*** Upcoming trips
Backpacking
* Ari (ate2) will lead a backpacking trip to the Adirondacks this
  weekend, maybe with some flatwater paddling involved if enough cars
  are available.
Climbing
* Intro to lead climbing, Sat 24Sep2005: Kyle Story (kts8) will lead
  an intro to lead climbing trip, and would like to get club members
  to Peterskill for the Adopt a crag day on September 24th. Trips is
  probably full.
Wheels
* Rima (ks382) will lead a biking trip to Ludlowville Falls on
  Wednesday 5:30PM, starting from campus. Bring lights, helmets,
  swimsuit for swimming.
* Jeff (jkd4) will lead a bike maintenance clinic. It is currently
  unscheduled, and will be scheduled based on the availabilities that
  interested parties e-mail to him. Given no input, it will be before
  an upcoming meeting.
Caving
* Kara (klp37) will lead a beginner caving trip on October 1&2. There
  is a long waiting list.

*** Gear Night: Ari Thursday 5:30-6:30
*** Announcements

* Welcome new members: Gill, Alex, Ian, Michael, Jesse, Lisa, Emma.

* O&C meeting today.

* Pack up dried tents! They take up a lot of space.

* Brendan (bsk25) has tickets to sell for the Radical Reels Film
  Series this Friday, September 23rd at 7-10PM. There are possible
  volunteer opportunities for setup/cleanup, with free tickets or
  pizza. Contact Brendan to buy tickets or express interest in
  volunteering.

* To everyone, especially freshman on North Campus. We awnt your help
  to recruit more Outing Club members. Please tell your friends about
  our cool Outing Club. For instance, tell them about our activities
  and services. Better yet, bring them to pre-meeting paddling or a
  meeting.

* Cave rescue course.
The albany-schoharie cave rescue team is having a weekend orientation
to cave rescue october 15th and 16th.  This mini course will cost $40.
And it is good for anyone interested in cave rescue and anyone who had
been caving a long time or a short time.  And it should generally make
the attendees safer cavers.  For more information and registration
info see:
http://www.caves.org/io/ncrc/RegistrationFormOCR_NY_2005_v2.pdf

* Matt (matt@clarityconnect.com), the education chair, is looking for
  educational programs for the end of meetings.

* The club now has bird watching equipment: 2 binoculars, 2 bird
  guides (Peterson's & Sibley's). Ask Matt (matt@clarityconnect.com)
  for more details.

* Cascadilla Hill Climb is this Saturday. It is a bi-/uni-/tri-cycle
  informal fun "race" from the bottom of Cascadilla Park Place to
  Dewitt & Stewart next to campus (note: meeting place is at the TOP
  [Dewitt & Stewart]). The course is short, and racers are placed in
  categories according to ability. Registration is 9:00-9:45, racing
  is 10-12. "Very modest" entrance fee. See URL for race format and
  details.
    http://www.flcycling.org/racing/chcmain/index.shtml

* An IOCA (Intercollegiate Outing Club Association) meetup at Lake
  George will occur on September 23 and 24. Anne
  (anneebecker@yahoo.com) can't lead the trip, but can provide details
  and guidance if you want to volunteer to organize the trip.
http://www.ioca.org/trips/?view=20050422093154#20050422093154

*** Trips past
* Don, Mike, Aaron, Luke, and Kyle went on a two-day beginner climbing
  trip to Peterskills & the Gunks this past weekend. There were 8
  beginners are 4 leads.
* Katie led a backpacking trip to the Adirondack high peaks over the
  weekend.
* Ari, Annegret, Sarah, and Stefan did an 18 mile day hike through Dix
  range in the Adirondacks, and did some climbing at Beer Walls.
* Kara went to the Fall NRO, and caved in some pretty marble caves in
  Western Massachusetts. She also saw a cool slideshow about caving in
  salt deposits ; rainwater can carve caves very quickly in salt
  deposits.
* Matt, Neil, and Steve dayhiked on a portion of the Fingerlakes
  Trail, on the eastern side of Connecticut Hill. Note that some
  trails (including trailheads) have moved, so budget some extra time
  to find the new locations.
* Robbert, Keith, and Brendan participated in bike polo on
  unicycles at Cass Park. 
* The regular Monday unicycling get-together had ~25 unicyclers.
* Leslie went to a climbers' wedding, which was held at the base of a
  waterfall. Nearby, there is actually top-ropable sandstone, and the
  area is an ice climbing route in the winter. Afterwards, she went to
  Little Falls.
* Jason went to Katahdin, Maine. There were 50-60 mph winds,
  which blew down lots of trees in and around the parking lot. These
  winds made the hike to the summit interesting.
* Alan joined a spontaneous mountain biking trip to Shindagin on
  Saturday. If interested in mountain biking whenever, e-mail him
  (ashieh@cs.cornell.edu).

*** Educational program
* Brendan: Unicycling around the lake as part of the AIDS RIDE for
  Life fundraiser.

-- AlanShieh - 28 Sep 2005