OutingClub:Trips:October 13-16, 2006
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.
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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
- Leann Leiter
- Nina Scupp
- Megan Kettmann
- Rachel Sanders
- Kerry Browne
- Cathleen Repholz
- Avrora Keremidchieva
- Erin Cass
- Chloe Mandell
Objectives
- Maintain the safety of all group members
- Have fun
- Meet new people, build club community.
- Practice leave no trace principles in a canoe camping environment
- Provide an envrionment for participants to challenge themselves and push their physical limits
- Explore a new area
- 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. Possibly 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. Possibly Camp at Carter Caves State Resort Park in Kentucky. This campground is about 6 hour and 50 minutes from Carlisle. you can find driving directions from Carlisle to Carter Caves State Park
- Saturday, October 14
- Climb (Check out Red River Climbing to find out about climbing possibilities at the Red, 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.
- Sunday, October 15
- Climb, Hike, Kayak
- 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.
Weather Forecast
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 60.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.
Sunday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 66.
Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Monday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67.
Monday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69.
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