Midterms have been rough this week, so its time to escape to the mountains in search of a good-old runner’s high. Join me for a beautiful 9.5 mile trail run in Shenandoah Sunday morning! We will be doing the Riprap Hollow loop in the southern part of the park. It features a great view from chimney rock and a swimming …
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Biking- the Variety Pack
wuts up This trip is a road ride/hiking/trail riding extravaganza. The plan: -head out from the ODC house aka the shred shack aka 116 Washington Ave. We can grab helmets there and we can pump up tires there if needed. -bike the 3 miles to Ragged Mountain Reservoir. Note that there is a section of the ride that is a …
Postponed: 69th Bicentennial Creekathon — Spring 2018
POSTPONED: NEW DATE SATURDAY APRIL 21ST Hear ye, hear ye: Thou art hereby cordially invited to an event of the utmost distinction: the dirtbag shindig of the millenium, the hooligan hootenanny to end all hootenannies, the bi-annual gathering of all the finest shredheads, senders, and stoke enthusiasts in all the land — CREEKATHON!!!!! What in tarnation is this CREEKATHON business, …
White Oak Canyon/Hawksbill Trail Run
A weekend of warm, wet weather makes for wonderful waterfall watching! Join me this weekend for a strenuous but rewarding run/hike up Hawksbill via White Oak Canyon in Shenandoah NP. The goal is to complete the ten mile loop and 3000 feet of climbing in ~3ish hours. Expect fast paced hiking up the steep sections and running in most other …
Sugar Hollow Trail Run
What better way to start out a Saturday than with a trail run?? Details: Where? We will be driving 30 ish minutes to Sugar Hollow. You can choose whatever mileage and pace you’re comfortable with. I am planning on going 3 miles at a reasonably slow pace, maybe hiking some. The trail is out and back, with stream crossings along …
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 off the regular $195. BONUS if you’re a …
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 / …
Exploring “New”Boulder Fields
The town of Oak Hill just south of Fayetteville, WV opened up 300 acres of boulder fields. Saturday’s forecast there is 49 degrees and sunny. I’m ready to go check them out. See video: Plan is to leave Cville at 6:00 Friday. That will put us at the NRG around 10:00, where I have a small cabin about 12 minutes …
The Annual Koenig Moab Trip 2018!
Happy winter break ya goons. Get pumped because we’ve got quite the Christmas present for you: MOAB!!! This trip is honoring our fellow officer, climbing-instructor-extraordinaire, and founder of this trip, Matthew Koenig! Matthew started this annual trip back in 2015 and through it has passed on his passion for adventure to countless club members. We hope to lead this trip …
Running from Finals
If you need a break from studying or just want to do some scenic trail running, come check out the Rivanna trail. We’re gonna start at Riverview Park and probably run somewhere around 4-6 miles. Part of the trail goes right next to the river, so there’ll be some nice views during the run. The plan is to leave from …
Post-Turkey Coma Recovery, Part 1
Preddy Creek is about 25 minutes from central grounds, so don’t let the 2 hour trip time discourage you…The plan is to make it self-paced and just set a return time to the parking lot. Preddy has some great trail running loops at varying difficulty and mileage so you can make it however difficult you want. TO BRING: Sturdy shoes …
Pre-Tgiving Trail Run
Turkey day is a week from Thursday, and I can already feel my food baby in anticipation of a delicious home cooked meal. Hopefully we will all be #optingoutside the day after to begin to work it off, however come trail running with me in anticipation of this momentous holiday (and momentous food baby). Let’s be real, I’m a slow, …
Trail Running at Preddy Creek; All Levels Welcome
Hey friends. Meet at Echols side door at 7am, drive to preddy creek (arrive before 7:30), run for an hour or so at your own pace on whichever trails you choose, drive back, return around 9am. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Seriously, this is the trip to join if you’re a beginner looking to get into trail running or just looking for …
Trail Running at Preddy Creek! All Levels Welcome
Hey friends. Meet at Echols side door at 7am, drive to preddy creek (arrive before 7:30), run for an hour or so at your own pace on whichever trails you choose, drive back, return around 9am. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Seriously, this is the trip to join if you’re a beginner looking to get into trail running or just looking for …
Hippity Hoppity, Old Rag to the Toppity
Howdy folks, ***DRIVERS AND THOSE WITH SNP PARK PASS GET PRIORITY*** **DRIVERS REIMBURSED PLUS A 50% TIP CAPPED AT $20** Ready for a spooktacular adventure to Old Rag? Then you came to the right place. If you know anything about Old Rag during peak fall seasons, tourists come from all over and hella crowd up the rock scramble. So, if …
Trip Leader Workshop
Salutations fellow Outdoorspeople, Victoria and I will be holding a Trip Leader Workshop this Thursday, October 19th at 8:00pm in New Cabell Room #489. Come learn the ins and outs of leading trips with the club. There will also be merch – FREE T-Shirts, $20 bucket hats, and $10 Hoo-Rags. Why be a trip leader? – Gain valuable leadership experience. …
Old Rag Trail Run
Anyone looking for a fantastic workout on VA’s best mountain? Then come on out for a lovely, sweaty morning of running up a mountain and then down one. We will be ascending and descending one of the coolest mountains in VA and don’t worry, we will stop at the top for pics and a snack break! We will likely do …
Bike to Walnut Creek Park
This trip is being Co-lead by me and Grace Coguillo Hi everyone, this Sunday (10/15), we will be leading a group to Walnut Creek on a bike ride. It’s a 20 mile ride round trip, with pretty rolling back roads, so definitely doable, but obviously requires a bike! The park is beautiful and the weather is supposed to stay really …
2017 Nrge — Carpool
TO: Everyone attending the 2017 New River Gorge Extravaganza, **PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE DESCRIPTION AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS** If you make it onto an adventure for the NRGE, sign up for this adventure. DO NOT sign up if you are waitlisted for an NRGE adventure. Sign up on this ONLY IF YOU ARE ALREADY ON AN ADVENTURE. I ask on …
Sugar Holler Trail Run/Goof-Off
Come run around or goof off at the all-time classic frolicking location, Sugar Hollow. A great opportunity to shake off the last remnants of your Friday night, and turn your headache into some old-fashioned post-workout good-hurtin’. Sugar Hollow offers an 8-mile out-and-back jaunt through the scenic temperate deciduous forest biome of the Blue Ridge Mountains. You can run, walk, skip, …
69th Biannual Creekathon– Fall 2017
FRIENDS, You are cordially invited to the ODC event of the century… fall creekathon!! WHAT IS CREEKATHON??? I’m glad you asked. This glorious event is the club’s end of the semester cookout/ mega trip at Walnut Creek Park (~20 mins away).There will be eating, hanging, and general frolicking. BUT the picnic is just the base camp for all sorts of …
Trail Running/Hiking at Walnut Creek
**UPDATE: DRIVERS NEEDED. You’ll be reimbursed completely with a 50% tip!** Close your eyes. Imagine: dashing through forested trails, gazing out at a lake, the wind at your back; rhythmically swaying back and forth in a hammock, dappled with sunlight; balancing on a slackline between two trees, feeling invincible, listening to gentle music and the sound of laughter. If this …
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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a …
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 / …
Sugar Hollow Trail Run
Already need a break from school work? Come run/jog/hike/swim/hang in a hammock at Sugar Hollow on Saturday morning while it’s nice out! We will be going anywhere from 2 to 8 miles, but plan on staying for 3 hours or so. You can run at whatever pace you want! It’s a short 1 mile to a swimming hole, so if …
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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a …
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 6:30pm 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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: …
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 / …
Creekathon Trail Run (Jog?)
PACE: So I’m out of shape but also a masochist, so it’s hard to say how fast we’ll go. I’ll probably survey the group and go with consensus – probably with a pace at which comfortable conversation can be held over longish distance. I’m thinking 4-6 miles. LOGISTICS: Join the general creekathon carpool. We’ll split off once all of the …
420th Bi-Annual Creekathon- Spring 2017
FRIENDS, You are cordially invited to the ODC event of the century… spring creekathon!! WHAT IS CREEKATHON??? I’m glad you asked. This glorious event is the club’s end of the semester cookout/ mega trip at Walnut Creek Park (~20 mins away).There will be eating, hanging, and general frolicking. BUT the picnic is just the base camp for all sorts of …
Trail Running Episode Iii: the Revenge of the Walnut
Come for a nice Friday morning trail running with me (again) at Walnut Creek!! We’ll head out at 10:30am, make the lovely ~20 minute drive to Walnut Creek, run 2.5 or 3 miles (at a modest pace but can separate out if need be), then come back to Cville. Idk exactly when we’ll be back, but probably no later than …
Trail Running Episode Ii: Attack of the Trail
Come for a nice Wednesday morning trail running with me on O’Hill!! I can just scoop everyone from wherever you live and we’ll drive to the main O’Hill trail entrance near the water tower. Then we’ll run 2.5 or 3 miles (at a modest pace but can separate out if need be), and I’ll drop you back off wherever you …
Trail Running Episode I: the Phantom Walnut
Come for a nice Monday morning trail running with me at Walnut Creek!! We’ll head out at 10:30am, make the lovely ~20 minute drive to Walnut Creek, run 2.5 or 3 miles (at a modest pace but can separate out if need be), then come back to Cville. Idk exactly when we’ll be back, but probably no later than 12:30 …
The Jackson Hole End of Summer Bonanza!
Itching for an adventure this summer, but not sure what to do? Come to Jackson, Wyoming with the club!!! Jackson is a multi-sport paradise, with tons of amazing mountain biking, hiking, hot springing, backpacking, rafting, kayaking, swimming, fly-fishing, rock scrambling, and sport climbing! Being a stone’s throw from Grand Teton National Park and a hop and a skip from Yellowstone …
Friday Trail Run!!
Maitlyn led a great run last weekend, but since it is supposed to thunderstorm on Saturday, I thought I’d get a run in before the weekend! We’ll go up on the trails by O-Hill, and maybe end up running out by Ivy and looping around Grounds to make it a little longer. I’m thinking about 6 miles around a 9 …
Observatory Hill Trail Run!
The weather is beautiful, the sun is beaming- perfect conditions for an OHill trail run! I was on the trails today and came to the conclusion that they are extremely underused and underrated.. so come if you like XC running, trees, nature, sun, endorphins, and/or a rockin Spring Break bod. It’s supposed to be around 70 degrees so in that …
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 6:30pm 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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: …
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 / …
Trail Running at Walnut Creek Park
What better way to start out a Saturday than with an awesome trail run?! Details: Where? We will be driving about 20 minutes to Walnut Creek Park. There are a number of trails, so you can choose whatever mileage and pace you’re comfortable with. I am planning on going 3 or 4 miles at a reasonably slow pace. There is …
Overturned Vehicle Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some Uva Academic Employees!]
This particular Wilderness First Aid course (January 24-25) will be unique. It’ll be held in the field at Overland Experts in Orange (45mins from Cville), where they teach off-road driving. We’ll get to use an overturned vehicle in class for some of the scenarios. Come have fun figuring out how to rescue and then treat the injuries of someone who …
Kemper Park and Secluded Farm Trail Run
Have you, like me, have been stuck in Aldy atrophying? Do you want to get outside and see the light again? Are you of questionable fitness level? THAT’S A-OK We’ll be driving over to the Monticello trails at 12, running/hiking around, getting back to Cville around 2:15. We’ll split up by pace and fitness level once we get to the …
Moab Spring Break 2017!
HELLO Outdoors Club!! It’s the best time of the year…… the 3rd Annual Moab Spring Break trip is coming up! This is relevant to you if you (1) don’t have set in stone Spring Break plans. (2) enjoy bona fide adventures of all the best varieties: hiking, backpacking, mountain biking (literally the best in the world), climbing, trail running, skinny …
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 6:30pm 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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: …
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 / …
Ivy Creek Trail Run
So it’s going to be 73 degrees on Friday, which is cause for THANKS-GIVING (hahaha). I can think of no better way to appreciate the great outdoors than speeding through it like our forefathers did when hunting kudu, so I propose a trail run. Details WHERE: Ivy Creek Natural Area RUNNING DISTANCE: About 4 miles STUFF TO BRING: Good trail-running …
Sunday Morn at Old Rag: Halloweekend Hangover Cure
Dearest companions, I’m sick as a dog at the moment and I need something to get me through this week so what’s better than having a dope hike to look forward to? Anyhow, I haven’t hiked Old Rag yet (I know I’m slacking), so let’s get my nature education up to par and cure our post-Halloween party blues with some …
2016 New River Gorge Extravaganza (Nrge) — Carpool
TO: Everyone attending the 2016 New River Gorge Extravaganza, **PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE DESCRIPTION AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS** If you make it onto an adventure for the NRGE, sign up for this adventure. DO NOT sign up if you are waitlisted for an NRGE adventure. DO NOT sign up on this unless you are ALREADY ON AN ADVENTURE. I ask …
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 6:30pm 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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: …
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 / …
Wilderness First Aid Course [Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some Uva Academic Employees!]
[This is not an overnight course — it runs two days and ends at 6:30pm 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 off the regular $185. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: …