Cascading in GA with Hill Belfi.
I chat with Georgia Tech Outdoor Rec Cascading expert Hill Belfi. I had wondered why GA tech ordered so much canyoneering gear from Imlay. Hill reached out when she found out about the podcast to let me know about what they call Cascading. It sounds so fun I my have to talk my husband into going there. Hill Belfi is a 22 year old resident of Atlanta, Georgia and a senior at the Georgia Institute of Technology studying biomedical engineering. The name Hill is her mother’s maiden name… the mountain sports are just coincidence! She grew up in Atlanta and spent her weekends as a kid solving scavenger hunts, playing soccer, reading every adventure story she could get her hands on, and in the Blue Ridge mountains kayaking, rock hopping, and hiking. Once at Georgia Tech, she signed on as student staff in the great sport of Cascading for Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech (ORGT, pronounced O-R-G-T or or-git), a department of Georgia Tech’s rec center that offers outdoor adventure trips in 9 different sports. She leads cascading trips for Georgia Tech all over the southeast, everything from teaching beginners to scouting new locations. Before COVID-19, she was interning with Johnson and Johnson’s medical device division working to manufacture needles and sutures. When she’s not rappelling waterfalls, you can find her working in a machine shop on campus, scouting out new taco places in Atlanta, playing guitar, or watching the Bachelorette with her roommates. Hill is an biomedical engineering student, a wilderness first responder, an avid houseplant parent, the president of one of the biggest college outdoor programs in the country, an enthusiastic member of the natural-anchors club, and a proud cascader – a canyoneer in a place without canyons. If you you like more information from Hill about Cascading In Ga email her at hbelfi@gmail.com If you have an idea for the show please email me at thecanyonsarecalling@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/489678298671354 Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/canyonsarecalling Back ground music is by Chris Zollinger: Chris Zollinger is a Professional Handpan player, Drummer/Percussionist, Environmental Activist, Eagle Scout, and Florida Master Naturalist. He recently relocated to southern Utah from Sarasota, Florida where he played music and guided kayaking tours in gator filled waters as a master naturalist. You can find out more about Chris and buy his CD at https://www.zthehandpanman.com Intro Music is by Tig Booth. You can reach out to him by email nathaniel.booth@gmail.com or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nathaniel.booth.9 To keep me busy at work and to read more about canyoneering you can go the Imlay Canyon Gear Website. https://www.canyoneeringusa.com Our cover photo was taken by Eric Beard. Your can follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/desert_rat75/ See ya in a couple weeks, the canyons are calling, I gotta go! Sponsorships: off for this episode