Join me for a Sierra Club Presentation “Bears in the Wild”. Wildlife scientist Mike Pelton will describe the life cycle and habitat of bears living in the Appalachian Mountains and beyond. He will provide useful tips for people who encounter these beautiful creatures in the wild. Dr. Pelton is an Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Tennessee: …
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Nrge: “Jam 5490: Serenading, Stars & Serenity” with Professor Shred
IF YOU’RE COMING TO NRGE, BRING YOUR BOOM STICK. Myself and the some of the other goons ’round these parts will be bringing instruments. I’ll have my banjo. Take yours along for the ride too! Super low key, and not even a real adventure. Just jamming by the fire Friday night and Saturday night. xoxo Jeremy
Alternate Departure Time: Nrge Shredfest 2k15 ~ Int/Adv Mountain Biking
UPDATE: We can have another group leave as late as 1 o’clock Friday! Sign up if you want to bike Friday near the NRGE campground. Shreddy babies, You asked for it. Now revel in the glorified shredding to be had at this year’s New River Gorge Extravaganza. The Plan: -leave Friday morning ish -another car leave around 1 -arrive at …
Mountain Justice Fall Summit
Are you interested in environmental and social justice? Learn more about the social and environmental issues surrounding mountaintop removal in a place where it is actually happening – Kayford Mountain. Just a few minutes from where we will be staying you can see in person how much destruction is really caused by mountaintop removal. Other radical social thoughts and subjects …
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!]
>> “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 …
2015 New River Gorge Extravaganza (Nrge) — Carpool
TO: Everyone attending the 2015 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. The point of this “adventure” is to make it easier for the officers and I …
Fest the Gauley W/ New River Gorge Climbing (Intermediate+)
‘Tis the season for festivals, and Gauley Fest is one to check out. Trip heads to New River Gorge for an overnight trip of top-rope rock climbing (intermediate+). Participants comfortably climb 5.8 and above. We’ll depart UVA early, climb to our heart’s content, and then partake in music, vendors, etc. Link below. We’ll climb on Sun until early/mid afternoon before …
Rivanna Trail Clean-Up Volunteer Work Party+Bodos!
Every 2nd Saturday of the month, The Rivanna Trail Foundation holds a work-party to keep the trails in tip-top condition so we can keep doing outdoorsy activities- Mountain Bike, Trail Run, etc. This will be the first Saturday of the school year that Uva can volunteer for and it would be great to have a large showing to support our …
Round 2: Thursday Sunrise Humpback + Potluck + Coffee
Hey goons, Last week’s Thursday Humpback was a grand time. Why not do it again?? The below is mostly the same as from last week’s description: We’ll shoot to take off from the Echols Brick Wall at a 5:00am so I’m setting the meeting time as 4:45am. PLEASE DON’T BE LATE. It’s the kind of thing where if we are …
Sunrise Humpback Hike + Coffee + Potluck: We Didn’t Choose the Shred Life
Eyyyyyyyyy what’s up goons. The boys are back in town aka Jer is no longer studying abroad. You know what that means. More shred-based Adventure titles than any one person was designed to handle, and lots of fun things to do outside. I’m gonna start off slow this semester with a nice low-key Humpback Sunrise hike. We’ll shoot to take …
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!]
>> “The most action-packed three hour CPR class I’ve been to. You made it concise and FUN!” – anonymous feedback March 2015 >> “Hooray! No video!” – anonymous feedback August 2013 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED, and relieving choking (adult / pediatric / infant). Get a 2-year certification. Full instruction, practice, and certification …
Wilderness First Aid + Cpr/Aed/Choking Certification 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 This will be held at a beautiful UVa Thomas Jefferson-designed installation, way up in the mountains above Blacksburg at UVa’s Mountain Lake Biological Station. There’s a small lake for swimming or boating, …
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 …
Creekathon Mountain Biking: We Gon’ Shred
Inhabitants of Shredtopia, The time to ride is upon us. Come sunrise Sunday morning, we’ll set out for the always-beautiful Walnut Creek. For advanced riders: Get ready to straddle your saddle and shred till you’re dead. We’ll leave at 9am sharp and get to grinding around 930. We’ll hit it hard until the shoobies show up around 11. Then some …
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, …
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 …
Picking Up Trash
It is hard to miss all of the litter in the bushes around the corner and 14th street. I was thinking we could walk around and clean some of it up for half an hour or so. If enough people sign up for the trip we could meet on the corner near Bodos bagles and go from there.
Introduction to Animal Tracking
Ever stop in the middle of your run to examine those animal tracks in the muddy spot on the trail? Do you wonder what creatures are roaming your sandy stream banks or trotting through the snow? Whether you are a hunter, an environmentalist or just a person curious about the secret lives of animals around you, come out to get …
Tracking Fun!
Ever wonder what our furry friends are up to when we’re not around? With all this snow on the ground, you can find out! We’ll be stalking critters through the snow, identifying them based on their tracks, and trying to figure out how they spend their snow days – we might discover clues like how fast they were travelling, what …
Tonight: Uva Snowball Tour
On account of the blizzard bearing down on Cville, we will be touring all of the hallowed snowball battlegrounds that our university has to offer. From The Lawn to the gardens to the amphitheater and more, this is a snowballer’s paradise. We will meet by the chapel at 11pm to assemble our forces, and go from there. Attendees should wear …
Night and Classic Orienteering at Prince William Forest Park
First, please mind the sign up date for this event! I have to log you in to the event registration page by 2/11/15 (Wednesday) at midnight to get you a bed for saturday night. What: Competitive orienteering with the Quantico orienteering club! Orienteering is navigating your way point to point using a terrain map (the maps with funny squiggly lines) …
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 …
Boats and Brews Film Festival (After a Float Down the James)
On Saturday, 1/10, Coastal Canoeists presents the annual Boats and Brews Film Festival. The title says it all: “Boats”, “Brews”, and “Film”; 3 of my favorite things! Throw in a float down the James before the gig starts (5:30) and you have the makings of a perfect day. Join me! For more info about the event check out the following …
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: >> …
Reilly’s Roost Intermediate Ethnobotany + South River Falls Hike (@ Snp)
What sort of things come to mind first when you think of fall? For me, it’s hiking, ethnobotany, and family, our Outdoors Club family. Honestly, what better way to spend your final Saturday before Thanksgiving than with hiking and chilling in a cabin? Main departure for the trip will be at 11am, Saturday from the Brick Wall by Echols. We’ll …
Brms Cochamo Dreams: a Chris Kalman Slideshow
For the climbers Support Cville climbing, by making your way over to BRMS to hear Chris Kalman talk about international climbing, travel, and writing. When: November 16th 2014 @630PM Where: BRMS new store at Stonefield What: Hear Chris Kalman discuss everything climbing. Check out his blog: http://www.chriskalman.com/#!blog/c1nw9 https://www.facebook.com/events/782189031845968/ Cochamo Dreams is a 4 part slideshow that follows climber, writer, and …
Brms Cochamo Dreams: a Chris Kalman Slideshow
For the climbers Support Cville climbing, by making your way over to BRMS to hear Chris Kalman talk about international climbing, travel, and writing. When: November 16th 2014 @630 Where: BRMS new store at Stonefield What: Hear Chris Kalman discuss everything climbing. Check out his blog: http://www.chriskalman.com/#!blog/c1nw9 Cochamo Dreams is a 4 part slideshow that follows climber, writer, and adventurer …
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 Slackathon/Extreme Wheelbarrowing
ODC cordially invites you to come eat food and slack off at the Creekathon. I’ll bring a couple different lines (a classic and a surf mebbe) and we can break it down and get loose near the lake. Then afterward we can show off our choice ‘barrows and throw some gnar tricks in the park. Good things for you: -you …
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 …
Kayak & Clean the Rivanna River
This Sunday 10/19, we are going to join the good people of Rivanna Conservation Society and Blue Ridge Mountain Sports for their Fall Rivanna River Sojourn. Where: Fall Rivanna River Sojourn: Milton/Shadwell to Crofton When:7:45 am-2:00pm Why: Mother Earth Traverse the Mighty and Peaceful Rivanna with family and friends, view wildlife and birds, and help clean up the river as …
Intro to Ethnobotany and Spiritual Vibrations
Fellow travelers, Humans have been exploring plants and their benefits for centuries. It is an integral part of a sentient consciousness to explore the very nature of its experience. Ethnobotany is the study of the relationships between plants and humans. We will explore and learn about the history and neural mechanisms of the Kava Kava root of the Pacific Islands, …
Carpooling to the Nrge
TO: Everyone attending the 2014 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. The point of this “adventure” is to make it easier for the officers and I …
Nrge Shredfest 2.4 (Beginner/Intermediate Mountain Biking)
This is the other Beginner/intermediate half of Kit Guncheon’s NRGE Shredfest 2.5. Kit and I will coordinate rides and bike transportation to Douthat, and will break off into our corresponding groups. Expect singletrack that is flowy as artisan linguine and hills that keep you in your granny gears. The pace will be easy and no-drop, but be prepared physically for …
Reel Rock Film Tour: Valley Uprising ***Special Discount Rate***
Howdy folks, It’s finally here –the movie you’ve all been waiting for. After many long months since REEL ROCK 8 gave us that tantalizing teaser, VALLEY UPRISING is finally here, and its coming to Cville! ***SPECIAL UPDATE***: Student discount SECURED! Only $12.50 now with student ID. Shoutout to the awesome guys at Paramount and Reel Rock for hooking us up! …
Clips Film Festival Friday Sept 12th
Hey adventure lovers, Like action film festivals? Enjoy community mountain biking? Come out and support the local area mountain bike club, CAMBC, by enjoying an action film festival in a local park. (multiple sports represented) What: Clips Film Festival When: Friday, September 12, 2014 7:30PM-10:30PM, Film Begins at Dark Where: Washington Park, Corner of Madison and Preston (google it- UTS …
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 …
Mountain-Top Weekend Retreat: Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees; Reimbursable for Trip Leaders], a.T. Short Hike to Sunset View, Cookouts & Campfires, Optional Cpr & More!
This rare, unique weekend event blends the same Wilderness First Aid course (same price, or free!) into a mountain-top retreat weekend, creating great camaraderie among participants while enjoying the extras of: > Longer lunch breaks, at a sandy beach with big swimmable pond > Evening cookout > Sunset short hike to a beautiful Appalachian Trail rock outcropping > Night-time campfire …
Scope Some Dank Nuts Before the Creekathon
If you like walnuts then you’ll love this! Come get hype for the creek with all things nutty walnuts peanuts pine nuts macadamia nuts etc. We’ll meet at Echols at 10, and then hop in the car and find somewhere to go scavenge/forage/harvest/admire all the nuts our hearts desire. In case you need any more incentive to go on this …
Pre-Creekathon Shredathon (Intermediate Mtn Biking)
Fellows and fellaws, I’m trying to get down on two tires next Sunday (4/20) right before the 666th Creekathon. There’s a whole slew of trails at Walnut Creek that I hear are truly radical. I ESPECIALLY NEED DRIVERS TO SIGN UP SO WE CAN GET THE BIKES DOWN THERE! You will be reimbursed for gas (+tip). Prior trail riding experience …
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 …
Fishing the Jackson River
I wasn’t able to get out a couple weekends ago, but I’m still itching to get on the water. This time, I’ve set my sights on Jackson River, in Hidden Valley, which is about 2 hours away. This is not a trip for first-time anglers; however, if you have even a modicum of experience, this trip may be for you. …
An Evening with Author and Long Distance Hiker Jennifer Phar Davis
Join me for an evening with an author, speaker, and three-time Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Jennifer Phar Davis. We’ll meet at the Chapel Free Trolley Bus Stop (McCormick Rd.) at 6:30PM and take the bus to the Jefferson School City Center. Books: http://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Pharr-Davis/e/B002PCG9JC Biography from amazon.com: Jennifer Pharr Davis grew up in the North Carolina Mountains, where she developed a love …
Goonin and Gapin at Home in the Snow
snow-fetishers! Unofficial pseudo-trip here, just wanted to let everyone know that in the case of rad snowtimes i will be skipping class and doing hood rat shit with my friends. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXZfuC0vi4g there will be lots of VASST kids out and whatnot, the Rotunda will probably be shrod, so if you’d like to make history you should come do rad things. …
Stove Training: Learn How to Operate Msr Whisperlite Stoves
The officers will be teaching anyone who wants to learn how to operate our Whisperlite stoves. Potentially, there may be an advanced session afterwords for troubleshooting problems in the field. These stoves are the staple that almost anyone doing back-country work uses. They are very dependable and efficient. Everyone should know how to use one for when the apocalypse comes. …
Usfs Fisheries Biologist Talk
Dawn Kirk, a fisheries biologist with of the US Forest Service will be the guest speaker at this event (I understand the event consists almost entirely of the talk). Dawn will discuss the restoration/ re liming work on two Augusta County streams, the North River and the St. Mary’s River. If you’re at all interested in the ecology of mountain …