Happy Creekathon weekend to all who celebrate!!! (and if you don’t WHAT ARE YOu doing???) Creekathon holds a special place in my heart … so let’s make it AWESOME with a lil bit of biking!! Join us at creekathon for a BEGINNER MOUNTAIN BIKING RIDE. We will be riding a 2 mile beginner loop (Blue Wheel – see link: https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/3882498). …
(I can’t fix the formatting for some reason so for a prettier trip description check out this doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bC_fIwu9DgcJPGstAsGOugAxO9xrWd9z0XNXjJ_vETQ/edit?usp=sharing) Hello my friend If you are interested in experiencing intentional living communities but while living your best self-sufficient solar-punk life, you should join us for a day trip to Living Energy Farm! LEF is yet another intentional community in Louisa County …
Tomorrow is supposed to be 80 degrees and sunny!! Sounds like the perfect weather to hop on a paddle board, float about, and watch a beautiful sunset. Come SUP with us!! We’ll leave our worries on the shore and only raw positive energy aboard our SUPs 🐛✨ SUP stands for stand up paddle boarding. Paddle boarding is super fun and …
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 …
HELLO ALL tik tok users, “Demon CopperHead” enjoyers, and foxfield avoiders. Join me and Ella on a backpacking/swimming trip to THE DEVIL’S BATHTUB. Devil’s Bathtub is a deep water hole in Scott County Virginia, right near the Tennessee border. Devil’s bathtub has crystal clear, aquamarine colored water, created by algae on the bottom. It is said that the water is …
DISCLAIMER: YOU MUST BE GOING TO CREEKATHON TO SIGN UP FOR THIS TRIP!!!!!! Hello hello hello! I usually lead hiking trips, but this weekend, I thought I’d mix it up! I will be hosting a super chill swimming trip at Creekathon, where you are free to chill on the shore/swim as you see fit. We can play some water games, …
‘SUP friends! Do you feel dehydrated but not in a wanting to drink water way, but rather want to be ON water ?? If you want a good, water-related way to wrap up your weekend, then look no further and come join us at Ragged out on the way for some paddleboarding! Never been paddle boarding before! Do not fret! …
Hello helloo fellow nutty folks!!! Anyone else feeling super pumped for Creekathon?? More specifically, anyone else feeling so pumped that energy is bursting forth from their soul and they want to hop and jump and skip and swim and ramble through the woods in eternal celebration of such a momentous occasion??? I am!!!! (hehe). In an ode to this excitement, …
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Feeling overwhelmed with schoolwork? Instead, try feeling overwhelmed by the infinite beauty and complexity of the natural world!! Join me on the 3rd installment of my O’Hill walks, where we go at the slowest pace imaginable because we are taking in, discussing, and marveling at every detail of the woods around us. If you’ve ever been on a hike with …
Hello hello! I don’t know about you but I’ve been loving the weather since this weekend, and what’s a better way to start the day than enjoying beautiful weather on top of a mountain?? The plan is to hike up to the top of Humpback (～1 mile each way) in the dark under the Shenandoah Mountains’ beautiful starry sky, watch …
Hello ODC, Last time I did fribbe golf at creekathon it was awesome. I started out really bad at it, but by the end I slinging the driver disc far as fuck. We’ll work up an appetite throwing things as far as we can and working our way through the course. I don’t know when exactly y’all will get here, …
Hellooooo fellow creekathon-ers! Join us for a post lunch paddle! We’ll bask in the sun in our grilled delight induced coma, perhaps do some stretches, and explore the vast territory of Walnut Creek. Maybe we can even pull out our best paddle board yoga moves hehe Timeline: 1 pm: convene at main shelter, get those boards out on the water! …
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Hey lovely people! I am thinking of doing a trip above ground and in daylight! WHAT THATS CRAZY!! I know I know but I need some form of Vitamin D…. So we are gonna go SUPing at ragged, do some paddleboard yoga, vibe, get some grub and get comfy clothes on, return to ragged to stargaze (hopefully see more than …
So the last time I was on a bike was 5 weeks ago in Moab when I took a little tumble. Life’s been all over the place since so I’m only now getting back on the bike and somehow my hand still isn’t fully healed. Putting these two factors together, this might end up being a beginner trip for me …
IF ADDED TO THIS TRIP you must follow the directions in the followup email sent and sign up for this program via UVA Outdoor Adventure. Failure to do so will result in inability to participate. ODC, in collaboration with UVA Outdoor Adventure, has been allotted time and pool space to practice our whitewater kayaking skills! Pool sessions like these are …
Happy Spring! I have started sowing seeds over the past month and next Friday looks like a nice warm day to have a garden workshop. I have a lot of vegetable and flower seeds that you may pick from. I started a vegetable garden in my backyard in Charlottesville last summer and it has been quite the learning process. I …
Now that it’s finally warming up, it’s time for an Upper James paddleboard trip. This trip will be a beginner-level trip. We won’t be paddling anything particularly tough although there are ways to play around and make things more difficult if you are more experienced. You do not necessarily need SUP experience to go on this trip. The only prerequisite …
Hey everyone! Join Cat and Cam as we help plant a mini forest on Grounds!! This is a volunteer event organized by Forest Patches at UVA to plant mini forests on grounds as part of UVA’s broader decarbonization initiatives. We’ll plant trees a little up the road from Hereford’s student garden. There will also be BAGELS (yum we know)!! They’ll …
It will be super nice out on Saturday and I want to go on a relatively quick and beginner-friendly bouldering/sunset admiration trip at ragged reservoir. The reservoir is about a 15 min drive from grounds (I can drive us). If you’ve never bouldered outside before this is a great place to start (& I want YOU to come). There are …
With the beautiful spring weather this week, Jade and I wanted to get out and teach a beginner mountain bike trip. We’ll ride out to ohill and get started with a beginner loop, and can try out some easier blue trails too depending on people’s comfort levels. We’ll keep it slow and take lots of breaks. The only prerequisite for …
do you like pastries??? do you have no friday morning classes (or do but want to skip them)?? do you like (road) biking? if you said yes to any of these questions, come bike downtown with Caroline and I this friday to mariebette!! (yes 8:00 am is early but we want our morning pastries.) in february there was a trip …
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 …
Do you like swimming? Do you like caving? Do you like building sandcastles? Do you wanna reawaken your inner child? It is finally Lockridge time!! And one of our fabulous cavers, Laurel, thought of the immaculate idea of building sandcastles on this little bit of sand in the cave. We will also have some time to explore and go in …
OMG the stars have aligned! I finally have a free weekend, Spring has sprung, and I have a brand new (to me) REI tent that I got from resupply for an incredible steal! All that and my deep yearning for the great outdoors has led to this fantastic trip. Join Hannah and I as we skip our way to the …
Hey Everyone!!! We are super excited to get a morning walk in this week over at Saunders Trail! It’s a very easy hike walking on paths and a boardwalk, and near Monticello about 15 minutes from grounds! Round trip we should be gone about 2 hours and its 4.3 miles (2 out and 2 back), but not much incline. Hope …
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 …
greetings ragged ratz! we are pleased to inform you that the new amazing fantastic odc trip leader power pair will be leading a paddleboarding trip to ragged on sunday!!!! the weather will be beautiful and the vibes will be crunchy. nate is a VERY experienced paddleboarder (he can do a backflip on a paddleboard) but i am not so people …
IF ADDED TO THIS TRIP you must follow the directions in the followup email sent and sign up for this program via UVA Outdoor Adventure. Failure to do so will result in inability to participate. ODC, in collaboration with UVA Outdoor Adventure, has been allotted time and pool space to practice our whitewater kayaking skills! Pool sessions like these are …
HUMPBACK HOT CHOCOLATE WOOOOOO!!! If anyone is itching to wake up before the sun rises and have a chill morning with some hot chocolate and good vibes, join us for a quick hike to humpback rock Sunday morning! This is the very first trip we are leading, and it is open to all skill levels, so anyone can and should …
Hello wonderful people, Do you have a discussion class this Friday that you don’t feel like going to? Or, do you want a reason to escape studying for your exams? Or, do you have a PASSION for hammocks (we won’t judge)? If so, come join me and Susannah at Ragged to have a hammock party!! Chillin in hammies, an incredible …
Hey lovely people! I will be getting by WFA certification this weekend which means I can’t cave :(. So instead I have been dying to still go underground via the Blue Ridge Tunnel! This is an extremely beginner friendly hike, about 3 miles of flat ground. The tunnel is 4,237 feet long so we will at points be in the …
Hello all future shredders of the Ohill! I have found the perfect beginner mtn bike route and I am very excited to show you all! Not only will we be mountain biking, but we will be able to see a beautiful sunset as we ride through the woods! On the ride we will go over basic body position, braking, and …
We are going to Dupont State Forest to hike the very trails Katniss Everdeen hiked once upon a time in Panem. Yes, we will be visiting the filming site of THE Hunger Games. The hike is Triple Falls and it’s about 5 miles, but we might add on some more to fill up the day. The hikes are pretty chill …
Join me for a day of bouldering at Pisgah (weather permitting). This is a trip open for all levels, so if you’ve never been climbing outside before that it fine. The only thing I’ll say is an outdoor V0 typically translates to a Slaughter V1+/V2, so take with that what you will. More or less we will choose boulders based …
Join me for a day of bouldering at Pisgah (weather permitting). This is a trip open for all levels, so if you’ve never been climbing outside before that it fine. The only thing I’ll say is an outdoor V0 typically translates to a Slaughter V1+/V2, so take with that what you will. More or less we will choose boulders based …
Heyoooooo It time to go down to Pisgah again and believe it or not, the trip isn’t just for bikers. The WNC area boasts some of North America’s best paddling and golly gee we’re gonna shred it up. Per usual with whitewater, the current plan is jangly and loose. We’ll plan to either run a section of the Nantahala River …
IF ADDED TO THIS TRIP you must follow the directions in the followup email sent and sign up for this program via UVA Outdoor Adventure. Failure to do so will result in inability to participate. ODC, in collaboration with UVA Outdoor Adventure, has been allotted time and pool space to practice our whitewater kayaking skills! Pool sessions like these are …
‘SUP shredders! Sunday is going to be WAAARMMM so what better day than that one to go paddleboarding?? If you want a good way to wrap up your weekend, then look no futher and come join me at Ragged out on the water! This trip is beginner friendly, and you don’t need to have any paddleboarding experience as long as …
Oh no! Someone on my trip just broke their [insert bone here]! What should I do? Well, come on down to our handy-dandy musculoskeletal injury management workshop and we’ll teach ya! Learn basic wound management, how to differentiate between a usable vs. unusable musculoskeletal injury, and how to immobilize different bone breaks + make braces with the things you have …
Hey hey hey is that a new cave I see? It is indeed!!! ODC was able to explore this cave last year with JMU but I missed the trip sooooo I’m gonna go myself! This is a super chill easy cave but since I am solo leading I am reserving a spot for one experienced caver (hence why the trip …
Hey y’all I am back at it again with the double or nothing caving weekends! But I am in the mood for a very chill and relaxing trip. So I decided it was time for our annual Nap in a Cave! This will be the most chill caving trip yet! Have you been wanting to go caving but worried about …
It’s been a looong week and it’s only Tuesday, so I want to go put my hands in some dirt this weekend and I hope you’ll join me! We’ll be headed to volunteer at Morven, UVA’s sustainable garden. We’ll show up, do some work in the garden, and maybe even get to take home a bit of fresh produce! Last …
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 …
Is your tent in need of repair? Were you recently on a megatrip where your Club tent seemed less than storm-ready? Come learn how to repair, clean, and maintain tents! We will be working to repair club tents that were damaged while on Moab (or are just in need of a little TLC). This is a great opportunity to give …
If you weren’t able to sign up for this trip last weekend, you’re in luck because it got rained out! Soooo we’re going to Morven on Friday (but fr this time) to get our hands dirty and touch some plants!! Morven Kitchen Garden is UVA’s wonderful project in sustainable agriculture and is a wonderful place to spend a Saturday morning …
IF ADDED TO THIS TRIP you must follow the directions in the followup email sent and sign up for this program via UVA Outdoor Adventure. Failure to do so will result in inability to participate. ODC, in collaboration with UVA Outdoor Adventure, has been allotted time and pool space to practice our whitewater kayaking skills! Pool sessions like these are …
I had so much fun running last week so let’s do it again!! YAY! Join me for a beginner friendly 6ish mile loop at Ragged mountain reservoir! My pace will likely be 12ish (I learned this last week) – and I will definitely take a walking break or two (or more! I also learned this last week). If we’re feeling …
Hello friends! We are assembling a group of high rollers to conquer not one, not two, but three whole ridges! And we want YOU there! Three Ridges is a cool backpacking circuit that has nice views within an hour of Charlottesville. Those new to backpacking are more than welcome. Hiking experience is valuable as we will rack up some hiking …
Did you know that dandelions are edible (except for the stem) and can be used to make jam, tea, and salads? The dandelions are in bloom, so we will be wandering around grounds looking for dandelions to forage. Because dandelions are a common garden weed, we will be foraging in locations not sprayed with pesticides. NOTE: Dandelions contain a natural …