HEY ODC!!! HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE STATE OF AMERICA?? Like things are crazy and slightly horrible??!? Perfect. Afton and I have been involved in Sunrise UVA this year, which is an environmental activism group here on Grounds. For Earth Day Sunrise is hosting a lovely community forum and art build on the lawn!! The idea is to bring …
Are you tired of eating inside now that everything is green and the sun is out? Well we have the perfect trip for you!! Rosie and I are leading a picnic that will brighten your Friday. Join us in one of the (secret) lawn gardens to enjoy a lovely picnic lunch! (pictured above: me and rosie in the secret garden …
420 years ago, the people joined hands and spirits at the heart of the universe…the ‘Nut. This year we will celebrate the dawn of time: the founding of Creekathon! The first creek to be creeked, the first hot dog to be dogged, the first barefeet to be barefooted. You, too, will see the first creekathon…in real time. You, young creekerthoner, …
let’s go backpacking in the rain on Friday! It will not stop us. I want to practice making backcountry bread. I want to camp by a river. I’m also hoping to incorporate some nature connection activities! This will not be super physically strenuous, but it’s a good time to hone skills like setting up tarps, backcountry cooking, and keeping your …
Did you know magnolia petals are edible? This is not an April Fool’s joke! They kinda taste like cardamom, cloves, and ginger rolled around in dirt together (mmmmm appetizing). They can be used for all kinds of things — pickling, syrup making, and COOKIES. On this trip, I’ll pass on my recipe for magnolia petal gingersnaps. We’ll start at the …
Feeling bogged down by modern capitalist society? Is the pressure to conform, get an internship, compete with others, emit CO2, etc. making you feel oh so very sad? Do you wonder if there’s a better way of living for both you AND the planet?? Come join Emi and Cam as we leave Charlottesville and travel 37 miles east to the …
Learn about all that NOLS has to offer YOU, a UVA student, an Outdoors Club member, someone hankering to learn new skills and grow their leadership. NOLS stands for the National Outdoor Leadership school and they run courses over the summer and even semester-long ones. They do backpacking, climbing, rafting, skiing, kayaking, sailing and mountaineering all over the place (Alaska, …
Calling all Hacky Sack enthusiasts!! I know you need a finals study break. What better way to take your mind off of the grind than hacking the sack? Join Sofia and I– along with the other super awesome and cool UVA Sacks members as we practice the art of the sack on the Lawn this Tuesday. This trip is open …
Ski bums, dirtbag climbers, river rats, and trail blazers: this is what you’ve been waiting for all semester. Behold, the most EPIC, only ONCE-in-a-trip-around-the-sun GNAR JOURNEY. We’re awakening from our East Coast slumber, overstuffing cars with loose bagels, and migrating to the ultimate desert mecca: MOAB, UTAH. It’s time to venture into bottomless canyons, conquer slickrock playgrounds, and become one …
We will be connecting with nature and our inner feminine energy by taking some time to draw trees on campus. I personally love seeing all of the trees and have found myself compelled to draw them (despite my limited artistic abilities). We will meet outside of the main entrance of Shannon at 3pm this friday, disperse to draw/paint trees, and …
My dearest NRGE-vember shredlings, **PLEASE REFER TO THE NRGE CLUB EMAIL (sent 10/10) AND READ THIS ENTIRE DESCRIPTION. THEN, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS** This is NOT an actual NRGE adventure. This is the CARPOOL for NRGE. This is how the officers will keep track of drivers and attendees. So make our lives easier and follow instructions, please. DO NOT SIGN UP …
Disclaimer: YOU must be off the waitlist for the Creekathon main trip to join Hello! Katie and I are oh so excited for FREEKATHON 24 and are hoping to enlighten you with our expansive yoga knowledge (we don’t really know what we’re doing exactly but it will be fun). We are planning on doing some partner/group yoga as well so …
Dear divine people of the outdoors club, IT’S TIME TO GET OUR CREEK ON!!! We decided to spice things up this semester and have creekathon on a FRIDAY. Oh how fabulous, fascinating, funky, fun-tastic, and perhaps freeky that may be. So come one, come all, and let’s get our freek on at da creek next Friday. We have a pavilion …
Have an idea for a cool adventure? Been battling trip waitlists to no avail? Want to get your dues reimbursed? Come hang out with Will and I on Friday and learn how you can lead your very own ODC trips! Just in case you’ve been interested in becoming a trip leader but these times haven’t worked out for you, no …
Attention all mud lovers!!!! Come join me, Allie, and Renee for the caving trip of the semester!! If you’re unaware, cave prom is a trip to Glade Cave (aka mud cave) but you wear the fanciest outfit the thrift store can provide. The plan is to stop at Goodwill on the way to Glade to find your perfect prom outfit …
I haven’t had a chance to walk around outside barefoot in a while, so that’s all this trip is! After lunch at creekathon, we will take off our shoes and simply take our time strolling around. Where will we go? Where our hearts desire. Note: in order to join this trip, you must be signed up for the main creekathon …
Hey guys there’s a big bike ride scavenger hunt around UVA on 4/20 from 2-6. Here’s the link. Anyone can come but I am looking to make a team for the fun times. The cost is 10$ per person. Bring a plain shirt if you want to get it screen printed to celebrate the event. The check in is at …
Feeling bogged down by modern capitalist society? Is the pressure to conform, get an internship, compete with others, emit CO2, etc. making you feel oh so very sad? Do you wonder if there’s a better way of living for both you AND the planet?? Come join Emi, Ella and Cat as we leave Charlottesville and travel 37 miles east to …
IT’S CREEKATHON TIME WOOOO!! Come one, come all to Creekathon, A day of adventure, fun, and song. With a pavilion as our base camp, We’ll eat, hammock, slackline, and chill like champs. Trips will depart from our central ground, Paddle boarding, hiking, frisbeeing all around. Leaders, get wild, take charge of the day, Make memories that will forever stay. Food …
pisgah peoples, **PLEASE REFER TO THE PISGAH CLUB EMAIL (sent 3/25) AND READ THIS ENTIRE DESCRIPTION. THEN, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS** Another club megatrip?? PISGAH!!! This is NOT an actual PISGAH adventure. This is the CARPOOL for PISGAH. This is how the officers will keep track of drivers and attendees. So make our lives easier and follow instructions, please. DO NOT …
WELCOME BACK ODC FRIENDS! For those that don’t know, I graduate UVA in May..and have FINALLY started to think about my future. In doing so, I keep coming back to conversations I’ve had with peers and other odc shredders. The ODC community and its members truly inspire and excite me, and have been a HUGE resource in my post-grad contemplations. …
Cave prom!!!! Basically we go to an absolute mud pit of a cave (Glade Cave) wearing the fanciest clothes we can find from the local thrift store. In the spring JMU had everyone in tuxes or floor length dresses & I aspire beat JMU’s level. Note: I will be using waitlist randomization for this trip!! The first 5 people that …
Shredders, senders, and aspiring desert sand frolickers, welcome to the last week of fall classes. Your reward: the glorious emergence of the most LEGENDARY, only ONCE an earth revolution, GNAR JOURNEY. We begin preparing now to rise from east coast hibernation and mass migrate to the land of canyons, red rocks, ultimate gritty-ness and cryptobiotic crust: MOAB, UTAH. Approximately 44 …
Hellooo you fellow scavengers and schemers!!! Cam and I are PUMPED for this Saturday’s bonfire / potluck / camp-out / dumpster-nature-inspired-exchanging-of-love, and we wanna make our elephants as stinky as possible. In other words, we wanna make some fun nature-themed crafts to bring to our gift exchange and would love for you to join, regardless of whether you can make …
OK guys. Old rag is awesome, if you’ve been, you know, if you haven’t, you probably still know. While it is awesome normally, I would argue that it is even more awesome in the fall during sunrise. You may ask,,, dude? how will we be able to see it during sunrise?? to which I say, duh, we wake up balls …
WOOOOoooo whats up everyone!! It’s a……thru-hiker panel! This sunday, Carson, myself (Evelyn), and your wonderful President Ed will be hanging out in new cab 115 to answer any questions you all may have about thru-hiking or just backpacking more generally. For those who don’t know thru-hiking is the act of hiking an established long-distance trail end-to-end continuously (and eating lots …
do you hate watching sports? do you like watching sports? do you like watching people do insanely dope things in whitewater kayaks? do you like hanging out with friends? if you said yes to any of those questions then golly gee do i have the perfect plan for your Saturday afternoon, come hang out and watch the Green Race with …
My dearest NRGE geeslings, **PLEASE REFER TO THE NRGE CLUB EMAIL (sent 10/8) AND READ THIS ENTIRE DESCRIPTION. THEN, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS** NRGE-ALICIOUS EXPIALIDOCIOUS 2023 (New River Gorge Extravaganza) This is NOT an actual NRGE adventure. This is the CARPOOL for NRGE. This is how the officers will keep track of drivers and attendees. So make our lives easier and …
Feeling bogged down by modern capitalist society? Is the pressure to conform, get an internship, compete with others, emit CO2, etc. making you feel oh so very sad? Do you wonder if there’s a better way of living for both you AND the planet?? Come join Melun, Elli and Cam as we leave Charlottesville and travel 37 miles east to …
note: you must be signed up for the main Creekathon trip on Sunday to join this trip! Looking to get in tune with yourself, each other, and the lovely nature around us at Walnut Creek? Start off the morning gently with me as we explore a few ecotherapy activities! ~~Ecotherapy: nature-based methods for calming & emotional healing~~ I welcome you …
Hello to all you lovely ODC members! Are you passionate about service, sustainability, or DEI (diversity, equity, & inclusivity) within the outdoors? Do you want to get more involved with the club? Well, we have news for you! Much like a natural ecosystem, we believe that many parts of ODC are interwoven. We are merging our DEI / service-sustainability committee …
Come hang out with Mitch and Ed as we work to repair some of our most heavily used and regularly bruised gear items. No experience needed. We will put you to work! Some things we might get up to: Replacing elastic in our poor MSR hubba hubbas Repairing holes in tent bodies with seam seal or patches cleaning tent footprints …
CALLING ALL LITTLE SHREDLINGS! Come one, come all to Creekathon, A day of adventure, fun, and song. With a pavilion as our base camp, We’ll eat, hammock, slackline, and chill like champs. Trips will depart from our central ground, Paddle boarding, hiking, frisbeeing all around. Leaders, get wild, take charge of the day, Make memories that will forever stay. Food …
When was the last time you had a cookout milkshake? It’s been far too long for me and I’m kinda going through withdrawal. And what better way to complement a delicious shake than staring up at the Milky Way? Come join us on a jovial outing consisting of saturated fats, sugar, and stargazing. The plan is to leave grounds around …
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A lot of us have had an amazing day outdoors and think, “man, I wish I could just have the outdoors be my career…” You probably have also thought “I’m really hungry and want free lunch” Good NEWS!! UVA sustainability is hosting a lunch & learn to teach us about the US Forest Service! A rep will be speaking about …
Feeling bogged down by modern capitalist society? Is the pressure to conform, get an internship, compete with others, emit CO2, etc. making you feel oh so very sad? Do you wonder if there’s a better way of living for both you AND the planet?? Come join Grace, Elli and Cam as we leave Charlottesville and travel 37 miles east to …
Helloo all! Have you seen the little blue tree berries? The ones that grow on dark green evergreen trees and mayhaps surprise you with their delicious scent? Did you know that those berries taste like slightly bitter winter holidays and joy? Wellllp they taste quite a bit better if ya boil them down with some sugar and make a SYRUP/TEA!! …
It’s finals season and I need an overnight escape in the woods. Enter the Gittin’ Pickled Cabin, a beautiful getaway 0.6 miles east of the AT. Mcafee’s Knob, Dragon’s Tooth, and Tinker cliffs trailheads just minutes away with a car. This is definitely glamping- the cabin has bunk beds, potable drinking water, a fire pit, toilet, hot water with a …
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Hey friends, anyone else see all these WONDROUS acorns joshing up and down trees and wanna channel their inner squirrel?? Wanna unite in appreciation for the wondrous nut (2,000 of which come off an adult Oak each year!!!!) and hail the ever-powerful acorn by processing them into deliciously nutty foodstuffs, as ancestors across the northern hemisphere have done for centuries …
Oye! (spanish for “Hey!” because who says “hello” aka “Hola” bc that’s weird) The extremely cultured benevolent dictator of this glorious club informed me of an obscure facebook event from 2018 where some people biked to each location of Guadalara restaraunt in Charlottesville and got a NON ALC0HOLIC item of their choice. I’m thinking we do appetizer, NON ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, …
Feeling bogged down by modern capitalist society? Is the pressure to conform, get a job, compete with others, emit CO2, etc. making you feel oh so very sad? Do you wonder if there’s a better way of living for both you AND the planet?? Come join Elli and Cam as we leave Charlottesville and travel 37 miles east to the …
Hello hellooo, party people!!! Do you ever feel like time moves not linearly but rather in interweaving strands? Do you ever feel like people, animals, plants, and minerals are linked that way, too? Or do you ever just look between your luscious locks and the amazing outdoors-loving people around us and think, THIS COULD BE BETTER? You’re right: it can …
Whats popping! You are formally invited to the illustrious shred-festival, the Dirtbag’s-reunion, the much-revered biannual CREEKATHON!! This is a time to wallow in comradery, to fester in fun, to devour all things grilled (vegan and non vegan snackies to be found). For those who have never been, Creekathon is a laid-back social cookout for all you forest-children at our nearby …
Helloooo my fellow trail wanderers!!! This is a trip borne of overflowing love and awe at the sheer dedication, creativity, and zest (birthing zest?!?) that you all have poured into our trail trips this year. Our trail crew is simply too complex and dynamic for our current service-trip system, and it’s time to molt our old shell and meander along …
SooOOOO I meant to post this like 5 days ago but life got in the way! If you’re still down, I’m still down. Also — creds to Eliza for trip description
Oh HELLOO my fellow decaying and reproducing organisms!!!! Do you ever wish you could understand your banana peel on a spiritual level? Channel earthworm energy and use our poop to create the building block of life? Do you want to explore the beautiful creation latent within our own eventual decay? Or do you also feel stressed out every time you …
Hello friends! This Sunday (10/24), from 5-6 pm we will be hosting a collaboration event with UJC (University Judicial Council) to celebrate our new partnership as clubs. We have Garden Room 1 reserved for this time, and will be providing hammocks, slacklines, frisbees, and other activities. It should be a nice event, so come out and enjoy the fall weather! …
So its become clear to me that sunrise on a Friday is an unideal time for this trip…. so let’s try it again! What’s up trail boppers!! You know the drill, it’s another early trail jaunt. This week our run will be ~extra special~ because we are going to venture out to the Biscuit Run trails! Not only are we …
~ TLDR ~This trip organizes participation in the Blue Sky Fund Hike For Kids https://secure.qgiv.com/event/hikeforkids2021/ which takes place on October 23rd. The fee associated with the trip is the registration fee for the hike/fundraiser. ~ Description ~ Who: You! (And maybe your family?? Scroll down to learn more). All the routes on this trip are part of the James River …
Hear ye, hear ye, You are hereby invited to the illustrious Shred-festival, the Dirtbag’s-reunion, the much-revered biannual CREEKATHON!! This is a time to wallow in comradery, to fester in fun, to devour all things grilled (vegan and non vegan snackies to be found). For those who have never been, Creekathon is a laid-back social cookout for all you forest-children at …