{"id":1436,"date":"2017-03-28T14:08:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T18:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2017-03-28T14:08:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T18:08:12","slug":"boc-minutes-12517","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/2017\/03\/28\/boc-minutes-12517\/","title":{"rendered":"BOC Minutes 1\/25\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>(While Greenpeace may be problematic in their own ways, this is p cool)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"il\">Minutes<\/span>: 1\/25\/17<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Announcements:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Maddy (Koby): Reminder about Ice Fest. If you emailed him, make sure you\u2019re still interested.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nate: Update: Meeting with accounting for square reader on Wednesday. Looks cool, is cool.\u00a0 Hopefully up and running soon.\u00a0 Also Trip Catalogue: Coming along, maybe Communications will do web work.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Audrey: Due to safety things, ice skating is no longer on for Arts Walk. Bummer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Noel: Ladakh Project. Speaker coming to campus from Northern India. She owns a mountaineering business. 35 yrs old. Monday Feb. 6th at 7pm. Could be dinner or talk depending on interest. Will send email.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Aud: 12-13 Banff Film Festival. We have two buses, one each day. BUT you need tickets, so get ya tickets bishes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Noel: Wants to Show Reel Rock 11 in near future. \u201cInvitation to watch, not viewing\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Get a Naked Calendar, see Noel.\u00a0 They are $5.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Mini Lesson:<\/b> Ultralight Backpacking<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ben has fliers to be more legit (!!!) If you didn\u2019t get one email him <a href=\"mailto:ppratt@bates.edu\" target=\"_blank\">ppratt@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Honestly the flier is super helpful and awesome and way better than I am at paraphrasing so reach out to Ben.\u00a0 He\u2019s excited \/ willing to talk about it !<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But here we go:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Carrying lightest and simplest gear as safely possible. There is a balance between comfort and safety.\u00a0 On the back of flier is a chart of gear recommendations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Big Three: Backpack, Shelter, Sleeping Bag (cost is limiting factor tho)<\/li>\n<li>Clothes: Easy to cut weight while cost effective !<\/li>\n<li>Food: If you can do more miles, you can reduce how much food you are carrying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Getting lighter gear will make your experience more enjoyable ! But make sure you are safe and within your limits. \u201cTrading gear for experience.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Questions:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ben\u2019s Backpack only weighed between 10-20 pounds on PCT<\/div>\n<div>Tarp Tents are a \u201cyes,\u201d but have to know how to use them.<\/div>\n<div>Tennis shoes are awesome !!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Gear:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hazel: Showing of Chasing Ice.\u00a0 $275 to buy educational version.\u00a0 Library might buy movie \/ rights.\u00a0 She\u2019ll check in with library and get back to us next week !<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Trips:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chase: Salt Pump on Saturday.\u00a0 Her car is full, but if other people are down email her and we can figure out rides!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nate: Beginner ice climbing trip at Grafton Notch (about 1 hour away, and 15 min hike) this Saturday.\u00a0 Probably around 8 people can come. No experience needed !!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Miles: Going to Lean-to <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_766316965\"><span class=\"aQJ\">5-9pm<\/span><\/span> tonight. Email him ASAP.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Audrey\/Justine: Tele Intro either this week or next week at Lost valley.\u00a0 They\u2019ll send an email.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ethan: Fat Bike Event at Pineland.\u00a0 Again look for email.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Danielle\/ Maddy: Headed to Kinsman on Sunday<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Noel: National Toboggan Championships in Camden Maine. Feb 10-12th. We should organize a squad.\u00a0 Apparently we have a toboggan.\u00a0 Can\u2019t be a couch, probably a narrow shoot. Registration is a thing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Audrey: Children of <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_766316966\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Midnight<\/span><\/span>: Shredding on the D. Justine and Chase are in. (Sorry this already happened)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What is Children of <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_766316967\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Midnight<\/span><\/span>?<\/div>\n<div>An email pops up in your inbox. Something rad is going on. Go have fun in the dead of night.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sam: Not like now, but winter\/spring\/Feb break Chic-Choc Mountains. Fill out form Kurt sent out.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nate: Who is interested to take people to LV to learn how to ski?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Owen: All season passes come with free lesson.\u00a0 Free equipment and free pass to Green Hill. So people who aren\u2019t using these awesome perks can share.\u00a0 Let\u2019s look into this and call Sunday River.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nate: Anyone interested in ice fishing let me know.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Will: Been talking to dive shop, there\u2019s some cool places around. Cool wildlife, cool rock walls.\u00a0 He wants to explore, so if you have a van cert or car hit him up.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Stories:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ethan: I have a story. This past summer, not all of us got AESOPS. So, there is ESOP. And OSOP. Owen and I decided to hike 100 mile Wilderness. Drove up and SO UNPREPARED. Packing bags in Walmart parking lot.\u00a0 Left itinerary on hood of Owen\u2019s car.\u00a0 Close to 50 pound packs (They hadn\u2019t had Ben\u2019s lesson yet.) Owen made it two days (\u201cIn the worst shape of his life for this trip\u201d) he collapsed on ground.\u00a0 Left Owen on train tracks.\u00a0 Call place that will pick you up when you\u2019re halfway.\u00a0 Owen spent the day at the Millinocket Library. Ethan went on. All alone. Alone for awhile. Singing Otis Redding to himself.\u00a0 Man comes by, and I ask to to hike with him (Bearbag.)\u00a0 Spent three days together and finished up the trail.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Own spent three days with \u201cabsolute asshole.\u201d\u00a0 This asshole (Shaggy) hurt his ankle. smoked a pack of ciggs a night in the tent. Owen slept with knife under pillow. They spent three nights together in tent.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When Ethan and Owen were reunited they went antiquing the day after.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sarg asks Ethan about the alleged Giardia, seems he forgot to mention this.<\/div>\n<div>Super Sick. Come on ESOP. Probably abroad next time around.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ethan got Giardia.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Owen filled up Nalgenes. Will purify in morning, never did. Both drank full Nalgenes (even though tasted weird and looked weird)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHow could one bottle do this?\u201d -Ethan<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>ESOP.\u00a0What a tale.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ben: Speaking of sketchy thru-hikers. This summer a lot of interesting people start thru-hiking (Danielle can attest.) Meet Two Shoes, only had two teeth left.\u00a0 Didn\u2019t happen to me, but Mile 80 theres an old mine shaft off the trail that people sleep in.\u00a0 He night hiked past tunnel, Two Shoes popped out of tunnel.\u00a0 Was hiking with a blacklight, found scorpion. Bizarre. Side Note: Advice is to take your own shelter, so both people have different shelter. If things don\u2019t work out, it\u2019s awkward.\u00a0 This guy had to sleep with Two Shoes, because his brother had own shelter. So needless to say carry own shelter.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sarg: Meet interesting British person sailing from England to Bermuda planning to send back to Britain.\u00a0 Only with cat. Imagine that. How does that work?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chase: Almost lost E-Room gear. Rock Climbing AESOP trip. Towards the back of group, tripped, near steep cliff. I\u2019m falling off or helmet is. Throws helmet off cliff. I lived. But I lost outing club gear. Fuck i want to be in outing club. Shared helmet with friends without telling anyone. Other group of climbers found BOC helmet and returned.\u00a0 Never told anyone, yet here she is !<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And to now use this platform to push my political agenda:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>CALL SUSAN COLLINS<\/b>. Calling is easy and effective. Fuck Betsy DeVos (and literally all the white supremacists Trump has appointed).\u00a0 If you\u2019re confused why she\u2019s an absurd choice for Secretary of Education, watch this: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pvXJnukCFoo\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DpvXJnukCFoo&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1490810299117000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE52lezRk9whe2oRBnaMbLft3vMNw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?<wbr \/>v=pvXJnukCFoo<\/a>.\u00a0 There\u2019s some much going on my friends, stay conscious !!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Love,<\/div>\n<div>Dani<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(While Greenpeace may be problematic in their own ways, this is p&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":488,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1864,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions\/1864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/outing-club\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}