Hello lovely shredders and welcome new members!
I hope your first week back has been filled with so much sunshine (and hiding away from the sunshine while in AC and drinking lots of h2o). Seriously though, it has been so deadly outside and I cannot wait for it to cool down a tad this week. Good luck with your new classes and may you get off of all your waitlists.
p.s. don’t forget to GET OUTSIDE!!
-Charlotte “it’s been a helluva wknd” Maxwell
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- BONFIRE THIS THURSDAY (9/5)!!🕺🏻🕺🏻
- 8:30 pm at the shrackkk (116 Washington Avenue)
- All is welcomed (especially new members) – come meet the shracklings, others awesome odc members, and enjoy some drinks and s’mores!
- Encouraging all trip leaders to post trips!
- The more trips, the better waitlist relief for all:)
- WOAHHH ODC MEMBER DISCOUNT??
- Smellin’ a little rank in the backcountry? We’ve got good news for all you smelly armpit-owners, since ODC members now have a 40% off code to use on as many purchases as you want from Nature Buff, which makes sustainable multi-use biodegradable soap perfect for use in the outdoors! Use code UVA40 on your next purchase.
- Consider participating in a Nature Connection Leader Certificate program
- This is a yearlong extracurricular learning community hosted by UVA Environmental Thought and Practice students and professors in collaboration with the local non-profit Nature Connection Lab
- Apply by September 4th to go to the welcome retreat September 7th-8th –more information for how to apply here
- Are YOU in the GroupMe?
- Join it here!
GEAR RESOURCES AND POLICY
This Week’s Gear Room Schedule:
Monday @ 10:30 am — John Woodward (804-944-1929)
Tuesday @ 12:30 pm — Parker Sims (540-840-8024)
Wednesday @ 3:30 pm — Max Titov (703-862-7391)
Thursday @ 9:20 am — Max St. Clair (617-780-1129)
Friday @ 10:30 am — Anusha (571- 455-0721)
If none of these times work for you, please email the officers at 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, sweatshirts, hats, patches, stickers, and more at the gear room!
MISC. GEAR INFO:
- Before returning gear, refer to the GEAR CLEANING DOC!
- If you return damaged, dirty, or incomplete gear, you will jeopardize your ability to check out gear in the future. It is your responsibility to return your gear in the condition you received it.
- Please refer to our reimbursement policy here.
- You can check our gear inventory here.
- Want to check out water sports gear or a mountain bike?
- Please email the officers at outdoors-officers@virginia.edu. They are stored at separate locations. We ask that you give at least 24 hours notice.
- Gear is due one week from when it is checked out unless renewed by an officer at a gear room. Keeping gear past its due date is a UVA Honor Offense. Club trips have priority access to gear.
Directions to the Gear Room:
- Start at Echols Dorm → go right on McCormick → turn right on Alderman Rd → take a left on Leake Drive → walk to the end of the road (there are several buildings and parking on either side) → pass a picnic table on the right → keep going! → walk straight to the first big maintenance building directly ahead → walk behind the building on the left side (if it feels like you maybe shouldn’t be there, you’re in the right place) → walk up the stairs → End: knock on the door!
- Map to Gear Room
TRIP RESOURCES AND REMINDERS
Leading Trips:
To become a trip leader, thoroughly read the Trip Leader Manual (resources page of the website) and send the officers an email (outdoors-officers@virginia.edu) letting them know you have done so. They will then activate you on the website! Alternatively, come to a Trip Leader Workshop, led by the officers several times each semester and posted on the website. Keep a lookout for these in outlook- there will be many to come!
As a reminder, climbing, caving, mountain biking, and whitewater trips have special rules to lead! To learn more about types of trips and to become an approved trip leader for the sports listed above, feel free to contact the club’s Sport Advisors.
- Climbing:
- Cam Burke – twz5mz@virginia.edu
- Ella Mortimer – rzq9wc@virginia.edu
- Caving
- Allie Shelhammer – kvb8gz@virginia.edu
- Biking
- Max Titov – uhg2nv@virginia.edu
- Susannah Allen – bay6nh@virginia.edu
- Hiking/Backpacking
- Carson Hopwood – mxz2fc@virginia.edu
- Ed Aten- eba4ksx@virginia.edu
- Water Sports
- John Woodward – uce3pa@virginia.edu
- Will Lankford – xsc9gq@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.
Absences:
- Please be aware that if you are joined on a trip, and you do not show up, or you drop out at the last minute, you are depriving another member of a spot on that trip.
- No-shows and last-minute absences not only hurt trip attendance, but they also make logistics more complicated.
- If a member is reported for two absences, trip leaders are permitted to take this into account when moving people off wait lists.
Sexual Harassment and Equity Reporting:
- Outdoors at UVA is committed to providing a safe and welcoming space for everyone to enjoy the outdoors. If you feel you or another have experienced misconduct at the hands of another club member, please report it here. This is including but not limited to misconduct regarding sexuality (including sexual harassment), gender, race, ethnicity, ability, etc.
- Outdoors at UVA’s Harassment, Discrimination, and Sexual Misconduct policy can be found here. Our club Code of Conduct can be found here.
ADVENTURE(s) OF THE WEEK!!!
Shout out to Madeline & Evelyn’s fdoc paddleboarding trip,
From Evelyn: “Our fdoc paddleboarding trip was a success! “Besides mild crises with obtaining boards (evelyn needs to learn how to open locks) and literal bumps in the road on the way there, we were smooth sailing (or paddleboarding!) the rest of the way with gorgeous sunny weather and clear cool water. All in all a glorious break on our fdoc afternoon!!”
– I’m glad you guys got into a body of water to cool down from the heat!
ALSO, shout out to Susannah and Haley’s WTF beginner mtb ride,
From Susannah: “We had falls, laughs, and a lot of new trails conquered!”
- How to be featured:
- Each week we’ll feature a different adventure that happened within the previous 7 days. To be featured, send a couple of pictures of you and your pals adventurin’ and a little blurb about what you did to us (outdoors-officers@virginia.edu) or to my (Charlotte’s) number (540-816-6429)!
- We’re stoked to see what y’all get up to, but please do not take pictures of people without their consent (and don’t submit them to us without their consent).
- Try and submit pictures as .jpeg files if possible! (not .heic live photos!)
ET CETERA.
Social Media:
FB: (https://www.facebook.com/groups/OutdoorsAtUVA/)
Insta: (https://www.instagram.com/uvaoutdoors/)
GroupMe: (https://groupme.com/join_group/68250538/0HmzE2tL)
Peace, sunshine, dirt, delicious grass,
Charlotte and the officers