Outdoors Club at Pitt

Howdy pardners! It sure is a beautiful day out, isn't it? Is it? I don't actually know, I'm writing up this draft on Monday to update on Tuesday. Anywho, I know some of you folks have graduated or just aren't interested in receiving emails anymore, which is all peachy, you can just follow this nifty link here to unsubscribe:  https://list.pitt.edu/mailman/listinfo/poc We loved having you in the club :) NOW, a meeting synopsis: - We had Laurel Highlands this past weekend! It was great, people backpacked, they had a blast, there are pics on our instagram if you're interested! - Dolly Sods is THIS WEEKEND! We're sending some lovely people out into West Virginia to backpack around in a beautiful vista! Contact Misha ( mjb299@pitt.edu ) or Emma ( emma.horning@pitt.edu ) with questions. - Raystown is the following Saturday (10/9). If you wanna mountain bike, whether you're a pro or a rookie, this trip is for you! Signups here:  https://forms.gle/bydPfbxuneN7EJQc6 ...

Hello Beautiful People! We got a meeting and oooooooo baby it's gonna be a good one. This past weekend we had a highly successful backpacking trip to Laurel Highlands, our President and one of the leads on the trip, Kira will give you a lil more detail: Hello y'all- Kira here (editing this draft for this blurb, Aidan does a fantastic job writing the rest)- Evan and I led the Laurel Highlands backpacking trip this past weekend and it was dope! We left Saturday morning and got back Sunday afternoon (after a very important pit stop at DQ and McDonald's of course). The Highlands are gorgeous and the weather was perfect- around the 60s the whole time- with just a bit of rain Saturday evening (we had already got to camp so some people went for an additional pack-less hike while others (like myself) chose to take a cozy nap and wait out the rain), otherwise sunny and lovely. We hiked about 7.75 miles each day, so a total of 15.5 miles (and those who did a bit of extra hikin' t...

Hello Beautiful People! What a gorgeous day! It rained and we poured (onto the WPU Porch). Thank you to all who came! We loved seeing your faces! THIS WEEKEND we are taking 16 people out to Laurel Highlands under the guidance of our Business Manager Evan Weaver and President/Social Media Superstar Kira Klein! Y'all have a great time out there, it sounds like a blast! THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING we have Dolly Sods. This is a gruelling, tough as nails, toilet-less, running water-less backpackfest! Please contact Emma Horning ( eah116@pitt.edu ) or Misha Barth ( mjb299@pitt.edu ) with questions. We will be sending out an official roster on Friday. The signup is here:  https://forms.gle/bCTiUgKfQXREGESQ9 We will be having our full semester schedule released super soon! This will allow you to look ahead, clear out your plans. Trips will get less busy, you will get to go!! We will hold signups two weeks prior to the trip leaving! Pitt said we can't put "Pitt" in front of our name...

Hello everyone! I know it's late, my b, but I'm trying to get this out before Tuesday, we'll see how fast I can type! We will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, at 9pm outside WPU! From what I've heard, those that went had a lovely time at Ohiopyle with rafting, hiking, climbing and some free-range exploration (I'm reading y'all found natural waterslides? rip to me) so that's awesome! If anyone who went has any notes about what was great for future years, what could use some work, we'd love to chat with you at the meeting tomorrow! If you wanna see some pics from Ohiopyle check out our instagram! Also please note that the instagram is now  @outdoorsclubpitt because of weird naming guidelines from Pitt, in the email following tomorrow's meeting we'll outline how naming things will affect our various platforms. And most importantly, at tomorrow's meeting: We will review Ohiopyle (we'd love feedback) Evan will talk about Laurel Highlands (if you're...

To all you wonderful people out there, Due to popular demand, the Meeting synopses have been granted their proper naming convention. AT THIS MEETING We talked about Ohiopyle, if you are going, you have been contacted. If you aren't there are SO MANY more trips, I promise We had signups for our next trip: Laurel Highlands backpacking, sign up here if interested:  https://forms.gle/tm6ZeZKtn9uzfkMu8 We will have a full trip calendar VERY SOON, promise We have officially joined the SOOS (Student Office of Sustainability) so we're green and stuff because we like the outdoors, yknow? It makes sense If you have any questions please email me (Aidan) If you have questions about Ohiopyle, you are in a gc with the officers on it, let them know (unless you're not, then let Kira know so she can add you to it) If you have questions about Laurel Highlands, ask Evan! I am also attempting to keep the emails shorter now because I know they're hard to read. SO I hope you all have a lovel...

To all you lovely people out there, We have a meeting today (Tuesday 9/14)! Same time, same place. That being: 9pm, on the WPU Lawn, also known as this place right here: Okay sick, that oughta do it! In other news, selections have been made for Ohiopyle! We are so so so happy with the amount of people who wanted to go on this trip. Unfortunately, campgrounds are only so big, and we only have so many supplies, and we have a budget per person. If you are going, you should have gotten an email about it. If you did not get an email, do not despair. This is but one of many many trips that we will have. (And lowkey this one will prolly be super busy compared to some of the later ones). SPEAKING OF, we have a much smaller trip coming up. In some ways, that could mean that it's more competitive, in other ways, it could mean that a little tight-knit group of backpackers form! That's right y'all! We got BACKPACKING up next. We will be venturing over to the Laurel Highlands and doing ...

Hello Beautiful People! We have officially had our first meeting and I'm confident that that was the most successful first meeting this club has ever seen. Thank you so much for spreading the word and showing up! At this meeting we talked about: What this club is! What we do, how excited we are to do it (mostly just outdoors stuff!) Working on joining SOOS to show this beautiful Earth our love! The merch is incoming! We don't have a clear plan of what yet, but the influx of signups should mean we can provide some dope stuff! We went over the officers and their favorite aquatic animals! (that info will come in a follow-up email to put it in one place) We did a TON of signups (again thank you) if you did not do not fear! Swing by the next meeting to do so and if you can't make it to a meeting to sign up please reach out to me! Last but not least, we held signups for Ohiopyle! Thank you so much for all of the interest, if you didn't get to sign up please do so here: https:...

Hello Beautiful People! This is the big email. You want information? I gotchu. ... I think ... Yeah I think I have the information, it's right over... AH! There it is, okay, so: This is the outdoors club! Hello! What do we do? Well, we do most things outdoors! Hiking, backpacking, camping, climbing, caving, kayaking, mountain biking, XC skiing, trailrunning, bikepacking? Paddleboarding? SKY DIVING??? We haven't done the question mark ones in a while if at all, but we have officers who are interested in these fields and looking into the feasibility of making these new trips! Now, what does a 'trip' mean exactly? It can mean so so much. The one and only trip I've been on was a day trip down to lost crag for outdoors climbing in Late February. It was cold, I butchered my fingers, and I hope dearly that we offer that trip again. Other trips can be full weekend trips, we offer a few week-long trips and we are aiming to have a ton of mini-trips this year: trips where we d...