Happy Spring! I have started sowing seeds over the past month and next Friday looks like a nice warm day to have a garden workshop. I have a lot of vegetable and flower seeds that you may pick from. I started a vegetable garden in my backyard in Charlottesville last summer and it has been quite the learning process. I …
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SPLINTS, BRACES, AND SLINGS, OH MY! (Musculoskeletal Injury Management Workshop)
Oh no! Someone on my trip just broke their [insert bone here]! What should I do? Well, come on down to our handy-dandy musculoskeletal injury management workshop and we’ll teach ya! Learn basic wound management, how to differentiate between a usable vs. unusable musculoskeletal injury, and how to immobilize different bone breaks + make braces with the things you have …
(Learn to) Crochet in Hammocks!!!! 🧶
Are you looking for a relaxing Sunday activity? Do you like crocheting or want to learn? DO YOU LIKE HAMMOCKS??? If you said yes to ANY of the above click that waitlist option immediately before this trip fills up!!!!! Caroline and I are EXPERT crocheters and would love share expertise, no previous experience necessary. We can provide materials to any …
CPR, AED + Choking Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant
>> “Best CPR/AED class so far. Resuscipalooza made it fun! Love the scenarios!” – anonymous feedback >> “The most action-packed CPR class I’ve been to. You made it concise and FUN!” – anonymous feedback >> “Hooray! No video!” – anonymous feedback ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED, and relieving choking (adult / pediatric / …
$50 off! Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Mostly Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Save $50 this April 6-7 course only! Outdoors at UVA Member Exclusive! (Usually $325 at this point in the registration process; save $50 –> $275 tuition) Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural / protest / disaster) …
monday trip leader workshopppppyyy
monday?! trip leader workshop?! shred shack living room?! YOU?!!! i don’t know about you guys but…. all this warm sunny weather has got me ITCHING!! to get outside and go exploring!! so for all of you shredddy outdoors loving folks, if this sensation may be the same for you and you want to now be in charge of leading and …
Plant Walk: Winter Tree Identification (WITH LOCAL EXPERT)
Come join Center For Urban Habitats’ Senior Field Technician and botany extraordinaire, Drew Chaney, for the latest Winter Plant Walk series event. This weekly event will explore natural history in the winter landscape. We will visit multiple types of forest and woodland ecosystems and learn how to identify the trees and shrubs that occur in them using bark, buds, twigs, …
REAL OUTDOOR EDUCATION CONFERENCE (2/23)
no Friday classes? have a discussion that doesn’t count for a grade and you’re allowed to skip as long as you attend office hours? graduated already somehow (you lucky dog)? COME SPEND YOUR FRIDAY WITH ME and SOME OTHER OUTDOORSY FOLK at the Virginia Adventure Educator Conference (VAAEC for short) https://www.vaaec.org/who-is-attending.html this is a rare and wonderful chance to go …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Mostly Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural / protest / disaster) > rural area (not near a hospital) > travel anywhere > wilderness area Return of exclusive UVA Outdoors discount, for some courses! > Charlottesville and DC-area …
tickets for the gnar-train (Thursday trip leader workshop)
soooo you may have heard about the super sick Spring Break Moab trip and how its attendees are determined by a lottery ! and the ONE sure way to get more entries is to LEAD TRIPS If you aren’t a trip leader yet you can come to 111 New Cabell Hall (updated from original post) at 6pm this Thursday and …
FIYAAA (fire) Workshop
(imagine this is the future) night is falling, you’re alone in the woods, and you NEED to start a fire but all you have are a bunch of sticks and a piece of string… fear not! you have attended Jack and Ed’s Firemaking Workshop in the cold of November, Monday at 5pm and you are prepared for this very moment! …
SOUP SEASON SPOON MAKING
We have recently entered into Soup Season. Not to be confused with Stick Season or Fall, Soup Season is the time of year when you eat soup. And what do we eat soup with ??? SPOOOONS Come make a wooden spoon with Marion and I this Thursday at 3:30pm. We’ll have a fire going and some ODC knives (shoutout gearmasters) …
BeginNer Zen BarEfoot WaNdeR ARound OhiLL!!!!!!!
Do YOU like to feel grounded to the earth? Too bad you have to wear shoes all the time…come free yourself and your feet from society’s restrictions and join the coolest sibling duo in the outdoors club as we meander around the ohill trails barefoot. The Plan: 4pm: meet outside slaughter 4:10: become one with the earth (get to the …
Creekathon Craft-a-thon
Disclaimer: you must be off the Creekathon main trip waitlist to join this trip As seen in the adventure photo ( from 10 years ago!!!) I’ve always had a crafty side. However, recently I’ve been getting really stoked on repairing gear, visible mending, and natural fibers! I can provide some instruction on sewing and making your own string from yucca. …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Mostly Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural / protest / disaster) > rural area (not near a hospital) > travel anywhere > wilderness area Return of exclusive UVA Outdoors discount, for some courses! > Charlottesville and DC-area …
big spoon, little spoon, middle spoon, YOUR SPOON
Hey! You! Have you ever wanted to carve your very own wooden utensil that you can bring around with you so that you look like you are the absolute coolest, most earth loving, sustainable, and handy human being any of your friends have ever seen?! well… We have just the workshop for you. Thursday late afternoon, as our week starts …
BEGINNER BACKPACKING WORKSHOP 8/31
It’s TIME for the first backpacking workshop of the year! WOOHOO As you may have noticed there are countless backpacking trips posted on the website right now… Take advantage of this magnificent opportunity to get started with the ✨art of backpacking✨. On Thursday we’ll learn all about backpacking gear and skills in this specially made workshop for NEW MEMBERS and …
ANOTHER! Trip leader workshop!!
Hellooo ODC friends!!! Did you just join ODC and want to learn how you can go on trips WHENEVER YOU WANT?? Or maybe you’ve enjoyed trips for a long time and are ready to spread the ODC love by creating even more trips!!??? Do you want your DUES REIMBURSED???? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, SIGN …
TRIP LEADER WORKSHOP!!!!
Heyooooo! Are you battling the waitlist blues and want to get on trips? Do you have cool ideas of ways to get outside with your friends? Are you super cool? Do you want your DUES REIMBURSED???? If the answer to these questions is yes, SIGN UP FOR THIS TRIP! This will be a fun and silly walkthrough of every little …
Outdoors First Aid Workshop!!!
Why hellloooo fellow outdoors-lovers!!! You know what’s even better than going for a scenic hike or shredding on your bike? Doing all those things while staying alive, healthy, and ready to gallump outside again!! SOO that’s why we’d like to introduce…*Cue dramatic funky music* THE MOST EPIC WILDERNESS FIRST AID SEMINAR ODC HAS EVER SEEN. Here’s the vision: You, us, …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Mostly Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural / protest / disaster) > rural area (not near a hospital) > travel anywhere > wilderness area Pre- and post-pandemic, we’ll have our usual $25 discount for Outdoors at UVAers; …
Intro ropes and knots + tips and tricks for backpacking
Basic rope and knot skills you can use for camping and backpacking. Will teach how to pack a backpacking bag for a trip and how to best set up the bag for hiking. Rope will be provided no equipment needed. No prior skill level required – all welcomed ! We’ll meet over by the tables by Materials Science Building – …
Sustainability Lunch and Learn
Do you like sustainability? Reading? FREE FOOD? If so, this Office of Sustainability lunch and learn is for you! From the Office of Sustainability: UVA Sustainability is excited to host Leidy Klotz, UVA Professor of Architecture & Engineering, and author of the book “Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less” which demonstrates how humans systematically overlook subtractive solutions. During this lunch …
the OTHER trip leader workshop
HEY all you ODC gremlins Tired of watching longingly as trips come and go without you on them?? Perhaps the waitlist was too long, perhaps it didn’t work with your JAM packed schedule. I present to you the solution: become a trip leader! All you have to do is sign up for this trip and attend our workshop! Psst…Trip leaders …
Living Earth School Interest Day: OUTDOOR EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY
The Living Earth School is hosting a recruitment/interest day for ODC members! What is the Living Earth School??? LES is an amazing Cville organization that provides outdoor educational programs to local kids during the school year and over the summer. Have any interest in outdoor education? This trip is FOR YOU! Going to LES camps as a kid was absolutely …
so you wanna go to moab?! (Wednesday Trip Leader WS)
Still itching to up that trip count for the Moab lottery?! well… here we are with that long-awaited, long-promised trip leader workshop from the initial info email. *and also for those wanting to be THE coolest new trip leader, spend time outside with friends, get their dues reimbursed, or are sick of being on long long waitlists (not just for …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Mostly Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural / protest / disaster) > rural area (not near a hospital) > travel anywhere > wilderness area Pre- and post-pandemic, we’ll have our usual $25 discount for Outdoors at UVAers; …
TRIP LEADER WORKY SHOPPY
LONK: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12uvJFGUUAHDpumhab-5mcTAr0_HM8w79_Tnb3Q96U9o/edit?usp=sharing Word on the street is you are sick and tired of the long a** waitlists and are ready to start leading your own dope trips. Well you’ll be happy, thrilled even, to know that you can do that if you sign up for THIS TRIP! We’ll be running through all the basics and things you need to know …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Mostly Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural / protest / disaster) > rural area (not near a hospital) > travel anywhere > wilderness area Pre- and post-pandemic, we’ll have our usual $25 discount for Outdoors at UVAers; …
So you wannaaa be a trip leader? (Wednesday Trip Leader Workshop)
Hey there. I hear YOU want to be the newest hottest trip leader out there. If rumors are true, this trip is for you! Are you sick of being on waitlists and not being on trips? Do you have cool ideas of ways to get outside with your friends? Are you generally competent at being a human being? Do you …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Mostly Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > travel anywhere > wilderness area PANDEMIC SAFETY: There shalt be zero virus transmission in this class. Here are the class …
Waitlist No More: Trip Leader Workshop!
Oof. Waitlists always hurt. Come cure those blues by going on any trip you could ever imagine (almost)! How you may ask?? Lead it yourself!! Come join me and my fellow trip leading experts Grace and Kieran next Tuesday to learn the ins and outs and ups and downs of leading trips. We <3 our trip leaders and think they're …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Mostly Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > travel anywhere > wilderness area PANDEMIC SAFETY: There shalt be zero virus transmission in this class. Here are the class …
Trippiest of all the Trip Leader Workshops
My outdoorsy ostriches, Are you tired of getting stuck on waitlists? Do you not see the type of adventure you want on the website? Wait no longer! The best way to get on the trips you want is to lead them. Come learn the ins and outs of leading trips with myself and my trusty trip leading experts, Joseph and …
XXXTREME GEAR REPAIR!
Are you like me? Do you have gaping holes in the bottom of your backpack that your laptop threatens to fall through on a daily basis? Does your backpack’s water bottle holder regularly fail the task it was specifically designed for? Has this equipment failure come at the cost of one of your precious Nalgene water bottles? Or maybe you …
Belayer? I hardly know her! (Intro belay workshop)
Do you want to know how to belay? that’s a silly question, of course you do. Come sign up for this trip where I will teach you some climbing basics and you’ll get some hands on practice! You will learn: – the difference between an ATC and a grigri – how to tie in to a rope as a climber …
Grigris? Cams? ATCs? WTF?!??
Interested in getting into climbing but overwhelmed by the insane amount of lingo/knowledge there is out there – this is the trip for you!! I’ve been climbing for about 5 years now and have been lucky enough to have some fantastic friends and fam pass on all this knowledge to me and now it’s time to pass it on to …
Let’s get our hands dirty: Bike repair workshop
Simultaneously complex and elegantly simple, the bicycle is a personal chariot that can take you around the corner to class or hundreds of miles into the wilderness. But, you certainly don’t want to break down! Our beloved fleet of club bikes is in need of maintenance – come help me fix them up! Why should I learn about my bike? …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > travel anywhere > wilderness area BONUS if you’re a trip leader: Earn most of your course FEE BACK BY REIMBURSEMENT! …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Mostly Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Extensive SAFETY measures (way beyond CDC/WHO guidelines, and way beyond precautions universities are taking for their in-person classes) are in place for *zero* virus transmission during this in-person course. Safety rules, link to feedback surveys including what recent-class folks thought of coronavirus safety …
Backcountry classroom: how to keep your stove working
You’ve had a long and tiring day sending it in the mountains, and now, as the shadows are lengthening, you settle into your campsite for the evening. The wind is picking up, and though the sunset is gorgeous, you know that soon enough that the ambient cold will get colder, and colder – the time is nigh for a hot …
WAITLIST CURE – Trip Leader Workshop
Hi beautiful people, Do you wish you could go on more trips but they fill up too fast? Or are you a seasoned trip leader who wants to learn more about how we are working with COVID-19 protocol? Come to our trip leader workshop at 7pm on Wednesday, March 10th! Anna, Mason, and newly minted officer John Coney will be …
WILDERNESS POTTERY (and snurt [snow-dirt] vibing)
HEY GUYS! It’s me, ya girl, connoisseur of the tree climbing and void screaming, back with another accessible/hilarious/weird as heckcovidfriendlyadventure… and offering of french press coffee in the woods. And, a need to motivate myself to do things on our day off, and/or embrace the maximum amount of daylight hours our cold winters have to offer us so that I …
Embrace your history; learn to flintknap
Fllitknapping is the widely-forgotten practice of forming blunt stone into pointy stone, and for most of human prehistory, it was among the foremost expressions of craftsmanship, artistic beauty, and cultural distinction. It is also history incarnate. The practice of flintknapping is bequeathed to our kind by other, older human species; and though it predates our culture, and is also a …
Trip Leader Workshop- lead your own trips
NEW Meeting Link: https://virginia.zoom.us/j/92441855598 Hello all you wonderful earthy crunchy granola peoples, Have a bomber trip idea but aren’t sure how to lead trips? Have no fear, shred sherpas Siggy, Phil and Jojo will guide you through all of the basics for trip leading, including navigating the website and posting trips as well as COVID-19 related protocol. There is no …
Trip Leader Workshop- Learn to lead trips (WAITLIST RELIEF)
Hi all, Have a cool trip idea but aren’t sure about leading trips? Have no fear, your gurus of shred Mason, Connor and Sophia will guide you through all of the basics for trip leading, including posting trips on the website as well as new COVID-19 related trip protocol. There is no waitlist for this trip, so we will send …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 7pm each day.] Extensive SAFETY measures (way beyond CDC/WHO guidelines, and way beyond precautions universities are taking for their in-person classes) are in place for *zero* virus transmission during this in-person course. Safety rules, feedback surveys including what last-class folks thought of coronavirus safety in class, …
Zoom Town Hall
This is a Zoom Town Hall to discuss questions and concerns about the 2020-2021 school year. The room link is here: https://virginia.zoom.us/j/95945995491?pwd=N0Nia25uMEZGeUhtbUpmTXJ6dkxkUT09 Meeting passcode: 176769
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some UVa Academic Employees!]
[This is *not* an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 6:30 or 7pm each day.] Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > travel anywhere > wilderness area Outdoors at UVAers $25 DISCOUNT (for the dates of *this* adventure posting) off …
CPR, AED + Choking Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant
>> “Best CPR/AED class so far. Resuscipalooza made it fun! Love the scenarios!” – anonymous feedback >> “The most action-packed three hour CPR class I’ve been to. You made it concise and FUN!” – anonymous feedback >> “Hooray! No video!” – anonymous feedback ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED, and relieving choking (adult / …
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