Gear Room and Other Bits and Pieces 1-19-25

This is a little bit of a slow week, but allow me to tell you a story. I was walking in the woods, and I suddenly felt the ground wriggling and writhing beneath me. In a fit of fear I jumped back, clutching my pearls and crying for divine intervention. As I dragged myself backwards, eyes glued to the ground, what came out was scarier than any potential orc. Witness ye George Zach, Wieder of the Axe:

He will be the new biking advisor, with a focus on safety.

As he came out of the ground his words slowly became more and more intelligible, and I could even begin to understand him. Upon rising from my fearful stupor, we conversed and I learned that there were a few things he needed:

Bike
Evan Kulp

While the first requirement made plenty of sense, the second left me drastically and utterly bewildered. As I racked my brain searching for answers, a light came shining down from above and a slow, melodic, harp-like tune began to play as a blonde man descended from the sky. (It was truly beautiful until 13 rubiks cubes fell out of his pocket and onto me, at which point the facadeof holiness was promptly abandoned.)

As he touched down on earth, him and George Zach slowly began to levitate. In perfect coordination and with seemingly the same voice, they said to me: I have arrived to fulfill the empty duties of this here officer corps.

And that is how we got out new climbing advisor: Evan Kulp; and our new biking advisor: George Zach.

Slight Personell Changes:

In short, welcome George Zach new bike advisor and Evan Kulp new climbing advisor!

Social

None, sorry:(

COOL SPECIAL UNIQUE ONE OF A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY

https://www.resilientappalachia.org/design-challenge Join Social Entrepreneurship at UVA, Patagonia, and the Nature Conservancy for a social enterprise design challenge to imagine pro-nature and environmentally positive social enterprises. Up to $1000 in prizes and networking opportunities with leadership from top national conservation orgs! RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qXA9tmRc_lZNxYmQJ2yka6rM0yOI1nI_yygJ75qA_HY/viewform?edit_requested=true for a Design Sprint from 3-5 pm in the Great Hall of Garrett Hall on April 6th.

ODC RECIPE BOOK (yummy yummy in my tummy)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5GIRFrJ6PBaST6tbNV89zxXTeYZd2DEDi6ubYfdcgrM-5Pw/viewform?usp=dialog
Submit Recipes to the book

The Usual:

Join the GroupMe: https://groupme.com/join_group/68250538/0HmzE2tL
Evan Denison Fund (backpacking gear scholarship): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-NvHDI3XTx3pTQu-z09LKbDOCItIeryzCOxqXEPX4P1apow/viewform
Recipe book! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5GIRFrJ6PBaST6tbNV89zxXTeYZd2DEDi6ubYfdcgrM-5Pw/viewform
All the club discounts!

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GEAR RESOURCES AND POLICY

This Week’s Gear Room Schedule:

Monday – Parker 2 pm

Tuesday – Chris 9 am

Wednesday – Allie 5 pm

Thursday- Afton 9:45 am

Friday – Max 2 pm

If none of these times work for you, please email the officers outdoors-officers@virginia.edu at least 24 hours in advance to schedule a separate time to be let into the gear room. Please only do this if you really can’t make the gear room times, not just because you don’t feel like it or didn’t plan ahead.

You can stop by the gear room to check out or return gear and be reimbursed at any of the times listed above! Officers remain at the gear room only for as long as people are checking in/out gear (usually about 20-25 minutes). You may also purchase ODC t-shirts, hoo rags, patches, stickers, and more at the gear room!

Climbing: