Announcements

Hey you wild and freaky animals!!   This is just a reminder that this upcoming week, (3/4 – 3/8), there will be NO regularly scheduled gear rooms. If you would like to check out gear, please email the officers at outdoors-officers@virginia.edu or send a message in our snazzy groupme (which you can join at the link below) to set up …

Me oh my! SPRGE?! What’s that? Well, Spring NRGE, of course! Read this sweet, sweet (& benevolently short) email to learn what cheesy treats your future may hold… WHO? Why, you, as one of approximately 50 SPRGElings that we’ll bring along for the ride of our lives! We’ll be prioritizing ODC members who have not gotten to go on a …

Hello all you granola gremlins!!   We bring you an important update for our Gear Room schedule for this week of 2/26. In light of spring break and Moab, the regularly scheduled gear rooms held by Cam and Renee on Thursday and Friday will NOT take place. Instead, Carson will hold a gear room on Thursday at 11am and Anusha …

Hey Adventurers!   Today’s Gear Room time has been changed from 1:30 to 12:30. Sorry for the last minute revision! For up to the minute gear room updates, be sure to join our Groupme at the link below. https://groupme.com/join_group/68250538/0HmzE2tL   Happy Trails, Mitch & the Officers

Frigid and Frozen Friends and Fiends of ODC,     Winter Break is indeed upon us and with the end of classes at UVA comes some changes to how the Gear Room will operate. During Break ODC discontinues regularly scheduled gear room hours. This begins at the end of classes on 12/5. Break gear rooms are scheduled on a case …

Hello ODC members!   With summer right around the corner, you might be scrounging and scheming and wondering, “Can I check out club gear to fund my reckless summertime pursuits?” Well. The answers are here. Read on to discover ODC’s summer gear room policy and stick around for one last Adventure of the Week!   During the summer ODC discontinues …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! The last days of class and last regular email of the semester is upon us! Thanks for sticking with us this year as we blazed new trails, met new friends, and tried new concoctions (beer floats help officer elections run smoother). Catch y’all on the flippity flip! ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: LAST WEEK TO BRING …

HELLOOO SHRACKIANS!!! You know how ODC has the most boomin parties? You know how sometimes too it’s also fun to reflect deeply with your fellow shracklings whilst partying?? Do you also feel kinda confused how the year is already ending and you wanna embark upon such deep reflection + partay at the same time??   WoW! Speaking of the year …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! Wowowowo we are rapidly speeding towards the end of the semester! I for one am so stoked for summer shenanigans and I hope that you also have some bounteous schemings in mind for these warmer months. BIG shout out to everyone who came to our ABC^2 party Friday! 10/10 best way to end the semester. It …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! I really have nothing to say other than that there are several important announcements this week, go read them! ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Code of Conduct! After much hard work, the officers have created a club Code of Conduct! Please take some time to review this very important document as you will be held to …

Hiya y’all!     I hope you’re doing well this splendid and fresh Monday. The officers wanted to take a moment of your time to let you know, there are more of us! Last week, the officers reviewed 13 amazing officer applications and had to make some tough choices to narrow them down to only two accepted new officers: Sujith …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! Tribolium confusum may be in your cornflakes! This week, watch out for beetles and beetle related incidents! ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: FILL OUT OUR CENSUS! If you somehow haven’t heard yet, it’s Census time! Our DEI Committee has worked hard to craft this quick survey to update us on who our members are and what they …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! wow wow wow my expression of angst in my previous email has been answered and leaves are now gettin on them trees! Big big shout out to everyone who came to our Formal-ish on Saturday, you all looked stunning! This week, go enjoy a nice piece of fruit, you deserve it. ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! I have an intense angst to see green leaves on all trees. ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Burn Your Past! This Thursday from 7:30-9:00pm, Burn Your Past is an event hosted by UVA Humanities and your very own Outdoors Club. Please sign up and join us for a reflective and smore filled evening. Eventbrite Link to …

hello spring geesling,   In honor of spring having finally sprung – we are having a spring in-formal, a spring “formal-ish”, a MORP one could say (yeah that’s prom backwards).   What o what do I wear??!?! Your personal take on formal-ish. Go CRAZY. Go SO FUNKY. Go extravagant if you want. Buying second hand/wearing things you already have is, …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! hope y’all had a green and pinch-less st. pattys! it was sick to see so many of you Friday at our kickback! this week: stay slay, think slippy, make money. ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Bi-Weekly DEI Meetings and Club Town Hall! DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) committee is meeting from 5-6 pm on Sunday the …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! Hey y’all! I hope you had a wonderful and restful spring break. I want to use this usually silly opener to plug an important resource that the officers have recognized not many of y’all know about. Our DEI Committee’s biweekly meetings host a club Town Hall where you can voice any questions, concerns, or comments you …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! Today I have a new dietary strategy for you. It is called two lunches. You eat one lunch, and then you eat another one like an hour or two later, and then you’re done. This pairs great with the Costco $1.50 hot dog. Thanks. ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Moab Gear Policy: Some Notes for Checkouts …

Hello my scrumptious gear munchers, Today for you the officers have a few very important announcements about gear! Here we go!     Bring Back Gear!!!! As Moab is rapidly approaching, the officers beseech you to bring back your gear to the gear room! We would love to have all of our gear find its way home so it can …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! I hope you are all doing well this wonderful Sunday evening. A big shout out to those who showed up to our fantastical fairy tale party last night! Some described it as, “cute”, “a great time!”, and “I didn’t know you could do that with carrots!”. Best of luck on your vegetable related and unrelated adventures …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! it was warm last week and then it WAS COLD AND RAINED yesterday. but now it will be warm this week. yay. thank you sun for passing progressively closer by the northern hemisphere. that is all. also my name is mitch. ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Party!!! oh me oh my another ODC partytime is upon …

Hello again ODC gremlins,   It has been brought to my attention that those of you under the new Microsoft Regime cannot access my gorgeous gear google form. I have made you instead a marvelous MICROSOFT FORM (link also below). Please use that to tell us your deepest gear desires.   MICROSOFT FORM LINK: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=x4A0ewc3c0iLd-IWczplrCkesySbf0BBrkyEuld6KZJUQlRZNzdIWjE3VzhNSkZMN00xNFA0Nzk5OS4u GOOGLE FORM LINK: https://forms.gle/nxJnFofTPGPnqBvZ8   …

Heyyyyyooo ODC gremlins,   You may not know it, but ODC buys a TON of new gear each semester using UVA’s money (hehehe). As we get ready to make these purchases, the Gear Masters want to know what gear YOU (the club gremilns) would like to see bought! If you have ideas for what we should get, please fill out …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans! click, click, click, click, click, alcik, click, click CLACK, clack click click click click click click CLACK CLACK CLACK click click click click click click click eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Bi-Weekly DEI Meetings! DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) committee is meeting from 5-6 pm on Sunday the 12th in New Cabell 183. It is …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans!! I hope your weekend was as elite and queso filled as mine was. SO to all of you lovely people who swung by an absolutely ROCKIN disco cowboy party on friday. It truly could not have been done without you ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: THE RETURN OF THE BONFRIO: cold but cozy start to a …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans!! I have two food recommendations for you this week. 1. Mini M&Ms 2. Baby Carrots. (thx Cynthia) That is all. Please have a wonderful first full week of classes! ~ mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Disco Cowboy 2: The Return YEEEHAW! It’s happening! The rootin-est tootin-est sparkli-est party of the year is here! Swing by the Shred …

Hello Beautiful ODC Humans!! Your favorite club email is back. It’s the start of the semester and from looking at my syllabi today, I think mine might suck. However! myself and the other officers are super super stoked for another wild ride of whacky and crunchy and amazing and scrumptious adventures with y’all. Here’s to 2023 and lets get after …

Helllllllo friends! Do YOU love ODC? Do YOU want to brag about the fact that you are, in fact, a member of UVA’s most swag, cool and outdoorsy club? Then the time has come for you to place an order for ODC merch for the Spring. We’re doing things a bit differently than we have in the past- and this …

Hello ODC friends! dang. it’s the last email of the semester already. In the officers honest opinion (really!) this has been the best semester of ODC yet. We hope you feel the same, and we can’t wait for all the adventures of next semester. with love, the officers <3     ANNOUCEMENTS: Bring Me Your Gear!!! / Winter Break Gear …

Frigid and Frozen Friends and Fiends of ODC,     Winter Break is indeed upon us and with the end of classes at UVA comes some changes to how the Gear Room will operate. During Break ODC discontinues regularly scheduled gear room hours. Break gear rooms are scheduled on a case by case basis depending on when/if ODC officers are …

Hello ODC friends! dang. it’s the last email of the semester already. In the officers honest opinion (really!) this has been the best semester of ODC yet. We hope you feel the same, and we can’t wait for all the adventures of next semester. with love, the officers <3     ANNOUCEMENTS: Bring Me Your Gear!!! / Winter Break Gear …

Hello ODC friends! I hope you had a wonderful and scrumptious thanksgiving break. Trail mix is so so good (i feel basic for saying that to y’all. i am ashamed but also addicted) but it is too damn expensive. This week, write to your congressperson and ask them to crack down on Big Trail Mix. Thanks. ~mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: …

Hello ODC friends, I hope you are all doing well in the face of last week’s tragedy. Here’s to a restful and restorative Thanksgiving break. We’re looking forward to seeing all of y’all out and about and back at it so so soon 🙂 ~mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Limited Gear Rooms! Just a quick reminder that there will be only …

hello ODC friends, today we give thanks for bagels, especially those bestowed randomly upon us by the kindness of strangers who may also be our roommate who we have known since the second grade. amen. this week, contemplate the bagels and the bagel givers in your life… ~mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Tuesday night potluck of love and communion! Stop by …

Hello ODC friends, I am feeling especially weird writing this week’s email because i am (for secret reasons) at the library of Appalachian State University and there is a fake woman in a glass case. Clem could never. Hope your week and libraries are mannequin free! ~mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Mid-fall member feedback form Greetings beloved earth rovers!! We wanna …

hello ODC ghouls and goblins! I hope your weekend was sufficiently scary. big big SO to all of the gremlins that came and hung out with us Friday night, y’all are the spookiest ~mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: New LATE NITE Gear Room Time! In an effort to make our newly cleaned and organized gear room more accessible to all, a …

hello ODC friends, I hope your weekend has been restful and rejuvenating. this week I challenge you to find joy in the simple yet complex culinary creation that is the sandwich. what will you put between two planes? ~mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: Halloween Party! GET READY TO GET SPOOKY!  Mark those calendars for another HALLOWEEN PARTY PROGRESSIVE on Friday, Oct. …

hello ODC friends. just a reminder that drinking water is an important and healthy aspect of your being a human on this big ol earth. per the guidelines that I just made up: drink when you are. and drink more after consuming a tasty tudors biscuit. happy guzzling! ~mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: BONFUEGO this Thursday 8:00 @ the Shred Shack!  …

hello ODC friends, I hope y’all had a good weekend filled with good food. Mine included some bangin’ burgers. Huge shoutout to all the freaks who showed up the party Friday, y’all are awesome (rip table). Ok. Email Time. ~mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: MEGGGA Tripz – NRGE! If you are signed up for a NRGE trip but not for the …

hello ODC friends, I hope y’all are having a fall break as adventurous or restful as you desire. Today’s word of the day is ~tomatillo~ ~mitch     ANNOUCEMENTS: PARTY TIME THIS FRIDAYYYYY That’s right. ODC is coming back at you with yet another rager. This Friday, show up to the Shrack (116 Washington Ave) for a ROCKY HORROR PICTURE …

Hello ODC friends, I, Mitch, am emailing you all for the second night in a row (wow). This time I have a bit more of a serious reminder. I am extolling you all. Please. RETURN YOUR GEAR TO THE GEAR ROOM. Gear is due a week after it is checked out. This can be extended by coming into a gear …

hello ODC friends, did you know about this wonderful show? it is called The Great British Baking Show. the premise of the show is that they bake delicious things and are just really nice to eachother. it is a great time. I really hope you go on netflix and watch it if you haven’t already. Ok. now on to the …

hello ODC Friends. I am back again with your weekly email. See below for all things gear rooms, trips, and very importantly ~ adventure of the week ~ Also importantly, **fall is approaching**   ANNOUCEMENTS: MEGGGA Tripz – Creekathon! Fall Creekathon 2022 is upon us! The main carpool is at capacity so now we need those of you signed up …

Hey y’all it mitch. You might not know me because according to eliza no one does unless you come on my super cool whitewater trips but I slang the gear room emails around here. Hot on the heels of one of our most bangin parties ever (iykyk), ODC is trying something new, something exciting, something.. dare i say… revolutionary. This …

Howdy folks, here’s your gear room schedule for the week: Gear Room Schedule: Mon: (9/5) 6:00 pm —> Ed Aten (434) 326-8868 Tues: 11:00 am —> Phillip Reeves (571) 332-3740 Weds: 11:30 am —> Mitch Lang (804) 955-8990 Thurs: 2:00 pm —> Will Lankford (202) 321-1197 Fri: 12:00 pm —> Sophia Benmhend (202) 644-0304 Sat: Sun:  If none of these …

Howdy folks, here’s your gear room schedule for the week: Gear Room Schedule: Mon: (8/29) 6:00 pm —> Ed Aten (434) 326-8868 Tues: 11:00 am —> Phillip Reeves (571) 332-3740 Weds: 11:30 am —> Mitch Lang (804) 955-8990 Thurs: 2:00 pm —> Will Lankford (202) 321-1197 Fri: 12:00 pm —> Sophia Benmhend (202) 644-0304 Sat: Sun:  If none of these …