Welcome to Winter Study WOC! Check out all the great events going on this week below, and be sure to take advantage of your free time this month to get outside!

OUTING CLUB EVENTS 1/10 – 1/16

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

-The equipment room is open 12-2PM from Monday-Friday and 10AM-12PM on Saturdays. Come by Paresky basement to check out free gear with your WOC membership card!

-Design a button for this year's Winter Carnival (Feb17th-19th)! The design will be printed on a purple and white 2" diameter buttons that will distributed to the entire campus. Your design must include the text: Williams College Winter Carnival 2011, and this year's theme, MediEPHal Times, but the rest is up to you! The winner will be awarded a gift certificate to Tunnel City and campus-wide fame and glory. Drop off your design in the envelope outside the WOC office by next Thursday 1/13 at noon, and be sure to include your name and unix. Email sm8 with any questions.

-Feeling spontaneous? Subscribe to WOC’s Sudden WOC Listserve to discover and coordinate spontaneously with people who share your interests in hiking, skiing, biking, running and other forms of outdoor recreation. Email [log in to unmask] with the body message  “sudden-woc-l and your name” to subscribe.

 

MONDAY

-Open climbing at the Nate Lowe wall in the Field House! 6:30-9:30pm 

 

TUESDAY

-Kayak rolling! Come learn to roll a kayak in the college pool, no experience necessary! 7PM - 8:30PM. Email mbg1 if you’re interested.

-Polar Bear Swim; join us for a refreshing dip in the Green River.  Meet on Paresky steps at 9 PM, and don’t forget to bring warm clothes, a flashlight, and a towel. Email Abby at atm1 with questions. 

 

WEDNESDAY

-Snowshoe in Hopkins Forest! Meet in Equipment room at 1:30PM. Email few1 or sjd1 for more information.

-Open climbing at the Nate Lowe wall in the Field House! 10AM-Noon and 6:30-9:30PM

-Come to Paresky Room 222 at 7:30PM to hear Tad Ames talk about the Berkshire Natural Resource Council and a new project they would like some volunteer help with involving developing new hiking trails in the Berkshires and doing adventure outreach with the greater community.

 

THURSDAY

 

FRIDAY

-Sunrise Hike up Pine Cobble!  Meet at Chapin Steps at 6AM, we will return to campus by 8:45AM.

-Open climbing at the Nate Lowe wall in the Field House! 10AM-Noon

 

SATURDAY

-Cross Country Ski at Prospect Park! Meet in the Equipment Room at 10:30AM, we’ll get back to campus around 2PM. Email Gordon at gsb1 for more information.

 

SUNDAY

-Epic Greylock Sled Assault! Snowshoe up Massachusetts’s tallest mountain and sled all the way down! Email atm1 to sign up.  

-Open climbing at the Nate Lowe wall in the Field House! 7PM-10PM

 

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