This week is hot. I haven’t been on a hike in like two weeks. If either of these statements apply to you, you could be eligible to win a no-expense paid trip to come with me to hike the Cedar Run trail in Shenandoah! Plus, there’s a fun little natural waterslide and some cool waterfall or something along those lines …
Announcements
Gauley Paddling Weekend – “Not Swiss” Fest
Come on out for the first weekend of whitewater releases on the Gauley River near Summersville, WV. Every year, there is a Virginia boater family reunion of sorts at Tawney Farm http://tawneyfarm.com/index.html above the takeout/put in on the Middle Gauley at Mason’s Branch. There is a free spaghetti dinner Friday night, and live music on Friday and Saturday. If you’ve …
Blueberry Picking
Heyyyy everyone!! If you’re looking for something fun and delicious to do Thursday evening, come berry picking with me! The best blueberries I’ve ever had at a cute farm that’s only a 30 minute drive from Charlottesville. We’ll leave at 4:30p (I can prob pick you up) and return by 7p, just in time for other Thursday night shenanigans! You …
Blackrock, Bodos, Bananas, and Bucket Hats
Hello hello!! Come spend a lovely summer morning at Blackrock Summit with me for this early AM frolic, containing the following elements: Blackrock: A super easy hike with gorgeous views. Google it!! Bodos: I’ll bring Bodos for trip attendees! If you get off the waitlist, Venmo me the estimated cost of your order (@emily-deschambault) with exactly what you want as …
Nameless Chill Sesh–> Frolicking, Pickup Soccer, Frisbee, Etc.
Hello everybody!! *NO SIGNUP IS NECESSARY FOR THIS TRIP* Come detox from your finals with a nice afternoon chill sesh. I’d really like to get a pickup soccer game going, but bring whatever activities you want, or come sit and hang out! Please bring a frisbee or other game if you want to play it! It should be a pretty …
Sup Tuesday, Sup Funday
We are almost done with this semester, so it’s time to celebrate! What’s better than getting LIT? I mean getting LIT naturally by paddle boarding in Chris Greene Lake Park. It’s only 25 min away!! Plus, the weather is going to be sunny with highs in the low 80s!!!! Well, the plan is to leave from Echols at 4 pm. …
Wilderness First Aid Certification Course [Reimbursable for Trip Leaders! Free for Some Uva Academic Employees!]
OFFERINGS IN CVILLE: CHOOSE EITHER: MAY 9-10 MAY 16-17 MAY 26-27 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [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 …
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 / …
Slack N’ Snack
Can’t make it to Creekathon, or just want more good Outdoors juju?? Come slackline and eat snacks with fellow ODC member Joseph Outten and I at Alderman Library. Bring hammocks, blankets, homework (or nah), snacks, your slacklining skillz (but actually we are super beginners so no skills needed). The plan is to hang out and slackline from 3:30-5:30ish, but there …
Slack N’ Snack
Can’t make it to Creekathon, or just want more good Outdoors juju?? Come slackline and eat snacks with fellow ODC member Joseph Outten and I at Alderman Library. Bring hammocks, blankets, homework (or nah), snacks, your slacklining skillz (but actually we are super beginners so no skills needed). The plan is to hang out and slackline from 3:30-5:30ish, but there …
Slack N’ Snack
Can’t make it to Creekathon, or just want more good Outdoors juju?? Come slackline and eat snacks with fellow ODC member Joseph Outten and I at Alderman Library. Bring hammocks, blankets, homework (or nah), snacks, your slacklining skillz (but actually we are super beginners so no skills needed). The plan is to hang out and slackline from 3:30-5:30ish, but there …
Creekathon – Lets Go Ham(Mocking)!
With the new date of Creekathon and warm temperatures in the forecast. It is the perfect opportunity to lay in a hammock and forget that finals are right around the corner. I will be bringing my hammock, speaker, and a frisbee so we can make a giant area of hammockers and have a good time. **Please make sure that you …
Sup Creekathon!
“Hey man, this place really smells like SUP Creekathon” “What’s SUP Creekathon?” “Not much dude, how are you?” *slaps knee* *bars me from writing trip descriptions indefinitely* But, in all seriousness, what is SUP Creekathon? A SUP is a stand-up paddle board: a nifty, graceful lil aquatic vehicle on which to glide through calm water and hone your balance skills, …
**Canceled**Creekathon: Banana Pancakes
With all this talk of banana’s and humans resorting back to their primitive states, it got me thinking. Which then made me hungry. So I thought what better way to complement the grill-cooked food of Creekathon with some sweet treats. I would also like to do a hike…there are a bunch of trails that are around the area and I …
Slackline/Biking SmöRgåSbord @ Creekathon
In honor of Jane Goodall’s birthday today, this trip will seek to honor the evolution of humans from their primate ancestors. The plan is to start in a tree, where we originally belonged, and learn how to cross from one tree to another without touching the ground or using our fancy opposable thumbs. In other words, I’m teaching you how …
Creekathon- Banana Hammocks
What is up my good ole pals!!! So I am really not into running but for some reason I signed up for the ZTA 5K on April 7th!! Plug: go sign up for the ZTA 5K on April 7th then come to Creekathon. Anyways long story short I will be fricking exhausted and I have an event that evening so …
Exploring the ‘Nut
Hello yes I am a trip leader and I will be attending Creekathon (and so should you!). I’d like to try and up the number of trips I’ve led thus far in my time in the ODC, so here is me killing two birds with one stone. For this trip we will be meeting at the rendez-vous area in the …
Cancelled: Creekathon – Sup Yoga
*CANCELLED :'( * due to snow and highs of 35 degrees *Edit: if you join this adventure, please remember to read the trip description for Creekathon and sign up for Creekathon as well. Wassup outdoorsy folks. The club has four SUPs (stand-up paddleboards) so let’s put them to good use at this year’s Creekathon with some SUP yoga (idea creds …
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, …
Yeester on the Yeestern Shore
Shoreboy Jimmy and I are tired of these blasted mountains and need some salt back in our lives. The solution: We are headed back to the homeland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, for Easter weekend where my parents will conveniently be out of town and so we will my have my house free to rage in. You out-of-staters’ might be …
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 / …
Wv Cross-Country Skiing — All Levels — Rescheduled to 1/20-1/21!
Hey g0o0ons: Feel like chasing pow while eschewing the not-so-vigorous reliance on ski lifts to gain elevation? Don’t want to drop the cheddar required to do downhill skiing? Want to try out the most calorie-burning form of aerobic exercise around? Then come cross-country skiing at Whitegrass Resort with me and Brian Meffle! THE PLAN: This is going to be an …
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 …
Super Secret Surprise Birthday Adventure!!
Seriously, it’s super secret. Don’t say sh*t about it. Next Saturday is club member Jamie Wallenstein’s birthday, and she wants to do it outdoors, so I’m getting together (hopefully) a group of you gung-ho outdoors aficionados to help her celebrate her exiting of the teen world with mother nature at her side! First and foremost, if you’re acquainted with Jamie …
Post Family Weekend Destress Hike
I’m sure family weekend will be fun but it’s affecting my hiking free time so let’s do a small Sunday hike to get our outdoors fix in for the weekend. blackrock is a super easy hike with amazing 360 (ish) views and I haven’t seen it with the full fall foliage yet so it’s bound to be beautiful. .5 miles …
Breakfast for Dinner, Actually
So you may or may not have heard, but hike+pancakes part 1 didn’t quite go according to plan… As in, there were no pancakes. And no hike either actually now that I think of it :/ Also, the last time I led a sunset trip to Stony Man the group somehow ended up on two different Mountains so that wasn’t …
Late-Night Pt 4! (Spyrock Edition)
Location location location! Hawksbill has probably had enough of our asses up there in the dead of the night and would like a break from our shenanigans, so let’s take the party to Spyrock! We’ll be a couple nights ahead of the full moon this time around, but the light should be plenty enough for us to have a quite …
Bearfence Hut Hangout!
Unfortunately Sunday looks like an absolutely miserable day to be hiking, i.e. cold and rainy (ew), so let’s get out into Shenandoah BUT stay warm and dry doing it! How, you might ask? Well i’ll tell ya. If you’ve ever spent any time hiking on the Appalachian trail you’ll know that in many sections there are shelters conveniently spaced out …
Sun Appreciation Backpacking! (Ft. Golden Retriever)
Alright peeps, she may be 92,955,807 miles away, but this club wouldn’t be the poppin’ crew that it is without her and you know it. Let’s pay our respects. If you’re a lil rusty on your distances to celestial bodies, ‘she’ is the sun, and we gon show her some good ol’ fashioned outdoors club lovin’. This is a beginner …
Bodacious Beach Backpacking
*REANNOUNCEMENT OF NOVEMBER TRIP THAT WAS POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL – PLEASE NOTE NEW DATES* Beginner backpacking trip? The beach?? Bodacious outdoors bros and babes??? The limit of the number of reasons to go on this trip quite simply does not exist. Beachy shenanigans will likely include but are not limited to: jamming, swimming (clothing optional), sandcastle/fort building, flinging frisbees and …
Pumpkins, Memes, and Hikes: Oh My!
***CANCELLED** so that was possibly the weirdest title for a hike ever but hear me out on this one. blackrock summit is one of my favorite hikes in the area (coincidence that it’s only .5 miles to the top….) but I did win the “meme queen” senior superlative in high school. let’s combine the two plus throw in some pumpkins …
Breakfast for Dinner!
So Jamie is leading a sunrise hike to Bearfence Saturday morning, but honestly I think I’d just feel wrong if I watched the sun come up without watching it go do down first.. ya know? Like how would I know where it came from?? Anyways, Bearfence is one of the only places in the park where you have an unobstructed …
Nrge: Dirtbag Jamboree
Hey0 pals, While at NRGE you’ll be going HARD during the day gobbling up single track, leaf-strewn trails, imposing stone walls, and broiling whitewater. But what you may not have known is that at night we are gonna J A M. So, if you play anything — guitar, banjo, steel drums, fiddle, stand-up bass (yes, someone has brought one before), …
Intro to Climbing Workshop **Creekathon Edition**
pre-Creekathon workshop! starting at 10:30am, we’ll run through some Ko0l cLiMb1nG pR0t0coL and then head straight from the Shred Shack to the 69th Annual Creekathon to hang/eat food/frolic/etc. maybe you can even impress some ppl with your new knot skills? maybe not? once you have JOINED this adventure (not on the waitlist), please also join the main Creekathon adventure so …
Post-Creekathon Pizza Party!
Creekathon may be ending at 4, but why stop the party there?? Let’s keep it going and go catch the sunset at Humpback Rocks! I know Humpback is traditionally the sunrise spot, but there will be nothing traditional about this trip, and according to this seemingly trustworthy website (https://www.theoutbound.com/christin-healey/the-top-10-places-to-catch-a-sunset-in-virginia), Humpback is the best place in VA to catch a sunset …
Beginner Mountain Slack~Bikelining?
Mountain biking and slacklining are similar in the sense that they both leave you with a warm fuzzy feeling inside, and they might leave you with a few bumps and bruises depending on how badly you want to defy gravity. But, that’s about it. SO LETS GET GNARLY TRY EM BOTH. I don’t mean biking across a slackline, sadly…unless we’re …
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 …
Sup Creekathon!!!!
yooooo The club has 4 stand up paddle boards (SUPs), and we will be putting them to good use at CREEKATHON. Creekathon 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. We will spend some time hanging out and paddling and swimming starting before the …
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 …
Swimming Hole Trip/Hike at St Mary’s!
copying Claire’s hike to St Mary’s wilderness from a couple of weeks ago (thank you Claire!) and leading a trip there before the weather cools off because I loved it so much! It’s an awesome spot/leisurely hike to an amazing and relaxing swimming hole. Let’s enjoy ~nature~ before we hole up for exam szn!! It’s around an hour drive but …
Craggin’ Classic Climbing Festival (New River Gorge)
“The Craggin’ Classic Series, powered by CAMP USA and supported nationally by Scarpa, Arc’Teryx, Sterling Rope, Black Diamond, and Rock & Ice, is the country’s only nationally-touring, grassroots climbing festival. Uniting climbers around the campfire at world-class destinations, these special 3-day events celebrate all things climbing. From learning new skills and techniques, to sharing stories, sharing the rope and inspiring one another; from …
Gauley Fest Landlubber Companion Trip (Climbing/Hiking/Frolicking/Etc.)
friends, tryna do it outside this weekend, but can’t kayak worth a damn? join me for a weekend at the New doing fun outdoors things that do not involve drowning! THE PLAN: this is a companion trip to Gauley Fest, so we will be staying at the same campsite as those krazy kayakers, but during the day shall be partaking …
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 …
Kayak Outfitting Party/Rivanna Whitewater Park Discussion
Get ready for Gauley season! You always paddle better in a boat that fits like a glove. The hardest part about boat outfitting is remembering to do it while your boat is dry. Then waiting 48 hours for the contact cement to cure to full strength. The solution? Schedule yourself some time to come by and get your boat right …
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 / …
Summer Beach Camping Trip
Hey homies!! If you’re wondering what you’re going to be doing the second to last weekend of July, I have the answer for you: camping at the beach with me! I have a general schedule outlined below but it’s super flexible depending on what people want to do. Super pumped for an awesome weekend!! Plan for Friday 07/21 head out …
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 …
Saturday Morn Jones Run/Doyle River Splash!
here’s the deal folks: t’will be a spicy 90 degrees on Saturday, what else is there to do but go wade around in a refreshing waterfall? let’s enjoy a nice drive down skyline and make our way to the Jones Run/Doyle River trailhead, about an hour away from here, and get through 3.4 mile roundtrip w/ a waterfall break. we’ll …