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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: Earn your course FEE BACK BY REIMBURSEMENT! Details: www.outdoorsatuva.org/resources/?WildernessFirstAid FREE FOR UVA EMPLOYEES! Most academic employees can …
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Cpr, Aed + Choking Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant [Free for Uva Academic Employees!]
>> “Hooray! No video!” – anonymous feedback August 2013 >> “The most action-packed three hour CPR class I’ve been to. You made it concise and FUN!” – anonymous feedback March 2015 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED, and relieving choking (adult / pediatric / infant). Get a 2-year certification. Full instruction, practice, and certification …
Disc-Chuckers Anonymous Meeting – Creekathon
Do you have an insatiable hunger for throwing discs at chains? You’re not alone. This week’s DCA meeting will be held at Creekathon; it will include a relaxing session of huckin/whizzin/frizzin followed by a late luncheon at the pavilion. No prior disc-golf experience is necessary, all are welcome. Let me know if you need a disc. Note: I will not …
405th Annual Creekathon
Let’s go play in the woods. And eat and drink (soda) and be merry. And celebrate that it’s time for Creekathon, the annual club wide picnic at Walnut Creek Park!!! We have reserved one of the shelters at the park, complete with grill and picnic tables. The club covers all burgers (of both the meat and vegetal varieties), hotdogs, buns, …
Test Trip Announcement
Don’t sign up for this, workin on some stuff.
Test Trip Announcement
Don’t sign up for this, workin on some stuff.
Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: Earn your course FEE BACK BY REIMBURSEMENT! Details: www.outdoorsatuva.org/resources/?WildernessFirstAid FREE FOR UVA EMPLOYEES! Most academic employees can …
V-Day Frolf Squad
“Varium et mutabile semper femina.”-Publius Vergilius Maro For you non Latinists out there, Vergil says that a woman is a fickle and changeable thing. Gentlemen, that means your Valentine’s Day plans can go up in smoke in no time. Ladies, do not think that this is an exclusively male trip because you too can change (as Vergil so beautifully explains) …
***Update***Frolf-Life: Greene Co. Edition
There’s a tournament at Walnut Creek this weekend, so we’ll head north to Greene County. Throw a disc with me this Saturday at Greene County Community Park. I plan on leaving at 11:30 from Echols and being back around 4 or 5. If you need discs we can grab some from the gear room before we go (although there are …
Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: Earn your course FEE BACK BY REIMBURSEMENT! Details: www.outdoorsatuva.org/resources/?WildernessFirstAid FREE FOR UVA EMPLOYEES! Most academic employees can …
Cpr, Aed + Choking Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant [Free for Uva Academic Employees!]
This’ll be the most FUN CPR class you’ve ever taken or will take! No sleepy DVD! Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED, and relieving choking (adult / pediatric / infant). Get a 2-year certification. Full instruction, practice, and certification all done during this one eve. No online prerequisite work. Quotes (anonymous feedback) from prior students: >> “Much more fun …
Pre Semester Frolf Outing
For those of you coming back a bit early to C-ville, come on out to play a little frolf at Walnut Creek Park! This Sunday 1-4 pm! A renowned Jack Nicklaus design course, Walnut Creek boasts a challenging yet delightful eighteen hole course for a wide array of skillsets! Not all of us can be Paul McBeth or Nathan Doss …
Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: Earn your course FEE BACK BY REIMBURSEMENT! Details: www.outdoorsatuva.org/resources/?WildernessFirstAid FREE FOR UVA EMPLOYEES! Most academic employees can …
Cpr, Aed + Choking Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant [Free for Uva Academic Employees!]
This’ll be the most FUN CPR class you’ve ever taken or will take! No sleepy DVD! Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED, and relieving choking (adult / pediatric / infant). Get a 2-year American Heart Association certification. Full instruction, practice, and certification all done during this one eve. No online prerequisite work. Quotes (anonymous feedback) from prior students: >> …
Mountain Biking Disc Golf
For those in need of a little more shred during creekathon, I plan on playing a round of disc golf on bikes at the end of the day. Join me. I’ll have the outdoors club bikes for anyone who needs a bike. I have some extra discs as well, but bring your own if you have them. If you aren’t …
Walnut Creek Frolf Squad
Call it Frolf, Disc Golf, DG, or just a plain ole’ great time. Regardless of the name, it is a sport played by all the greats of history such as Attila the Hun, Winston Churchill, and, of course, our very own Dean “Feisty Forehand” Groves. We will be frolfing (my personal preference) Walnut Creek’s eighteen hole course for the Walnut …
Disc Golf
Hello everyone who might be interested in joining me for some frisbee golf this friday! I plan on leading a trip to Walnut Creek to play 18 holes. I set the end time of the trip at 530 but we will probably be back long before then. I have my own discs and a few that I checked out of …
203rd Annual Walnut Creekathon
**Update: There is no fee** Here ye, here ye. The time has come for the ANNUAL WALNUT CREEKATHON. What is this momentous occasion you ask? It’s the picnic of all picnics, a cookout for the ages, an pastime we must protect for ourselves and our posterity. We have reserved one of the shelters at the park, complete with grill and …
Cpr, Aed + Choking Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant
[Course might be full. Join, and then reply-to-all on your welcome-to-adventure email to see if a space is still available. Thanks!] This’ll be the most FUN CPR class you’ve ever taken or will take! No sleepy DVD! Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED, and relieving choking (adult / pediatric / infant). Get a 2-year certification. Full instruction, practice, and …
Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
***2 spots open in this weekend’s class at UVA!*** 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 off the regular $180. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: Earn your course FEE BACK BY REIMBURSEMENT! Details:www.outdoorsatuva.org/resources/?WildernessFirstAid …
Creekathon Disc Golf
Shenaniganers, Spring is finally here. The birds are chirping, the buds are blossoming, and the squirrels are looking for their nuts. This upcoming Sunday is CREEKATHON at Walnut Creek Park. As you may or may not know, Walnut Creek has a seriously incredible disc golf course. Many would say it’s the best course in the whole state. Lucky for us, …
275st Annual Creekathon
Do you like WALNUTS and CREEKS? Well, it’s that time of the year again, so get PSYCHED! For members new to the club, the Creekathon is our kind-of-end-of-semester cookout/potluck/picnic at Walnut Creek Park in Albemarle County. It’s always a great time with good food and good people. We have reserved one of the shelters at the park, complete with grill …
Disaster + Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > anywhere you’re out traveling > wilderness area CHOOSE one set of dates/locations (2 days, 8:30am-6:30pm both days): > March 1 – 2: Princeton, NJ* (near Philadelphia) > March 8 – 9: Knoxville, TN* > March 22-23: Washington, …
Disaster + Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > wilderness area CHOOSE one set of dates/locations (2 days, 8:30am-6:30pm both days): > Nov. 9-10, 2013: Blacksburg, VA* > Nov. 16-17, 2013: Washington, DC > Jan. 11-12, 2014: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA* at UVa School of Medicine > Jan. …
Cpr, Aed + Choking Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant
This’ll be the most FUN CPR class you’ve ever taken or will take! No sleepy DVD! Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED, and relieving choking. Get a 2-year American Heart Association certification card. Full instruction, practice, and certification all done during this one eve. No online prerequisite work. I’ll serve as your instructor, and I’ll make the class be …
Cpr + Aed Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant
Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR and AED. Get a 2-year American Heart Association certification. Full instruction, practice, and certification all done during this one eve. No online prerequisite work. I’ll serve as your AHA instructor, and I’ll make the class be FUN. Quotes (anonymous feedback) from prior students: >> “Much more fun than usual!” >> “Awesome. Humorous.” >> “Matt …
Disaster + Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > wilderness area CHOOSE one set of dates/locations (2 days, 8:30am-6:30pm both days): > Sep. 21-22: Virginia Beach, VA* > Oct. 12-13: Richmond, VA* > Oct. 19-20: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA* (at UVA med school Jordan Hall) > Nov. 9-10: …
Pre Creekathon Friz Golf
Walnut Creek has an epic 18 hole friz golf course We’ll meet up at echols at noon and roll out from there. I’m not sure what the friz situation is in the gear room so i’ll just waitlist people untill I find out. I was planning on driving so I can drive a carful of people but extra drivers never …
138th Semiannual Walnut Creekathon
Do you like WALNUTS and CREEKS? Well, it’s that time of the year again, so get PSYCHED! For members new to the club, the Creekathon is our kind-of-end-of-semester cookout/potluck/picnic at Walnut Creek Park in Albemarle County. It’s always a great time with good food and good people. We have reserved one of the shelters at the park, complete with grill …
Disaster + Wilderness First Aid Cert Course
Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > wilderness area CHOOSE one set of dates/locations (2 days, 8:30am-6:30pm both days): > March 2 – 3: Knoxville, TN* > March 23-24: Richmond, VA* > April 6 – 7: Blacksburg, VA* > April 13-14: Princeton, NJ* > …
End of the World…Cancelled
Today is the END OF DAYS. THE ARMAGEDDON. THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. THE MAYAN TIME LAPSE. Join us on this most epic of last adventures. This club was secretly founded for the purpose of finding the smartest, sexiest, and most adventurous people to survive the inevitable apocalypse. You have been selected to survive. In the early days of the club, the …
Hazel River(Area) Overnight
So this will be a about 8-10 miles on our first day. We will begin our loop along this route http://www.hikingupward.com/SNP/HazelRiver/index.asp We will quickly diverge from this route after the falls and cave(woot woot no idea though and not planning on going far in if real) We will stay up on Hazel Mt on the and camp hear the intersection …
Pre Creekathon Friz Golf
Walnut Creek has a nice 18 hole friz golf course We’ll meet up at echols at noon and roll out from there. I have enough frizes for me and 4 other people…so more people can come if they have their own frizes. Bring warm clothes and beverages. We’ll eat food at the creekathon after. I’m going to head back around …
137th Semiannual Walnut Creekathon
Do you like WALNUTS and CREEKS? Well, it’s that time of the year again, so get PSYCHED! For members new to the club, the Creekathon is our kind-of-end-of-semester cookout/potluck/picnic at Walnut Creek Park in Albemarle County. It’s always a great time with good food and good people. We have reserved one of the shelters at the park, complete with grill …
Super Sweet Ski Movie
So, here’s how it goes. Our friends at VASST are putting up a showing of Teton Gravity Research’s new movie, The Dream Factory, this Friday in the Chem Auditorium. I figured this is pretty sweet and y’all might want to hear about it. For those of you who don’t know, Teton Gravity Research is a super sweet SKI film production …
Snowshoe Season Passes for $250!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, get ready for the main event! The gods cursed us last year with a winter to be forgotten, but alas, do not lose heart, for the night is darkest just before the dawn: and the dawn is coming! And by all of that I mean, that its gonna snow a but ton this winter. So wax your …
Wilderness First Responder Certification Course
A rare find, this is the first time this course has been offered in Cville in several years. “Wilderness” can be: > a natural area (forest, sea, desert, etc.) > a rural area not near a hospital > an urban disaster zone (natural or terrorist) … any situation in which time of injury to time in hospital is more than …
Marshalls Cave Part 2:
This trip promises to be so badass that I am going to lead it twice, both on Saturday and on Sunday. Reasons you should come on this trip: This is the first UVA outdoors caving trip in 4 years and there probably won’t be many after because this one will be so legendary and set the bar so high that …
Pre-Finals Beach Day Trip
Finals are coming up and soon you’ll be caving yourself in the library. BUT don’t be miserable yet! The weather at the beach on Sunday is Sunny with a high of 83, so let’s go beach it for the day! Whether you want to just sun or frisbee, surf, kayak, you name it, we can do it. (Suggestions?) Bring plenty …
The Dawn of Another Stupendous Semester of Slacking.
So for you newbs out there here is the story on this is it is what will hopefully become a weekly event on the lawn(until it gets to cold for my feets). Incase you didnt know we are blessed with one of the more serene slacking spots around here at UVA so you better come check it out. Especially since …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #3
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #2
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #1
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Brms Discount Night #2
Hello fellow gearheads, Our discount night at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports is coming up fast! Mon April 12th from 8:15-9:15pm you’ll be part of an exclusive 20% sale to Outdoors at UVa members only. **Don’t forget: If you plan on buying gear that you’ll need to get fitted for (e.g. shoes, packs, etc.) you must go in this week prior …
Come Play at Walnut Creek Park!
This Saturday there is a high of 73. I just want to go outside and enjoy the beautiful weather! Walnut Creek Park is a nice park just outside of Charlottesville with a lake and 15 miles of biking trails. You can come have a picnic, sunbathe, play frisbee, slackline, or trail run. It will be a great way to meet …
Frisbee/Disk Golf Around Grounds
So I have some free time this friday, and I havent been able to get outside much. Come play frisbee golf around grounds- there are a few unofficial courses… my friend on club frisbee said he would give me the maps/locations for a few so we can decide which one we want. You can either bring your own frisbee, or …
Brms Discount Night
Hello fellow gearheads, Our discount night at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports is coming up fast! Next Wed Nov 4th from 8:15-9:15pm you’ll be part of an exclusive 20% sale to Outdoors at UVa members only. **Don’t forget: If you plan on buying gear that you’ll need to get fitted for (e.g. shoes, packs, etc.) you must go in this week …
Sunday Morning Disc Golf
Do you: – Enjoy disc golf? – Like frisbees? – Always wonder what those weird metal fixtures at Walnut Creek are? (the ones that look like cages for midget go-go dancers) – Want to do something fun outside on Sunday morning? – Like cake? If one, many, or none of these apply, then you should consider coming out to Walnut …
Disc Golf Before Creekathon
Come play a round of disc (frisbee) golf before the Creekathon. Walnut Creek has a fairly nice course with beginner and advanced tees. Don’t worry if you’ve never played before. I’ll show you the moves to hurl a disc 400 ft (although it’s up to you to carry them out correctly). And I have plenty of discs for everyone. We’ll …
Frisbee Golf Pre-Creekathon (108th Annual)
Scholars maintain that the ancient sport of frisbee golf was first played by the natives to the Shenendoah Valley during the 5th century B.C.E. Come out early to Walnut Creek before the Creekathon to carry on this beautiful storied culture of frisbee golf. The PDGA approved course circles the lake at Walnut. We’ll play a round before enjoying the delicious …