Steens staff
Tent assistants live with campers, run with them, and keep each tent going all week.
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My favorite part of Steens is usually the skits—they are so fun to watch. The coffee cake on Olympic day, and of course, Big Day! It’s amazing to watch people push their bodies to places they never thought they could go!
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My favorite part of Steens is definitely the grit of Big Day—watching everyone work so hard to achieve such a big task is so cool!
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My favorite part about camp, as a camper, was meeting new people and being away from my phone and media drama. As a counselor, I’ve learned to enjoy being a mentor and watching my campers mature, gather valuable skills, and create bonds that last a lifetime.
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My favorite part about camp will always be the Basque dinner. The music and dancing have such a unique energy.
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My favorite part about camp is becoming friends with people I compete against from different teams.
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My favorite part about camp is watching everyone become more unguarded and playful as time goes on, and watching each tent come together as a team over the course of the week.
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My favorite part of camp is sitting with my friends and eating the lasagna right after big day!
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My favorite part about camp is meeting people from other schools! I’ve formed so many friendships with people from our “rival schools” and met people from other states that I still say hi to at travel meets. The Steens community is everywhere and so connected.
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My favorite part about camp is carrying my teammate out of the canyon during the cross-canyon race my first year at Steens.
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My favorite part about camp is how the laughter and joy grow throughout the week as everyone meets new people and completes hard tasks together.
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My favorite part about camp is Scooter’s famous crisp 😍
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My favorite part about camp is watching groups of kind, motivated individuals arrive as strangers and leave inseparable—bound to every part of their tent. After years of only hearing about teamwork, Steens becomes the first place many of them truly live it and claim it as a real part of their lives.
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My favorite part about camp is the transformation from a tent of campers to a group of friends.
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My favorite part about camp is getting to be friends and be around your usual rivals or competitors.
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My favorite part about camp is the last couple of nights around the campfires when everyone’s warmed up to each other, making friends, and then being so excited to see each other the next cross/track season at competitions.
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My favorite part about camp is tents working together on Cross Canyon Day.
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My favorite part about camp is when you get to the top of the hill during Big Day and get a lemon drop!
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My favorite part about camp is the beauty of the nature there, and how much you get to experience in just a short week.
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My favorite part about camp is Basque dinner.
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My favorite part about camp is cross canyon and the food!
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My favorite part about camp is setting pit stop records at the campground bathrooms with Creed Bodily on Big Day!
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My favorite part about camp is being up in the Steens Mountains, being part of something bigger, and seeing people push themselves in ways they never thought they could.
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My favorite part about camp is getting to be on the mountain itself; getting to run in places not many have experienced before. Getting to do that with some of your closest friends is a very special gift.
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One of my favorite memories from steens was dancing with Ron. Favorite part about steens is being out in the wilderness and seeing the stars at night. Also the smiles with caked on dirt coming up from big day 😁
