Mitch is a semi-aquatic seeker of stoke. He is usually found paddling his home river, the James, which, through continued exposure, has rendered him immune to all known diseases. Off the river, Mitch likes to wander about and continues to study the way of the trail. He would love to hop on a path or river with ya and explore the great outdoors!

Emi loves paddle board yoga, barefoot walks, squishy moss, and polar plunges followed by warm tea. A proud garden gnome, she considers her plants to be her children and is very protective of them. You can usually find Emi sipping on a matcha or hiding under rocks searching for cute bugs.

Fonder than most of stones, blue belt hacky sack practitioner, and pear enjoyer, Owen looks forward to any time outside on any kind of trip. Generally pursuing a state of laminar flow and unorthodox snacks, he hopes to share in the fun of all.

Awaiting Will's bio. If you see him, give him a hard time!!!!

Up at absurdly early hours of the morning, Carson can often be found jaunting around the trails in Charlottesville and elsewhere. They are a big fan of walking words, breakfast burritos, and the concept of cowboys, and at any given time, roughly 70% of their mental capacity is taken up by thinking about ultra/trail running and long-distance backpacking. A lover of the 8pm bedtime and a strong believer in the power of early 2010s pop music, Carson is excited to further explore the trails (and hopefully the waters and the rocks if they actually branch out in their outdoor activities like they keep saying they will) with you!

Parker is a lover of rivers, ferns, and moss who has not yet mastered the art of carrying two crash pads on a bike. Some of her top priorities are eating spinach and tomatoes and looking at mountains. She is a Professional Camp Counselor and was supposed to sleep under a bat net all summer, but she didn’t get rabies so it’s fine. Parker has a complicated relationship with worms and wants you to go climbing with her.

Allie is a nature loving adventure seeking gremlin who loves all things outdoors! This makes sense since she hails from the outdoorsy state of Colorado! Although she loves hiking, backpacking, climbing, stargazing, birding, rafting and all above ground adventures, she spends most of her time underground crawling through tight squeezes, fangirling over bats and climbing vertical mud slides definitely not made for a 5' short queen. She hopes to see you all on a rad ODC adventure soon or on a spontaneous trip out West!

Susannah has the ultimate superpower of never, ever getting bitten by bugs, but a weakness of lighting matches. So, no fire is needed to keep the bugs away from her on a summer night. Outside of struggling to make fires, Susannah can be found on her mountain bike doing laps at Ohill, paddle boarding at Ragged, or straight lining down the mountain at Snowshoe. She believes that school is an odd social construct and that you can learn math from the trees just as easily as you can from professors. Crashing bikes, falling in the water, and tripping over her own skis are all the learning that she claims she needs.

John is a fan of outdoor exploration, bonus points for places that are dangerous, difficult, or downright unpleasant to access. He documents these journeys in the rivers, caves, sewers, or deep into the wilderness with a camera that he values more than his own safety. John specializes in any whitewater-based activity but enjoys all kinds of other outdoor sports and will gladly try anything new.

Skills: getting lost in nature, finding 4-leaf clovers, making pbj masterpieces, serving steez
Struggles: pulling all-dayers, lactose intolerance, using pocket lighters

Charlotte is often found lying in a delicious patch of grass living carelessly outside instead of doing the readings for her classes. She loves her daily vitamin D intake, walking around grounds barefoot, and singing her heart out around a campfire (no matter how out of tune she might be). As a camp counselor guru, she never fails to ask you what your “rose, thorn, and bud” are at the end of a long day. She is also a 5th grader stuck in a 19 y/o’s body: rolling cartwheels, headstands, eating dino nugs, climbing up trees, and dabbing on the haters.‍

Via is a forest cryptid who crawled out of a hole somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She can often be found climbing and hiking, however as a self-proclaimed ‘Jack-of-all-Trades, Master of None’, she’ll join just about any beginner trip that she can cram into her schedule. When she isn’t off in the mountains, she can often be found cooped up in the basement of Olsson coding video games or plotting her next D&D campaign.