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4/9/07

TRAVELOGUE ON PERU PRESENTED AT ST. LAWRENCE

CANTON - St. Lawrence University Outdoor Program Associate Director Sarah Councell will give a presentation called "Peru Wanderings: A Journey into Modern and Pre-Columbian Peru" on Wednesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in Room 123 of the Griffiths Arts Center on campus; it is open to the public, free of charge.

In the spring of 2005, Councell spent two weeks traveling throughout southern Peru. Highlights from this trip included natural and cultural wonders: Arequipa and Canyon de Colca, the deepest canyon in the world; Lake Titicaca and its islands, home to traditional folk customs and Peru's best weavers; historic Cusco and Incan ruins in the Sacred Valley; and the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu. Councell's slide show combines beautiful imagery with an inquiry of cultural preservation in light of modernity and tourism.>br?

A graduate of Boston College, Councell taught in the city of Eugene, Oregon's outdoor program and the National Outdoor Leadership School prior to joining the staff at St. Lawrence. She has climbed in Mexico, Canada, Bolivia and Kenya, and extensively in the U.S. Councell teaches outdoor leadership courses; outdoor and indoor climbing; mountaineering and ice climbing; and manages the Munro Family Climbing Wall in Newell Field House.

For more information, contact the Outdoor Programs office at 315-229-5377.

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