TRECS Utilization

The TRECS is the best thing on campus. It’s got great weightlifting equipment, basketball courts, punching bags, treadmills, everything. But there’s so much more that people like myself, waited far too long to learn about. We know that there are plenty of fun things you can do in the TRECS, but how about outside of it? Fishing, mountain biking, cross country skiing, whatever. Yeah, these are great fun, but also very accessible. No, you don’t need to drop five-hundred dollars on a kayak and store it in your dorm for the rest of the year to go kayaking with your buddies. Instead, you can easily rent one from the TRECS center, for either a day, or the weekend. Check out the rates for all the equipment,https://recsports.utk.edu/utop/equipment-rentals/.Yeah, you can rent a whole damn kayak, the paddle, the water skirt, everything, for roughly 20 bucks. Not a terrible bargain for a day on the water, huh? Coming to school at UTK, surrounded by all these cools scenes like the river, would be a curse rather than a blessing, if you didn’t know you could rent out inexpensive equipment to really enjoy it with your buddies. A lot of guys like fishing, and a lot of guys don’t have their own rods. Does TRECS have rods for you to rent? Damn right it does. Reel and line? Yes sir, that too. If you ever want to go fishing, a rod and reel will run you only 7 bucks for the whole weekend. Maybe the waters not your scene, maybe you prefer the mountains? Well, you can get there with all the gear you need, and for cheap too. Tent rentals, sleeping bags (available for all temperatures) can be rented too. Nothing to carry all your gear in? No problem, you can get a real nice 60L or 65L backpack to help you carry your gear comfortably. You can also rent small backpackers-stoves and propane tanks if your planning on staying out for a few days, or even if your just causally enjoying a nuclear fallout in the woods. Basically, everything you need to go camping, can be rented from the TRECS, and so easily too. While you’re at it, why don’t you rent some free climbing equipment, because they got that too. The rentals at TRECS are too convenient, well-priced, and fun too miss out on. There’s so much to do and I can’t stress enough how much I wish someone had told me about all this when I was starting out here.

“Equipment Rentals.” RecSports, UTK, 1 Oct. 2018, https://recsports.utk.edu/utop/equipment-rentals/.