Harvard Outing Club

Congratulations to the new HOC Board for 2012-2013. The new board is excited to work with ya'll, and is for sure going to do great things!

President- Ben Raderstorf

VP- Michael Traver

Treasurer- Kristen Wraith

Trip Guru- Sam Wallis

Social Chair- Julia Carvalho

***Gear Managers- will be finalized next meeting, when all candidates are present!

Congratulations to all!

This last Thursday and Friday, (February 23rd and 24^th, 2012) some of my fellow leaders and I lead an UNOFFICIAL outing club ski trip to Wildcat Mountain! I think we all agreed that spending a Friday in which we didn’t have class skiing was the BEST possible way to spend a Friday. Here’s what went down:

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Herein begins the chronicle of an excursion to Mount Monadnock in the glorious state of New Hampshire. Formal dress requested, black tie optional. After a driver debacle, seven of us piled into a mini van dressed in our Sunday best, headed out for a two hour drive to Monadnock. We made it to the park by 11:30 and, after a lecture from the park ranger curious about our fantastic attire, we headed up the mountain decked out in suit jackets, ties, dresses, and, of course, raincoats.

HOC and STAHR ventured to the cabin on a wonderful, spring weekend for stargazing and hiking. We had some last-minute transportation difficulties on Friday, but after sorting it out most of the group was on the way to the cabin. The others joined us the next day. The first contingent arrived at the cabin on Friday evening, made dinner, played some games, and then went stargazing! It was a wonderfully clear night, and we were able to look at the moon, Saturn, the Beehive Cluster, and more through STAHR's telescope.