June 27, 2006 Minutes

Announcements

• Gear night Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 with Rima (errrr... that was last night)
• Kira (kdn22) has a gift certificate for a pair of trail running shoes... talk to her if interested
• Education Chair Matt (matt@clarityconnect.com) always is looking for ideas for post-meeting programs-- if you have cool slides to show, a cool skill to share, or an idea you like to see, contact him.

TRIPS O' THE PAST

• Ari and Greg and a bunch of people went canoeing at Cranberry Lake and had a fine time despite a plethora of blood-sucking insects
• Kira, Jake, and Rima went trail running
• Former COC-er Ian Kenney recently summitted Mt. Rainier-- congrats, Ian!
• Rima, Nicole, Anton, and Leslie went strawberry picking-- YUM!

TRIPS O' THE FUTURE

• Adrian et al. will lead an intermediate rock climbing trip to the Gunks Saturday July 8 (incl. camping Friday night). This is for folks who have mastered basic climbing skills and are ready to learn more technical skills like gear placement and anchor building and pre-requisites for lead climbing. More trip co-leaders (who should have solid lead climbing skills and experience) are also desired. Space on the trip will be limited by the number of co-leaders. Contact Adrian (aah38).

• Ari wants to go to the Dacks July 1-4 for some combination of hiking, canoeing, swimming, and avoiding bugs...

• Kara (klp37) will lead a caving trip to finish the survey and map of Barber's Cave next weekend, either July 8 or 9. Appropriate for folks who have at least some caving experience and are interested in learning about cave mapping and surveying.

• Kira (kdn22) will be running in a Finger Lakes Runners' CLub trail race this weekend-- 25k, 50k, and 50 mile (!) options. More info at http://www.fingerlakesrunners.org/

• Beth (bak34) is looking for mid-week mountain biking buddies. She is not looking to ride super hard-core (yet)

• Nicole (ngc4) wants to go ice skating... there's one indoor rink in the area open this time of year, with public skating Friday evneings. She used to figure skate and will teach you to do a triple lutz...

-- AriEpstein - 01 Jul 2006