{"id":1235,"date":"2016-02-15T16:27:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T21:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/outingclub\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2016-02-15T16:27:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T21:27:01","slug":"21416-love-in-the-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/2016\/02\/15\/21416-love-in-the-outdoors\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/14\/16 &#8211; Love in the Outdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>LOVE IS IN THE AIR, AND DAMN IS IT COLD. If you were too cold to come to the meeting, or otherwise engaged in some other Valentine&#8217;s Day activity, don&#8217;t worry! I&#8217;m here to sorta let you know about some of the stuff that may or may not have happened at the meeting.<\/h1>\n<h1>Here ya go:<\/h1>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recent Adventures and LESS EXCITING THINGS:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maddy and Mo and others went snowshoeing and it was COLD.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Catharine and Olivia and Keenan and others (and me!) hiked round top and it was COLD. No blood anywhere though, which is good I guess.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sara wimped out and decided not to snowshoe to early bird just because it was -20 with the wind chill or something. Wimp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emma caught a twizzler. It was actually quite fantastic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sara watched some people play hockey and possibly told them when they hit each other too hard and stuff. It was probably COLD.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anna XC skied for the first time ever and only fell a lot! Well done Anna!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Julia &#8216;just said no&#8217; to some responsible uncles on a ski lift! A fine example for others to follow.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those things that might happen in the time period after this current time period:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spencer and T$ Gregston\u00a0are leading a trip to Sugarloaf Friday evening for moonlight climb. Skinning and snowshoeing are allowed; piggybacks and sledding are not; darkness, cold, and spencer are mandatory. Keep an eye out for more info on this trip.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sara and Jake overnight XC ski trip Friday night to Saturday night! Minor experience is recommended.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emma is leading an XC ski clinic on Thursday! More info on the way.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jack is leading trip to Devil\u2019s Chair at Quarry Road sometime in the future. This will be a beginner ice climbing a trip and will technically be a CMC trip; however, anyone interested may sign up. The COC-CMC feud is informal and will not affect trips, only eating competitions between club leaders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lidia and unknown second leader are leading snowshoeing to Early Bird Sunday morning, since Sara is a wimp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emma and Julia might lead winter camping trip Friday-Saturday!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social Justice Sundays now after every meeting! Let us (coc@colby.edu) know if you have any suggestions for topics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next week is spirit week (hosted by SGA)! Monday the 22nd the COC (us!) will be giving out hot chocolate between 4-5 pm on dana lawn; email Jake Lester if you wanna be there! His whisperlite skill is the stuff of legend; if you haven&#8217;t seen it before you better try your best to be there.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tree-trimming Tuesdays continues! Come on down to trim (whittle) 7-8 pm in the office!<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ski waxing with Sara and Spencer this Wednesday from 7-8 pm in the COC!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Committays:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Events: committee\u00a0meetings will be during Wednesday community hours; stop by if you want to be involved.\u00a0Movie night next Thursday! Email hjbossi with ideas. TRAMPOLINES.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gear:\u00a0Spencer is lonely. Send him pictures of helicopters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trips: community hours and committee meetings on Monday nights. Come tonight if you want to be on the committee! Also if you want help planning a trip.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sugaring: committee meeting Monday 7-7:15 pm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Community Outreach: Rachel read her platform and is running unopposed! I wonder who\u2019s gonna win. Electronic vote this week. Best of luck to all candidate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CONTESTS:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Everyone send Buck nudes! But seriously, if you want to be part of the Naked in Nature competition, send Buck (dbauchin@colby.edu) your tasteful (outdoors) nudes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Submit t-shirt designs! We know you\u2019re artsy. Believe in yourself. Submissions to Spencer. DO NOT SEND NUDES TO SPENCER (unless you want them to be on COC t-shirts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patches by Jake Lester. Be on the lookout for an email about getting them. This is not a contest, I do not know why I put in this section. Just go with it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WFR:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WFR certs are in! If you took WFR and haven&#8217;t gotten your cert,\u00a0email Logan or stop by during community hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hot Seat:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hannah Peters hot seated to become a leader! Here are her answers: OLIN FIRST FLOOR YARMOUTH COCONUT I DONT KNOW SHOUTOUT TO SAGE DAVID LLAMA 7UP PUFFIN PEPPERS FLYING<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sidewell-left lead\"><span class=\"small\">Before I let you all go, I must let you know of a very exciting opportunity. Our very own Eric, Tom, and Tyler have submitted an app to the Red Bull &#8220;Can You Make It?&#8221; competition and they need all your votes. Here is the link:\u00a0https:\/\/www.redbullcanyoumakeit.com\/en\/applications\/6729\/. Throw &#8217;em a like. I dare you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>I hope you all had a wonderful day of Valentines. I myself drank a lot of chocolate milk. Couldn&#8217;t have been better. Live, love, eat Twizzlers. Au revoir, amigos.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOVE IS IN THE AIR, AND DAMN IS IT COLD. 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