Cornell Outing Club Minutes 9/27/2005

Upcoming trips

Backpacking

• Zay (linzzay@earthlink.net) & Annie will be going on a backpacking trip this weekend Sand Lake, just inside the Blue Line of the Adirondacks, south of McKeever^?. There's room for 2 other Outing Club members, or more with additional transportation. Detailed trip announcement is at end of minutes.

Climbing

• Katie (kak49) will lead a beginner climbing trip to the Gunks this weekend, probably actually to Peterskill. Friday night to Saturday night.
• Sarah (sjm62) would like to lead a climbing trip (possibly an expansion of Katie's beginner trip) to Peterskill this weekend. Car needed!
• Don (don@isc.astro.cornell.edu) will lead a one-day beginner climbing trip to Little Falls this Sunday. Please contact him if you are experienced and can come to provide your experience.
• Don (don@isc.astro.cornell.edu) wants to gauge Fall Break interest for a trip to Rumney, a climbing area. He will be able to go Sunday to Tuesday. E-mail him if interested.

Wheels

• Depending on the level of interest and some other tentative plans that she has, Leslie (lackerman@alternatives.org) might lead a beginner-friendly mountain biking trip this Saturday. Fitness required, log-jumping skills not. Contact her if interested.
• Brendan (bsk25) is going to play bike polo (http://www.bikepolo.com/) on Friday at 5PM in Cass Park. He will be

playing on a unicycle. You can play with either one or two wheels. * Brendan (bsk25) is going to the regular Monday 6PM unicycling meetup at Jessup Basketball courts. Extra unicycles will be provided.

Caving

• Kara (klp37) will lead a beginner caving trip on October 1&2. While the trip is full, one more person who will provide a car can still attend.

Paddling

• Don (don@isc.astro.cornell.edu) wants to lead a canoe trip the weekend after fall break (~October 15/16) to check out the fall foliage.
• Brendan (bsk25) will go kayak surfing this Saturday on the (now clean) Black River in Watertown, at the repaired Rt 3. This will be a small group, with experience surfing or paddling in current needed.

Hiking

• Sarah (sep42) wants to lead a local day hike on Sunday. Destination TBD.

Gear Night

Jeff Thursday 5-6PM (leaving promptly at 6PM!)

Announcements

• Welcome new members: Christian, Sally, Carla.
• New floor pump was mislaid and disappeared beneath some sleeping bags. Please put it back in the right place so this doesn't happen again.
• Carlos is now our new Gorge Cleanup chair!
• There will be a mushroom foray at Arnot Forest -- walk through the woods and find cool fungi. Contact Rima (ks382) for details.
• The fall leaf change is starting to happen. The changes are tracked at the following website: http://www.iloveny.com/fall/pages/foliagereport.html
• If you are interested in going on / organizing a canoe trip to check out the fall foliage (for instance, during Fall Break, the expected peak of the foliage), contact Ari (ate2) or Don (don@isc.astro.cornell.edu), and they will help you make it happen.
• Wildlife watchers: deer are now foraging in downtown Ithaca.

Trips past

• Carlos hiked at Hammond Hill.
• Kyle led a mock lead climbing trip to Peterskill & Gunks. Dave, Adam, Leslie, Brendan, Alana, and Annegret were in attendance.
• Annegret, Shern, and Leslie went on a separate climbing trip on Sunday.
• Carlos went on a eco house trip to Oswegatchie, and canoed, hiked, and climbed.
• Rima, Laura, and Ari biked to Ludlowville Falls on Wednesday, and swam briefly.
• Jeff led a Bike maintenance workshop. Many chains were cleaned and lubricated.
• Brendan and Alan went to the Cascadilla Hill climb on Saturday. Brendan won the unicycling division.
• Ari and Rima went to the Tongue Mountain range in the Adirondacks.

Educational program

• Tom Zajicek, Vertical Access -- industrial climbing on man-made structures for inspection & repair.

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From: "Lindsay Speer" 
Subject: Backpacking Trip this weekend!
Two COC alums (Lindsay Speer, a.k.a. Zay, former president, and Annie
Becker,  former advisor) are going on a backpacking trip this weekend
into Sand Lake, just inside the Blue Line of the Adirondacks, south of
McKeever.  There's room for 2 other Outing Club members, or more with
additional transportation. 

Itinerary:

Friday:  Meet at Japes at 3 PM.  Drive to Syracuse and pick up
Lindsay.  Arrive at trailhead around 6 PM, and hike in to the Gull
Lake Lean-to (3 miles).  
Saturday:  Hike from Gull Lake to Sand Lake Lean-to.  (5.5 miles).  If
folks can't make it on Friday but have their own vehicle, they can get
an early start Saturday and meet us at the Gull Lake Lean-to that
morning.  Sunday:  Hike back out.  (7.5 miles)

It's a beginner-level trip, but due to the fact that Annie's just
getting back from a vacation and has work to catch up with, and Zay is
based in Syracuse, we'd prefer folks that have some experience as far
as knowing what gear they should bring.  Dinners will be provided;
bring your own breakfast and lunch food (no-cook or just-add-water,
preferably).   Gear can be gotten at Thursday's gear night.

If you're interested in going, email Zay linzzay@earthlink.net 

P.S. Can someone announce this at the meeting on Tuesday?

-- AlanShieh - 28 Sep 2005