Hoofer Outing Club

Broomball Tonight After Meeting 1/26

2010-01-26T12:58:00.000-06:00

From: Gordo Freeman
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Broomball tonight! After general hoofer meeting*!!!! Be there or be square. On the lake right off the terrace. Brooms and whatnot provided at entrance to the hoofer boathouse.

*this would be around 730 or so.

-Gordo

HOC Climbing Interest Group Meeting

2010-01-25T10:14:00.000-06:00

From Jon Wood
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Hey All,

The Hoofer Outing Club offers so much for its members to do and experience; ti really is a fantastic opportunity to get outside, have some adventures, learn new skills, and meet some great folks along the way. However, if you don't adapt you die, so to help keep the climbing portion of the HOC up-to-date there will be a climbing interest meeting on 1/26/2010 in the Hoofer Lounge after the regular HOC meeting. There are four main topics I would like to get feedback on:

1) Boulders Climbing Gym Trips
2) Climbing Trips
3) Possible gear purchasing
4) Climbing Education / Club Interaction

This is just my list of topics to hit on; if anyone has anything they would like to discuss I encourage that you come and share. As your climbing chairperson for the HOC, I really want to make sure that what is being offered is meeting the needs of club members and that cannot be done is without your help! The meeting should only take 30 minutes, however I'm very happy to stay longer. I look forward to hearing your thoughts, opinions, ideas, and concerns. If you have questions or concerns feel free to email me.

Thanks,
Jon

woodman519@gmail.com

Boulders climbing Gym Trip 1/25/2010

2010-01-24T10:10:00.000-06:00

From Jon Wood
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Hey All,

So this is the first official Boudlers trip of 2010! We will leave from PSC at about 7pm (more like 7:15pm hoofer time) and head over to Boulders for some climbing gym action. The plan is to stay until 10:00pm and the cost for the night pass is $XX.XX. If you need gear please show up at 6:45pm; we'll jump down to the lower office to grab you stuff. Anyone who can drive is welcome to it as my little Honda Civic can only hold a max of 4 people (5 people if folks don't mind being cozy).

For those of you who may be new to the whole Boulders trip thing here is some background: Boulders Climbing Gym is located on the east side of Madison off of Stoughton Road and Hwy 30. It is a great opportunity to introduce yourself to the world of climbing and to build your climbing skills. We leave from Park Street Circle (that psuedo Cul-du-Sac where Park street runs into Lake Mendota between Memorial Union and College Library) and return there after climbing. No prior climbing experience is needed; beginners are encouraged to come out and see if you like it. Boulders is also the primary location where you can earn your B1 rating for the Hoofer Outing Club.

If you have any questions on Boulders Trips, climbing in the Hoofer Outing Club, or can drive feel free to email me.

Thanks,
Jon

woodman519@gmail.com

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Snowshoe trip Saturday 1/23 before the rain starts

2010-01-22T17:59:00.001-06:00

From Connie Lane connieenal@yahoo.com
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Heavy rain should start Saturday afternoon, 23 January, and if we get as much as predicted, our current snow layer isn't going to be worth much....

If anyone wants to snowshoe Saturday morning and early afternoon before the rain, I will lead a trip to a segment of the Ice Age Trail that has a nice gorge. There is both very hilly and fairly flat terrain, so both beginner and intermediate snowshoers can be accommodated.

Meet at the PSC at 9 am and plan to be back by 2 pm. Please e-mail me by 7 am Saturday if you want to go.

Dress in layers, but not too warmly, as it should be in the 30s tomorrow morning. Wear boots (hiking or winter boots will work with the snowshoes). Bring water to drink and snacks or lunch to eat and $2 for gas.

Connie

IAT Volunteers Needed!

2010-01-22T17:57:00.000-06:00

From Matt Kaufmann mkaufmann@wisc.edu
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Hoofers!

Help volunteer for the Ice Age Trail!

As you may or may not be aware, Wisconsin is home to a 1200 mile foot path with national significance. This trail is known as the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (often referred to as the Ice Age Trail) and roughly follows the extent of the most recent glaciation. There are only 11 national scenic trails in the US, and the IAT has the same designation as the more famous Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Continental Divide Trail. With a western terminus at Interstate State Park near St. Croix Falls and an eastern terminus at Potawatomi State Park in Door County, the trail winds across Wisconsin through the forests, among farm fields, on the prairies, and through towns, villages and even a few small cities. In fact, the trail skirts Madison to the west and south.

If you have been in the club for a while, you have surely seen trips announced for volunteer opportunities on the IAT. We have done trail building and maintaining, removing invasive species, planting prairies, burning brush piles, etc! Hoofers also hikes, snowshoes, skis, and backpacks the trail throughout the great state of Wisconsin.

Here is another volunteer opportunity Hoofers should take advantage of. Email the contact below, Sharon, stating your interest and tell her that you are with Hoofers!

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21 Jan 2010
Contribute to the Ice Age Trail Companion Guide

Maybe you don't need an excuse to hike your favorite segment or explore a new segment of the Ice Age Trail, but here's one anyway. The IATA is going to be updating the Ice Age Trail Companion Guide for a 2011 edition, and we could use your help as a field editor!

What you do as a Field Editor: Travel to an area of Ice Age Trail and check that Trail and trailhead descriptions listed in the current Companion Guide are still accurate. Update town information and verify Trail access descriptions for car and foot travelers. (Take a look at this excerpt if you’re not familiar with the format.)

You’ll be given an editing packet with guidelines, text copies of the Trail section to work from and maps. Expectations are that you’ll hike your segment and submit your revisions and updates by September 1st, 2010.

The Companion Guide is a valuable tool for day-, section- and thru-hikers of the Ice Age Trail. It contains Trail descriptions, GPS waypoints and information on Trail access, area communities and IATA volunteer chapters.

This is a great opportunity to explore an area of the Ice Age Trail and get to know the community around it. Segments of all lengths are available...helping out by covering a one-mile segment is just as valuable as a ten-mile segment.

If interested or for more information contact volunteer Sharon Dziengel (sharondziengel(at)yahoo.com, 262-271-0703) by April 1st, 2010. We hope to see you in the "field"!

Spring Kickoff! Feb 2nd 7pm Tripp Commons

2010-01-21T11:46:00.002-06:00

If you are interested in learning more about the Outing Club and maybe even signing up, come check out the Hoofer Outing Club Spring Kickoff February 2 from 7-8:30pm in Tripp Commons, 2nd Floor of Memorial Union. It's gonna be a great time! All activities will have booths where you can learn about all of the fun trips and lessons that the Outing Club offers!

Any questions can be directed towards Mary Collins, HOC President (outingpresident@gmail.com) or Niki Exterovich, Marketing Chair (exterovich@wisc.edu).

Hope to see you there! Happy hoofing!

[CANCELED] Lake Michigan Kayak Surfing - Saturday

2010-01-21T11:29:00.002-06:00

From Mike Torrance mikehoofer@yahoo.com
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It turns out that my day at the beach may need to happen later in the year, when ice-flows don't cause life threatening conditions.

I was SO looking forward to trying out my new black Speedos! Alas, woes is me, woes is me.

Mike.

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Original announcement:

This is not a trip (yet), just a feeler for like-minded kayakers.

It looks like the condtions for surfing on Lake Michigan (north of Milwaukee) are looking good for Saturday. The winds are coming from the SE, creating 3-5 foot waves (building as the day goes on).

FYI:
1) I don't have a leader rating for this level of trip, so this may be a private (non-Hoofer trip).
2) I also don't know what the coastline condtions are. If it's full of ice, or it's too risky, etc... I'm not sure where to find this info out. Can someone look into it.
3) If this does turn into a hoofer trip, you'll need to be an R3 and have a drysuit or a wetsuit with a paddling jacket.
4) I'll write up all the other stuff that you need or should be aware of, if this trip develops further.
5) There is a good chance that we stop at a burger joint on the way home.

Mike.

Membership info!

2010-01-21T09:58:00.003-06:00

So you've seen the trip announcements and realized what a rockin' organization this is. Now you want to join the ranks and find out what it really means to be a Hoofer.

But how can you join? How much do memberships cost? Who can be a member? Read on....

Hoofer Outing Club memberships are open to Wisconsin Union members, meaning students, faculty/staff, and members of the Madison community who belong to the Union.

Union Memberships: To purchase a Union membership (students and some fac/staff are already Union members, so they need not purchase a Union membership), you can buy a $30 6-month or a $50 12-month membership, which contributes to a $250 lifetime Union membership if you decide you want that later. A Union membership allows access to all Union services and Minicourses.

Hoofer Outing Club memberships (which are separate from Hoofer Riding, Ski and Snowboard, Mountaineering, Scuba, and Sailing Club memberships), are offered for a semester, an academic year, a summer, or an annual year:

If you are a student or a non-faculty/staff Union member, spring semester or a fall semester membership is $22. An academic year or summer is $33, and a 12-month membership is $55.
If you are UW faculty/staff, spring semester or fall semester is $25. An academic year or summer costs $39, and a 12-month membership is $67.

Where to buy: You can buy a Union membership and an Outing Club membership at weekly Outing Club meetings on Tuesday nights at 7pm in the Bradley Hoofer Lounge of the Memorial Union. The membership chair will be happy to help you set you up! The Outdoor Programs Office also sells memberships from 9am-5pm Monday through Friday in the basement of the Memorial Union.

If you have any questions, please contact Outing Club President Mary Collins at outingpresident@gmail.com or stop by the Outdoor Programs Office in the Memorial Union. The OPO's phone number is (608) 262-1630.

Happy Hoofing!!!
MC
outingpresident@gmail.com

Broomball Tomorrow (Thursday!!) Night at 8 pm!! 1/21/10

2010-01-20T11:27:00.000-06:00

From Gordo Freeman, Instruction Chair
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So Brint and company did a wonderful thing in clearing off a broomball pitch for us all on Mendota. We shall reward this act of kindness by making often use of it.

Tomorrow (Thursday) I'll grab the gear from the upper cage at 8 so come join us for a low key, high fun game of broomball. Its a simple game: use the "broom" to shoot the "ball" into the opponents goal. The only complication is that this is done in sneakers on ice. Which makes it amazing.

Dress in layers, non-cotton if you can. Hat gloves. Sneakers are good, boots would work too but sneakers are best for this sport.

Email me if you have questions. If one of those questions is, "I have never played before, would I have fun?" then the answer is yes!

See you on the ice!

-Gordo

Feb. 6-7 Trip to Ice Age Trail Alliance Mobile Skills Crew Winter Rendezvous

2010-01-20T11:24:00.000-06:00

From Colleen Berg colleenberg2@gmail.com
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Well Howdy!

Have you helped build a portion of the Ice Age Trail? Or hiked it? Heard of it and have always wanted to become involved somehow? Never heard of it and are slightly curious? Enjoy bunking up w/ fun people in cabins and then being active outdoors? (I've always wanted to write a trip announcement that begins with a lot of questions!)

Cecilia Welch and I are leading a trip to Amherst Junction, WI to attend the Ice Age Trail Alliance Mobile Skills Crew Winter Rendezvous. We'll be meeting at Park Street Circle on Saturday, February 6th at 8am. We'll grab any gear we need (cc skis, snowshoes) and take off asap. Once there, we'll hang out near the Central Wisconsin Environmental Station where the rendezvous takes place, stay overnight on Saturday and head back to Madison on Sunday late-morning/afternoon. There is an MSC strategic planning committee meeting to preview the draft 2010–2013 Mobile Skills Crew Strategic Plan. If there is interest for staying for that, I'm sure we can arrange rides accordingly. Here is the alliance's description of the event:

Saturday's slate is primarily devoted to socializing and outdoor fun. There is a network of trails on the CWES grounds and access to the Ice Age Trail just down the road. The Iola Winter Sports Club Nordic Center is just a few miles away, as are Skunk/Foster Lakes SNA and Waupaca SFA, sites of the June 2009 MSC event. We will arrange carpools for hiking, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing.

Lodging will cost $20 per person for a bunk in the Walker Lodge. If you want to participate in the group lunch, dinner and sunday breakfast there are fees for those as well ($8 lunch, $10 dinner and $7 breakfast). Otherwise, there is a kitchenette in the cabin if we want to keep it cheap and cook for ourselves.

Email me (Colleen) if you're interested! Let me know if you have a car (I have room for one more in my own), how many it holds, if you need gear and what time you want to be back on Sunday. Sorry this is so last minute, but if you DO want to go you need to preregister by tomorrow (Jan 22nd) at this website: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WinterRendezvous2010

Hope to hear from some of you!

Colleen Berg and Cecilia Welch
colleenberg2@gmail.com

Midwest Telefest: February 12-14

2010-01-20T11:20:00.000-06:00

From Matt Kaufmann, Vice President
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Hoofers! I am super psyched about the second weekend in February! We are going to the dah UP, eh!, and will be doing some freeheel skiing. The planned departure times are not set in stone as I need to hear some feedback from those who are interested in going. If you are interested, please read this email in its entirety and then reply to the questions at the end of email.

A couple links to give you some more info.
http://www.downwindsports.com/documents/Telefest2010_001.pdf
http://www.downwindsports.com/telefest.html
http://www.mtbohemia.com/index.php

Telefest itself will cost $30 in addition to lift tickets. Porkies has a two for one deal, so $20/day (which =$40 for two days). Mt. Bohemia lift ticket is $50 (if we leave Thursday allowing us to ski Friday). Cabin/motel room cost for 2 (or 3) nights, fuel, food, and supplemental granola for the three-pinner types. Total trip cost will be not be entirely cheap.... should be about $200 for three days of skiing and three nights lodging. Gotta pay to play, I guess. But participants will be responsible for their own lift tickets ($90) and this was included in the $200. So I need from trip participants ASAP (like by next Tuesday or unless other arrangements are made) $50 CASH deposit that is only refundable with a replacement participant.

Here is what will be happening... we will be freeheel skiing at the Porcupine Mountains for at least two days (Saturday and Sunday) and possibly Mt. Bohemia Friday. It is here that we engage in telemark skiing, tele clinics, demos, more skiing, friendly comps, ski porn (read: my hero and good friend Josh Madsen's film The Freeheel Life), beverage and chili consumption, and bluegrass jamming (read: Chasin' Steel... add them to your Ipod now!). It is also here that will be joining freeheel skiers from across the Midwest (and, yes, even the nation as two of my heroes... Josh and JT....descend upon the dah UP for some tele turns). I am also sure there will be some international representation there as well.

Option A:
Leave Thursday at 5pm. Drive 8 hours to Mt. Bohemia on the Keweenah peninsula. Get up early Friday and ski. Ski until 4:30 Friday (2/12) and then drive over to the Porkies in time to socialize and watch an epic film ( http://www.freeheellife.com/ ). Crash on a cabin bed/motel floor/pullout couch. Get up early Saturday and ski all day again at the Porkies. Repeat Sunday. Plan on being back in Madison late Sunday evening... say 10:30pm Hoofer time.

Option B:
Leave Friday at Noon. Drive 6 hours to the Porkies. Ski Saturday and Sunday. Get back late Sunday.

Trip is also dependent upon winter driving conditions. A winter storm only means we play hooky and leave earlier to get there or leave later to get back. Fair enough!? Ok... I am not entirely serious, but this will certainly play a role when attempting to drive 15 hours starting on Thursday and ending late Sunday.

This email is dragging on. So... if you want to go on this trip. Reply to the following...
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1. Fill in the following blanks. "Free your [blank], free your [blank]!"

2. Rate your telemarking experiences by the following scale:
1= I ski endless gnar for breakfast.
2= Drops knees not bombs
3= Gets quad burn on the tow-rope
4= The Bunny hill is where the action is at.
5= Are those skis yours?.... both of them?

3. You just drove 8 hours to the UP, and the temperature outside is -5 degrees Fahrenheit and there is a slight wind out of the northwest. What would you do to entertain yourself for the day?

4. Do you want to ski Friday at Mt. Bohemia?

5. Can you get me a $50 CASH deposit at Tuesday's meeting or a tleast make another arrangement?

6. Your buddy, an alpine skier, crashes big time under the chairlift. Skis come off and poles go flying. Upon knowing that your buddy is indeed fine, what do you say from the chairlift?!

7. Can you handle it? And by it, I mean telemark skiing for three days in a row.

Lake Columbia Canoe Trip 2/7

2010-01-18T11:16:00.000-06:00

From Joyce Hessefort

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Sunday Feb. 7th I would like to organize a canoe trip to Lake Columbia near Portage. Email me if you can drive and how many canoes your car can carry.

I will send another email with more info once I know if there is interest from potential drivers. Let me know by Friday.

Thanks Joyce

Backcounty ski - Sunday Jan 24th

2010-01-18T11:06:00.001-06:00

From: Mike Torrance mikehoofer@yahoo.com
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Last Saturday two other hoofers and I went to Indian Lake for some off-trail backcountry skiing. It was AWESOME!!!! We found slopes that can only be had with going off-trail - I was able to get get few telemark turns.

So...

This inspired me to search for other places to backcounty ski. Today I explored "Blackhawk Ridge", a DNR property near Sauk City. It has some insane slopes that was even better than Indian Lake! For those that understand this reference: "It's like paddling section 4 of the wolf river"

So...

I want to go back to "Blackhawk Ridge" next Sunday Jan 24th. This is a backcounty ski trip, but it's also well suited for snowshoes. It's NOT well suited for traditional XC skiing because the park has no tracks (on the other hand, that's never stopped me).

Details:
- Meet at Park Street Circle at 10:30am on Sunday. We'll be back in the mid afternoon.
- The club has 3 extra pairs of scaled backcounty skis. This is the main limiting factor for this trip. If you have your own gear - you're golden. - You also in good shape if you have your own car (if it comes down to limitations on transportation).
- If you want to go, email me before Friday. Let me know if you need gear and are willing to drive.
- If you need to bail out, let me know by Friday. This way I can contact anyone on the waiting list or those that are dependent on a ride.

- Bring a lunch, some extra food for the car ride home. Bring at least 1 liter of water.
- Wear wicking clothes (flease, polypro, etc). No cotton shirts, jeans, etc. There is a good change that we'll bushwhack through underbrush, so be advised.
- Bring extra clothes for the ride home. This is going to be hot and sweaty; you are going to be damp, then cold.
- This is a DNR property. It requires a State Park Sticker. (I have one on my car). If you don't have one, we can figure that out - let me know before Friday.
- If you want to snowshoe - that's fine. If someone wants to run that, that would be nice. I'm happy to join transportation logistics. I just doubt we'll cross paths during the day.
- Bring some extra cash for drivers.

Mike.

Wednesday night teleskiing 1/20

2010-01-18T11:04:00.000-06:00

From Connie Lane connieenal@yahoo.com
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I'll lead teleskiing this week to Blackhawk ski club..

Meet at the upper cage to get skis and other gear at 5:45 pm Wednesday.

Bring $45 (or $30 and your student ID) for a season pass and $1 for gas. You can borrow work gloves for the tow rope from the club or bring your own. We usually hang out in the lodge for a little while at the end so you might want to bring food or beverages for yourself (and others if you like to share, most people bring a snack to pass).

This is a beginner-friendly trip. The club has all the telemark gear you will need and experienced skiers are willing to teach beginners the basics.

No sign-up, just show up, BUT please let me know if you can drive. Park at Park Street Circle (where Park Street dead-ends into Lake Mendota) with your flashers on if you drive. Once we've collected gear we'll drive out to Blackhawk Ski Club (http://www.blackhawkskiarea.org/) in Middleton and ski until 9 pm. After the social hour, we'll leave about 10 pm.

If you are curious about teleskiing, come to the Tuesday night meeting and ask questions.

Connie

BROOMBALL AGAIN! 1/19

2010-01-18T11:03:00.000-06:00

From: Evan Schroeder, Equipment Chair essevan@gmail.com
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Hoofers,

To all of those who showed up to help shovel the ice, huge shout out to you! The five of us cleared a good sized chunk of broomball rink over the course of about 3 hours, became aquatinted with the ice and basked in the glorious sun in t-shirts.

The rest of you, y'all missed out.

But, after the Tuesday meeting everyone has a chance to get a piece of some sexy broomball action. Bring appropriate clothes, shoes, food, beverages, and whatever else your heart desires. It'll be a good time.

The club has brooms, so you can leave yours at home, if for some reason you own a broom in college...I don't. Sad panda.

Anyway, hope to see you there!

Evan

BROOMBALL! 1/18/10

2010-01-17T10:55:00.000-06:00

From Evan Schroeder essevan@gmail.com
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Hoofers,

Today, being Monday, I would like to see as many people as possible turn out at the Union, lakeside, to shovel snow. Yes, Snow! Brint and I will be making a valiant attempt to bring back the awesome sport of broomball. To play, you need at least a marginal sheet of ice, some broom like things, a ball like thing, maybe some goals, maybe some pillows, and most importantly, Hoofers!

To start with, we will need a lot of man and woman power to clear a rink on Monday, pizza included. We'll also have a grill if you would like to bring your own grillables. Some stoves can be busted out for hot chocolate and tea (provided).

To sum up:

1. Bring yourself and all your friends

2. Bring shovels, lots and lots of shovels, I want an armada of shovels.

3. Skates, if you have them. It may be some sketch ice, but you could be the first to skate it.

To get some max participation going, we'll be down there from 11:00 - 4:00. Maybe later, maybe earlier. Whenever you can come, do it.

The Weather:

Is going to be beautiful, 33F and cloudy. Especially for January. Don't sit inside the day before classes start sulking, come bust a move on the ice.

A tour de force is encouraged.

I just checked out the lake. The snow does not seem too bad, should go quick. In fact, I see us busting out the brooms for a game or two before 2 o'clock. Need be, we'll flood the thing and play Tuesday, after the meeting.

Thank you in advance to all who show up,

Evan

P.S. Sorry for the short notice, I thought I sent this out for Sunday's list serve...technology.

Ice Age Trail workday Saturday, 16 January

2010-01-15T10:54:00.000-06:00

From Connie Lane
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If anyone wants to work on the Ice Age Trail tomorrow, please e-mail me if you need a ride or just want to carpool.

Saturday's work continues the restoration of an oak savanna on the site where the Ice Age Trail Center willsomeday be built. We will removethe evil buckthorn and other non-native plants, and a large bonfire will be burning - something most Hoofers enjoy. We will cook lunch on the bonfire around noon.

Dress to get dirty and do NOT wear your good outdoor clothes. This is a real bonfire and your good outdoor clothes are flammable or like to melt. Wear old wool or cotton clothing that you don't mind getting dirty. Bring work gloves if you have them, water (lots - I'd bring 2 liters as working near the fire is hot) and snacks.

We'll be at the Cross Plains site from 9 to about 2 or 3, then return to Madison. Please contact me be 10 pm Friday night if you want to go.

Connie

Connieenal@yahoo.com

Sea Kayak at Lake Columbia this Saturday 1/16

2010-01-13T10:47:00.000-06:00

From Jeff Noltner jeffcycle@charter.net

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In an effort to be sure we paddle once a month all year around, I’m leading a sea kayaking trip this Saturday Jan. 16th to Lake Columbia. The weather is supposed to be in the mid 30’s, so should be comfortable.

This time I’d like to set a paddling pace and give those muscles a tiny workout. So probably paddle 3 1/2 to 4 mph. We’ll probably do a sprint or two after we warm up.

Also, I want to take a little time to help folks on their forward stroke and we may practice other basic strokes a bit too.

I want to start loading boats about 10:00 at the Union. I hope to be back about 4 or 5 PM.

What you’ll need:

Warm when wet clothes. Wet suits required! Also a paddling jacket or drytop. Gloves and hats are a good idea too. Even though the water is warm, the wind can chill you when (and you will) get wet.

Dry, warm clothes to change into when we’re done. And a towel.

Food for lunch on the beach.

Lots of water.

Hoofer’s membership card.

Aprox. $6.00 for gas.

$2.00 for boat use.

Piranha repellent (according to Tom F.)

This trip will be open to SK1’s, SK0’s . We’ll be using sea kayaks this time.

I’m going to limit the trip size to 8 people. I can carry 2 boats, so I’ll need people to carry more boats.

Please RSVP with your rating, if you can drive and how many boats you can carry.

See you on the water!

Jeff Noltner 469-5089

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,
shouting "...holy cow...what a ride!"

Delta Lodge! please read really quickly!

2010-01-11T10:44:00.000-06:00

From: Tiana Riebe triebe@wisc.edu

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DELTA LODGE!!

Date and Time: Thurs Jan 14^th 2010 11am - Monday Jan 18 2010 7pm

Location: Delta Wisconsin

Contact: Tiana or Niki

Description: DELTA LODGE!!!!

If you are on this trip, you should have gotten a very very long email from me on saturday that is packed with tons of important information. Please let me know if you DID NOT receive an email from me.

This trip is technically full but let me know if you want to go last minute and we might be able to work something out.

Backcounty ski/snowshoe Jan 16th

2010-01-10T10:42:00.000-06:00

From: Mike Torrance mikehoofer@yahoo.com
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Next weekend I am going to go to Indian Lake County park to hunt to go off-trail and search for backcounty slopes to ski down. This will involve breaking trail and occasionally thrashing through underbrush. As much as I would love to gracefully dance around the trees on the way down, it will more likely be a series of strait lines and sliding on my ass.

I've done this a few times and it's a lot of fun. So you think you up for it to have a day playing in the snow, come join me.

Showshoers and traditional X-county skiers are also welcome, but it's likely we'll take different directions and travel at different speeds, so you'll be off on your own. We can plan to meet back at the car(s) at a defined time.

Details:
- Meet at Park Street Circle at 9 am (Jan 16th). We'll be back late afternoon. I'll have a car that can fit 3 more people. Bring a few buck for gas.
- The county park costs $8 for a daily pass, or $26 for a annual pass.
- Bring a lunch, at least 1 liter of water, snacks, etc., and a knapsack
- Wear wicking clothes (no cotton shirts, no jeans, no cotton socks, etc).
- Bring at least a spare shirt and socks (you will be sweaty, and eventually chilled and then cold)
- The club has backcounty skis. I personally like longer poles for this, but that's your call.
- I've also done this with normal XC skies (yesterday), but they tend to get scratched up. With this in mind, your welcome to bring your own, but you are not allowed to use club traditional XC skies.

Note: In terms of using hoofer ski gear next weekend, priority will go the Delta Lodge trip. I also don't have keys to the cage, so if you need to borrow gear let me know ASAP.

Note #2: I will NOT be at the meeting on Tuesday.

Mike.

P.S. Future trips will include skiing along the ice age trial from Devil's lake to Parfrey Geln, and bushwacking the south shore/slope of Devil's lake.

telemark night Wednesday 1/13

2010-01-10T10:39:00.001-06:00

From: Doug Stone, stone2@wisc.edu
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Hello everyone,

I'll lead a trip to telemark ski night at Blackhawk this Wednesday. For those of you that don't know about telemark night, it is quite possibly the best weekly trip that we do in the Outing Club. It is a great place to learn to teleski, practice, and hang out with other tele skiers. And there's a warming house with a fire to hang out in afterward.

Here's the details - meet at the ski cage at 5:45 to collect gear. The ski cage is in Memorial Union downstairs in the sailing repair shop. I'll prop open the Memorial Union side door on Park when I get there - go in and down the stairs and it'll take you right to the ski cage.

Bring $45 (or $30 and your student ID) for a season pass and $1 for gas. You can borrow work gloves for the tow rope from the club or bring your own. We usually hang out in the lodge for a little while at the end so you might want to bring food or beverages for yourself (and others if you like to share, most people bring a snack to pass).

This is a beginner-friendly trip. The club has all the telemark gear you will need and experienced skiers are willing to teach beginners the basics.

No sign-up, just show up. Park at Park Street Circle (where Park Street dead-ends into Lake Mendota) with your flashers on if you drive. Once we've collected gear we'll drive out to Blackhawk Ski Club (http://www.blackhawkskiarea.org/) in Middleton and ski until 9 pm. Let me know if you have any questions.

Doug

Quick on the Draw Climbing Competition

2010-01-10T10:38:00.001-06:00

From: Jon Wood, Climbing Chair woodman519@gmail.com
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Hey All!

Ok, so this is not an official Hoofer Outing Club trip, but I wanted to let you all know of a great opportunity I hope you all take advantage of. It may be the dead of winter but the climbing action could not be hotter! I'm referring of course to the upcoming climbing competition at Adventure Rock Climbing Gym in Pewaukee, WI called Quick on the Draw! In it's 11th year now, Quick on the Draw is a great chance to see climbers from all over the Midwest do what they do best on the many walls of Adventure Rock. The link for the competition is found below:

http://www.adventurerock.com/events.html

I should also point out that those interested in competing should still try to sign up! There are people of all ages competing and all skill levels. Competing is a climbing competition is only as serious as you make it; most folks do it just for the fun of testing themselves and getting to meet other folks you love climbing as much as they do..

The gym is just a short one hour drive east of Madison and very easy to get to. If you are able to make it I strongly suggest coming to the comp and checking it out. I should point out that coming to see ( no compete in) the comp is FREE and there is a Culvers next door. What you'll see will be epic, but if missed it'll be tragic. Hope to see y'all there!

Sunday Snowshoe/XC ski trip for beginners 1/10

2010-01-09T10:43:00.000-06:00

From Connie Lane

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If anyone wants to snowshoe or XC ski Sunday, I'll lead a trip that is beginner-friendly. We'll meet at the PSC at 9 am to get gear, and return by 3 pm. Bring lunch, snacks and water to drink .If you have a thermos, I'd bring a hot drink. Dress in layers and wear warm clothes. Bring $3 for your driver.

We'll go to the Brooklyn segment of the Ice Age Trail (about 30 minutes south of campus), where the local Ice Age Trail chapter is hosting a day of skiing and shoeing on their trail segment. I've worked on this trail segment and it has woods and prairies, gently rolling hills and some flat, marshy areas. It is a nice piece of land.

No trail pass is required for skiing or shoeing. NB for skiers: The trail will not be groomed, but there will be plenty of skiers, so we will not have to break trail ourselves. If you do not know what that statement means, don't worry.

E-mail me directly (by 7 am Sunday at the latest) if you want to go.

Connie

Connieenal@yahoo.com

Loading Skis for DELTA LODGE!!!!! 1/12

2010-01-07T22:42:00.000-06:00

From John Bohlman
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After the meeting on Tuesday (the 12th?) We will need to load skis into my truck for the trip to Delta Lodge. Please meet at the upper cage after the meeting where we will check out skis, poles, and a pair of boots that fit. After you get your gear, you need to tape it all together and label it. You may wish to bring duct tape and a marker.

See you there!

We're gonna have a great time.

Tele Night (Wed. 1/6)

2010-01-06T22:41:00.000-06:00

From: Ned Rubert (kfrubert@wisc.edu)
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I can't find any meeting times posted for tele night, so how about meeting at Park St. Circle at 6 PM tonight (1/6) if you need a ride (or want to offer one) and gear? The club has skis, boots and poles; you need to bring warm clothes, money to pay your membership, and snacks that can be shared are encouraged.

-Ned

Green Timbers Lost Cabins Expedition 1/22-1/24

2010-01-05T22:40:00.000-06:00

From Matt Seibel, XC Chair (zhazhalove@gmail.com)
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Four brave souls wanted for hazardous expedition in search of Green Timbers lost cabins. I can only promise bitter cold, constant danger, complete darkness, and safe return doubtful, but honor and recognition in case of success.

Journey is slated to depart at noon on Friday January 22 from park street with a hopeful return sometime January 24. Individuals will need to provide food money and proper winter clothing. Hoofers can provide the XC or back country skis, snow shoes, or backpacks.

If you have any questions about proper winter clothing or gear feel free to talk to me at the Hoofer meetings, email, or call. Also, I will be able to take one beginner on this trip and help them figure out the proper supplies required.

Background Info:

http://www.pigeonrivercountryforest.org/greentimbers.htm

Matt (with the red beard and XC ski chair)

Telemark Night at Blackhawk 1/5/10

2010-01-05T22:37:00.000-06:00

From: Houssam Nassif nassif@wisc.edu
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Hello hoofers

Are we joining Telemark Night at Blackhawk this year?
any telemark people willing to organize the trip?

season starts tomorrow!

Greetings TELE Skiers!
The ski season is off to a great start! I hope you have been out enjoying it! Keep doing the same snow dance that you have been doing because Telemark Night begins in less than 3 weeks! A special Thanks to those Tele Skiers who helped at our work day this fall - lots of fire wood was split and stacked and we have a couple of new brushed out "tree" runs on the west side.

Telemark Night at Blackhawk Ski Club begins on Wednesday, January 6th at 6:30 PM
We will ski Wednesday nights throughout January and February as long as conditions are good. Details about Tele Night follow.

WHO SHOULD COME?
Telemark Night is open to tele skiers of all abilities! It's a great place to learn, as well as a great place to share your expertise and swap stories with other tele skiers.

WHAT SHOULD I BRING?
You will need to bring your own equipment, including older gloves to wear on the rope tow. The Club sells glove protectors that you can wear over better gloves otherwise you can purchase a pair of insulated work gloves at Menards or other hardware store. You will also need to bring your own refreshments, including water.

WHEN CAN I SKI?
Skiing will continue every Wednesday night (6:30 - 9:00 PM) during this ski season, weather and conditions permitting. Last year we skied into early March.

WHERE IS BLACKHAWK SKI CLUB?
There is a map with directions to Blackhawk Ski Club on their Web page. Be sure to enter Blackhawk at the second driveway as you head west on Blackhawk Road, where you will find the West Chalet.

http://www.blackhawkskiclub.org/maps/

HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?
Fees for Telemark Night are as follows:

Non-students: $45
Students (must show a valid student ID): $30
Blackhawk members (full membership) - No charge
Blackhawk members (limited membership) - $30
(The above fees will cover Wednesday Night Telemark skiing at Blackhawk for January - March 2010 ski season.)

WHO SHOULD I CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS?
Jana Stewart
Email: jana.stewart@gmail.com

WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW?
Keep doing the snow dance, so hopefully it will be steep and deep all season long; and for those who don't like steep, we have lots of nice gradual runs too!

If you would like to be removed from this email list or know of someone who would like to be added to the list:
please send me an email and I will update my list

See you soon!

Jana

Making Your Own Pulk Wed. 1/6/10 7:00 pm

2010-01-04T22:35:00.000-06:00

From: Matt Seibel
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REI is holding a free clinic this Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on making a pulk (winter gear hauling sled). If your interested, call or send me an email. My vehicle can only hold five.

http://www.rei.com/stores/store_event_detail.jsp?pid=BBC97E922DFE2BCEC72C0D88711D093D&template_id=14&template_family=webDetail&ignore_cache=1&cm_mmc=Email_noncom_rm-_-events-_-na-_-na

http://www.skipulk.com/

Matt (XC ski chair)

Jan 5th meeting

2010-01-03T22:34:00.000-06:00

From: Dennis Mossholder
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The union is still closed but we can still meet. I want to hear about the Candle light skiing at Blue Mounds this past Saturday.
Hoofer Outing Club general meeting when the union is closed.
This Tuesdays meeting (the 5th) I will lead an impromptu meeting at The City Bar starting at 7:00.
We can have some good food, beverages, and talk about what trips are planned for the coming year.
See you there.
Happy New Year!
Dennis Mossholder

XCSki Gov. Dodge 1/9 meet PSC 9AM

2010-01-03T22:31:00.000-06:00

From: Ned Rubert
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Assuming the snow holds out, I will lead an *intermediate* cross-country ski trip to Gov. Dodge S.P. on Saturday 1/9/10. We will meet at Park Street Circle at 9 AM, and either be back by 5 PM or 7 PM depending on whether people want to stop for dinner at the Grumpy Troll. If interested, just show up at Park St. Circle and bring $5 for gas if skiing only; $15 extra if you want to eat at the Grumpy. Please be aware that this is a more aggressive cross-country skiing trip. Make sure you have lunch, snacks, water (packed so it won't freeze) and dress in layers. Plan on skiing ~15 mi. Beginners are welcome as there are a few short trails suitable for training, however, I am not planning on spending more than around a half-hour with instruction before heading out on some of the longer trails.

-Ned

Blue Mounds candlelight ski/snowshoe Sat Night, 2 January

2010-01-01T22:28:00.000-06:00

From: Connie Lane
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This is a reminder that there will be a trip to Blue Mounds State Park for candlelight ski/snowshoeing . Meet at the PSC at 4:45 to get gear. Drive to Blue Mounds and exercise for a couple of hours, then stop at the Grumpy Troll in Mt. Horeb for dinner and beverage. They serve very good pub food and excellent beer.

The club has lots of XC skis, and right now there are 3-4 pairs of snowshoes (the backpackers took most of the shoes to NC to hike the Appalachian Trail). First come/first served on the snowshoes. If you own some, please bring them.

Cost will be $4-5 for gas and park entry... is no charge for skiing or snowshoeing. Dinner at the Troll will cost around $10, but more if you are having beer.

We'll be back in Madison by 10 pm.

No sign up, just show up. Dress for cold weather.

Connie

XC Ski Fri 1/1/10 at 1 pm

2009-12-31T22:26:00.000-06:00

From: Mike Vidal mike.vidal@gmail.com
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Happy New Years everyone,

Is anybody in town that wants to XC ski on Fri? I'd like to lead a
trip to the Monona Golf Course. Meet a PSC at 1pm to pick up gear.
Please email me if your thinking about coming. Maybe hit a coffee
place on the way home on Atwood for Hot Chocolate.

Description:
Monona Golf Course -- Located in Monona just east of Madison. The
outer loop of the golf course provides gentle beginner conditions -
the perfect place to practice skating technique without the added
challenge of hills. 2.3 miles of groomed easy trails. Restrooms,
parking. 111 Dean Ave.

Conditions:
http://www.madnorski.org/page/trails/conditions/

Dec 29 Outing Club meeting

2009-12-25T20:45:00.001-06:00

From: Dennis Mossholder dmossholder@gmail.com
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Hoofer Outing Club general meeting when the union is closed.
This Tuesdays meeting (the 29th) I will lead an impromptu meeting at State Street Brats starting at 7:00.
We can have some good food, beverages, and talk about what trips are planned for the coming year.
See you there.
Happy Holidays.
Dennis Mossholder

Candlelight ski/hike Saturday, 2 January 2010

2009-12-25T20:40:00.002-06:00

From: Connie Lane, connieenal@yahoo.com
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Hey All,

Blue Mounds State Park will have its first candlelight event on Saturday, 2 January 2010, with lighted trails for skiing and snowshoeing open between 6 and 9 pm.

I'll lead a trip for any Hoofer who wants to ski or snowshoe. Meet at the PSC at 5 pm to gather gear (the club has everything you need for either sport). There will be a bonfire where you can sit and yak and warm yourself. On our way home, we'll patronize the Grumpy Troll in Mt. Horeb for dinner and beverages. We should be back in Madison before 11 pm.

Dress in layers and bring water to drink and some snacks, or money to buy snacks from the Friends of the Park stand that sells goodies. You'll also need money to eat at the Troll (good basic pub food), and $4 for the driver to pay for gas and park entry fees. If you are skiing, you'll need to buy a trail pass ($4/day, $20/annual, good throughout the state), but there is no trail fee for snowshoeing.

Below is the link for the current listing of candlelight ski and/or snowshoe events for this winter in Wisconsin State Parks. If you are not familiar with the candlelight events, there is more info at the website. Check back as the winter progresses because they sometimes add events.

Enjoy your holidays everyone.

Connie

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/news/candlelight.htm

Hoofers in the IAT newsletter!

2009-12-25T20:29:00.001-06:00

From: Matt Kaufmann, Outing Club VP
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Hello Hoofers!

Though winter only started, I want to reminisce for a little bit about this past July. Several Hoofers volunteered their weekend to join a Mobile Skills Crew event and build official Ice Age Trail near Cross Plains. Fun was had by all, and four of us even made the cover of the Ice Age Trail Alliance's quarterly mailing. Check it out at the link below. Hoofers has became the face of Ice Age Trail Alliance.... young, full of energy, and a can-do attitude! Way to be Hoofers!

Here is the link...
http://www.iceagetrail.org/PDF/Mammoth_Tales_2009_4.pdf

-Matt "Navs" Kaufmann, your Hoofer Outing Club VP

snowshoe Friday evening 1/1/10 under almost full moon

2009-12-21T22:27:00.000-06:00

From Connie Lane
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Are you in town and want to snowshoe for 2-3 hours Friday evening, January 1, when the moon comes up? Or XC ski? We'll stay in town and get some exercise at the golf course located on Speedway. I checked it out and the snow is in good condition. This is gently rolling hilly terrain and very beginner-friendly. It'll be a nice change-of-scenery for those of you who XC ski in town. There are no officially-groomed trails, but people in the neighborhood have set trails for skiing.

This is a perfect trip for first-time snowshoers. If you want to go, please e-mail me by 3:30 pm Friday so I know if anyone is showing up on such short notice. Wear warm layers (wool, polypropylene, warm boots, hat and gloves or mittens - it will be very cold). Meet at the PSC at 4:45 and get gear from the cage. We can be on the golf course by 5:30 when the "almost full" moon rises.

We'll snowshoe for an hour or two, then get a beer at the local tavern, either the one across from the golf course or at a tavern on Monroe on the way back to the union. We'll be back at the union by 8:30 or so.

No costs other than you beverage. Both taverns serve food if you want dinner.

Connie

Wanna ski the Birkie (or Korte) and need a place to stay?

2009-12-21T20:43:00.000-06:00

From: Ned Rubert, kfrubert@wisc.edu
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If you wanna ski (and you know you do) the Birkie or the Korte and need a place to stay (b/c sleeping in a tent at 0 F after skiing 30 (or 15) mi isn't as much fun), then you should contact me or talk to Rich Miller ASAP! We still have a few openings in Animal House at the infamous Delta Lodge for that weekend.

-Ned

Lake jumping tonight! 12/21

2009-12-21T20:41:00.000-06:00

From: Barnabe Achard
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Hey Lake jumpers!
Re-location of lake jumping just for once !
Lake jumping tonight will take place in lake Monona at the end of S. Broom St !
Any interested Hoofer shall show up at 9h at 310 S Broom st. We wil jump shortly after!
Any question? email or call me!
Best

Barnabe
608 772 7609

Study date in the Hoofer Lounge! Sunday 12/20

2009-12-18T20:38:00.000-06:00

From: Mary Collins, President
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Finals studying in the Hoofer Bradley Lounge!

For those of you who are academically inclined, I will be holding a study 'party' down in the Hoofer Bradley Lounge this Sunday from 8:30pm-11:59pm (the Union closes at midnight). There will be a fire in the fireplace, a plate of some sort of baked goods (feel free to bring something delicious), and cocoa/coffee. Bring a book or bring your homework! I think you will find that the lounge is a much cozier study space than Helen C. White Library, so come one, come all! Email me with questions. Feel free to come earlier than 8:30; the hoofer lounge is open to all hoofers during Union operating hours.

Happy studying,
Mary Collins
mcoll628@gmail.com

XC ski this Sun 12/20 at Pleasant View Golf Course - 9 am

2009-12-17T20:37:00.000-06:00

From: Mike Vidal mike.vidal@gmail.com
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I'd like to lead a trip to Pleasant View golf course this Sun at 9am.

Lets meet at Park St. Circle at 9am to get skis etc. Dress for the weather, bring some water. A few dollars for gas and a snack etc.

Pleasant View is a close by Golf Course in Middleton that has some decent trails. The golf course has over 5 miles of groom trails.

The address is 4279 Pleasant View Rd. It's very near Black Hawk ski club.

Conditions and more info.

http://www.ci.middleton.wi.us/City/Departments/lands/Winter_Recreation.htm

http://www.madnorski.org/page/trails

Map

http://www.ci.middleton.wi.us/City/Departments/lands/Studies/Ski%20Brochure.pdf

XCSkiing @ Blue Mounds (Sat. 12/19)

2009-12-16T20:35:00.000-06:00

From: Ned Rubert krubert@wisc.edu
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I will be leading a XC ski trip to Blue Mounds SP (~45 min drive from downtown Madison) on Saturday 12/19. No previous XC skiing experience needed to go on this trip. To go, just meet at Park St. Circle at 9 AM, bring some cash for gas (~$5/person), a trail pass if you don't have one (~$4) and however much you want to spend on dinner at the Grumpy Troll (~$15 recommended). Bring a snack, water bottle and plenty of warm clothing. We'll get whatever skiing equipment we need from Hoofers, then drive to Blue Mounds SP and ski from ~10:30 AM until around 4 PM, and then grab dinner on the way back to Madison. If we have a mix of skill levels, I'll plan on giving a ski lesson and spend 1-2 h leading on the easier trails, and then split off after that for a more aggressive trek.

-Ned

XC skiing Saturday 12/19

2009-12-16T20:34:00.000-06:00

From: Carl Zimm beampoweredtetrode@yahoo.com
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The nearby UW Arboretum features a 15 km system of traditional XC skiing trails winding thru scenic fields and forest. The slopes are mild, so it is a good place for learners. No permits or fees are required. I would like to lead a short trip at a mild pace, but we could split into fast and slow groups if there is interest. I have room for 5 in my car; we could add more people if there are more cars. Meet at ParkStCircle Sat 12 Dec at 1PM, return 3:30-4PM. Bring your own skis or try out the clubs (you must be a member for that). Email me if you are coming; let me know if you want to drive and take more passengers.

Carl Zimm

Saturday Morning Snowshoeing/Jogging 12/19

2009-12-15T18:51:00.000-06:00

From: Morgan Leider tyrantsilkey@gmail.com
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So it's the last weekend before finals. You'll wake up and you know you should be studying. But you also know you're too darn tired to think and study. So you waste away half the day being groggy, eating, facebooking, and procrastinating in general until you feel up to cracking open a book and studying around 3pm... BUT you don't have to. In fact, there's nothing like a good jog along the lake shore or some snowshoeing in the Arb to get the heart going and get you awake and alert enough to conquer all that studying you need to do.

When/Where:

8:30 AM on Saturday at Memorial Union. Meet at the circle. You can wait inside the glass doors in front of the theatre entrance if it's really cold.

We'll be done by 10:30 AM. And if people are up for it, we can go and get breakfast together on State Street afterwards.

What you need:

Some good shoes, and whatever winter workout attire you prefer.

What you need to do:

Email me whether you'd prefer jogging or snowshoeing if you'd like to go. I'll do whatever the majority of people prefer and then send out an email Friday night so we all know what we're doing.

-Morgan

608-957-3082

WW Boaters: great deal on the Rada Lake Superior basin WW kayaking book

2009-12-15T18:50:00.001-06:00

From: Connie Lane
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Are you a WW kayaker who wants to get a great deal on the Rada book on the whitewater rivers in the Lake Superior basin?

Half Price books on Whitney Way (next to the Copp's grocery store) has a stack of brand new Rada books for only $9.98 each....that is less than half price and a great deal. They are sitting on a table on the south side of the store....

Enjoy!

Connie
connieenal@yahoo.com

Climbing, Wednesday, Christmas Climbing Theme?

2009-12-14T18:48:00.000-06:00

From: Morgan Leider tyrantsilkey@gmail.com
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If anyone is interested in Climbing on Wednesday email me with when you'd like to go. I know it's the week before finals and most of you are busy. So I'm going to be a bit flexible on my scheduling. I'll leave at either 6:30, 7:00 or 7:30 depending on when people want to go, and send out an email to those who respond to let them know when to show up.

What I need to know:

Do you want to climb on Wednesday?

What time would you like to climb?

Should this be a themed climb where we dress up like Christmas and have Christmas cookies?

What you need to do:

Show up when I say we leave.

Bring $10 for the climbing pass. And $1 for your driver.

Bring flexible climbing clothes. (possibly an outfit)

Bring money for Culver's if you feel like ice cream afterwards.

See you there!

-Morgan

SK Interest Meeting Tomorrow 12/15

2009-12-14T18:47:00.000-06:00

From Meghan McGarry
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Hi all,
Just a reminder, the Sea Kayaking interest group meeting will be this Tuesday (Dec 15) after the general outing club meeting (~7:30). We'll meet in the Rathskeller unless it's too noisy, in which case we'll retreat to the hoofer lounge.

The agenda is to vote on a new SK chair for the coming year. Anyone with an interest in sea kayaking is encouraged to come. Please let me know if you have any other items you wish to see added to the agenda.

Thanks,
Meghan

Study Date 12/13

2009-12-12T18:20:00.000-06:00

From: Matt Kaufmann
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It is that time of year again! Time to cram for finals. Time to finish (or start) final papers. It is also the time of year when the libraries are standing room only. Finding a semi-quiet study spot can be a challenge.... but it canalso be a treat! Yes, I am going to Culver's Sunday evening for a study session! If you want to come, drop me an email. Vehicle space limited. Bring your laptops because I am pretty sure Culver's is a wireless hotspot. I have never done this before.

Here is the plan...

Meet at Park Street Circle at 7:00 pm. Go to Culver's off the Beltline on Todd Drive. Eat, study, get Culverized. I am thinking an 11pm'ish return time to Park Street Circle. Drop me an email if you are in.

--Matt "Navs" Kaufmann

Cross country skiing - Indian Lake - Saturday 12/12

2009-12-11T18:19:00.000-06:00

From: Nate Frenczak
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I'm leading/organizing a cross country skiing trip to Indian Lake - a 30-40 minute drive from downtown. We're meeting tomorrow (Saturday) at 9:45am at Park Street Circle (by the Union Theatre) to gather up the needed gear. We hope to leave about 10am, and return sometime before 5pm. It's possible that we may make this a traditional Hoofers trip by stopping at Culver's for dinner on the way home.

All skill levels are welcome. Indian Lake has several different loops, all groomed.

Our limiting factor will be vehicles. I can bring 3 people (4 will be cozy but doable). Please email me to reserve a spot. If you have a car and can drive, that will help too. I will check my email tonight and again by 8:30am in the morning.

The Hoofers will/can provide skis, poles, and boots.

You will need to provide:
-snow pants, gloves, hat, wool socks, long underwear, etc....
-a water bottle (preferable filled with water for this trip)
-a snack
-sunglasses might be nice
-$7 for a trail pass, plus $8+ for gas and food

Let me know if you have any questions,
Nate Frenczak

Last Pool Session of the Semester - This Sunday 12/13 - Intermediate Rolling, Lake Lesson, and Kayak Polo

2009-12-11T18:18:00.000-06:00

From Tricia Nason, Pool Session Coordinator
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Hi there Hoofer,

We have one last pool session this semester and it is this Sunday and we have lots of exciting things going on.

Lake Lesson - If you are just starting boating with the club, this is for you. You have to take this lesson before you can use a club boat outdoors and it teachs you everything you need to know to get started.

Intermediate Rolling - This lesson will help you move from having a roll that works in the pool to a roll that will consistently work on the river and it provides an excellent workout for your roll.

Kayak Polo - By popular demand, kayak polo is back this week. It is what it sounds like and it is an absolute blast.

There will also be instruction in basic rolling or other topics by request.

As an added bonus I am again offering a mini-candy bar to anyone who is attending their first session, who gets their first roll or does the roll of the day.

There are still a few tickets left for this Sunday. If you would like to come, come to Park Street Circle at 1 pm this Sunday and bring $5 and a swim suit. No ratings required. No special knowledge required. We will be back at PSC by 5 pm. If you would like to join us for dinner afterwards you should bring $10.

Hope to see you at the pool,

Tricia
tnason04@gmail.com

XC skiing trip, Sat 12/12 1PM, UW Arboretum

2009-12-11T18:17:00.000-06:00

From: Carl Zimm
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Carl Zimm

beampowered-tetrode@

yahoo.com

Freehealin' for Free! Cascade Skiing Saturday 12/12

2009-12-10T18:15:00.000-06:00

From: Will Marquardt (wmarquardt@wisc.edu)
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Hey folks,

Apparently if the rumors are true that Erik's Bike Shop (University Square) are giving away free lift tickets to Cascade for this weekend... WE ARE GOING TELEMARK SKIING SATURDAY NIGHT!

Right now further participation is hinging upon transportation creation. Let me know regardless of if you can drive or not, because that is what would limit our convoy. First come, first serve system for filling seats.

>SATURDAY DECEMBER 11th

>Club has all the gear you need for telemark stunting.

>Some instruction can be provided for novice skiiers, but keep in mind that this is a shorter trip.

>Get your lift-ticket at Erik's Bike Shop on University.

>Depending on any stipulations they have hour-wise, we'll go for the last several hours (?-10pm).

Please reply with your contact info. if interested, or if you have any questions.

-Will Marquardt

Nominate a November Hoofer of the Month!

2009-12-09T18:14:00.000-06:00

From: Caroline Rose
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Hoofer of the Month is an award given to a Hoofer member who has been an exceptional leader in the club this past month, has shown great dedication, and should be recognized for their contribution. The outing club exec. board votes for a Hoofer of the Month within the Outing Club, and Hoofer Council (the governing body for all six Hoofer clubs) votes for a Hoofer of the month as well.

With that in mind, if you think there is someone in Hoofers who deserves this award, send us a nomination! Send a brief paragraph explaining why a certain person is deserving of this recognition, and the nominations will be considered at the next meeting...

Nominations to Hoofer Council may be sent to:
me (Caroline Rose, Outing Club's representative to Hoofer Council) cmrose@wisc.edu
or Nick, Our Hoofer Council secretary clarens@wisc.edu

Mary, our president, (outingpresident@gmail.com) would be happy to accept nominations for the Outing Club Hoofer of the Month.

Thanks!
Caroline

still room for caving 12/20

2009-12-08T00:37:00.001-06:00

From: Priscilla Erickson
----------------

For those of you who will still be around Madison on Dec 20th, there will be an intermediate caving trip to Skunk Cave in Iowa. This trip is being organized by the Wisconsin Speleological Society and Houssam Nassif. There will only be room for TWO Hoofers on this trip, so if interested, please reply soon with your name, contact information, and caving experience. Info is copied below. Questions? Email me.

Sunday Dec 20th
Meet at PSC at 8:30 am. Get back to Madison around 10 pm
Will have dinner on the way back

The cave:
Skunk is a unique cave, as it is formed by cracks in a cliff rock. The cracks are long, narrow and perpendicular to each other, forming a grid.
It is a challenging cave:
- you will have to chimney on a smooth surface
- advance thru a canyon by exerting lateral pressure on the walls. the walls form a very narrow V, where you can not walk
- pass thru an inclined key-hole
- at the end of the cave-tour, there is an optional wet section

It is a very interesting and different cave.
To come on this trip, you should have been on at least one caving trip (preferably more), comfortable caving and ready to be challenged.

What you should bring:
* Urge for underground adventure
* Batteries for headlamps (8 AA)
* One extra light (flashlight works)
* $ for gas and dinner
* Gloves
* Clothes and shoes that you don't mind getting dirty (avoid cotton if possible)
* A trash bag for your dirty clothes
* Fresh clothes and shoes to change into after caving
* A snack or box-lunch
* A towel
* Knee pads

The club will provide helmets and headlamps.
The club also sells gloves and knee pads

The cave entrance is right on the road. We will be changing in/next to the cars, in front of the cave entrance.
Dress according to weather

If interested, please email me!
priscilla

SK Interest Meeting Postponed until 12/15

2009-12-08T00:36:00.001-06:00

From: Meghan McGarry, Sea Kayaking Co-Chair
--------------------

Hi all,
Due to the impending WINTER STORM, I won't be able to make it to the meeting tomorrow night. Let's reschedule the SK interest meeting for next week, Tuesday Dec 15 after the regular outing meeting (around 7:30).

The upside is this gives you all another week to send me nominations for our new chair! (and feel free to nominate yourself!)

Thanks,
Meghan

On Dec 1, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Meghan McGarry wrote:

Hi All,
We'll have a SK interest group meeting next Tuesday, Dec 8, after the regular outing club meeting to choose the next Sea Kayaking Chair! If you are interested in becoming the chair, or would like to nominate someone, please let me know between now and then. If you have any questions about the job description, feel free to email me.

We'll meet in the Rathskeller unless it's too noisy.

Thanks,
Meghan

Lake Lesson and Polo @ Pool Session Sunday 12/13

2009-12-08T00:34:00.000-06:00

From: Ned Rubert
-------------------

After some discussion and deliberation, it was determined possible to both offer a kayak lake lesson and to play kayak polo in Natatorium pool this Sunday (12/13). Caroline and I will be offering a Lake lesson for those who wish to earn their Hoofers Kayak Lake Rating (signups TBA). Since I'll be busy with the Lake Lesson, kayak polo will happen contingent upon whether somebody volunteers to referee. For either event, or to learn how to roll, you will need to purchase a Pool Session ticket ($5) from Tricia (at the Tuesday evening meeting) or from the Outdoor Programs Office (during business hours).

-Ned
kfrubert@wisc.edu

Wednesday Climbing at Boulder's, The first Coming! 12/9

2009-12-08T00:32:00.001-06:00

From: Morgan Leider
---------------------

Wednesday, 6:30pm You probably know the drill. If not, just show up and I'll teach you everything you need to know. Come partake in one of the only 3 real sports! Conquor your fear of heights! And strike an amazing pose for the camera! (There might even be belated birthday cookies for everyone if 12/6/89 shows up and I find out what she likes.)

-When/Where: 6:30pm, Park Street Circle, Wednesday the 9th of December

-What do I need?: $10 for the day pass, $1 gas for your driver, and money for ice cream if you want some on the way home.

-What should I wear?: Jogging or yoga pants work well. I'd recommend against short baggy shorts. Basically something flexible that breathes.

-Gear?: The club has all the gear you should need. So you don't need to rent anything.

If you have any questions just drop me a call or an email!

-Morgan

608-957-3082
tyrantsilkey@gmail.com

Last Pool Session of the Semester - Intermediate Rolling Lesson offered 12/13

2009-12-08T00:20:00.000-06:00

From: Tricia Nason

tnason04@gmail.com

-----------------------
Hi Hoofers,

The last pool session of the semester will be Sunday December 13. Pool sessions are an excellent opportunity to get started kayaking, learn to roll, learn new skills or practice skills you already have. Moreover, it is a ton of fun. There will be instruction at all levels from "How do I get into the boat" through advance rolls. The roll of the day will be a combat roll analog and you will have to come to find out just what that is. As an incentive, I am offering fun size candy bars to anyone who can do the roll of the day, gets their first roll or comes to a session for the first time. You need to buy a ticket at the meeting or from the office during business hours (over the phone at 262-1630) for $5 and you need to bring a swim suit to the pool.

I am going to teach an intermediate rolling class. This class is aimed at people who have recently learned to roll and it works most of the time in the pool. This class is also very appropriate for experienced rollers who need a tune-up or just a workout and they are encourage to attend. The goal is develop a combat roll that will work reliably on the river. This class is a lot of fun, but very tiring as it involves a lot of rolling games that can be very intense. In order to reliably combat roll you need to be able to get into your setup position and roll no matter how you flip and without setting up before you go over, so that is the focus of this class.

I hear a rumor their may be a lake lesson offered as well.

Hope to see you there,

Tricia

Intermediate Caving Trip Dec 20th

2009-12-08T00:09:00.001-06:00

From: Priscilla Erickson (priscilla.erickson@g

mail.com)

---------------
For those of you who will still be around Madison on Dec 20th, there will be an intermediate caving trip to Skunk Cave in Iowa. This trip is being organized by the Wisconsin Speleological Society. There will only be room for TWO Hoofers on this trip, so if interested, please reply soon with your name, contact information, and caving experience. Info is copied below. Questions? Email me.

Sunday Dec 20th
Meet at PSC at 8:30 am. Get back to Madison around 10 pm
Will have dinner on the way back

The cave:
Skunk is a unique cave, as it is formed by cracks in a cliff rock. The cracks are long, narrow and perpendicular to each other, forming a grid.
It is a challenging cave:
- you will have to chimney on a smooth surface
- advance thru a canyon by exerting lateral pressure on the walls. the walls form a very narrow V, where you can not walk
- pass thru an inclined key-hole
- at the end of the cave-tour, there is an optional wet section

It is a very interesting and different cave.
To come on this trip, you should have been on at least one caving trip (preferably more), comfortable caving and ready to be challenged.

What you should bring:
* Urge for underground adventure
* Batteries for headlamps (8 AA)
* One extra light (flashlight works)
* $ for gas and dinner
* Gloves
* Clothes and shoes that you don't mind getting dirty (avoid cotton if possible)
* A trash bag for your dirty clothes
* Fresh clothes and shoes to change into after caving
* A snack or box-lunch
* A towel
* Knee pads

The club will provide helmets and headlamps.
The club also sells gloves and knee pads

The cave entrance is right on the road. We will be changing in/next to the cars, in front of the cave entrance.
Dress according to weather

If interested, please email me! priscilla.erickson@g

mail.com

July 2010 Scenic Shores 150!

2009-12-08T00:08:00.000-06:00

From: Jon Wood
-----------------------

Hi All,

Last year several HOC members participated in a charity bike ride called the Scenic Shores 150. It a 150-mile bike ride from Mequon, WI to Sturgeon Bay, WI along the beautiful Lake Michigan coast line that helps to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Wisconsin, an organization that funds research to cure various blood-related cancers. The members that joined in on the fun last year can describe in detail the great time we had; whether it was the all you can eat dinner and snack stations, the free bike repair, the unlimited beer (that's right…all the beer you could drink), the areas we got to bike through, the people we all met…the list just goes on and on. Also, while it may seems like a long way, everyone who went on the trip can tell you that with the number of rest stops you hit and the splitting of the route over two days (75 miles a day) the ride is incredibly easy and well organized.

Now, you may be asking yourself: "Why is Jon sending this out now when the ride is in July"? Well, I'll tell you why. The event is a fundraising event and as such I would like to give people as much time as possible to plan and do fundraising. For more information go to www.leukemia-lymphoma.org and search for the 2010 Scenic Shores 150 Bike Tour (or go to Google, that's what I did too). Sign up has already begun so if you would like to get in on the action you can start right away; once folks are signed up we can get our team together.

So why should you get involved with this? Basically 3 reasons:
1) It is a great opportunity to help fight a major medical concern our society is facing and to raise funds for a worhy cause

2) It is fantastic publicity for the HOC (there were hunderds of participates last year and by the end of the trip practically everyone knew who the Hoofers were, where we were from, and what we do.)

3) It was a great chance to spend two days biking along the Lake Michigan lakeshore, enjoying sunshine-filled days, time with friends, and just having a great experience.

Please give this opportunity consideration and email me with any questions you may have. I'm update everyone as we get closer t

Thanks,
Jon Wood
woodman519@gmail.com

Gear Return December

2009-12-07T22:42:00.000-06:00

From: Matt Kaufmann
---------------------------

Hello Hoofers!

A most happy December to everyone! It is your HOC VP emailing with an important message. I am declaring this month "Gear Return December"! In other words, gear amnesty has been granted. If you have in your possession a piece of club gear, you are requested to return it promptly and no questions will be asked. Please bring gear to the 7pm Tuesday meetings (12/1, 12/8, 12/15) or get in touch with any activity chair or anyone emailing the club listserv to return club gear. Any and all Hoofer Outing Club members are encouraged to participate in this month long event.

Thanks!

--Matt "Navs" Kaufmann

UW-Stevens Point - Adventure Tours: Dublin, Isle of Man, Lake District

2009-12-07T22:31:00.002-06:00

Please see below for adventure tours, guided by a UW-Stevens Point professor emeritus. Contact barbjohn@charter.net for more information.
-----------------------------------

From: barb & john munson <barbjohn@charter.net>
Date: Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Subject: UW-Stevens Point - Adventure Tours
To: opo@hoofers.org

To Whom It May Concern:

For the past 30 years the School of Health Promotion and Human Development at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has offered hiking and biking tours to adults as a means of enhancing personal wellness. We have done this on a very limited budget and in fact have little advertising funds available to let people know of our wonderful excursions. Would you be willing to let your club members know of the attached hiking trip to Dublin, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Lake District of England? Participants who sign up by January 1^st and submit a deposit can receive a $200 reduction in the cost of the trip.

I will lead this excursion and am very familiar with the hiking that we will encounter. It offers participants all levels of activity and is a wonderful exploration of many different cultures. If anyone would like more information, please have them call me at 715-340-4855. Thank you for assisting us in getting out the word on this hiking adventure.

Sincerely,

Dr. John Munson

Professor Emeritus – Health Promotion

University of Stevens Point

LAKE JUMPING, Monday 12/7! 9:45pm

2009-12-06T00:31:00.000-06:00

From Morgan Leider
--------------------

Yeah that's right! Lake jumping is back and colder than ever! All the adrenaline of skydiving without having to jump out of a plane!!!! At the crew docks, Monday night, 9:45pm.

See you there!!!!

Morgan
tyrantsilkey@gmail.com

Pool Session this Sunday! 12/6

2009-12-05T00:19:00.000-06:00

From: Tricia Nason
--------------
Hi Hoofers,

There are still a couple of spots remaining in this Sunday's pool session, so come meet us at PSC this Sunday at 1 pm and prepare to have fun. You need to bring $5 and a swim suit and we will spend 2 hours in the pool. This sunday we will be playing kayak polo which is a ton of fun and the roll of the day is the hand roll (useful in kayak polo). There will, as always, be instruction at all levels from "What is this thing" through advanced rolls. I will be giving instruction in the hand roll in particular for the first hour, but regular rolling will be taught as well.

As an additional incentive, this Sunday I will be offering fun size candy bars to anyone who can

-show me a hand roll by the end of the session
-gets their first roll during the session
-this is the first session they have come to

Hope to see you there,

Tricia

tnason04@gmail.com

House on the Rock Holiday Lighting 12/6

2009-12-05T00:17:00.001-06:00

From: Ned Rubert
------------------

The trip to House on the Rock to see the holiday lighting is on! Meet at Park St. Circle at 9 AM Sat. 12/12. Please bring your car if you are willing to drive; unneeded cars will get parked at UW Credit Union on the way out of town.

-Ned kfrubert@wisc.edu

plant prairie in Cross Plains Saturday morning, 5 December

2009-12-03T11:55:00.000-06:00

From: Connie Lane
-------------------------

Hey All,

Another tract of native prairie, which eventually will contain a section of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, will be planted this Saturday morning south of Cross Plains. If you want to contribute to the trail, this is by far one of the easiest tasks volunteers can do. You walk around in a tract of land that has been plotted into a grid, and fling seeds other volunteers (school kids, retired people, regular trail volunteers) collected over the past year throughout Wisconsin. In two years, a beautiful prairie will flower, and once the plants are firmly established, trail will be built.

If anyone wants to plant prairie this weekend, please e-mail me (Connieenal@yahoo.com) and I will coordinate rides. Plan to meet at 8:30 am at the UW Credit Union on University Avenue. We'll carpool to Cross Plains and plant seeds for about 3 hours. It will be colder than last month (when it was 70 degrees!), but we'll bring hot drinks and the IAT leader is bringing drinking food and drinks. Dress warm and wear good shoes/boots, and you will be fine.

This event was inadvertently left off the Ice Age Trail calendar, but it is happening.

Connie

Hoofers Offers Free Kiting Class for people with disabilities, Sat, Dec 5, U-Bay Fields, 10 am to noon

2009-12-03T11:54:00.000-06:00

From: Marc Kennedy <mhkenned@wisc.edu>
Date: December 2, 2009 2:59:02 PM CST
To: Marc Kennedy <mhkenned@facstaff.wisc.edu>
Subject: Hoofers Offers Free Kiting Class for people with disabilities, Sat, Dec 5, U-Bay Fields, 10 am to noon

For Immediate Release For Immediate Release Contact: Tom Barry, Hoofer Sailing Head of Instruction
December 2, 2009 608-265-3111; cell 608-695-7883; headofinstruction@hoofersailing.org
HOOFER SAILING CLUB OFFERING FREE ACCESSIBILITY KITING CLASS
Saturday, December 5
10 am to Noon
University Bay Fields
The UW Hoofer Sailing Club with the UW-Madison Department of Kinesiology will be holding the first-ever performance kiting class for people in wheelchairs and accessibility challenges on Saturday, December 5, at University Bay Fields from 10 am to noon. The class is free thanks to a trust fund established by the family of Leonard Bessman, a long-time Hoofer.
“Six people are already signed up for this course,” said Hoofer Sailing Club Head of Instruction Tom Barry. “Six kiting instructors will be showing these students the finer aspects of flying high performance kites.”
This long-lasting partnership between Hoofer Sailing Club and Kinesiology Department offers a great outdoor education to people with disabilities, Barry added. It’s possible due to the Leonard Bessman scholarship fund, established to help teach people with disabilities to ski, sail and enjoy other outdoor activities. Bessman was a Hoofer Sailing Club member from 1977 until his death in 1993. A retired federal judge and World War II veteran, Bessman is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His family created the trust fund in his name.
As a Hoofer instructor in the 1980s, Barry taught Bessman to sail. “We loved Leonard, his smile, his sharp mind, his gentile demeanor. For me it’s an honor to put together such a fun program for students and teachers and honor one of my favorite sailors. This allows us to recognize him for a long time to come.”
For more information about this program, Hoofer Sailing or the Bessman fund, contact Tom Barry, Head of Instruction, UW Hoofer Sailing Club, headofinstruction@hoofersailing.org, 608-265-3111, cell 608-695-7883, or www.hoofersailing.org.

###

--

Marc Kennedy
Communications Director
Wisconsin Union
mhkenned@wisc.edu
608 262-5079
608 347-8630 (cell)
608 262-5487 (fax)
For Union event updates, visit www.union.wisc.edu/events

Adventure Rock Climbing Gym Trip 12/10/2009

2009-12-03T00:07:00.000-06:00

From: Jon Wood

-----------------------------------

2) Adventure Rock Climbing Gym Trip 12/10/2009

Hi All,

I know this is a bit of short notice with so many of you facing the impending challenges of project due dates, final exams and, dare I say, graduation, but I wanted to get one more Adventure Rock trip in before the semester is over. It's a great way to get rid of a little stress and hang out with some great folks. There will be an A-Rock trip leaving from PSC at 6:00pm, getting back to Madison around 11:30pm, on 12/10/2009. A B1 rating is not required but it is recommended as if this is your first time you will need to be belay tested by A-Rock staff. The skills required for a B1 rating in HOC should adequately prepare you to pass this test. Plan to bring $20 at a minimum; this should cover a day pass of $15 and still have a couple of bucks for gas.

Sign up for this will be via email and will run though 12:00pm CDT 12/9/2009. If you can drive please let me know; this doesn't mean that you will have to drive however the more possible drivers we have the more people we can take. Sign up is on a first come,first serve basis. If you need gear please show up at PSC at 5:30pm. If you can't make it then please let me know what you need, and if you know what size you need, when you email me.

Thanks,
Jon Wood

woodman519@gmail.com

Need winter gear? Ski and Snowboard resale is this weekend! 12/3-12/5

2009-12-01T22:45:00.000-06:00

From: Caroline Rose
---------------------

Hoofer Ski and Snowboard Club is hosting their resale, a huge gear sale, at Memorial Union this weekend. The sale features winter apparel, skis, snowboards, and all related gear.

December 5th (Saturday) 9 am - 5 pm
December 6th (Sunday) 9 am - 3 pm

Looking for more info? Want to volunteer to work at the event? See www.hoofersns.org

SK Interest Meeting 12/8

2009-12-01T22:44:00.000-06:00

From: Meghan McGarry, Sea Kayaking Co-Chair
---------------------

Hi All,
We'll have a SK interest group meeting next Tuesday, Dec 8, after the regular outing club meeting to choose the next Sea Kayaking Chair! If you are interested in becoming the chair, or would like to nominate someone, please let me know between now and then. If you have any questions about the job description, feel free to email me.

We'll meet in the Rathskeller unless it's too noisy.

Thanks,
Meghan

12/3: Wednesday climbing!.... The Second Coming

2009-12-01T22:41:00.000-06:00

From: Matt Kaufmann
--------------

Hoofers!

The Second Coming will be climbing this Wednesday!

A strut is required for this trip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Azv4j8-KRI

Meet at the Lower Office at 7:30 pm if you need gear (shoes, harness,...).
We will get to Boulder's at 7:55 and climb until the gym closes at 10.
Bring $10 for day pass and $1 for gas.
Beginners especially welcome to come and boulder... all the cool people do it.
Reply to this email stating you are coming and if you need club gear.

--Matt "Navs" Kaufmann

p.s. This is the second wave of climbers going out Wednesday evening. The first wave is being led by Morgan with a time of departure set at 6:30pm. This group meets at PSC.
p.p.s. Call my cell @ 262-689-8811 for anything pertinent.

12/4: Friday Night Hoofer Social / Colorado Backpacking Picture Exchange / Pizza & Movie party

2009-12-01T22:40:00.000-06:00

From: Morgan Lieder

-------------------------------

Well the title says pretty much everything, but here goes!

In case you didn't hear, I decided to go winter backpacking this past week in Colorado in a place where show can be dumped on you by the foot, the air is rediculously cold, the altitude gains from all the hills you climb over the course of a day can be up to twice the height of the Empire State Building, there's boulders bigger than Memorial Union all around, and altitude sickness can take you out and leave you freezing to death. And through a series of cheap tricks and pickup lines and promises of amazing sights I managed to con 9 foolish victims into comming on the trip with me to the middle of nowhere on Thanksgiving where we were the only ones on the trail, there's no place to run, and there was nobody around to hear them scream!!

I was of course going for the mythical HBH (Hoofer Backpacking Hardcore) rating where you need to be able to lead extreme trips in the harshest of weather conditions, pull all your turns on icy gravel roads leading off cliffs with no side rails using the e-brake, drink dirty water with your oatmeal, and sacrifice a group member or two to the wild for the greater good! (pleaste note, the HBH rating may be just a thing of myth and legends and is not officially recognized by the club) Everything was going well for my new rating, and Navs was even praying for Santa Morgan to kiel over and leave him a brand new turbo diesel to go loot for Christmas. And I had a crazy German show up with nothing but cotton pants and sneakers that wanted to go kill a bear with a pocket knife because he told his friend he's bring back a bear skin for him. I mean, you can't spell out the definition of casualty much better than that. But then the UNTHINKABLE happened! Everyone lived!! Not only did I not qualify for HBH but nobody even lost a finger or toe so I couldn't even qualify for a HBH-P rating.

(please note, the previous paragraph may be 83% made-up sarcasm and bs)

So what does this mean to all of you? It means we have a whole ton of awesome photos to exchange and share! And I just got Fight Club on blu-ray in the mail and I haven't seen it in like 10 years. SOOOO, I'm throwing a hoofer social, movie, pizza, picture exchange at my place! I'll be making up a few of my giant homemade 16" pizzas and we can come hang out, watch Fight Club, and look at and talk about all the amazing photos on the trip. There might even be a Dairy Queen ice cream cake involved

Unfortunately, I don't have unlimited space at my place. So I'm going to have to limit this to around 25 or so people total, and I'm going to have to be somewhat selective. So sorry in advance if you don't get in. (The people who were on the trip are of course guaranteed spots.)

Time: 8pm on Friday November 4th.

Location: I'll tell you by email if you get in, there will likely be a car shuttle to get people there.

Cost: $5

Also, if you'd be willing to show up around 6pm to help me prepare food and rearrange the living room and my stereo for the event please let me know as I could use 1 helper or so. Unless of course you're an uncouth walking disaster in the kitchen.

What I need to know:

Who are you?

Can you drive people? If so how many?

Have you seen Fight Club before?

Why do you want to come?

What's the right way to eat a reese's pieces?

Where do you want to go backpacking the most?

Mountain Bike Activity Chair Up For Grabs

2009-12-01T22:38:00.000-06:00

From: Craig Peterson, Mountain Biking Chair
---------------------

No, it is not a super cool new piece of leisure gear. It is a spot on the Outing Club Executive Board.
Things have become very busy for me as of late and I have been neglecting my duties. So, I appeal to all mountain bikers to volunteer for this position. All you have to do is be an active member, go the exec board meetings, promote mountain biking, and spend your budget dollars on cool new gear (like the black Gary Fisher we purchased last year).
If you are interested please send me an e-mail (cpete777@gmail.com) and I will compile a list and send it to Mary. From that list, there will be nominations and an election soon after.
I think that covers it.

Peace,
C

Help enter memberships into the new database! 12/2

2009-11-30T22:37:00.000-06:00

From: Caroline Rose
----------------------

So, we are currently building an All-Hoofer database of all memberships so that we have quick and easy access to membership information from individual emergency contacts to organization-wide statistics. This database will make a new website possible, including signup for trips, hopefully a calendar, etc. All current Hoofer memberships (from all 6 clubs) are in the database HOWEVER we have several years of previous memberships we would like to get into the database for statistics, so we can contact alumni, etc.

Many Hoofers have been working on membership entry, but the Outing Club has a LOT of members and many years of memberships to enter, so we would love even more help.
I am leading a trip into the Hoofer database to enter as many memberships as we can on Wednesday, December 2. I will be in the Hoofer Lounge at 5:30 pm on Wed, Dec. 2 (or elsewhere--I'll let you know-- if there's a meeting in there) with my laptop to enter memberships until I leave for climbing (7:30 if there's a second wave of climbers, 6:30 if not.) Everybody is encouraged to join me. The database is web-based, so bring a laptop with internet capability if you can, if not, we will find a Hoofer computer for you.

If you can drop by the main Hoofer office during some free time, Erin, the Hoofer intern, or Jim or Linda, the Hoofer advisors, can get you set up to enter memberships any time.

Email me if you're attending on Wednesday, but you're encouraged to show up even if you didn't let me know in advance.
Your help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Caroline
cmrose@wisc.edu
Outing Representative to Hoofer Council

Union Renovation- updated contact info!

2009-11-30T22:36:00.000-06:00

From Caroline Rose:
--------------------------

~~Old Info~~
After the construction of the new Union South, the UW plans to begin a renovation of the theatre wing of Memorial Union (~2011 or 2012). The entire Hoofers area is included in this project.
What we are asking for right now is ideas regarding the design of our new space. What would you like to see in the renovated Hoofers area? Are there things you like or don't like about the current setup? Is there a way we could improve meeting areas, work areas, the way we store and organize equipment, etc.? I will compile ideas from the Outing Club and bring them to the Hoofer Council members in charge of the planning. I would at least like to hear from every interest group.

--New Info--
I am compiling all Outing Club requests and will be handing a prioritized list of these to the committees who will begin drawing up plan ideas.

Kyle Olsen, our All-Hoofer renovations chair, would like suggestions from the clubs by next week Monday (December 7). If you have questions or would like to be more involved in the planning process, his email is ------> kylecolsen@gmail.com. <------ I had sent out an outdated email address in previous emails. Thank you very much if you have already given me input. If you haven't, please let me know your thoughts on this within the week. This isn't the absolute deadline for planning-- we're just trying to keep ahead of the Union plans so we can push for inclusion of everything we want. Thanks for your ideas!
Caroline Rose
cmrose@wisc.edu
Outing Club Representative to Hoofer Council

DELTA LODGE - jan 14-18 - signup this tues!

2009-11-30T22:33:00.000-06:00

From: Tiana Riebe
------------------

Hey All!

GET EXCITED!!!! the BEST trip of the winter is here! Delta Lodge simply rocks- there is nothing else to say.

This is the first of several emails that will be sent out about delta lodge! If you are asking yourself what is delta lodge, scroll down to the bottom and read the lovely trip description found at the ***** at the bottom.

DATES*****Now, first things first. The trip will be from Thursday Jan 14th sometime (whenever your car leaves) thru Monday Jan18th. It is about a 6 hour car ride up to Delta, Wisconsin. The first cars will leave in the morning on thrusday and then we leave Delta, WI around noon on Monday. There are usually a few cars that leave later thurs, friday or sunday night so that may be an option. Now all the driving stuff is just an estimate because there is sometimes weather so just take that into account when you are siging up.

WHO****** The trip is limited to 28 people spread out between 3 cabins. This is the absolute maximum as the number is controlled by how much their septic system can handle! We

DRIVERS***** If you have a reliable car and would like to drive, you will be reimbursed the cost of reasonable gas use. Drivers get some sort of a priority but it also depends on some other factors like car reliability (it is really important to have GOOD reliable cars and drivers for this trip.

COST***** the cost of this trip will be $160. This includes DELICIOUS meals, all transportation, and the nice cabins we stay in for all 5 days of the trip. You will need to provide your own meals for the drive up and the drive back. Thursday night we eat at a near by northwoods bar that we ski to and then on Monday we stop at the delta diner. Money for these two restaurant stops would be good. You will also need to pay for trail passes for skiing (aprox. 5$ per day)

SIGN UP******Sign up will be as announced last week- On this Tuesday DEC 1! THAT IS TOMORROW! The deposit that is due is $80 in cash or check. Sign up will start at 6:30 pm tue dec 1st in the hoofer lounge. Drivers will be asked to pay in full initially and then be refunded the cost of gas once we return. The second deposit of $80 is due by December 22 to either myself, Niki, or the Outdoor Programs Office. You can pay up to the full amount anytime (either tonight or at the outdoor programs office. ) ALL Money for the trip needs to be in by Dec 22nd. The Drop out deadline for a FULL refund is Jan 5th. After that, you will only be able to get a full refund if we find someone to take your place on the trip.

OTHER***** This trip is a blast! It is my absolute favorite trip and I have been on it every year since I came to UW madison as a freshman in 2004. I have never laughed so hard as when on this trip! Hoofers will have all the ski gear you need, you just need to provide clothes to keep yourself warm in very cold temperatures. There is sometimes a snow shoe group that goes out for a day or two. If you are interested in leading that, please let me know. A very detailed list will come out later to trip participants so don't worry about that.

I think that is all for now, if you have any questions, please re read this email. If you still have a question, you may email me or Niki, the other trip leader. Get excited for a great trip and we'll see you tomorrow with $80 for sign up!

With Hoofer Love,

Tiana

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DELTA LODGE DESCRIPTION

The Delta Lodge trip is so named after the wonderful cabins that we stay in up in Delta, WI (middle of nowhere NW Wisconsin if looking for it on a map) We stay at these nice cabins (some with saunas and wood burning fire places) and then cross country ski for 4 days. On Thursday we have a wonderful night ski over to a nearby northwoods bar for dinner and then ski home across the frozen lakes. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we ski at local cross county ski destinations that are absolutely beautiful! We hang out in the warming huts between loops, push people over in the snow, laugh your ass off at Jack, and learn how to cross country ski. We then head home (to our cabins) and cook delicious dinner for everyone! On Saturday night, we go over to the Delta Club House and have a little party usually consisting of a game of pool, brownies, inappropriate phallic shaped cookies and ice cream and never ending uno! After we area all skied out, we head home on Monday stopping at the Delta Diner for ridiculously awesome breakfast (they open specially for us).

Help with boats and gear Saturday, 28 November

2009-11-24T21:52:00.000-06:00

Hey All,

Can any boater or HOC member who is around the Saturday after Thanksgiving come to the boathouse and help mark new gear? This is an easy task that anyone can do, so please volunteer and put in a little time.

We have at least six boats (both WW and sea kayaks) as well as numerous new paddles and wetsuits that need to have HOC emblems emblazoned on them. It should not take more than an hour or so once we get started.

Saturday will be a relatively balmy 45, so there are plans in the works for afternoon boating trips either on Lake Mendota or at Lake Columbia. Stay tuned to the announce lists or come to the meeting for paddling trip details.

We'll start marking boats and gear at 10 am so that gear will be dry by the time it is needed for paddling. Please e-mail me if you can help. Connieenal@yahoo.com

If there is any new canoe gear that needs marking, please let me know.

Connie

Official Lake Jumping will resume on November 30th

2009-11-23T21:50:00.001-06:00

Don't worry! We've still got plenty of crazies in the club and while I was too busy to run it tonight come next Monday we will re-commence jumping into cold water and calling it fun!

So come on out on Monday the 30th and try to shiver some of that turkey and mashed potatoes off, then follow it up with some hot cocoa and candy! Even the Danish girls are doing it!

So bring a towel, wear a swimsuit under your clothes, and get ready for some BAD DECISIONS!!!

(And guys, just so you know, if the Danish girls do it and you don't, YES they're more man than you are!)

See you there!

Morgan

608-957-3082

(I'm officially taking over lake jumping now, so if you have any questions, just direct them to me.)

Interested in Outing Resale Spring 2010?

2009-11-23T21:50:00.000-06:00

First of all, this is NOT a request for volunteers for the event. In fact, the event is in no way formed. That's why you're reading this.

I'm looking for a handful of people willing to commit no more than 6-10 hours total over the next two weeks to:

1. Decide if a gear resale is worth doing.

2. If a resale does make sense, create an outline of the process and hash out as many details as necessary. This procedural outline will be the basis for building a successful and ideally annual resale for the next few years.

Who should be interested in this? It doesn't matter how little or long you've been in the club, if the idea of writing procedures makes your heart flutter or you're getting a degree in something like poli sci and need to boost that resume with your new found debate and large event planning skills, this may be for you. Same goes for Retail people or anyone else with an interest in the commercial side of outdoor recreation.

Email me with your:

Level of interest

Why you're interested

Time commitment ability

First meeting will likely be the Tuesday after Thanksgiving at 6pm.

Schmud

Union Renovation---we want your input!

2009-11-23T00:48:00.001-06:00

From: Caroline Rose
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After the construction of the new Union South, the UW plans to begin a renovation of the theatre wing of Memorial Union (~2011 or 2012). The entire Hoofers area is included in this project.
What we are asking for right now is ideas regarding the design of our new space. What would you like to see in the renovated Hoofers area? Are there things you like or don't like about the current setup? Is there a way we could improve meeting areas, work areas, the way we store and organize equipment, etc.? I will compile ideas from the Outing Club and bring them to the Hoofer Council members in charge of the planning. I would at least like to hear from every interest group.

Kyle Olsen, a former Hoofer president, is our Hoofer Council Renovations Chair; he and other Hoofer Council members will be coordinating the planning of the new Hoofers area and will do their best to see that our proposals make it into the final project plans. They are looking for input from any Hoofer who wants to be involved. If you would like to be involved in the planning process, they will be putting together some meetings in the near future. I will continue to send updates on that, but if you are interested in meeting to discuss the new designs, you can contact Kyle at kcolsen@wisc.edu.

If anyone has experience/ expertise in CAD, Kyle would be interested in working with you.

Caroline Rose
Outing Rep to Hoofer Council
cmrose@wisc.edu

Riley Tavern bike ride this Sunday, 11/22/09

2009-11-23T00:46:00.001-06:00

From: Mary Collins
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This Sunday, November 22, I will lead a group of Hoofers on a bike ride (~30 miles round trip) to Riley Tavern for their weekly pancake breakfast. We will depart from Park Street Circle at 8:30am.

We will take the SW bike path and the Military Ridge State Trail to Riley for as many pancakes as we can eat. Then we'll head back to Madison. We'll plan to be back at the Union by 1:00pm.

Bring $10 ($6 for pancakes, $4 for a state trail day pass), a bicycle, helmet, and water for the ride. If you need to borrow a helmet or bike from the club, please let me know in advance. New hoofers welcome and encouraged to come!

Mary Collins
outingpresident@gmail.com

Caving interest group meeting 11/24

2009-11-23T00:45:00.003-06:00

From: Houssam Nassif nassif@wisc.edu
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Hello cavers

We will be having a Caving Interest Group meeting on Tuesday Nov 24th, after the general meeting.
General meeting is at 7pm, Hoofer lounge

anyone with interest in caving is urged to attend.

Agenda:
- Elections of Vertical and Horizontal Caving Chairs
- Forming new Caving leaders
- Brainstorm about how we want the new Hoofer space to be
- Other issues that anyone want to raise

Hope to see you there!

Interest in House on The Rock holiday light show? 12/12

2009-11-23T00:28:00.002-06:00

From: Ned Rubert kfrubert@wisc.edu
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I would like to run a different sort of Hoofer trip on Saturday, Dec. 12--one where we drive to House on the Rock (near Spring Green, WI) and then spend the afternoon walking indoors though a myriad of eclectic rooms which have been lavishly decorated for the holidays. The admission is a little pricey (~$20), but as I understand is well worth it. You would also need to bring an extra $12 for gas and fast food. Tentative departure time is 9 AM from Park St. Circle and we would be back by 5 PM. Please e-mail kfrubert@wisc.edu if interested. Also, check out http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_Attraction_TicsAndTours_Christmas.htm .

-Ned

Lake Jumping Leader needed!

2009-11-23T00:28:00.001-06:00

From: Ryan Schmudlach
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Dearest Hoofers,

I will not be able to lead Lake Jumping on Monday nights anymore! Yes, the tears are indeed flowing. However, that means I will need someone to take over the candy bag and other such Lake Jumping essentials. If you can commit to 45 minutes every Monday night, please let me know!!

Schmud

Adventure Rock Trip November 25 2009

2009-11-23T00:01:00.001-06:00

From: Jon Wood, Climbing Chair
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Hey Everyone,

Want to break out of the norm of only going to Boulders Climbing Gym? I love Boulders as much as the next person, but variety is the spice of life and so I would like to spice things up. On Wednesday November 25 ( yes, the day before Thanksgiving Day) I will lead folks out to Adventure Rock Climbing Gym in Pewaukee, WI. They recently put up all new routes and everyone should come out and try them out. We will leave from PSC (Park Street Circle, Memorial Union) at 4:30pm; if you need gear please arrive at 4:15pm. Plan to bring $20-25 which will cover the cost of a day pass at Adventure Rock, the cost of gas (check with your driver on this), and, as always, a stop over at the Culvers right next door. Since the gym closes at 10:00pm, we should be back at PSC around 11:30pm.

I strongly encourage people to come. While a B1 rating is not required for this trip I strongly recommend it. If you have questions or concerns please feel free to email me and I will respond as soon as I can.

Thanks!

Jon Wood!

woodman519@gmail.com

Lake Mendota paddling Sunday afternoon 11/22

2009-11-21T00:49:00.000-06:00

From Connie Lane connieenal@yahoo.com
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If anyone wants to paddle sea kayaks on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 pm, I will lead. It is supposed to be 57 degrees, so get out one more time before regular November weather comes to stay.

E-mail me at Connieenal@yahoo.com if you want to paddle for two hours. I need two people to make this happen. You need an SK1 rating and you will have to wear a wetsuit (the club owns some if you don't have one).

Connie

Saturday 11/21 paddling outdoors.....Sac? Mendota?

2009-11-19T00:46:00.000-06:00

From: Connie Lane connieenal@yahoo.com
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Is anyone interested in paddling outdoors one more time? Maybe Sac for WW but maybe Mendota in SK. Read on.....

Potential Sac trip: Saturday will be warm, and Ned and I discussed going to Sac. This trip is open to R2 paddlers with a roll (Matt KR1co - we'd take you, too). This would be a quick trip - spending about 1.5 hours on the water. If you are interested in Sac, email me (Connieenal@yahoo.com).

If Sac does not materialize, I may go out on Mendota and paddle an SK for 2-3 hours. You would need to have an R1 rating to join me. If you want to sea kayak, e-mail me at the address above.

Connie

Kayak Polo at Dec. 6 Pool Session

2009-11-19T00:13:00.000-06:00

From: Ned Rubert kfrubert@wisc.edu
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Don't know what to do at kayak Pool Sessions because you have already taken your lake lesson and already know how to roll? Or maybe you're learning to roll and feel tired and discouraged after the first hour of practice? Then read on...

We will be playing kayak polo during the second hour of the Dec. 6th Pool Session. To participate, you will need to purchase a Pool Session ticket either on Tuesday evening at the HOC meeting or through the OPO during business hours. You do not need to know how to roll or to have taken the kayak lake lesson to participate (although people who have not taken a lake lesson will be asked to demonstrate a wet exit before playing).

-Ned

Ski and Snowboard Rail Jam on the Terrace! Thursday 11/18

2009-11-16T00:14:00.000-06:00

From: Caroline Rose cmrose@wisc.edu
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Can't wait for winter? Ski and Snowboard is so ready they've decided to bring the winter to us this Thursday.

Hoofer Ski and Snowboard is bringing in 40,000 pounds of snow to build a huge hill on our very own Union terrace, and will have ski and snowboard competitions ongoing for three hours on Thursday!

FREE to watch! Drop by the terrace between 5 and 8 pm on Thurday, November 19th to see this huge event!
Hoofer Ski and Snowboard leaders have put an amazing amount of work and planning into this event, so let's give them a great turnout!

More information:
From Ski and Snowboard's website:
http://www.hoofersns.org/railjam

An article from madison.com, including a picture of what this might look like:

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/city_life/article_8aacfc64-d075-11de-9c92-001cc4c002e0.html

Hope to see you on the terrace!!

The Bash Cometh 11/21

2009-11-16T00:12:00.000-06:00

From: Matt Kaufmann
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Hoofers! Yes, The Bash Cometh sooner than you would expect. It is happening this Saturday evening! The event of November that everybody has been waiting for. The event that is the final push through the end of the Fall Semester. The event you do not want to miss out on because all the cool kids are doing it. The event that requires no previous experience and is open to your non-Hoofer friends who wish to still prove their coolness factor.

But you should not delay any longer and sign up at Tuesday's meeting! I know, I know... some of you can not come to the Tuesday meeting. I know, I know... some of you have commitment issues (don't we all?!) and are not ready to commit to an event that is happening this Saturday night regardless of river levels, barometric pressure, Hoofer ratings, wind direction and other weather factors, driver availability (the Wonder Wagon has us covered!), participant numbers,... or you are waiting for something better to come up and occupy your Saturday night. Let me just give it to you straight, you are a lost Hoofer if you do not come to The Bash happening this Saturday night. Bring yourself and a friend!

If you can not make it to the Hoofer meeting at 7pm Tuesday or if you have commitment issues, drop me an email to reserve your spot. So yes, day of show ups are welcome pretty much because you need to be at the event of November! Or be a trooper and commit to going to The Bash at Tuesday's meeting. If you do neither of the previous options, go back two spaces and lose your turn and then just show up Saturday night at 7:30pm in the Hoofer Lounge. Cost is $12 cash!

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Here it is.... the day fast approaching. The Hoofer Outing Club will be taking over Boulders Climbing Gym on the evening of Saturday, November 21, 2009 for The Boulder Bash. This will be the event of November! And from now on, it shall be referred to as The Bash! This year's theme is Retro. Costumes are of course highly encouraged.

Who is invited?
-Climbing fools and climbing wannabes. Beginners are welcome! No experience required. If you are getting this email, you are invited. Your non-Hoofer friends are also invited and will then be convinced to join the club!

How much will the trip cost?
-The Bash will cost $12 (CASH, please!) which must be payed at the time of sign up.

How do you sign up for this event?
-Sign up will be in person AFTER the Tuesday evening Hoofer Outing Club meeting at 7pm in the Hoofer Lounge (the dates of the next meeting is 11/17). You must pay $12 CASH at this time. Sign up will also include signing your life away on a Boulders Climbing Gym waiver. [Exceptions to in-person sign up will be kept to an absolute minimum... ie, you are currently doing an internship in Brussels, Belgium and therefore can not make it to the meeting. Such an excuse will of course be permissible].

Here is what is going down...
We will be gathering at 7:30 pm on Saturday, 11/21 in the Hoofer Lounge and making sure all climbing fools are accounted for. Car rides will be arranged to the gym (this pretty much involves finding an open car seat and meeting some new people). If you are able to drive, park your car in Park Street Circle (PSC) with the flashers on. We should arrive at the gym at 8 pm. All necessary gear will be provided. Food will also be present in the form of a sandwich bar, various snacking items and beverages. You provide an awesome climbing attitude, a costume fitting to this year's theme of Retro. The first hour or so at the Gym will involve getting beginners on the ropes. People are also more than welcome to just Boulder. The rest of the evening will be spent having a good time! And the good time will have to end at the gym around 11:30ish.

The trip is open to the first [insert a somewhat arbitrary number here] people that sign up. No climbing experience is needed. You do not want to be left out! Sign up Tuesday!

It's gonna be epic.

Matt "Navs" Kaufmann
mkaufmann@wisc.edu

Climbing, Wednesday, Boulder's Gym 11/16

2009-11-16T00:11:00.000-06:00

From: Morgan Leider
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You know the drill, and you've probably seen at least 50 of these emails from me before. Wednesday, 6:30pm, the first coming of rock climbers will meet at park street circle and head off to go climb some stuff! We will be carpooling from park street circle. If you get there late and there's a bunch of cars with flashing hazards and no people, hurry down to the lower office to find us.

Sorry, no Monday night climbing this week. (Although the regulars will all probably be there anyhow if you show up on your own.) If last week was any indication, you're all probably studying for mid-terms and doing projects before Thanksgiving anyhow. So it's time for me to get some swimming and a good wilderness jog in this Monday.

-Bring $10 for the gym pass.

-Club gear usage is free to club members so you don't have to rent any.

-Please be considerate and offer your driver $1 for gas, especially if they're another poor college student.

-Bring flexible clothes to climb in. I'd recommend against jeans.

-John Wood is now climbing like Craig without the tattoo. Beware!

For any questions, feel free to email or call me.

-Morgan

608-957-3082

Lake Jumping Tonight 11/16

2009-11-16T00:10:00.000-06:00

From: Ryan Schmudlach:
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Lake Jumping, 9:45pm. Lakeshore dorms Crew Docks. Be there!

Kayak Pool Session - Its not too late!

2009-11-13T00:01:00.000-06:00

Hi Hoofers!

We have another pool session this Sunday. This is a great opportunity to get started in boating, learn to roll, or just come have some fun. We really do have a lot of fun and I would encourage you all to attend. It is appropriate for boaters and those who want to be boaters at all levels. No ratings required. All you need is a swim suit (A fleece is nice if you have it, as are nose plugs). I will be selling tickets at the door for $5 so you can still come.

Where and When: Meet at Park Street Circle 1pm, done by 5 pm.
Cost: $5
Who: Everyone

Additional Dates this Semester: December 6 and December 13

These dates are contingent on addition interest. If you want to see these sessions happen, sign up now!

Tricia

teleskiiers: Blackhawk needs you this weekend! (Nov 14)

2009-11-12T11:49:00.002-06:00

Past and future teleskiiers:

Jana has put out a call for people to help get the ski hill and chalet ready for another season of Wednesday night skiing. Please volunteer to work this Saturday November 14 to get firewood cut and stacked (you all like it when the two stoves are going, right?) and other chores.

I can give rides to people who need a lift. Please e-mail if you want to work Saturday morning and I'll coordinate rides and time. It'd be great if another driver would step up so that we can have a couple of different time options.

Bring water to drink and dress in layers so you can peel off as you warm up, including a rain jacket (there is a small chance of light showers)....Also, bring snacks or a lunch.

All are welcome to hike the trails and check out the grounds once we've done some work.

Beginners/new HOC members who have not yet skied Blackhawk are welcome. Basically, this private ski community lets us utilize their hill for teleskiing under the lights every Wednesday from January to March. The season pass for students is about $30 and for community members is $40. They teach teleskiing lessons and the club has gear for you to use. We coordinate rides and there is a social hour every Wednesday night for an hour after skiing ends. Not only is this very fun and a great way to meet people, but this is one of the best deals in Hoofers!

E-mail me if you want to work Saturday and need a ride or can give a ride.

Connie

Students: Hoofers is hiring!

2009-11-11T20:04:00.004-06:00

From: Mary Collins/Jim Rogers
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Hoofer students,

Hoofers is hiring! The Outdoor Programs Office (a.k.a. the Hoofer office) is looking for two motivated students to join the OPO desk staff this spring. This is a great opportunity for a student to get more involved in Hoofers, help current and prospective members, learn about other Hoofer clubs, and work with some phenomenal people. The OPO is a nonstop party (just ask Erin McLaughlin, Hoofers Intern). APPLY!!!

See the email below for position information. Contact opolead@hoofers.org with any questions.

-Mary Collins, Outing Club President

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JOB #:

2050

DATE:

November 6, 2009

JOB TITLE:

Outdoor Programs Student Staff

WORK UNIT:

Outdoor Programs

LOCATION:

Memorial Union

OPEN TO:

Students

FOR A CONTINUOUS POSITION

# OF EMPLOYEES:

PAY RATE:

$8.35 to start

HOURS PER WEEK:

Average 8-15

WORK SCHEDULE:

M – F Between the hours of 8:45-5:30pm, with occasional after hours event (kickoff) assistance. Flexible schedule often involves 8-12 hours/week. Position starts in January after winter break. Option to start paid orientation at the end of winter break or near the end of the fall semester. First, second year, and work-study students are particularly encouraged to apply. Option to work in the summer, as staffing allows.

DUTIES:

Work in a fast-paced office setting assisting customers with Hoofers outdoor recreation programs with club enrollment, club trips and instruction sign-up; providing general Hoofer information; completing office duties such as processing payments, filing, organizing related materials, and other assorted projects.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Dependable, ability to work enthusiastically with customers, motivated, takes strong initiative to complete projects, self starter and, good organizing skills.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE:

Will train, but preferred experience with customer service, office duties, interest in outdoor activities, and/or familiarity with Hoofers (such as being a club member).

OTHER

Hiring for academic year, with summer option.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and availability schedule to Jess Lien, Outdoor Programs Office; 800 Langdon St; Madison WI 53706 or opolead@hoofers.org

INTERVIEWER:

Jim Rogers, & staff

PHONE #:

608-262-1630

11/21: Beginner vertical caving trip

2009-11-11T19:49:00.000-06:00

From: Houssam Nassif, Vertical Caving Chair
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This vertical trip is part of the Beginner cave-sampler trip.

Date and time: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Ledge View, Chilton, WI
Contact: Houssam Nassif 608-443-9168

This is a beginner friendly vertical caving trip.
You should have your V1 or V1A (first part of the V1 training) to come to this trip.

Ledge View is a great cave to reassert your vertical caving techniques, and for practicing change overs.
Forgot your change-over? Shaky about your ascending technique? Need practice?
This is a great opportunity for re-learning and/or practicing your vertical skills.

What you should bring:
* All what is required for the horizontal caving trip
* LEATHER gloves.
* a bag that you don't mind getting cave-dirty to store your vertical equipment

Bring comfortable clothes. Nothing tight.
No jewels. If you have long hair, bring something to tie your hair with. Remove anything dangling. A rack during a rappel can rip off anything it catches.

I am attaching the Beginner cave-sampler trip email for convenience:

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Date and time: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Ledge View, Chilton, WI
Contact: Houssam Nassif 608-443-9168

Have you ever wondered what is caving like? Is caving suited for me? Come and discover all about caving!
This is a beginner friendly trip where you will get to experience several caving activities. No prior caving knowledge is required.

Yep! This is a caving sampler! A four-in-one deal! We will go to the Ledge View cave system, where you will be able to see and participate in several underground activities:
- cave exploration
- cave excavation
- cave survey
- vertical caving

The Wisconsin Speleological Society (WSS) is excavating the Ledge View cave system and surveying it. We will first explore the caves. Then, you will have the possibility to participate in excavation and surveying activities. You will also see vertical cavers in action.

It is a great trip to try and get to know about caving and its many facets. More advanced trips will focus on one of the above activities. Ledge View is a dry cave, easily accessed, and with little crawling. Most of the rooms and passages are walkable. But if you get challenged, there is plenty of side passages to crawl into!

We will meet at PSC at 10:00 am.
Expect to be back by 6 pm.

What you should bring:
* Urge for underground adventure
* Batteries for headlamps (8 AA)
* One extra light (flashlight works)
* $ for gas
* Gloves (must be LEATHER if you are a vertical caver)
* Clothes and shoes that you don't mind getting dirty (avoid cotton if possible)
* A trash bag for your dirty clothes
* Fresh clothes and shoes to change into after caving
* A snack or box-lunch

Recommended gear: a towel and knee pads.
The club will provide helmets and headlamps.

I HIGHLY recommend knee pads. Absolutely any knee pad will do, be it soft or hard, for boxing or rollerskating or whatever other use. It doesn't have to be a caving specific one. Although if you plan on caving a lot, caving knee pads are a good investment.

We may stop in Chilton for some pizza on the way back.

Any questions/concern? please ask!

PS: If you are interested in caving, Join caving-hoofers@googlegroups.com by applying at
http://groups.google.com/group/caving-hoofers
you will get notices of several caving events by non-hoofers.

11/21: Beginner cave-sampler trip

2009-11-11T19:47:00.001-06:00

From: Houssam Nassif
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Date and time: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Ledge View, Chilton, WI
Contact: Houssam Nassif nassif@wisc.edu

Have you ever wondered what is caving like? Is caving suited for me? Come and discover all about caving!
This is a beginner friendly trip where you will get to experience several caving activities. No prior caving knowledge is required.

Yep! This is a caving sampler! A four-in-one deal! We will go to the Ledge View cave system, where you will be able to see and participate in several underground activities:
- cave exploration
- cave excavation
- cave survey
- vertical caving

The Wisconsin Speleological Society (WSS) is excavating the Ledge View cave system and surveying it. We will first explore the caves. Then, you will have the possibility to participate in excavation and surveying activities. You will also see vertical cavers in action.

It is a great trip to try and get to know about caving and its many facets. More advanced trips will focus on one of the above activities. Ledge View is a dry cave, easily accessed, and with little crawling. Most of the rooms and passages are walkable. But if you get challenged, there is plenty of side passages to crawl into!

We will meet at PSC at 10:00 am.
Expect to be back by 6 pm.

What you should bring:
* Urge for underground adventure
* Batteries for headlamps (8 AA)
* One extra light (flashlight works)
* $ for gas
* Gloves
* Clothes and shoes that you don't mind getting dirty (avoid cotton if possible)
* A trash bag for your dirty clothes
* Fresh clothes and shoes to change into after caving
* A snack or box-lunch

Recommended gear: a towel and knee pads.
The club will provide helmets and headlamps.

I HIGHLY recommend knee pads. Absolutely any knee pad will do, be it soft or hard, for boxing or rollerskating or whatever other use. It doesn't have to be a caving specific one. Although if you plan on caving a lot, caving knee pads are a good investment.

We may stop in Chilton for some pizza on the way back.

Any questions/concern? please ask!

PS: If you are interested in caving, Join caving-hoofers@googlegroups.com by applying at
http://groups.google.com/group/caving-hoofers
you will get notices of several caving events by non-hoofers.

Dec 29-Jan 4: NYE - Mile High Club X-Treem

2009-11-11T19:46:00.000-06:00

Ben Laurent:
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Hoofers to the East--

This trip announcement comes with some wintery momentum that is in full swing here in Colorado, as 4 of us Mile-High Hoofers just completed an epic October snowshoe trek through 3+ feet of powdery snow in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. Yes, Snowshoeing in October, waist deep. With Colorado winter conditions coming the earliest in years (two ski slopes have already opened the earliest in history) and my first Downhill Ski-Snowshoe weekend happening in like 3 days, I suppose its time to invite you sub-1000 feet mortals to join in the wintery fun, and by wintery fun I mean:

XC-Skiing

DH-Skiing

Telemark-Skiing

4-season sporking

Pond Hockey/Broomball on an Alpine Lake

glissading

Snowshoeing

Snowcave Building

Fruit Loop Pancakes

Avalanche Aversion

Bowie Glacier Rescue

Hoofer Chili Over an Open Fire

Whiskey/Non-Whiskey Cider

Jiffy Pop

A cabin in Grand Lake

Alpine Lake Jumping

Frostbite Cribbage

Optional La Quinta Waffles

Etc.

While whispers of such an event have been circulating amongst many of the some, this is official as it can get because its going to be done on the fly, Hoofer Hardcore Style, with a New Year's Eve celebration smack dab in the middle of it that will have you singing Auld Lang Syne well into two-thousand-and-ought eleven.

So here's what is going to happen:

Probably on December 29th, I'll drive back from Madison to Colorado with an Alli, a Bowie, and a Becca.

Probably on December 30th-31st-1st-2nd-3rd there will be some hardcore winter adventure containing most if not all of the above list.

Probably on December 31st evening there will be some epic NYE celebration on a ski slope, or Rocky Mountain National Park, or doing the Grand Lake bar crawl with the locals, or rockin' out to some tunes on a hand-crank radio in a snowcave, or cramming 10 people in a one bedroom cabin or something really cool that will sock your rocks off.

Probably, on the 4th, you will go back to marginally close to sea level.

The trip will be as cheap as we can make it and will optimize tents and Lipton rice sides while minimizing showers and maximizing unlimited consumption of free day/week-old Einstein Bagels. Those of us with ski passes can help those who need ski passes via guest passes (we're locked in for Copper/WP/Steamboat), and the club has snowshoes and tele-skis, and other gear that you may want, and if you are lucky you can sleep in my backyard too.

The only thing you may be saying that would prevent you from coming is: "but colorado does not have a culvers". But, I assure you it does, and its spreading like Eurasian Milfoil.

So, if you are interested, e-mail me and we can get the planning started.

11/21: The Boulder Bash

2009-11-11T19:44:00.003-06:00

From: Matt Kaufmann
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Hoofers!

Here it is.... the day fast approaching. The Hoofer Outing Club will be taking over Boulders Climbing Gym on the evening of Saturday, November 21, 2009 for The Boulder Bash. This will be the event of November! And from now on, it shall be referred to as The Bash! This year's theme is Retro. Costumes are of course highly encouraged.

Who is invited?
-Climbing fools and climbing wannabes. Beginners are welcome! No experience required. If you are getting this email, you are invited. Your non-Hoofer friends are also invited and will then be convinced to join the club!

How much will the trip cost?
-The Bash will cost $12 (CASH, please!) which must be payed at the time of sign up.

How do you sign up for this event?
-Sign up will be in person AFTER the Tuesday evening Hoofer Outing Club meeting at 7pm in the Hoofer Lounge (the dates of the next two meetings are 11/10 and 11/17). You must pay $12 CASH at this time. Sign up will also include signing your life away on a Boulders Climbing Gym waiver. [Exceptions to in-person sign up will be kept to an absolute minimum... ie, you are currently doing an internship in Brussels, Belgium and therefore can not make it to the meeting will of course be permissible].

Here is what is going down...
We will be gathering at 7:30 pm on Saturday, 11/21 in the Hoofer Lounge and making sure all climbing fools are accounted for. Car rides will be arranged to the gym (this pretty much involves finding an open car seat and meeting some new people). If you are able to drive, park your car in Park Street Circle (PSC) with the flashers on. We should arrive at the gym at 8 pm. All necessary gear will be provided. Food will also be present in the form of a sandwich bar, various snacking items and beverages. You provide an awesome climbing attitude, a costume fitting to this year's theme of Retro. The first hour or so at the Gym will involve getting beginners on the ropes. People are also more than welcome to just Boulder. The rest of the evening will be spent having a good time! And the good time will have to end at the gym around 11:30ish.

The trip is open to the first [insert a somewhat arbitrary number here] people that sign up. No climbing experience is needed. You do not want to be left out! Sign up next Tuesday!

It's gonna be epic.

Matt "Navs" Kaufmann
mkaufmann@wisc.edu

Jan 2nd-8th: Appalachian Exploration Proclamation

2009-11-11T19:21:00.001-06:00

From Steve Nelms:
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Appalachian Exploration Proclamation

Hi all!

If you have been attending any of the recent meetings, you will have heard this trip announcement in person. If not, listen up and listen good. I am leading an 8 person (this could go up to 12 depending on whether or not some transportation/logistics details change) to the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina. We will be Backpacking 40-60 miles of the Appalachian trail. Our midpoint will be Clingman's Dome, the highest point on the entire appalachian trail (approx. 6500'). We will probably be staying in shelters along or near the main trail. I have already talked to many people who are interested in this trip and there is already a short waiting list. However, don't let this turn you off! I am sure that spots will open as most people that I talked to weren't even sure they could go yet. If you're interested, shoot me an e-mail, give me a call, or talk to me in person at one of the meetings (I'm almost always there). In a few weeks (probably early december) I'll be collected a deposit that is nonrefundable unless someone fills your spot. The trip cost will probably be about 60-70 dollars per person for gas + general food costs + minimal shelter fees (there is no park entrance fee or daily fee for hiking). It is difficult to quote an exact price right now, but it will be fairly cheap for a week of fun and hiking. I really would like to do some of the formal planning and decision making once a solid group has been established so that I can get input from everyone and so that we can make it a fully group trip. There are many decisions to be made that I will further discuss after one of the outing club meetings. Feel free to contact me with any advice, suggestions, or questions.

What: Back Packing 40-60 miles of the Appalachian Trail in the Smoky Mountains

Where: The Smoky Mountains in North Carolina. We will hike up to the high point of the Appalachian Trail, Clingman’s Dome.

How?!: We will drive to the trail head and either get goin immediately, or camp for a night at a 250 acre mountain property on the Green River. The day hikes will be medium to high intensity in nature and in mileage. We will likely stay at shelters each night and celebrate our day’s work while preparing for the next day’s trek! Crampons will be a must and snowshoes a maybe. The High elevations will likely be in the 20’s. Snow is a definite possibility!

Why: If you have to ask why, don’t go!

When: January 2^nd-January 8^th (those are the arrive and return dates to and from Mad Town).

Contact Info:

Steve Nelms

E-mail: snelms@wisc.edu

"Delicious Deals" Pancake Breakfast, Thur Nov 19, Great Hall, Memorial Union, 8-10 am

2009-11-11T19:20:00.001-06:00

From: Marc Kennedy, Wisconsin Union Communications Director

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The Wisconsin Union presents:

“Delicious Deals” Pancake Breakfast

November 19

8 – 10 am

Great Hall, Memorial Union

800 Langdon St.

The Wisconsin Union knows that a hearty breakfast at a great price is the perfect way to start your day on campus! All UW-Madison students, faculty and staff are welcome at our “Delicious Deals for Tough Times” breakfast on November 19, from 8 to 10 am in Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.

For $2 and a valid UW ID, guests receive pancakes, coffee and more! This event is limited to the first 350 guests, but more events are planned for next semester to help the campus through tough times!

This special event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Delis, Restaurants and Catering Services who are always creating new and tasty ways to help you stretch your dollars. For example, the Delis offer the Daily Deli Deal at most of their locations which comes with a sandwich, 3 or 4 sides of your choice for under $$6.50. The new Badger Market in the Medical Sciences Center offers the Badger Bundle, which lets you choose any deli sandwich, beverage and side to receive a $1 off.
Our Restaurants also offer daily specials like a small soup for $1.75 or small chili for $2 when you purchase a sandwich at Der Rathskeller. Also, the Terrace Pizza Window in Lakefront on Langdon offers two flatbread pizzas for only $5 for a limited time Thursday-Saturday, 7 pm to close. Our deals are too delicious to pass up!

Find out more about other great deals offered daily at our Deli and Restaurant locations. More events and special deals are coming soon! Check our website at www.union.wisc.edu/deliciousdeals or our Facebook page, “Delicious Deals for Tough Times,” for updates.