Let’s go climbing at Rocky Top Gym. Beginners are welcome and you will learn to belay, etc. This is an awesome way to stay in shape for climbing until it warms up and we can get outside again.
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Friday Night Skiing at Wintergreen
For those of you who couldn’t join the awesome ski trip this weekend to snowshoes Mountain you may want to ski tonight (Fri 21st Jan.) at wintergreen. They have got good amount of snow(see the pictureat) http://www.wintergreenresort.com/ lift ticket is 31$ from 6-11 pm, ski rentals 23$ and snowboard rental 33$. it is worth because of the new snow. Sorry …
Indoor Climbing
We’ll head over to Rocky Top Gym (about 5-10 min. away) for some indoor climbing. Complete beginners are welcome – you’ll be able to learn how to belay, put on harnesses, etc. This is great practice if you’re interested in outdoor climbing once it warms up again. You bring: $7 for a day pass, or $25 to join for the …
Indoor Climbing at the Peak
If you are around here let’s go and do the club first climbing trip of the year. Peak is a nice gym in Richmond with several beginner and advanced routes. if you don’t know how to belay go ahead and sign up, there should be enough certified people to belay you, if not then I may need to ask you …
Indoor Climbing
We’ll head over to Rocky Top gym (about 10 min. away) and climb for a couple of hours. Complete beginners are very welcome – you’ll learn how to belay and all that stuff. Please bring: $7 to climb at the gym (or $25 if you want a month membership) Club provides: climbing shoes, harness, rides
Muddy Buddy Trail Run
What could be more fun that running through O-Hill getting plastered with mud? I certainly can’t think of anything. So in tribute to all this glorious rain, let’s head over to O-hill Friday and reap all the benefits. We’ll meet at Echols at 3:30pm, run up to the Observatory and hit the mud from there. I was thinking a 45 …
Bouldering at Mormon’s
This trip is open to everybody. It is supposed to be a good weather Wed. the plan is bouldering at Mormon’s 2:30 PM until 4:30. the trip size is set to 1, but eventually 6 people go. I will let you know by noon if the random selector liked you. Club provides, climibng shoes, chalk and crash pad, you bring: …
Skiing and Snowboarding at Snowshoe During Exams
Snowshoe, WV is one of the best ski resorts in the east. The mountain offers 57 slopes in 4 different ‘territories.’ When you leave and when you get back depends on your driver; we have a house rented for Friday and Saturday night, so you can drive out whenever you want, ski whenever you want, and come back whenever you …
“Buy One Get One Free” Climbing at the Peak
Thursday night is “buy one get one free” at the peak experience gym at Richmond. so we can climb half price (5.50$) http://www.peakexperiences.com/overview.htm The gym is a good one and is much bigger than Charlottesville gyms. so if you want to challenge some 70 ft routes, join. to belay there everybody must pass a belay test once. If you are …
Day Hike
It’s supposed to be mostly sunny and in the 50’s this weekend. Let’s get outside! Swimming is an option too. It’s completely optional, of course 😉 You bring: clothes if you want, hiking shoes, water, lunch, money for supper if we decide to stop on the way back, flashlight. The club provides: gas money and a ride, a slightly loopy …
Climbing Intermediate/Advanced
This is a day trip to Frankling. 5.7+ climbers are welcome. there can be both top rope and sport climbing. There are routes up to 5.11d there. There will not be any workshop. so you can only sport climb if you have done it before or you have taken its workshop. IMPORTANT The trip size is restricted to 1 it …
Day Hike: Three Ridges/ Mah- Har Trail
This is a moderate circuit hike that follows along the Appalachian Trail and then returns via the Mah- Har Trail. Total miles for this hike is about 13-14 miles. Three Ridges is a beautiful mountain that towers three thousand feet above the Tye River and surrounding apple orchards. Both the A.T. and the Mah-Har trails are very steep! And we …
Sweet Hike at Sugar Hollow
I have never been to Sugar Hollow but it is close by and supposedly pretty nice, so I am going there the Sunday after Thanksgiving break and you should too. It will be a quick day hike to stretch your legs and see some nice scenery, and I think there is a swimming hole for anyone feeling brave. The pace …
Intermediate/Advanced Sport Climbing at the New River Gorge – Come Play!
Clear weather is forecast for the weekend, and the sun doctor has ordered that we spend some time swinging from the ropes and basking on the rocks at the New River Gorge. We’ll spend the majority of Saturday climbing at Summersville lake, and then likely move on to Kaymoor in the New River Gorge on Sunday. Fire & festivities on …
Climbing at Rocky Top
Rocky top is very close to campus. This trip is for all skill levels. I can teach you how to belay and whatnot if you have never climbed before. Please bring a couple extra dollars in case you need to rent a harness or shoes if the club ones at the gym don’t fit. Club provides: ride in car, climbing …
Easy (But Long :) Road Ride Through the Valley
I recently bought a road bike and have been dieing to go on a nice long, but easy, Sunday ride. Join me this Sunday on a relaxing trip through the valley on a 27 mile loop starting from Free Union, out to White Hall, and back around. There are spectacular views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and little traffic along …
Sport Climbing Workshop + Climbing at Franklin
There will be instructions on learning how to lead bolted routes. If you Top rope 5.9 it may be time for you to start leading so give it a try. We also will sport climb there, 5.7-5.11, so If you know how to lead, sign up. There will be top rope on 5.8-5.11 routes so if you like to top …
Climbing at Old Rag, Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced
This trip is appropriate for all levels. Sorry for the late trip posting, but I was waiting for the weather forceast. The plan is getting up early Sat. hike to the top of old Rag Mountain and do some climbing there. If you are a beginner: There will be instructions on basics and easy and nice climbs. the hike up …
Marjan’s Bday Party at Peak!
Come help me celebrate Marjan’s birthday (actually on Friday) this Thursday evening at Peak Experiences Climbing Gym in Richmond! We’ll head down there around 6 and try to be back by 11 PM at the latest. *If you can’t leave at that time, sign up and tell me what time you can leave, I’ll do my best to work it …
Climbing at Rocky Top
Well head over to Rocky Top (indoor gym about 5-10 minutes from UVA). You don’t need to have any experience to come since we’ll go over belaying and such when we get there. This is a great way to get more experience for the outdoor climbing trips! Club provides: a ride, shoes/harness You should bring: water, $7 to get in …
Highway Pickup!
Come out and enjoy the fall colors along the club’s section of I-64! We could find all kinds of things (past items include money, love letters, porn dvd cases)! I’ll bring whatever dessert gets the most votes in the questions that you answer when signing up. Don an orange vest with us to get in the Halloween spirit. The section …
Beautiful Fall Foliage in the Blue Ridge – Mountain Biking at Sherando Lake
This ride is for experience mountain bikers who are in decent shape. The terrain varies from gravel roads to single track to road in this 21 mile roller coaster ride. Most of the ride is uphill, with a 1.5 mile climb where you gain over 1000 feet in elevation. That’s gradient! This climb take you up the infamous switch backs …
Beginner-Intermediate White Water Kayaking – Fall Foliage View from the James River
The leaves should be peaking in the mountains this weekend, and what better way to see from the river? The James at Balcony Falls (Class 3 baby!!) is running at a nice, low, beginner-intermediate style, level. The river cuts through a valley there, offering spectacular views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Do NOT sign up unless you have taken the …
Vermonsters!
The best and biggest ice cream sundae around: the vermonster. Complete with 20!! scoops of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream or frozen yogurt, 4 bananas, a few cookies, fudge brownies, several ladles of hot fudge, additional candy toppings, and whipped cream. Come hang out, meet some new people, eat some delicious ice cream, and talk about adventures with your fellow …
Fun Climbing and Fine Dining
It’s that time of the week again: we’ll head to the gym around 7, climb until 9 when it closes, then go to IHOP for the college night half off deal! This has been lots of fun the past couple weeks and participation has been growing, so come on out and meet some great people. Beginners are welcome! Rocky Top …
Day Hike: North Mountain
After posting two movie nights in just a matter of days; I thought it necessary to make up for such sedentary events by offering a grueling day hike. This hike is on the VA/ WVA border. (IT is not to be confused with Great North Mountain) The hike will begin on top of a ridge that has a very exposed …
Firepower Trail Run!!
You like running? How about trail running? How about at night with headlamps? Yeah that’s right, you know you’re interested. Come on out and meet me at Echols dorm Friday at 8pm for some insanely fun running through the trails at O-Hill. We’ll take a little warmup run up the hill to the observatory and hit it from there. If …
Rocky Top + Ihop Thursday
Thursday nights don’t get any better than this: we’ll head to the gym around 7, climb until 9 when it closes, then go to IHOP for the college night half off deal! This has been lots of fun the past couple weeks and participation has been growing, so come on out and meet some great people. Beginners are welcome! Rocky …
Update Equipment Inventory
We need to update our equipment inventory and make sure it’s accurate. We just need a few willing souls to help. I’ll buy some materials; we need a couple people to help write numbers on items, sort items, match the items we have with our existing inventory database, etc. Things we need that I’ll provide: – black marker – silver …
Trail Riding at Panorama Farms
Panorama Farms is a local trail riding gem. Its only 10 miles northwest of town, offers an incredible network of technical single track, and is rarely crowded. I’ve been out there a couple of times but haven’t done all of the trails yet (there are quite a few!). My goal is to hit all of the trails, making this an …
Bike Maintenance 101
The club’s 5 nice bikes are in dire need of a tune-up. Please join me as we clean up the drive trains and true the wheels on these front suspension Gary Fisher Taragons. I’ll be posting a trip for some trail riding at Panorama Farms for Sunday, so lets clean the bikes and take them out the following day. You’re …
Orange Vests and Trash!
What better way to start off your fall break than picking up a little trash along I-64? Come join us while we clean up our adopted highway. Highlights from past trips include money, Hustler DVD cases, and a riveting email exchange between 2 adulterous college students. Outdoors at UVA provides: vests, clean-up sign, and trash bags
Intermediate/Advanced/Multipitch Climbing at Seneca Rocks
The Seneca Rocks is one of the Trad climbing and Multi pitch mecca of the East coast. we leave Friday evening and will be back sunday night late.it’s a 3 hours drive. two full days of climbing and two nights of camping.The trip can range from Top rope (5.8+) to trad climbing and multi pitch upto 3 pitches. -If you …
Incredible Southeast Climbing!
Areas around Chattanooga boast tons of awesome climbing. Come see why Chattanooga was ranked in Outside Magazine’s top 10 places to live! This is where I’m from and where I learned to climb, and I’m in love with the place. There are many different places we can go (we’ll probably pick a different one each day). Sunset and Tennessee Wall …
Rain Date for Climbing at the New!!
So the forecast looked bad for climbing Saturday, so we’re moving it back a day to climb Sunday. We’ll get in some awesome climbing up at either the New River Gorge or nearby Summersville (little over 3 hours from C’Ville in good ole WV). There are a ton of sport routes that people can toprope after they’re set up. We’ll …
Climb at Peak While It Rains!
In lieu of climbing at Summersville tomorrow (80% prediction for t-storms) I’m setting up a trip to climb at Peak Experiences climbing gym in Richmond. Sophie’s setting up a trip to the New for Sat night – Sun night. Peak’s a huge climbing gym with bouldering, top rope and sport routes. Anyone who know’s how to belay and tie in …
Beginner/Intermediate Outdoor Climbing-Top Rope
This trip is appropriate for beginners who participated in the climbing basic workshops. If you also enjoy climb less than 5.8 there are several nice route there. In addition, there are few more difficult routes, 5.11- , for those of you who climb hard stuff. The Hidden Rock crags are located around Harrisonburg, a beatiful climbing area shown to us …
Rivanna River Cleanup and Storm Drain Stenciling
Come help out the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District and the Rivanna Conservation Society cleanup the Rivanna River and stencil Storm Drains on October 16, 2004 from 10 am to 2pm. There will be a FREE conservation fair and PICNIC following the volunteer activities. Depending on interest, folks could be along the river or stenciling storm drains. For …
Best Backpacking Trip Ever!!! (great for Beginners!!!)
On Friday afternoon we will hike about 2-4 miles to a really nice clearing, perfect for setting up camp for the night, at which point we will be able to relax, throw a frisbee, eat dinner (smores!!!), and tell campfire stories of course! (P.S. the camp site is on an abandoned coal mine = really really cool!!) We will break …
Climbing at the New/Summersville
(If you’re already signed up for the rafting trip for this weekend and want to climb, you don’t need to sign up on this also!). We’ll get in some awesome climbing up at either the New River Gorge or nearby Summersville (little over 3 hours from C’Ville in good ole WV). We’ll be doing sport routes that people can toprope …
Franklin II
We’ll be heading out to Franklin this Saturday to do some sport climbing. This trip is for people who can climb a 5.9. We’ll be doing some of the classic 5.9’s and 10’s and probably some easier 11’s as well. Since the gear room won’t be open by the time we’ll need to leave on Saturday, I’ll have to get …
Fall Gauley & Climbing
We will be leaving here on Friday, October 1, and driving up to WV to camp for the night. We will be climbing all day Saturday and Sophie will be setting up a trip for those who don’t want to raft, but want to go climb for the day. You need to have some climbing experience to climb, but this …
Mountain Biking At Walnut Creek
I figure that I need to get in on this post a trip blitz… We will be going down to Walnut Creek Park to do a little mountain biking. There are some great beginner trails, as well as a few trails that are good for non-beginners. So, the only pre-req for signing up is that you can ride a bike …
Backpacking: Great North Mountain
This trip will follow along the West Virginia/ Virginia border upon the Great North Mountain Trail in George Washington National Forest. This are has some of the best scenery in the area -yet lacks the crowds of SNP and the BR Parkway. We will begin the hike at Wolfe gap and hike to the summit of Tibbet Knob (2,800′) and …
Bouldering At Moorman’s
Climb with us at Moorman’s boulders (about 20min away) while we have this beautiful weather! This trip is for people who can comfortably climb a 5.8 because of the difficulty of most of the bouldering problems we’ll be doing club provides: crash pads, shoes and chalk bag if you need them, car ride you bring: water, shoes and chalk bag …
Friday Afternoon Horseback Ride
So… the first time I ever went horseback riding was at Master’s Inn last year. I liked it very much. Now I’m leading the trip, in the hope that other people get the chance to like it very much too. It’s an easy trail ride through the big, pretty farm down in the hilly Lynchburg countryside. No experience is necessary …
Thurs @ Rocky Top
I’m going to Rocky Top on Thurs again and am willing to bring people. For those who don’t know, Rocky Top is an indoor rock gym in C-ville like 5 minutes away. If you can get to Rocky Top on your own, I’d prefer if you didn’t sign up; I’d like this to be more of an opportunity for those …
Sailing Cruise Aboard Joie De Vie
Capt. Russ says: ‘Joie de Vie’ sails the Chesapeake Bay from Deltaville, VA. ‘Joie de Vie’ is a 33 foot Cape Dory, sloop rigged, fine sailing boat proven to be capable of coastal and extended cruising. Her modified full keel design allows her to handle well in all sea conditions. She has a finely appointed teak interior. The galley is …
Gauley Fest 2004!
Gauley Fest is a boating entusiasts festival that is put on by American Whitewater. I’ve never been before, but I’ve always heard that it is an AMAZING time. Its a great place to buy/sell used gear (I’ll be selling my kayak and hopefully picking up a new one). So bring your gear, bring some money, and meet some of the …
White Water Rafting the Upper Gauley
*Those of you who replied to my email earlier still have to officially join the trip.* The upper Gauley is a world class white water mecca, and was home to the 2001 white water championships. For 23 days each fall the water level is controlled by the release from the Summersville Dam, bringing the flow to around 4,000 CuFt./Sec. (that’s …