Future trips:

Night skiing at Shawnee Peak.  Date: TBD

Ice Skating.   Date:  TBD

November meeting:  11/8.

Lots of fun adventures so far, and more to come!  We have hiked mighty Bradbury Mountain, scaled East Royce Mountain, camped, hiked, and paddled at Acadia National Park, and climbed at the Salt Pump Climbing Gym.

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E-mail Mr. Snow (snowco@spsd.org) with future trip ideas. 

Our year culminates in the illustrious SPOC Winter Overnight.  Location to be decided . . .

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Check with Mr. Snow if you would like to borrow gear from the SPOC gear closet (tents, sleeping bags, snowshoes, med kit).

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S.P.O.C. 2016-17

What a year it has been so far!  Bradbury Mountain hike, Kennebec River whitewater rafting, rock climbing at Fort Williams, and a Burnt Meadow Mountain hike.  Beautiful and fun times!

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For November into December, SPOC has four key things to share:

1.)  After consultation with the SPOC President, we will be heading to Crescent Beach on Friday after school.  The weather is going to be absolutely beautiful!  We will meet in room 301 at 2pm, and we need drivers, so bring your vehicle, and/or a parent with a vehicle.  Please let me know if you are going to go on Friday, and if you can drive.

 

2.)  As mentioned in an earlier e-mail, there is a great outdoor leadership opportunity coming up.  If you are interested, please e-mail me by the end of the day on Friday with an explanation as to why you would like to go.  SPOC President and I will select the three names and notify them by early next week.

 

3.)  There is a great deal for getting a three month climbing pass at the Salt Pump climbing gym.  There are other goodies that come with the membership, including rental gear, free guest passes, and yoga/fitness classes. It is $175 total, but that price will go down if more people sign up.  Email:  davista@spsdme.org for more info.

 

4.)  Speaking of the Salt Pump gym, we will be going there during the week of 11/28-12/2.  It will be $25 for a full session, which includes climbing, instruction, and rental gear.  Please let me know which day of the week works best for you.

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We are excited to get outside for some fun adventures this year!

We have some fun trips coming up, including a Bradbury Mountain hike, whitewater rafting, and a fall foliage mountain hike.  Check in with Mr. Snow in room 301 for more details.

Upcoming Trips:

a.) Indoor Rock climbing at Evo next Tuesday or Wednesday (we are still waiting to hear back from them on a day; it’s looking like Wednesday works for more people).

b.)  Scenic hike on Sunday, November 8.

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Great trips so far, SPOC!

The Acadia Rendezvous was an incredible weekend!  Pictures to be posted soon.

The annual “Get Lost on Bradbury” was beautiful and fun.

And the rafting trip on the Kennebec River was a rockin’ adventure!

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Hello there!

I am looking forward to another amazing year of hiking, biking, snowshoeing, climbing, and just all around adventuring with you this year.

Please share any trip ideas here.

Also, here are the SPOC Waiver 2015-16  and the SPOC medical-form-15-16.  Please fill these out with your parents and bring them in asap.

Here are some upcoming trips!

Bradbury Mountain Hike

Wednesday, Sept. 23 (meet in room 301 at 2pm; we’ll be back by 5pm)

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Winnick Moutain Biking

Thurs., Sept. 24 (meet in room 301 at 2pm; those with bikes, bring them to school; you can even store them in my room)

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Whitewater Rafting on the Kennebec River

Sunday, October 4.  You can find the Northern Outdoors waiver here.

Wow, what a great year for SPOC!  From whitewater rafting on the Dead River, to hiking Bradbury Mountain, to the indoor and outdoor rock climbing, to the winter overnight at the Stratton Brook Hut (great sledding!), amongst other amazing trips, we had some incredible adventures.  Thanks for an amazing year!

10/26/14:  Thanks for a great day today, guys.  Awesome ascent of Mt. Megunticook!

  

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9/28/14: East Royce Mountain was conquered by several intrepid adventures today.  Wow, the fall foliage was at its technicolor finest! 

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9/17/14:  Awesome trip up Bradbury!  We failed to get lost (again), but we found some great views and played some rippin’ rounds of “Ching Chowee” and “Pow” (don’t know what they are? Join us on a future trip!). Here’s a picture of the victors:

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Hello there!

I am looking forward to another amazing year of hiking, biking, snowshoeing, climbing, and just all around adventuring with you this year.

Please share any trip ideas here.

Also, here are the SPOC Waiver14-15  and the Medical Form ’14-’15.  Please fill these out with your parents and bring them in asap.

Here are some upcoming trips!

Bradbury Mountain Hike

Wednesday, Sept. 17 (meet in room 301 at 2pm; we’ll be back by 5pm)

 

Winnick Moutain Biking

Thurs., Sept. 25 (meet in room 301 at 2pm; those with bikes, bring them to school; you can even store them in my room)

East Royce Mountain Hike

Sunday, Sept. 28 (Meet in the S.P.H.S. lower parking lot at 8am)

Whitewater Rafting on the Dead River

Saturday, Oct. 4

Wow, what a great year for SPOC!  From whitewater rafting on the Dead River, to hiking Bradbury Mountain, to the fall overnight in Caratunk, to the indoor and outdoor rock climbing, to the winter overnight at Carter Notch, amongst other amazing trips, we had some incredible adventures.  Thanks for an amazing year!

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Awesome winter overnight to the Carter Notch Hut on Feb. 17-18!  We backpacked, climbed, gawked, slid on our bottoms, ate, charaded, slept, ramparted, hiked, and sledded our way through two beautiful days together.

 

We’re heading back to the Maine Rock Gym on Wednesday.   If you are coming, please go to the Rock Gym page to put your name in the comment field.

It’s been fun so far!:

Wednesday, Nov. 20:  Climbing at the Maine Rock Gym.  We cranked some gnarly routes!  Here are some pics:

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Sat./Sun, Oct. 12-13:  The T3 Rendezvous overnight.  Overcast, overnight, over-the-top fun!

Saturday, Oct. 5:  Whitewater on the mighty Dead River.  A rockin’ good time!

Friday, Oct. 4:  Mountain Biking at Winnick Woods.  We bumped, rocked, and rolled all over that forest!

Tuesday, Oct. 1:  We had our annual “Get Lost At Bradbury” hike.  Good times were had by all (we failed to get lost, though).

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Here’s to another fun-filled, adventurous year are SPHS.  Please share any trip ideas with me, and we will make plans to get out and play.

Here is the  SPOC Waiver

And here is the Medical Form ’13

WOW!  WE DID A LOT THIS YEAR.  FROM WHITEWATER RAFTING TO INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ROCK CLIMBING TO OUR AWESOME WINTER AND SPRING OVERNIGHTS, LIFE TREATED US WELL.  THANKS TO ALL FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR!

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Here is the video from the awesome Winter Overnight.  What a trip!

Great Monthly meeting:  Winter overnight announced!  Lonesome Lake AMC Hut on Feb. 21/22.  Get your $32 to Mr. Snow asap so we can book it.

Also, great slacklining and ping pong.  There are some talented individuals in our clan.

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Our Maine Rock Gym day was awesome!  Nice work, climbers.  Most impressive!  Photos will be posted soon.

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Our annual “Let’s try to get lost at Bradbury Mountain” hike was a success (except for the getting lost part).

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Drat!  The Mt. Ike Hike got canceled due to horrible weather.  There is a chance that we will do a lower elevation hike soon.  Stay tuned . . .

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Congratulations to our new President:  Derek Tannoia, and our new V.P.–Sam Woodward! They rock! (and bike, and hike, and paddle, and . . .)

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Rock Climbing at Fort Williams and the WHITEWATER RAFTING trip were both AWESOME!  Thanks to all who participated.  

Here is the Kennebec River Video Link

And here is Tris on “Warped Cube”, a 5.7 at Fort Williams.  
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Outing Club Yearbook photo and monthly meeting will be on Tuesday, Nov. 9. We will meet in the lower cafeteria.

Thanks to all for another amazing year.  Our barbeque and climbing at Fort Williams was a great wrap-up.  Seniors, we will miss you!!!

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How to describe our Doublehead Mountain overnight?  Stupendous, miraculous, adventurous . . . . .SLEDdiferrous!

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Here is amazing footage from our Tuckerman Ravine adventure.  Watch it if you dare . . . . .

Our next event will be a trip to the Maine Rock Gym this Wednesday, Dec. 14.  Cost is $15-$17, including rental and instruction.  Click on the “Rock Gym” button above to sign up (and download the waiver).

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Our first weekend day trip will be on Saturday, October, 8.  We will be going whitewater rafting on the Kennebec River.  The cost is $74, which is due to Mr. Devlin in room 231 by this Friday.  They require a waiver as well:  Rafting Waiver

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2010-2011 Events:

Pictures from the beautiful Mt. Kearsarge hike are up on that page.

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On Tuesday (11/2), we will be heading over to the pool to practice our kayak rolls.  Please meet in room 227 after school for a briefing and then we will head over.  (Bring your swimsuits to school).

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Awesome time at the Maine Rock Gym on Thursday.  To all who attended, nice work cranking the routes!  We will have to get back there sometime soon.

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Sweet mountain bike ride on Tuesday!  The terrain was awesome, the smiles were wide, and the foliage was bright.  We’ll have to do that again!

THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CARIBOU MOUNTAIN HIKE.  THE STREAM CROSSINGS WERE COOL, THE CONVERSATION WAS GREAT, THE VIEWS WERE STUNNING, AND THE FOLIAGE WAS PRIME!  (Check out the pictures on the Caribou Mountain page)

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I look forward to getting outside with you this year.  Fall trips will include a hike up Caribou Mountain on October 2, rock climbing, mountain biking and practicing our kayak rolls.

We will be confirming our interest in a trip by signing up on this website.  Please do so for the Caribou hike as soon as possible.

A picture of Garrett after sharing a tent with Chris and Alex.

Attention: We had a blast the Maine Rock Gym on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Thanks to all who attended.

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Thanks for all of the great ideas last month. We talked about everything from cross-country skiing to urban adventure. We started off with climbing at Fort Williams this week, and went from there. Keep checking the website and announcements for updates.

Acadia Rendezvous participants, some photos are up on the Acadia Rendezvous page. Foliage.

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In order to participate in any SPOC activity, you must have your SPOC Waiver and medical forms filled out and passed in to Mr. Snow.

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Please confirm your participation in the coming activities by selecting the appropriate web page above and leaving a comment.

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Those signed up for climbing at the Maine Rock Gym next week do need to have their waiver signed before we go. http://www.merockgym.com/waiver.html

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I am looking forward to having fun outside with you this year! Feel free to give trip suggestions and/or other comments or ideas.

~ Mr. Snow