The Gauley Festival (known as “the paddling world’s biggest party”) is the largest river festival in the world, and it’s coming up this weekend. Located only 3.5 hours from Charlottesville, this is really a can’t miss opportunity. The jist of the festival is kayak (or climb) during the day, hangout with other fun outdoors-oriented people during the evening, and camp …
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Surf the Thanksgiving Break in Costa Rica!
We’re trading in our turkey dinners for casados, the national Costa Rican traditional meal of rice and beans (known as gallo pinto), salad, picadillo, and chicken breast. We’ll be upgrading our cranberry sauce to tropical fruit. But the most exciting part of this trip is obviously not the cuisine. We’re going surfing! We’ll be driving to Northern VA on the …
Hiking and Swimming at Sugar Hollow
Bring a lunch and a swim suit and come explore the swimming hole at sugar hollow. This trip will be canceled if its raining–check your e-mail the morning of the trip if you aren’t sure.
Downtown Paddling
Downtown James river is a Class III-IV paddling experience. Don’t sign up unless you have solid Class III experience and a very solid roll. Check out details of the run here http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/1952/ This is the same stretch of river as Dave’s trip on Thursday. The club provides whatever gear you don’t have (boat, paddle, pfd, skirt, helmet). You should wear …
Surf and Habitat for Humanity in Costa Rica
We’ve still got a little time.. not too late to join the trip! I’m going to learn to surf and build houses for Habitat in Costa Rica for 4 weeks, and you should come too!!! Here’s the price and activities breakdown (but if you see a “deal-breaker” let me know and we’ll see if we can work something out): General: …
End of Year Walnut Creekathon!
Come celebrate the end of the year and say farewell to all your outdoorsy friends for the summer at Walnut Creek Park! We’ll have a cookout and other delicious goodies on the edge of the lake in the evening, as well as outdoorsy activities you can sign up for during the afternoon. This is a potluck-type activity, so please bring …
New River Gorgathon
TRIP CANCELLED, sorry
Virginia Fly Fishing Festival!
The Virginia Fly Fishing Festival is this coming weekend, conveniently taking place in Waynesboro on the South River. I invite you to join me for a night of camping in St. Mary’s Wilderness on Saturday before a full day of flyfishing in Waynesboro on Sunday. There will be an Orvis Instructional Tent with gear to try out, and lots of …
Oceanside Camping with Wild Ponies
Join the Outdoors club for one of the best camping experiences you will ever have. We will be heading to the Assateague Island National Seashore http://www.nps.gov/asis/planyourvisit/marylandcamping.htm where the wild ponies roam! We’ll head out early Saturday morning and return on Monday. We will be picking up some firewood on our way into the park, so that we can cook our …
Downtown Paddlin
Its going to be 80 degrees in Richmond and the river is up. The water level should be around 7 feet on Friday, so you need to be an experienced paddler to join up for this one. Class III-IV- rapids. That means you have to have been on class III+ rapids a number of times and be able to roll …
Trip Leader Workshop
At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle trip expenses, what types of trips are allowed, and how to set trips up online. As an incentive to lead, we’ll reimburse your dues after leading four adventures. I’ve only reserved the room for an hour, so that’s the …
Flycasting Workshop on the Lawn!
If you’d like to learn the basics of flycasting, come out to the Lawn on Wednesday afternoon! It should be a beautiful day for a fun break between classes. I’ll bring my rod and teach you basic casting techniques; you just have to show up. I’ll clip the hook so we don’t snag anyone on their way to class 🙂 …
Thursday at Wintergreen!
Let’s try to squeeze a few more days out of the ski season, shall we? At this point, the website reports that all slopes are still open, and what better way to kick off spring break?! I have posted the trip to start at 1:00, but when you sign up, indicate what time you would prefer to leave Charlottesville. For …
Trip Leader Workshop 3!
I’ve heard from several of you that you can’t come to the Thursday workshop, so here’s another chance! We’ll learn about trip-leading from 5-6ish, and we’ll finish in plenty of time to attend the Monday Night Gathering at Newcomb. At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle …
Trip Leader Workshop!
Everyone is encouraged to lead trips, and it’s easier than you think! At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle trip expenses, what types of trips are allowed, and how to set trips up online. As an incentive to lead, we’ll reimburse your dues after leading four …
Fall Break Paddling Weekend (Dates Are Flexible)
For those of you brave enough to take a long car ride with me, I will offer you the best padding weekend of your life. I’m going home for fall break and want to take some good paddlers with me to hit up some rivers local to my home – Asheville, NC. I want to take some sweet movie footage, …
Trip Leader Workshop!
Everyone is encouraged to lead trips, and it’s easier than you think! At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle trip expenses, what types of trips are allowed, and how to set trips up online. As an incentive to lead, we’ll reimburse your dues after leading four …
Hiking and Swimming at Sugar Hollow
Come enjoy the warm weather at Sugar Hollow! After a 25-minute drive to Sugar Hollow, we’ll hike an easy mile to reach a deep swimming hole. I’ve never been there before, but last year’s trip found a cool rope swing. Hopefully it’s still up! I have made the trip waitlist-only to make sure we have enough drivers. When enough drivers …
Sailing a Flying Scot
Hey everyone and especially all of you who will be back home in NoVA or will be around DC for whatever reason…I will be renting out a Flying Scot May 21st. If you don’t know anything about sailing that is totally fine. If you like I can teach you knots, points of sail, pirating or if you perfer you can …
Rocky Mountain Loop
Spring is here and if you still haven’t cured your cabin fever or itchy feet come out Saturday for an awesome hike. We’ll take Skyline drive to mile 77 and head in the woods. The Loop is 9 to 10 miles and goes around Rocky and Brown Mountain. We’ll get to see the tops of both mountains and the largest …
Spring Break in St. John
Come to St. John for Spring Break and do some scuba, paddling, hiking, or just enjoy the beach… and meet some new friends while you’re at it. We will be renting some sweet tents that are located beachfront in Cinnamon Bay. There’s something for everyone! ~~~~ www.cinnamonbay.com ~~~~ everything you need to know about where we are staying! with the …
Fall Break at Old Rag- Later Trip
So…you’re not doing anything cool for “reading” break. Now you can! The hike to Old Rag Mountain offeres SPECTACULAR views. This is one of the most popular hikes in Virginia, and it’s a club favorite! There is another club trip to Old Rag that is leaving at 8:30 am, so this is your chance to still enjoy the outdoors if …
Backpacking: Tibbet Knob
I led this exact same trip back in Febuary. The differnce is that this trip will take place in temperatures that are 50 degrees warmer! If you are particularly prone to heat exhaustion- then trip may not be for you. The high on Saturday may reach 90 degrees! We will begin our trip at Wolfe Gap- on the VA/WVA border. …
Backpacking: Big Schloss/Tibbet Knob
We will begin our trip at Wolfe Gap- on the VA/WVA border. From here we will break out the headlamps and hike to the beautiful summit of Tibbet knob. The trail has some suprisingly steep sections, but is only about a mile and a half long. We will camp high- enjoying good food and good views from our tents. The …
Winterbreak in California!!
There has been a large interest among club members to get to California at some point in their life to experience all the beauty it has to offer. How does this winterbreak sound?! If you have never experienced California before, then this is a great opportunity. I’ll be setting up this trip for 5 club members between December 27 and …
VA Beach Blowout! Sun & Sand, Paddling, Hiking, Biking, SCUBA,
Come make some new friends while paddling, hiking, and/or scuba-diving, or just veg on the beach! Then have a nice dinner & s’mores by the campfire, and sleep under the stars or in a tent. ***CATCH SOME RAYS, SWIM, & BUILD SANDCASTLES. A nice beach is just a short walk from our campsites. Also, there are free hot showers. ***GO …
Florida Spring Break: Backpacking, Manatees, Beach!
This spring break adventure in central Florida, a truly awesome deal, will include: ~ 1 day and night at Blue Spring State Park–one of the two best places in Florida to see manatees (see http://www.planetdeland.com/bluesprings/) ~ 5 or 6 days and nights of backpacking 60 miles through extremely varied ecosystems along the remote Florida National Scenic Trail, in Ocala National …
Virginia Beach EXTRAVAGANZA! Sun & Sand, Scuba, Hiking, Surf Kayaking, and Biking!
UPDATE! There is a very good possibility that the campsite is closed for the weekend. Please show up at 9 if you would like to go. I will be calling the place before then (like 8:30) to see if its open. We will decide what is going on at that point. Come to Virginia beach and do some scuba, paddling, …