Cornell Outing Club Meeting Minutes

Upcoming trips

Backpacking

• Ari (ate2) will lead a beginner backpacking trip to the southern Adirondacks. The trip will leave Saturday, return Sunday (1 night). Limit 8-12.
• Katie (kak49) will lead a beginner backpacking trip. Location TBD. Will happen in two weekends. Car needed.
• Gilles (gpm26) will lead a local backpacking trip this weekend. Location TBD. Will stay out for one night (Saturday=>Sunday). Open to beginners if you e-mail Gilles today so he can tell you what to pick up at Gear Night. Limit 8, assuming additional car.

Wheels

• Beth (bak34) will lead a bike ride. Destination TBD. Starts Friday morning at 7 AM. Don't count on a pump & patch kit being available in the group.
• Matt (matt@clarityconnect.com) will lead an inline skating trip to the Plantations. Note that this will be a hilly trip. Saturday around 1 PM.

Misc

• Anne Marie (ams53) will go down to Pennsylvania this weekend for a chainsaw carving event. Leaving Friday 4PM, staying one night (accommodations uncertain).

Gear Night

Brendan 5:30-6:30

Announcements

• Welcome back old members, and all the new members: Steve, Sarah, Jared, Aaron, Jan, Ann, Josh, Jenny, Johannes, Dan, Rachel, Jenny, Steven, Anna, Jamie, Chris, Erin, Nick, Christa, Gregory, Stephanie, Mike, Valerie, David, Trevor, Kate, Aba, Rob, Brian, Meg, Tanya, and Lauren!
• Introductory meeting next Tuesday at 7:30 PM in 165 McGraw, instead of Japes! Will feature a great slideshow by Jason.
• No pre-meeting paddling next week due to introductory meeting.
• Several worksessions coming up soon. To become an active member, you will need to do two worksessions and lead one trip, or one worksession and lead two trips.
  • Katie (kak49) is leading inventory for backpacking on Thursday.
  • Leslie (Lackerman@alternatives.org) is leading the snowsports inventory and repair assessment, maybe on Wednesday or Thursday night.
• McFail^?'s cave is now in the top 100 longest caves list!
• Cornell Plantations is offering a fall lecture series on Wednesdays at 7:30PM at Statler Auditorium. (http://www.plantations.cornell.edu/education/lectures.cfm). It will feature prominent lecturers on a wide variety of topics from butterfly migration to gathering moss.

Free to the public, and can also be taken as a 1 unit S/U class (HORT 480).

Trips past

• Jason, Kara, Rima, Carlos, James, and Tom hiked the triple header (9-10 miles) from Upper Treman, to Lickbrook, and then up to Buttermilk. Much imagination was needed to see the waterfalls.
• Beth led pre-meeting paddling. Lots of people did roll practice. Keith executed a roll on his first try!
• Leslie, Simeon, and friends caved, mapped, and surveyed McFail's Cave. They also participated in a cleanup project for a cave that was used by farmers as a trash dump. If you are interested in the cleanup effort, contact Leslie or Simeon.
• Brendan unicycled with 15 others at the Monday FLOW get-together. It was also Brendan's birthday, so there was a nice spontaneous party in his honor. Contact Brendan if you are interested in unicycling.

Educational program

Kara gave a slideshow on caving in the Northeast.