Get your minds ready for a night of intrigue, ingenuity, outrage, love, and, most importantly, trivia!
The Outing Club will be co-hosting trivia with Lehigh After Dark and the Armed Forces Support Club on Thursday, June 18 @7pm.
Zoom Link: http://go.lehigh.edu/
See you there!
As finals are upon us, that means that another semester has come to a close. Countless hours of hard work and dedication have gone into this club, this community, and this family. Since our time together was cut so short, we have so much left unsaid. For the majority of us, we will be able to say it (hopefully) in the fall, but there are many who will be graduating or not be with us. We hope to carry the torch you all worked so hard to light and we wanted to highlight a few people who have made more of an impact than they may have even realized.
Cam McKenna, major in McKennical engineering
Zev “I’m not scoutsplaining” Koffsky
Will “Billy Mudrock” Murdock
Robert Raymond Trumbull Smith
Myles “Chef” Inniss
Leo Goodey
Alex “Schulace” Schuler
Stanley Worthington
Zack Limmiattis
Thomas Agate
To some of you, this is Goodbye, to some of you, this is Congratulations, but to all of you, this is a thank you.
This Spring, seven of our club members ventured deep into the chartered territory of Shenandoah National Park. With heavy packs they conquered over 55 miles.
Some highlights from this trip included: scrambling to the summit of Old Rag Mt., the early morning view from the top of Hawksbill, and the beautiful waterfalls along the trail.
We did manage to encounter some wildlife while on the trail (luckily not bears). We spotted some white tailed deer, we heard many birds in the trees (including a rather noisy woodpecker), we spotted some fish in the streams, and even managed to catch a tick (or maybe it caught us)!
Weather wise we were very fortunate; it only rained on us one day while hiking. However, there were a few nights when the rain made for great white noise while we slept in our tents.
Big takeaways from this adventure; Don’t feed Nick lentils and then sit in enclosed spaces, fill up your water bottles whenever possible, sometimes having a vague adaptabile plan is better, and you definitely need more than one line of p-cord for 5 bags of food if you intend on bear bagging (it’s possible, but rather challenging).
Hi hello. One lovely, sunny afternoon a group of adventure hungry humans in search of this fabled thing called snow, ventured deep into upstate New York, finding themselves at the base of Windham Mountain. The group of eight stumbled onto some lovely snow and as normal college kids do, they hurled themselves off perilous jumps and flew down the mountain repeatedly.
After swooping into the last few chairs up for the night, the hungry hungry hippos journeyed to a nearby officer’s house, the domain of the cutest cats, brightest stars, and the loveliest vegetarian chili to have ever been made (thanks Patti).
The next day, the skiers scoured the entire mountain for more gnar to shred. They covered every inch of the mountain, jumped every jump (except the spooky ones), and had the loveliest time. And as much as we wanted to ski the whole week away, we grabbed some pizza and headed home.
– Natasha Hunt
During Spring break 2019, 15 undergrads went on a hiking and climbing filled adventure! Led by Sam Seymour & Rob Smith, the group drove 7 hours south to the New River Gorge in West Virginia (and only listened to “Take Me Home, Country Roads” twice – my car at least).
During the week, they went rock climbing in a few different locations (some students went outdoor climbing for the first time!), hiked several miles in different trails, met some dogs, and made new friends.
On the eve of February, students braved the cold for a night of camping. All 13 students made it, some after an odyssey of a journey, including some coffee and a little misdirection.
All of the campers collected together for hours by the fire for cheese and chili. And while the conversation didn’t stop, the snow started. How surreal – getting warmed by a fire with snow falling on our backs!
Though the trip leaders brought plenty of extra layers, none were needed, as the adventurers came well prepared! At the end of the night, we snuggled up in our tents. We were very glad we set up the footprints and rainflys long before bed to keep our tents safe from the snow.
Check out some of the pictures from the first morning of February!
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