Outdoors Club at Pitt

Hey Outdoory Types! Man do we have some many exciting events coming up for y'all! First off Alex is taking a group out to New River this weekend to do some clibimg climbing. Its gonna be cold so bring jackets and what not. The plan is to leave at 5pm saturday evening and get back later on Sunday. You'll be camping Saturday night so bring whatever you'll need to survive for a night. If you need any gear it can borrow from the club before the trip heads out on Saturday. Sign up links right here→ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmzLWGzXQpStdHE2ODh2a3BnSjBCSk5FUGdqdTZkNGc&usp=sharing Questions? Email Alex ajq3@pitt.edu (He'll be driving the van Saturday) David Uber will be hosting another set of pool sessions this Sunday, March 24: 9AM-Noon for those who want to get some practice with white water kayaking techniques. Sign up here → https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuUKHSA7sYc5dFZJMWZ2bjFoNXhKVWNwd3JfY2NVQkE&usp=sharing...

Hey all you Rickity Ramblin Rollers, Its that time of the week again (the time that you have all been waiting for). The POC minutes are here! Oh boy do we have some stuff this week to whett your outside whistle! Onest: David Uber (The Notorious D.U.B.) will be leading a backpacking trip on the Laurel Highlands Trail this weekend! It's going to be awesome! Signups have already happened but you can add yourself to the alternate section if you're feeling lucky like a Liger. Signups: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuUKHSA7sYc5dHZrdEJmTGUwTFJTM0ZYOC1WRXM3ZHc&usp=sharing Twiyst: There will be a sport climbing workshop at the Tree's climbing wall help by Josh Cumberland and myself tomorrow (Thursday 2/21) at 7:00PM Eastern Standard Time. This is a bit different from previous workshops in that we are asking that you have a pretty solid base of climbing before the workshop. In particular you should be able to comfortably top rope 5.9 routes. If you are not at this ...

Yo yo yiggity yo! In the following post you will learn about: -Upcoming Events -Officer Elections -A Petition about Fracking -Tacos -Thursday Skill Sessions are Postponed until 2/22 -Meetings are still in CL 252 at 9 pm This post is a long 'un but if there's one thing you take away from it... **Please turn out next week to vote for ELECTIONS!** ---------- UPCOMING EVENTS 2/9: BOULDERING COMP @ Trees Hall ***Prizes! Raffles! a DJ! Hot Climber People (Relatively Shirtless!)!! Chalk! Stickers!!*** Registration Starts: 10 am Climbing Starts: 11 am Hosted by the Rock Wall Staff, aka. the coolest people you will ever meet (aside from the POC officers). What's the overlapping element here?? ;-) OTHER SHENANIGANS: 2/10 & 2/17: Pool Sessions with David (dju2) 2/10: Day Hike with Nancy (nmm59) 2/23-2/24: Winter Backpacking! with Kate n Josh n David (mkm55) 3/3: Caving Day-trip with Jordi (jav47) All sign-ups can be found here: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B-UKHSA7sYc5bVA0VWV...

Hey there all you Winter Waffles, POC had another great meeting last night and much fun was had by all. We talked about a couple things going on in the upcoming week. First off, Thursday Josh and I are holding a rappelling and ascending workshop at the climbing wall for POC members. This workshop will include prusiking, single rope rappelling, double rope rappelling, using ascenders, and other various skills that are considered standard for climbers. We had mentioned at the meeting that we would also be doing a navigation workshop this Friday but we have decided that will be a bit much for this week. Preparation for that workshop will involve a bit more preparation on our part if anyone will get anything out of it. Therefore we are thinking of pushing this back until at least next week. Any thoughts are welcome. On Sunday we will be going to play laser tag at Laser Storm. It is ladies night on Sunday so girls only pay $3.00 per game. Guys will pay $6.00 per game (or a little less if yo...

Hello all fellow outsidites, We are officially launching a new semester with the Outdoors Club and it's going to be awesome! This semester we will be going caving, ice climbing, rock climbing, hiking, backpacking, white water kayaking, ice skating laser tagging, movie watching, Oakland stomping, hot chocolate drinking, law breaking, van driving, and much much more! First, if you are new to the club you must sign a waiver and pay dues before you can go on any trips. The waivers can be found online at pittoutdoors.com , at office hours, or at the meetings. The dues for one semester are $10. This will cover transportation, lodging, and no-cost rental gear from the club for almost all of our trips. More importantly, this weekend is going to allsome! On Friday, the lovely Madelyn Kasula will be leading us on a (slightly) impromptu trip to the Schenley ice skating rink to enjoy the quick, thick, and always slick Mr. Winter "Can't Stand On Me" Ice. We will be meeting at the ...