me directly, and I will be in touch in a timely manner to handle all submissions.
All of us seem to get a little anxious being in an office all day, so we're looking forward to be heading to the challenge course with the second Odyssey trip. Hopefully we don't get too bruised this time. Lane might need to pack his knee pads.
I hope everyone is enjoying the summer sun and staying cool in the water somewhere,
Natalie, Media Intern
It's days like this where you go home and realize that you just "worked" all day. Today we are reminded that it's not all fun and games as we send out emails, design calendars, edit videos and photos and brainstorm the next steps in our projects. Regardless, how cool is our job?
Today we made our community calendar "TAP" live and are filling it in gradually while waiting to hear back from businesses and organizations with their submissions. Keep posted on our Facebook and our website to view the calendar and prepare to get involved this summer! If anyone has an event that they would like promoted, please fill out our submission form here. All emails will go to me directly, and I will be in touch in a timely manner to handle all submissions.
All of us seem to get a little anxious being in an office all day, so we're looking forward to be heading to the challenge course with the second Odyssey trip. Hopefully we don't get too bruised this time. Lane might need to pack his knee pads.
I hope everyone is enjoying the summer sun and staying cool in the water somewhere,
Natalie, Media Intern
