[IOCA] Outing Club - NEWS LETTER (TAKE #19): 5 College Outdoor Fest + Hampshire Rock Comp – Dog Sled @ Burk - TeleFest

Tue Feb 24 23:06:42 EST 2009

Yo CSC OC’erz N’ All Ye Others…
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*NEWS (more info Below):
>FEB - MAY ~ EVENTS!

- THIS WEEKEND (RSVP to this E-mail if Interested):

*27th (FRI) 28th (SAT):  5 Colleges Outdoor Festival -
http://www.hampshire.edu/opra/10139.htm
                                    + Hampshire's ROCK Comp! (28th
(SAT): 1pm - 4:30pm) 
                     -Learn about Kayaking - FREE
                     -Climbing Clinic/Competition – PAID!
                     -Outdoor Speakers - FREE
                     -Telluride Mountain Film Tours – PAID!
                     -Place to Sleep / Fun - FREE

28th(SAT): Gunstock Telemark Festival! -
http://www.netelemark.com/Gunstock.htm

*28th (SAT) – 1st (SUN): Burke Mountain Sled Dog Dash
www.sleddogdash.com

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*OTHER NEWS (more info Below):

***MOVIE: We have a Telemark Film to show!    (When do you the People
want it?)

-   Discounts… EMS + More! (See the website)
-   Jobs
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**OC MEETING AT THE RW DURING N-PERIODS – Plan / Info / Sign Up 
- (Want A Diff Time Tell US!)
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*THE ROCK WALL IS OPEN!!!
Sunday: 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Monday & Wednesday: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Friday & Saturday: CLOSED (Exp. for Comps / Events)

**NEED CLIMBING / WORK OUT CHALK? = We sell it $1 Per Block!!!
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*** EVENTS:   (* = Peoples' Interest Thus Far)      

>FEB:
***27th (FRI) 28th (SAT):  5 Colleges Outdoor Festival -
http://www.hampshire.edu/opra/10139.htm
                         + Hampshire's ROCK Comp! (28th (SAT): 1pm -
4:30pm) 

28th(SAT): Gunstock Telemark Festival! -
http://www.netelemark.com/Gunstock.htm

*28th (SAT) – 1st (SUN): Burke Mountain Sled Dog Dash -
www.sleddogdash.com

>MARCH:
6th(FRI) – 8th(SUN): Holyoke Annual IOCA - Winter Fun Weekend – (TBA)

*6th(FRI) – 8th(SUN): North American Ice Fishing Championship - Bomoseen
State Park(Castleton, VT)
   www.NAIFC.org

***7th(SAT): (Pittsfield, VT) Snowshoe Marathon / Half Marathon / Six
Mile RACES www.peakraces.com

***7th(SAT): Dartmouth's ROCK Comp! (FUN! No experience is necessary)

***8th(SAT): MIDDLEBURY ROCK Comp! (FUN! No experience is necessary)

*13th(FRI): Rhode Island School of Design/Rock Spot Climbing (USA CCS)

***18th(WED): CENTRAL VERMONT – OUTDOOR JOB FAIR (11am – 2pm)
www.greenmtn.edu/jobfair

***28th(SAT): United States Military Academy at West Point (USA CCS)

>APRIL:
4th(SAT): Providence College/Rhode Island Rock Gym (USA CCS)

*11th(SAT): Yale University/CT Rock Gym (USA CCS)

***11th (SAT) – 12th (SUN): MIT ROCK COMP! - http://mitoc.mit.edu/wall

*24th(FRI) – 26th(SUN): IOCA Spring Conference @ Ashokan Camp? 
– Host: Nassau CC OC

25th(SAT): Brown University/Rock Spot Climbing (USA CCS)

>MAY:
***30th or soon after: CSC OC ALUMNI? (All welcome) - ROAD TRIP (NORTH
WEST)
                                     – To see the West, Friends, Climb,
Adventure, Fun, & National Parks!

~Email or contact us with event ideas!!! We would really like your input…

(Sign up lists are on the Rock Wall Door - Want more info? CONTACT US!)

http://www.castleton.edu/campus/Outing_Club/CSCOCTRIPS.htm
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~ PAST TRIP:

*Saturday 14: 
     Nick & Eliza took the drive to Williamstown, MA to Williams College
for their rock climbing competition. It was a LOVELY Valentine's Day
drive...beautiful weather. 
  We met up with a bunch of UVM 
climbers and met some new faces;
everyone was very encouraginplace much more exciting and fun. We all had an enjoyable time! The
climbs there were so much fun, and different than then climbs we were
used to climbing at school. 
* Eliza came in first for the woman's open + Got dank Gear!! While, Nick
ended up coming just below the top 3 climbers n’ Snagged a BIG Sticker
of Mammut… 

*Saturday 14 – Sunday 22 (BREAK):
   Nick n’ Ace Dawg – Drove to the Tufts Loj for a relaxing week(end)
and some good ol fun. See the Videos! ;p 
1) www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=54966205177&subj=141200439 
2) www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=509867046603&subj=141200439 
   Then Went to Medford (Boston Area) Mass for some more TMC Fun… Climb
@ Metro City Rock Gym - Everet, Chill out, Learn a thing or two, Enjoy
life, & party hard on the weekend W/ Tufts Mountain Club = Friends… To
say the least it was hard to leave + Ace Misses the Ball Pit/Cup War!!!

***Submit Your Trip Story!!!
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*Castleton - OUTING CLUB - ALUMNI!

- We want to have a OC ALUMNI Event (Trip/Dinner)  
 -  IT IS UP TO YOU TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS (Pot Luck?)
- We are looking for Ideas and Our ALUMNI (Contact US and Others)!
+ Before the officers of this year leave we want to set up a Scholarship
to help ensure the life of the OC for the future Officers + Interest!
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-JOBS/VOLUNTEER:

!!!.) MARCH 18th(WED): CENTRAL VERMONT – OUTDOOR JOB FAIR (11am – 2pm)
www.greenmtn.edu/jobfair

1.) NEED *** 300 volunteers *** ATC (Appalachian Train Conservancy)
Festival @ Castleton - July 17-24, 2009

2.) Camp Chingachgook – Trip Leaders & Climbing Leaders - NY
3.) The Catamount Trail - 300-Miles of Cross-Country Skiing the Length
of Vermont - VT
4.) Green Mountain Club  - Maintaining & Protecting Vermont’s Long Trail
Since 1910 -  VT
5.) Appalachian Mountain Club - NH
6.) VYCC – Vermont Youth Conservation Corps - VT
7.) Summer Camp for girls - Wilderness Trip Leaders - Northern Minnesota
8.) Children’s summer sleep away camp - Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania
9.) Camp Laurel - Climbing, Outdoor Tripping, Ropes Course, Mountain
Biking - Maine 
10.) Upward Bound - Summer Residential Mentor Positions - CSC
11.) Adirondack Exposure and Whitewater Challengers - NY
12.) SCA Summer Jobs - America's National Parks

13.) *CSC OC - NEEDs OFFICERS/LEADERS! – 2009/2010
~ We Need peoples to help w/ some of these lil jobs here and there from
time to time…

- Inventory…
- Gear Check in / out…
- Gear Storage and put away…
- Sign making…
- Event / website development…
- Pictures, Video, Media, and such….
- Paper work…
- FALL: Orientation 09/10
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MESSAGES FROM OTHER CLUBS:

1) To fellow Outing Clubs!
 I am sending this e-mail out to any Outing Clubs interested in joint
programming with our club, the Umass Dartmouth Outdoor Club.
 We are looking to set up an event, trip and outdoor education day for
some of our new, inexperienced members down here. Our goal is to expand
our club even more and would love support from other Outing Clubs around
the area. If any of you guys are interested I would be more then willing
to talk to you about what we are looking for and hoping to do this
semester.
   You can check out our website at www.umdoutdoorclub.com or our
facebook group at "umass d Outing Club" for more information about our
organization. My contact information is below. Thank you and I look
forward to talking to all of you soon!

Sincerely,
 President Frank Sturm
Cell: 1-508-942-2504
Screen name: Mildredfpa4
E-mail: U_Fsturm at umassd.edu

2) Trail Race Schedules 2009:
*Grand Tree Series: Series distances 7-26.4mi, non-series: 2 to 50
miles. CT, MA, VT, NY & NH.
- http://www.runwmac.com/gt200
9/gt09-races.html

*Eastern New England Trail Race Series- http://www.easternnewenglandtrailraceseries.org/ - the schedule is not
up yet.

*USATF NE Mountain Running Circuit: distances: 3.8-10 miles. NH, MA &
VT.
- http://www.whitemountainmilers.com/lotterybypass_mtseries.pdf
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~ DISCOUNTS:

FOR ALL YOUR GEAR NEEDS + Pro Deal Wants for outdoor gear!
- Email us @ OutingClub at Castleton.edu or Contact a Member.
*We have the Codes & Connections for less-expensive great gear!

*** Want to see some go to:
http://www.castleton.edu/campus/Outing_Club/CSCOClinks.htm
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Castleton State College
Outing Club Staff
Phone: 1(802) 468-1374
> 802.989.2371 (Nick) or 802.338.2008 (Eliza)
E-mail: OutingClub at Castleton.edu

* http://www.castleton.edu/campus/Outing_Club/INDEX.HTM

~ Keep Nature Natural!

*Please understand that the Outing Club would like you to come to any
trip you would like. All people & trip ideas are welcome. We do not make
it a requirement that you come to every trip & we can outfit most people
for our adventures with no problem. Yet do remember you must return the
gear in a timely fashion or your account will be charged.
All Risks & Actions taken by the participants are owned solely by them.
ANY Questions E-mail us at OutingClub at Castleton.edu

-Only do what you like & Like what you do!
-Challenge yourself it's good for the body & mind!

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