Gear Room and Other Bits and Pieces

Hello guys. The written announcement fun part is rather long so I’ll give you the relevant stuff off bat. Read my ramblings at your own risk.

PARTY THIS SATURDAY AT 9:30 WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP

– party saturday 3/21 9:30, theme is wackiest, most coolest, most weirdest thing you’ve ever thrifted. at the shrack (116 washington avenue)

APPLY TO BE AN OFFICER!! APPLICATIONS DUE 3/20 at 11:59 pm!

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anyways…..

Last night I felt rather ill. There was a flipping in my stomach and a spinning in my head. Pepto bismol clears the stomach, but what of my head?? I turned and I thrashed and eventually it hit me! I startled in passionate fury, how could I be so foolish?? How am I to solve any of my problems without collecting the data, without determining the cause? What a pre-pubescent nascent fool I must be, to overlook such an elementary step.

Leaping from my bed, pacing the room, I searched for the key to my question. Is it in this drawer? No. Is it in my backpack? No. Must I ask Parker? No, I’ve deluded her with my incessant needs long enough; I must grow self sufficient. AHA! FINALLY! I’VE FOUND IT. The fabled and ill-fated thermometer. Clicking the power button, I gently placed it under my armpit. Time passes, my head spins, and my worldline races forward. beep beep beep beep beep.

101. What. The. Balls. 101 what? Is this silly little thing just going to spit out a number and not specify?? 101 celsius and I would certainly be dead. 101 dalmatians and I would certainly hear a cacophony of canines. How am I supposed to solve anything if I don’t know what I have 101 of?? By the trees almighty and the ground beneath my feet, what a useless instrument! In a fit of passionate rage I threw my thermometer to the nether regions of my room and retired to a distraught slumber, hoping the night would not claim me for good.

In my feverful dreams I was transported to a new world. A world without units, where specifications matter naught to the weary traveler. I touched the ground beneath me; it was soft, supple, amp’ with the stories of a thousand generations. I lifted myself to my feet, staring across at the plentiful fruit trees that lined my path. Their order was too neat to be accidental, their fruits too ripe to be natural.

Suspiciously, I traveled down the ways, waiting for a sign or a sound. None came. Eventually, I reached a clearing where a perfect ring of trees stood around a beautiful thrift shop. Here I obtained the most fantastical, most wild, most unexpected outfits to grace this earth. I dropped to my knees and begged, begged, begged to keep them upon my return to the waking world. In a fateful whisper that seemed to shake the whole forest, a guttural and all knowing voice said “as long as you wear them for the ODC party this Saturday at 9:30 pm.”

 

The Usual:

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GEAR RESOURCES AND POLICY

This Week’s Gear Room Schedule:

Monday – Parker 5 pm

Tuesday – Chris 9:15 am

Wednesday – Allie 5 pm

Thursday- Afton 9:45 am

Friday – Max 2:15 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:

  • Afton Hessian (xfu6vq@virginia.edu)
  • Evan Kulp (psg5jh@virginia.edu)

Caving

  • Allie Shelhammer (kvb8gz@virginia.edu)

Biking

  • Susannah Allen (bay6nh@virginia.edu)
  • George Zach (mba5xz@virginia.edu)

Hiking/Backpacking

  • Evelyn Lepsch (mph4ca@virginia.edu)
  • Chris Blonkvist (cej5pq@virginia.edu)

Water Sports

  • John Woodward (uce3pa@virginia.edu)

If you have questions about how to lead trips, refer to the Leading Trips pages under Resources on the club website.

Want to lead a trip for an under-represented group in the outdoors? Lead an Affinity Trip! See the link for details and guidelines.

ET CETERA.

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Peace, Love, & Dirt,

Pietro and the Officers