{"id":43894,"date":"2019-12-02T08:26:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T13:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=43894"},"modified":"2019-12-09T07:41:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T12:41:28","slug":"students-honor-age-old-tradition-scale-old-rag-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/students-honor-age-old-tradition-scale-old-rag-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Students honor age-old tradition, scale Old Rag Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Old Rag,&#8221; the strenuous, nine-mile trek that winds up a forested mountainside and over craggy rock scrambles, is the Shenandoah National Park&#8217;s most popular hike, with stunning views of miles of wilderness. An hour and a half&#8217;s drive from campus, Old Rag has nonetheless beckoned to outdoorsy students for centuries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A contingent of EMU students led by Explore club secretary <strong>Collin Longenecker<\/strong> made the climb earlier this month. EMU&#8217;s video and photography manager <strong>Macson McGuigan<\/strong> documented their journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-10-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-10-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-10-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-10-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ben Stutzman leaps over a crag in the second, more rugged half of the Old Rag hike.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-3-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-3-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-3-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-3-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Longenecker began leading trips to Old Rag his first year at EMU. &#8220;I wanted to take my friends, especially the non-Virginian ones, and show them how awesome this hike is,&#8221; Longenecker said. That first trip, &#8220;we had 12 people show up and had an amazing day, which we concluded by heading to my parents&#8217; house for soup and bread.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-7-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-7-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-7-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-7-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nov. 3 was a windy but sunny day \u2013 &#8220;the weather could not have been any better,&#8221; Longenecker said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/scan_46080.1-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/scan_46080.1-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/scan_46080.1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/scan_46080.1-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/scan_46080.1.jpg 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The mountains surrounding EMU&#8217;s campus have long beckoned to students \u2013 like those pictured on this Old Rag trip from the early 1950s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-1-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-1-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-1-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-1-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Megan Good, Elizabeth Nisly, Emma Hoover, and Abigail Shelly at the base of the mountain.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-4-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-4-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-4-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-4-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;My experience has been that you end up in groups of two to six people that you get to spend the majority of the hike with&#8221; depending on your pace, Longenecker said. &#8220;It takes a decent amount of planning to do this hike because it is not that close to campus and it takes a really long time.&#8221; According to the park service, it takes the average hiker seven and a half hours to complete the circuit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-11-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-11-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-11-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-11-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About two miles into the hike, the rock scramble begins \u2013&nbsp;where hikers navigate through crevasses and over boulders for the remaining mile and a half to the summit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-8-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-8-1000px.jpg 1000w, 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top.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-14-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-14-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-14-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-14-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mim Beck and Hannah Wheeler.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-15-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-15-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-15-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-15-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joseph Harder looking over the Shenandoah National Park from 3,284 feet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-6-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-6-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-6-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-6-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rachel Mussleman, Taylor Longenecker, Karissa Sauder, Lauren Hartzler, and Allison Shelly. &#8220;I was glad to be able to share it with so many in my final time leading,&#8221; Collin Longenecker said. &#8220;Hopefully&nbsp;I can convince my brother [Taylor] to keep it going next year.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-16-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-16-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-16-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-16-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Isaac Andreas momentarily experiences the miracle of human flight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-18-1000px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-18-1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-18-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-18-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The EMU Explore pack, regrouped at the summit. Longenecker said about twice as many people made the hike compared to last year&#8217;s venture. This year&#8217;s group included four visiting scholars from China, who are university English professors by trade. Besides hiking, they&#8217;re at EMU this semester learning about different teaching strategies.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Old Rag,&#8221; the strenuous, nine-mile trek that winds up a forested mountainside and over craggy rock scrambles, is the Shenandoah National Park&#8217;s most popular hike, with stunning views of miles <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/students-honor-age-old-tradition-scale-old-rag-mountain\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Students honor age-old tradition, scale Old Rag Mountain<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":43901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14715,17562],"tags":[],"feature":[17427,17422],"class_list":["post-43894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","category-digest","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Students honor age-old tradition, scale Old Rag Mountain - EMU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A contingent of EMU students led by Explore club secretary Collin Longenecker made the 9-mile climb up Old Rag earlier this month.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/students-honor-age-old-tradition-scale-old-rag-mountain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Students honor age-old tradition, scale Old Rag Mountain - EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A contingent of EMU students led by Explore club secretary Collin Longenecker made the 9-mile climb up Old Rag earlier this month.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/students-honor-age-old-tradition-scale-old-rag-mountain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-02T13:26:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-09T12:41:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/11\/Old-Rag-10-1000px.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Randi B. 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