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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...

Hey folks, We're meeting in 203 Lawrence at 9pm tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3rd. There won't be any sign ups this week so just get stoked for sprang brake. Instead we're going to be talking about the budget, business majors rejoice. Boring as that sounds this is the best opportunity you've got to give feedback about what kind of trips you want to see the club go on next year, suggest new trips, and request that we budget for stuff or gear you think would help the club. Will this be the year we finally buy a stick clip? Maybe, who's to say. The only way to find out is to tune in Tuesday. Best, Jon

Hey folks, We had sign ups for a hiking trip to Cuyahoga National Park March 20-22 tonight. If you're legally allowed to enter the state/hellscape of Ohio and want to do some hiking sign up here:  https://forms.gle/Ni1Bnhewkqg8zgcW8 Also come to Cathy and support divestment. We're basically camping in here. You like camping right? Come camping.  Best, Jon

Hey folks, You know what's pretty freakin' cool? The National Parks system. The whole ass government decided that there's cool stuff in the woods and we shouldn't mess with it because it's cool. I think that's pretty cool. If you also think that's pretty cool, we've got a pretty cool opportunity for you right after spring break.  March 21-22 we're heading out to Ohio, which is, regrettably, a part of this country. On the bright side though, we're going to Cuyahoga Valley National Park, a place that is certainly an Ohi-light of the state. Gonna do some hiking, it's gonna be pretty cool. I think there are some waterfalls, but don't take my word for it. Come sign up tonight if you think that sounds pretty cool.  We're meeting in Lawrence 203 at 9pm, then waddling on over to Cathy to hang out with the folks sitting in for fossil fuel divestment.  On that note, one of the biggest threats to public lands like national parks in the U.S. is f...

Hey folks, We're going to Ohiopyle for a day trip Saturday, February 29. If you're psyched to hike or potentially primed to climb this is your time to shine. If you're interested sign up here:  https://forms.gle/KCW2iHyaWYdcDfpE7 Best, Jon

Hey folks, We're meeting tonight (2/18) at 9pm in 203 Lawrence. There will be sign ups for a day trip down to Ohiopyle that's happening Saturday, February 29.  Best, Jon

Hey folks, We're meeting tonight at 9pm in 203 Lawrence. There will be sign ups for the Lewisburg caving trip, so if you like to get down underground this is a chance for you and your headlamp to shine. This Thursday is Fossil Fuel Divestment Day, Pitt and about 50 other schools around the world will be holding rallies to demand that the University divest its endowment from fossil fuels. For those not in the know, Pitt invests a chuck of its 4.3 billion dollar endowment into the fossil fuel industry, which is, ya know, making the fucking planet unlivable for the sake of profit. If you think that's some bullshit, you're right. Come out Thursday at noon to do something about it. The location is a secret from now, but will be announced here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/845561722553610/ Also the No Man's Land Film Festival coming up. It's a sweet collection of films highlighting the women doing awesome, badass stuff in the outdoors. It's free and will be in the...

Hey folks, Direct democracy, good ol' rule of the mob, that and potentially pizza is what we're offering up in Lawrence 203 at 9pm tomorrow (Tuesday 2/4). That's right, it's Outdoors Club elections and it's time to let your self-determinative freak flag fly. There are absolutely no rules or election regulations so get weird. I want to see bribes, espionage, smear campaigns, and whatever other fuckery you can come up with.  We need new folks to step up and run for Hiking Chair, Caving Chair, and Secretary. This is also a time for everyone to voice their opinion on what the club does and how we can improve it in the future. Suggestions will be given extra consideration if they rhyme.  Best, Jon

What's up you wild woodsy weirdos? It's a new semester and I hope you're stoked to get psyched to get sendy in the great outdoors.  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qiX5kggBk4RflqipxAjAEdj6TngQIPk4XjGc71OmYWc/edit?usp=sharing You see that ^ ? It's a link to this downright gorgeous presentation that the illustrious Kieran "El Jefe" Fitzmaurice put together.  Browse that shit and your eyes will be tantalized with info about some sweet new shirts and stickers, Nicole's Kickass Climbing Class ™, and potential jobs in the woods. No sign ups or anything tonight, but stay tuned. Best, Jon

Hey everyone! This Tuesday we are going to have a presentation from our very own Pitt professor Brian Schultz about a super rad study abroad opportunity that will be offered this year as a Maymester. He is going to give us all the info about this program and answer any questions you guys may have. If you are in to backpacking in the Himalayas or getting some wilderness medicine certifications for school credit you might want to make it out to this meeting. Also Finley went on this trip last year and he will add some personal experience and give it to you straight. Hope to see you all out there.  Here is some eye candy for a little extra motivation for you to come out to the meeting and learn about how to go here.  120 David Lawrence Hall 9:00 Tuesday if you forgot

Hey folks, We've not got much going on tonight, no sign ups or anything, but if you're the kinda no-good, grubby, son of a sea lion that doesn't have much going on on a Tuesday evening by all means come and hang out. Best, Jon

HEY FOLKS, TRIPS, GET YOUR TRIPS HERE NOVEMBER 1-3 // SENECA ROCKS // CAMPING AND CAVING         SIGN UP HERE:  https://forms.gle/fbX3d8GXjEY2kCH1A NOVEMBER 14-17 // CHERRY SPRINGS // LOOKIN AT STARS          SIGN UP HERE:  https://forms.gle/kYk9bVSwo8ExiFNf6 I HOPE YOUR SKIES ARE BLUE AND YOUR WINDS FAIR BEST, JON

Hey folks, Hope your stoke transmission is geared to get weird because we're about to powershift this sumbitch and bounce the send-levels off the redline.  These next couple weekends, Weekends,  WEEKENDS  we're heading off on some sweet trips.  Like a soccer mom with a hydroflask full of zinfandel, we've got minivans  and they're going all over the place. . I don't care how psyched you are, you're not psyched enough.  Hell yeah I just figured out how  links  work. Novembers 1st, 2nd, and 3rd we're going down to Seneca  ROCKS !  We're going to be  CAVING  and  CLIMBING .  The caving there is pretty cool, real dark and stuff.  The climbing is pretty cool too.  The routes are fun and there's some decent exposure, which is not the kind I got arrested for.   Then two weeks later we're gonna go look at space  from the  woods.  Novembers 15th, 16th, and 17th we're heading out to Cherry Springs.  Cherry Springs is one of the  darkest  places in the c...

Hey folks, Why did you join this club? Huh? What do you want out of this? Did you just want to hang out in the woods, maybe snag a few pics for the 'gram? Maybe you wanted a reason to get out of Oakland, dodge some homework.  Do you have some high-minded ideas about experiencing wilderness?  I bet you do.  You think you're John Fuckin' Muir?  Be honest, you're Thoreau at best.  Want to change that? Want to be cooler than Thoreau?  You can be cooler than Thoreau.  You can do that by strapping everything you need for a weekend to you back and coming to Dolly Sods.  It's a wilderness area in West Virginia.  Shit's beautiful, you'll love it.   Come to 120 Lawrence tonight at 9pm to sign up. Also this is our advanced backpacking trip, so maybe know what you're doing before you sign up. All my love, Jon

Hey folks, It's apple time you turkeys.  October 20.  A Sunday.  Come with us to the apple lands and pick apples and eat apples and bask in the glorious light of apples.  It's autumn.  Celebrate autumn by celebrating apples.  Make a pie, make a cobbler, throw apples at your friends, throw apples at your enemies, the options are as endless as the apples are delicious.  Sign up for applegedon 2k19 here:  https://forms.gle/w7kDQQKbELBrUQr96 Outdoors club Craigslist: Mia is selling some climbing shoes, LaSportiva Otaki's size 39 Gus is selling a big ass crashpad If anyones interested email me. Best, Jon

Hey folks, Well spice my pumpkins and call me deer season it's fall.  Bust out our favorite sweater, pour some bourbon into your apple cider, and get stoked to get fruit 'cause we're going apple picking.  It's all the fun of a cute cuffing season date without having to pretend to be interested in some boring schmuck.  We'll be heading to where the pie fuel grows Sunday, October 20.  If you're psyched on some light agricultural work come sign up tonight at 9pm in 120 Lawrence. Best, Jon