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Hardball with a student Outdoor Adventures athleteQ&A

Climbing the hidden treasures of Broughton Bluff
BY MEGAN MORIN
Staff Writer

The Pioneer Log, February 4, 2011

Featuring Guiseppe Baffaro (11) of Baseball

BY FIONA CORNER
Sports Editor

Why do you play baseball? I always enjoyed it. It has always been a passion of mine; ever since I was a little kid. My family is a big baseball family. My grandfather was a professional scout in the major leagues; he was a high school coach in Oregon and I basically have big family ties. Why did you decide to play baseball at L&C? I decided to play the year after my last season at my junior college. I talked to Coach Dunn and Coach Baughman last year and it was a big influence to have them talk to me and that helped me in making my decision to come here. Plus I live in Portland, Im close and I can get a great education at the same time. What makes baseball at Lewis & Clark PHOTO COURTESY OF GUISEPPE BAFFARO special? There are a few things that make the L&C Guiseppe Baffaro (11) has high hopes for baseballs baseball program special. In my eyes, I think spring season. it is the close-knit community that we have with each other. We are a real close team and everyone can bond with each other at the same time and get after it too. We all work out and do things together. I think thats a big reason why our success is going to start building upon things like that. Tight-knit things like that.

Getting back on track

Track & Field team morale is high as season approaches

with bolts through the cruxes. The climbing ranges from interesting cracks which climb up through blocks and At first glance, Portlands incessant rain and proliferation of moss suggests that columns, to pure sport climbing routes that rock climbing in the area is slim to none. scale seemingly blank faces, or gymnastiHowever, there are a few enclaves of qual- cally ascending overhangs and baffling bulge problems. ity rock that can be Broughton is also found within an hour the perfect place to of campus. One of take beginning climbthese hidden treasures ers, or those new to is Broughton Bluff: a rope climbing, because hidden crag outside of many of the routes alTroutdale in Lewis & low for a top rope to Clark State Park. be set up by hiking up Broughton, while to the top of the wall, certainly nothing eliminating the need compared to the endfor more dangerous less climbing of Smith lead climbing. Rock, has something To get to Broughfor every level of ton Bluff, take I-5 climber, and its deficits North to I-84 east and are more than comget off on exit 18 for pensated by its proxLewis & Clark State imity to Portland. Park on the south side For a smaller area, of the highway. At the Broughton has a surstop sign, take a left prising amount of vaPHOTO BY MEGAN MORIN and turn into the obriety in its hundred or Broughton Bluff has a lot to offer for any level vious parking lot for the so routes. of climber and is easily accesible due to its park on the left. From The climbing features proximity to Portland. the park, head southan interesting combinaeast towards the hill and tion of trad, sport, and climb up the trail to the crag. mixed routes on columnar basalt. For asEmail mmorin@lclark.edu with any quespiring trad climbers, there are a number of tions about Broughton Bluff, climbing, or other friendly cracks with excellent protection, and several mixed routes that will ease your fear outdoor activities.

events and two relays at the Conference meet last spring, as well as distance runner Karl Dickman (10) and high-jumper Alla Khalitova (10). Head Coach David Fix says that the teams challenge this year is to have people step up and replace those points. Fix is confident that if we can perform up to our potential and compete hard, we can move up in the standings. Distance Coach Keith Woodard agrees, noting that the freshman he coached PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.LCPIONEERS.COM in Cross Country this fall are Christina Herring (11), hurdler for track & field, is one of many finding their confidence and returning athletes whose consistency will assure the unity the team embracing competition. hopes to achieve. Aside from improving the teams overall reputation in the BY HANNAH PALMER Conference, the athletes are setting high inStaff Writer dividual goals. Sprinter Cheyenne Feliz (11) As Lewis & Clark track and field ath- is coming into her final season and is ranked letes get geared up for the upcoming season, first in the Conference in both the 200 meter morale is high. The dynamics of the over- and the 400 meter. Her goals are clear: Stay all team are great, says hurdler Sam Cour- healthy all year. I want to be competitive all tain (12). There is a lot of support coming season and go as far as I can: win the 400 from all of the different event groups. Emily meter at Conference, qualify for Nationals, Thomas (13) adds, Captains and others are and beat as many Willamette Bearcats as working hard this possible! year to create a sense I want to be competitive andRaul Millan (13) of team unity. BeEmily Thomas cause of the variety all season and go as far are among those of events and trainhoping to break as I can, said Cheyenne ing regimes among school records. Miltrack and field ath- Feliz (11). lan competes in the letes, it is easy to just shot put, hammer click with the people throw and discus, you are working with every day. However, while Thomas runs the 5000 meter and the the team is increasingly eager to appreciate 10,000 meter. Olivia Foster (13) is aiming the skill and dedication it takes to participate for a personal record in the 800 meter. Foster in any event in track and field. notes, My personal record has held steady The team also aims to move up in the since my sophomore year in high school, and Conference this year and develop more con- now, as a sophomore in college, I think this fidence and pride, says distance runner is the year. Richie LeDonne (11). Last year the womKatherine Groesbeck (11) isnt giving ens team placed 6th in the North West Con- specifics, but promises that this season Im ference Championship Meet and the mens bout to bust a move. team placed 7th. LeDonne notes, We have Come watch the teams dedication and foa small team and competition in the Con- cus pay off at the two home meets this spring. ference will be difficult. LC has graduated Mark your calendars for the LC Spring Break several key scorers, including Liska Havel Open on Saturday, Mar. 19 and the LC Invi(10), who scored points in four individual tational on Saturday, Apr. 16.

411 on Portland biking

PHOTO BY GRACE GUENTHER

The sign above is a staple outside of Powells Books near the bike racks where every Sunday night people unchain childrens bikes in an event known as the Zoo Bomb.

BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer

Portland is renowned as a bike-friendly city despite its hilly landscape, and it certainly lives up to its reputation. One only needs to go downtown to see legions of Portlanders on two-wheeled, leg-powered transport roaming the streets. The big news stories in Portland are often bike related: the Rose City is known both for its annual naked bike ride and the Portland bike lane improvement plan for 2030. The bike culture exists on Lewis & Clarks campus as well. While the trek up Palatine Hill discourages some, others bypass that challenge by using the bike racks available on the Raz. Debates about the best way downtown are frequent. Students have a range of preferences regarding where to bike, both locally and around town. Getting into town is the first concern of any biker, and even here

opinions vary. Going down Boones Ferry to Taylors Ferry is thrilling in terms of speed, but puts bikers in competition with cars for the road. And unless bikers are looking for a workout, or

regular biker, and is used to navigating the city as such. Best way downtown, he said, was the Springwater Corridor, if you are going for a decent ride. Otherwise, Id use the greenway, which is the west side version of the Springwater Corridor. Williard also spoke to the Zoo Bomb, where every Sunday night people ride childrens bikes down the hill that the zoo is on. Bikes, located by a sculpture near Powells, are unchained every night. Williard said that riders then take them on the Max up to the hill to ride. One need not go far to enjoy biking, however. Tucker Whitney (14) is a big proponent of one of PHOTO BY GRACE GUENTHER the local rides. The graveFor a fun bike ride you need not go yard ride is amazing, he further than the graveyards nearby. said. I went [out] this one day when the light was comhave to get to OHSU, taking ing through the trees at the Terwilliger is an unpleasant right angle. Regarding local series of big hills. beauty, Tucker said, the ride Aaron Williard (14) is a cant be beat.