OutingClub:Trips:October 13-16, 2006

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Fall Pause trip to Red River Gorge, KY.

Leader: Kerry Browne.

Available activities on this trip include: Rock Climbing, Hiking, Backpacking, Kayaking, and Caving.

Description: The Red River Gorge is known for its beautiful scenery, steep cliffs, and the largest collection of natural stone arches in the eastern United States. There are over many miles of hiking trails in addition to over 3000 rock climbs in the Red River Gorge area. If there is sufficient interest, some participants may take a wild cave tour of Mammoth Cave (the longest cave system in the world). In order to do this cave tour, participants will have to book in advance with the national park service. Planning for this trip will begin at the September 18, Outing Club meeting, and participants must come to the two meeting immediately prior to this trip in order to attend.

Links for more information:

Red River Gorge
Mammoth Cave

Trip Plan

Title
Fall Pause Trip to Red River Gorge, Kentucky
Date/Time
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 to Friday, May 19, 2006
Location
Red River Gorge Kentucky
Mandatory Planning Meeting
Monday, October 9, 2006 at 7:30pm in Tome 103
Activity
Hiking, Canoeing/Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Camping
Level
Beginner/Intermediate
Participants
10
Transport
2 Minivans
Leaders
Kerry Browne (Primary Leader)
email: brownek@dickinson.edu
office: 717-418-2263
Nina Scupp(co-leader)
email: scuppr@dickinson.edu
phone: 603-568-9162

Participants

  1. Leann Leiter
  2. Nina Scupp
  3. Megan Kettmann
  4. Rachel Sanders
  5. Kerry Browne
  1. Cathleen Repholz
  2. Avrora Keremidchieva
  3. Erin Cass
  4. Chloe Mandell

Objectives

  1. Maintain the safety of all group members
  2. Have fun
  3. Meet new people, build club community.
  4. Practice leave no trace principles in a beautiful environment
  5. Provide an envrionment for participants to challenge themselves and push their physical limits
  6. Explore a new area
  7. Practice rock climbing (sport and trad leading)

Gear

You should plan to bring at least 20 to 30 dollars to help pay for food, campsite and incidentals. Each person is responsible for bringing all gear that they will need for the trip. The links below will take you to lists to help you plan what gear to bring for particular activities.

You should come to the meeting with a written list of the gear you believe you will need to borrow from the club closet and be prepared to pick up this gear immediately following the outing club meeting. For more information on club gear checkout policy please refer to Gear Lending Policy

Food

Breakfast/Lunch
Bring your own food for breakfasts and lunches. We'll be making hot water for breakfasts if you want to make oatmeal, coffee, tea, hot chocolate etc.
Dinner
Friday: Something quick on the road. Bring money!
Saturday: Hobo packs- ground beef, frozen corn, potatoes, onions and barbecue sauce. Wrap up in tinfoil, twist into bizarre tinfoil sculptures and put over fire.
Sunday: Chilimac- vegetarian chili and maccaroni and cheese mixed together, which is a classic Outing Club concoction

Schedule

Friday, October 13
Meet at the Kline Center parking lot at Van 1 - 1:00pm behind Tome, Van 2 - 4:30 p.m.
Camp at Beech Fork State Park in West Virginia. This campground is about 6 hours from Carlisle. You can find driving directions from Carlisle to Beech Fork State Park here.
Saturday, October 14
Climb (Check out Red River Climbing to find out about climbing possibilities at the Red) Note: If you plan to climb at the Muir Valley Preserve Website, you need to go to the Muir Valley website and fill out the Liability Waiver and bring a copy of it with you on the trip.
Hike
Kayak
Possible Caving at Carter Caves State Resort Park in Kentucky. Two hour wild cave tours on Saturday morning at 10 am and at 1:30 pm for $10. Please check out this site if you are interested. We should make advanced reservations is people are interested.You can find driving directions from Beech Fork State Park to Carter Caves State Park
Camp at Koomer Ridge Campground here are directions to Slade, Kentucky in the heart of the Red River Gorge. You can find a map of the Red River Gorge area here. This map shows how to get from the town of slade to Koomer Ridge Campground and to the Muir Valley and other climbing areas.
Sunday, October 15
Climb, Hike, Kayak
Camp at Koomer Ridge Campground
Monday, October 16
Climb/Hike in the morning, Return to Dickinson late at night (well after dinner), or maybe early Tuesday. This will remain flexible. If we stay somewhere on Monday night it will probably be either Coopers Rock State Park in West Virginia or Cedar Creek State Park

Weather Forecast

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. West southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Saturday: Patchy frost between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 62. West wind between 5 and 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70.


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