September 25-26, 2010
Organized by: Dan Trew
Emily Riddle
Rachel Hoh
The Fall WILD event was an amazing time of learning, teaching, and naps lots of naps. Twelve people went out into the woods behind a mountain to practice and gain experience in teaching in the out of doors. All the participants know just about everything there is to know about leading a great trip for the Penn State Outing Club. The weather was just as awesome as the people, with nothing but sunny skies and smiles. Everyone had fun and no one died.
September 26, 2010
April 25, 2010
West Rim
April 23-25, 2010
Organized by: Zack Haas
This post-thesis adventure took place in the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon, not to be confused with the real Grand Canyon. After departing the Arby's parking lot the group first traveled South before turning around and going the right way to the West Rim. Further driving shenanigans occurred when the lead car signaled to turn around on a one-lane dirt road with a cliff to one side and a mountain on the other. Fortunately there was a suitable turn-around further up the road. The first night was spent roughly 200 yards from the cars and was 12 solid hours of sleep. Also, nubbins. The weather moved in as the group moved on. Many games were played involving clever questions and the occasional erroneous interpretation of Marilyn Monroe's historical importance and the essence of Han Solo being Han Solo. More nubbinical references and jokes were made, providing a small piece of humor for the group. The final day was spent trudging through the damp forest and culminated in a "short-cut" removing the largest downhill. The return home involved artful dodging of pot-holes and very large rocks as the GPS took the group through the backiest back-road in the whole back-woods. Fun was had by all and no one died.
Members in Attendance:
Greg Lilik
Asher Evans
Kelly McFadden
Kathleen Kerrigan
Tyler Haas
Dan Trew
Zack Haas
Organized by: Zack Haas
This post-thesis adventure took place in the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon, not to be confused with the real Grand Canyon. After departing the Arby's parking lot the group first traveled South before turning around and going the right way to the West Rim. Further driving shenanigans occurred when the lead car signaled to turn around on a one-lane dirt road with a cliff to one side and a mountain on the other. Fortunately there was a suitable turn-around further up the road. The first night was spent roughly 200 yards from the cars and was 12 solid hours of sleep. Also, nubbins. The weather moved in as the group moved on. Many games were played involving clever questions and the occasional erroneous interpretation of Marilyn Monroe's historical importance and the essence of Han Solo being Han Solo. More nubbinical references and jokes were made, providing a small piece of humor for the group. The final day was spent trudging through the damp forest and culminated in a "short-cut" removing the largest downhill. The return home involved artful dodging of pot-holes and very large rocks as the GPS took the group through the backiest back-road in the whole back-woods. Fun was had by all and no one died.
Members in Attendance:
Greg Lilik
Asher Evans
Kelly McFadden
Kathleen Kerrigan
Tyler Haas
Dan Trew
Zack Haas
April 10, 2010
Spring Creek Cleanup
April 10, 2010
Organized by: Nick Clabbers
The annual spring creek cleanup was held on April 10 this year. Although there was no picnic and lime-green shirts this year, the same fun was still had. Every year PSOC flies down spring creek from TMO to Milesburg, picking trash from the banks and making everything cleaner overall. This year was a little chilly, starting temps were low 40s, but the bright sun warmed up the intrepid cleaners with great zeal. Great fun was had by all the participants, even those who went for a swim. One might even say they had the most fun, one might indeed. As per the usual strange things were recovered from the creek. The most notable items being a trike, stereo, several tires, and battery that unfortunately fell out of a canoe and now resides somewhere in the creek. This year's haul overall was less than last year's, meaning the creek may be getting cleaner. No one died, watch out for meth labs.
Members in Attendance:
Nick Clabbers
Dan Trew
Frannie Root
Steve Meckler
Joe Sumereau
Christina Ferry
Kristin Garrity
James Basham
Sarah Luchner
Greg Lilik
Michelle Christensen
Rachel Hoh
Tyler Haas
Mike Collins
Kate Lalancette
Becca Baker
Julia Vadas
Organized by: Nick Clabbers
The annual spring creek cleanup was held on April 10 this year. Although there was no picnic and lime-green shirts this year, the same fun was still had. Every year PSOC flies down spring creek from TMO to Milesburg, picking trash from the banks and making everything cleaner overall. This year was a little chilly, starting temps were low 40s, but the bright sun warmed up the intrepid cleaners with great zeal. Great fun was had by all the participants, even those who went for a swim. One might even say they had the most fun, one might indeed. As per the usual strange things were recovered from the creek. The most notable items being a trike, stereo, several tires, and battery that unfortunately fell out of a canoe and now resides somewhere in the creek. This year's haul overall was less than last year's, meaning the creek may be getting cleaner. No one died, watch out for meth labs.
Members in Attendance:
Nick Clabbers
Dan Trew
Frannie Root
Steve Meckler
Joe Sumereau
Christina Ferry
Kristin Garrity
James Basham
Sarah Luchner
Greg Lilik
Michelle Christensen
Rachel Hoh
Tyler Haas
Mike Collins
Kate Lalancette
Becca Baker
Julia Vadas
March 28, 2010
WILD
March 27-28, 2010
Organized by: Nick Clabbers
Dan Trew
Ryan Mullins
Rachel Hoh
James Basham
The spring WILD weekend was a great success. Fourteen people total went into the woods to learn the in and outs of organizing, planning, and running awesome PSOC trips.Much fun was had despite the surprisingly chilly weather, however it was all sun. Lots of fun in the sun, and no one died.
Organized by: Nick Clabbers
Dan Trew
Ryan Mullins
Rachel Hoh
James Basham
The spring WILD weekend was a great success. Fourteen people total went into the woods to learn the in and outs of organizing, planning, and running awesome PSOC trips.Much fun was had despite the surprisingly chilly weather, however it was all sun. Lots of fun in the sun, and no one died.
Red Moshannon Down River Race
March 28, 2010
In one of the few actual competitions PSOC participates in, a small contingent took part in the 43rd annual Red Mo Down River Race. The race is a 7.5 mile canoe and kayak race on Moshannon Creek. The group showed up early, and had a "good time." Overall there were about 200 competitors for the race, and only one bad accident towards the end of the race. It was fun, and no one died.
Members in Attendance:
Joe Sumereau
Ben Winchester
Andrea Muller
March 14, 2010
Backpacking South Dakota
March 5 - 14, 2010
Organized by Rosemarie Scherzberg
This wild and wacky trip to the Black Hills Nation Forest and Badlands National Park took place over the '10 Spring Break. The first few days of the trip met awesome weather, allowing the group to follow PSOC fashion and get hopelessly lost somewhere only to find a beautiful views and have things work out in the end. The group then blew around the area hiking over ice flows, lakes, snowy fields, and through mud... lots of mud. The itinerary also included Mount Rushmore, Wall Drug, and a stay at Ann's Motel. All of which are entirely memorable, and no doubt will make it into the strange amalgamation of hilarious misadventures that is PSOC.
Members in Attendance:
Rosemarie Scherzberg
Doug Weinhold
Kaitlin Pope
Catherine Hewlett
Toma Zikatanov
Nick Clabbers
Organized by Rosemarie Scherzberg
This wild and wacky trip to the Black Hills Nation Forest and Badlands National Park took place over the '10 Spring Break. The first few days of the trip met awesome weather, allowing the group to follow PSOC fashion and get hopelessly lost somewhere only to find a beautiful views and have things work out in the end. The group then blew around the area hiking over ice flows, lakes, snowy fields, and through mud... lots of mud. The itinerary also included Mount Rushmore, Wall Drug, and a stay at Ann's Motel. All of which are entirely memorable, and no doubt will make it into the strange amalgamation of hilarious misadventures that is PSOC.
Members in Attendance:
Rosemarie Scherzberg
Doug Weinhold
Kaitlin Pope
Catherine Hewlett
Toma Zikatanov
Nick Clabbers
February 21, 2010
Blue Ridge Mountains
February 19-21, 2010
Organized by: Douglas Weinhold
This weekend excursion to the Blue Ridge Mountains took place in the dead of winter, though if you were to ask the group you need to be alive to plow through 2 feet of snow, uphill. The weather held off for the duration of the trip but there was already significant amounts of snow on the trail. The group prevailed against the white fluff of doom and enjoyed large 12 inch pancakes for breakfast and caught many wonder sights. Golden sunrises, twinkling stars, frozen waterfalls, fantastic vistas, burly boulders, and scotch pine are but a few of the sights taken in. Anyone thinking of reprising a trip to this area would do well to head the recommendations from the group: Do the Marbleyard as a Sunday Dayhike. Friday night, hike up to McAfee Knob from 311, camp, don't miss sunrise from the Knob!!! Hike through to the tinker cliffs and camp around there Saturday night. You will need cars at both ends for this though. Don't waste time with the "Helicopter Pad"; it is overgrown with scotch pine. While the view is still fantastic, the tinker cliffs would be much better in my opinion. Crabtree falls is best viewed in early winter before any large snowfalls. This was definitely an awesome trip, and no one died.
Members in Attendance:
Douglas Weinhold
Rosemarie Scherzberg
Kathleen Kerrigan
Mike Covolus
Emily Riddle
Travis Salk
Asher Evans
Chris McCartney
Brian Goldman
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