Outdoors Club at Pitt

The Horizon You wake to the sun, breaking the clouds The air shaking off its misty shrouds The stars dim as the brightness grows And the last log on your fire softly glows You smell the coffee and hear your friends, Realizing as night finally ends That it's a new day, finally here With the mission at hand, ready and near Rolling out of your tent, you look towards the sky, Seeing a mountain of stone, looming up high Packing your gear with one thought in mind To view the horizon, leaving the surface behind It's all been for this, to summit the peak And gaze out on everything, is of what you do speak After persisting all day, you stand at the top But what's viewed in the distance soon makes you stop Out on the vista, stands another grand peak A brand new horizon for you to go seek Off in the distance, another challenge there lies, For those with a spirit, and fire in their eyes To crest one more mountain, that is your goal, And take a look at oneself, in body and soul So the j

The Horizon You wake to the sun, breaking the clouds The air shaking off its misty shrouds The stars dim as the brightness grows And the last log on your fire softly glows You smell the coffee and hear your friends, Realizing as night finally ends That it's a new day, finally here With the mission at hand, ready and near Rolling out of your tent, you look towards the sky, Seeing a mountain of stone, looming up high Packing your gear with one thought in mind To view the horizon, leaving the surface behind It's all been for this, to summit the peak And gaze out on everything, is of what you do speak After persisting all day, you stand at the top But what's viewed in the distance soon makes you stop Out on the vista, stands another grand peak A brand new horizon for you to go seek Off in the distance, another challenge there lies, For those with a spirit, and fire in their eyes To crest one more mountain, that is your goal, And take a look at oneself, in body and soul So the j

What is up everyone in the POC!? Happy New Year from your lanky liaison of literary letter writing and hope you all had a happy, merry, festive, jovial, cheerful, jolly, and especially outdoorsy winter break! Can you even wait any longer for a whole new year of nature-filled goodness with {clearly the best club on campus[I mean it(seriously!)]} the PITT OUTDOORS CLUB!!!<3!!!:)!!!!?!!!#POC!!! Are you ready for some backwoods adventure? How about some front woods exploration? Or are you more of a side to side escapade person? Well no matter, because we cater to all kinds whether you be a mountain man, water woman, bouldering boy, kayaking cutie, hiking hero, the list goes on and on and we love all of you (Yes, you specifically!) in a (mostly) platonic sort of way. Enough of the rambling though because there are legitimate announcements to be made. Are you one of the people that was disappointed it didn't snow much over break? Did you ask Santa to turn the thermostat to artic chill