On the Columbia Outdoor Biking Orientation Program (COBOP) incoming freshmen will complete a "tour de Hudson Valley" as they bike a four day route from Tarrytown, NY right back to the Columbia Campus. During COBOP's 150-mile bike trek, you will ride alongside rivers and farms on winding tree-lined roads through the lower Hudson Valley. Highlights include biking across the George Washington Bridge, down the westside of Manhattan, and right into the gates of Columbia on the last day. Although all participants take the same route, intimate groups of five or six first-years and two or three leaders ride together for the entire trip, sharing tents, cooking as a unit, and traveling at their own pace. At the end of the day all the BOP groups come together to relax around the campfire and share stories, eat delicious food, play games, and listen to the guitar stylings of BOP leaders and first-years. No previous biking experience is necessary.