DC UL Backpacking Guiding Philosophy: To backpack the mid-Atlantic, focused on weekend trips and the occasional longer outing, with the idea to travel as many miles in a given day as possible, and to have a fulfilling backcountry experience. While we do not (for the most part) insist on an extreme pace, we do strive to move far and to stay in constant motion. In the summer, with ample daylight, this will likely result in 15, 20 and even 25 mile days. In the winter, this might be limited to 10 …
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… e held in DC on Sidwell Friends Campus (off Wisconsin Ave) which is easily metro accessible. 8) There is a large FREE parking garage for those that prefer to drive. 9) We also organize other social outings such as dinner, barbecues, brunches, other sports and social events. Enrollments are now open. Contact us for early bird registration for discounts for individuals and teams. Cost for a minimum nine game season will be about $800 per team. Usually a team has about 10 players (1 goalie, 2-3 fe …
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Kubb is a Scandinavian lawn-game, involving throwing wooden sticks underhand to knock over wooden figures. It combines the basic throwing-sport skills of bocce with the chess-like skills of setting up your enemy's troops in the most advantageous way possible to knock out waves of troops with a single strike. Depending who you ask, the game began on the Swedish island of Gottland in the medieval era on in the 1980s, but in either case it's an engaging lawn game popular throughout Scandinavian com …
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This group is primarily for people who are interested in making day trips to the local (2-3 hour drive) ski resorts. Whether you are new to the sport, looking to change between skiing and snowboarding or you are an experienced skier or snowboarder who is looking to carpool and share the lift, this group is for you.
Meet with people who play NAKID - the biggest and best social sports club in DC! Our Spring kickball, dodgeball, volleyball, giant Jenga, giant Connect 4 and cornhole season registration is open The season starts the first week of April. Check us out: www.playnakid.com. Throughout each season, we have lots of great social events that NAKIDs are invited to, such as our FREE parties, FREE movie screenings, the World Series of Pop Culture, the Beerlympics Caps games watches (winter time), DC Unit …
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Ski season is upon us - so we're going to be doing fairly regular weekend trips to some of the ski resorts within driving distance - and maybe take extended overnight trips elsewhere...we'll see how it goes. Whether you're a serious skier or just learning, there's a place for you here. Welcome
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We are all about whitewater. Whether that be kayaking, rafting, canoeing, stand up paddling or surfing. This is the place to get lessons as well as find people to paddle/play with. We will have various levels of instruction, plus social paddles, events and trips. During the winter months we will be doing indoor pool practice through our sponsor Valley Mill Kayak School. Look for beginner lessons to start in the spring, once conditions on the river permit us to get out there, usually in May. For …
… Many of our trips have been copied by numerous other meetup groups such as White Oak Canyon in Winter when the Falls are Frozen, Sunrise from Old Rag, Dolly Sods (we replaced all the trail signs) and work with the National Forest Service in maintaining Dolly Sods, Roaring Plains, Seneca Creek, North Fork Mountain Wilderness/Backcountry areas and get use of a cabin or camp for our work trips that make for a fabulous weekend trip! Adventure trips such as Bridge Day (whitewater rafting and hiking o …
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Fairfax Athletics (FXA), a nonprofit organization, is a fun and competitive Co-ed Adult Soccer League in Northern Virginia (Alexandria, Arlington, Ashburn, Burke, Chantilly, Centreville, Fairfax, Falls Church, Herndon, Loudoun, Reston, & Vienna) averaging over 75 teams each season (Over 805 Teams Total for all FXA Sports in 2011). We offer both team and individual (free agent) registrations for the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter seasons. That's right, we play soccer year round! To keep compe …
About FWSA Greetings and welcome to the Fairfax Women's Soccer Association meet-up site! Our organization is over 25 years old and consists of roughly 700 women between the ages of 18 and "somewhere [well] over 50." We have two regular seasons Spring and Fall where teams play ten games (weather permitting). Our Summer and Winter seasons are more relax and offer a great opportunity for players who wish to try the league. Age categories Open--women 18 years or older--any woman can play he …
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Informational meeting regarding indoor soocer at the Herndon Community Center August 8th at 8pm. The goal of this meeting to prove community interest in affordable indoor soccer this winter. The bigger the turnout the better the equipment we can order.
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Group runs throughout the year help you to stay on track, socialize with like members and enjoy a fun training run with memorable photos. Let us know what distance you are interested in. We have a 3 mile, 5 mile, 10 miler with beautiful scenes of DC. Make running DC a great part of your historical photos.
So here's my idea. I'm looking to start a group for people that generally feel blah right now. Not depressed, but a little apathetic. I mean, life's good. Decent job, decent pay, but maybe something's missing. You have some fickle passions, or maybe even an overwhelming passion, but it won't pay well enough to quit the professional career you've already spent so much time pursuing. Maybe you'd like to get a dog, but you realize it would be a pain to walk him in the winter every day after a …
… TRI-SPORTS? I am interested in triathlon training, so if there's interest maybe we'll try and do some bike rides or swims--if this sounds interesting to you, just let us know on the Discussion board! SOCIALS? Apart from running, we can have other social events, we've had one happy hours in the past and can definitely have more, also we've discussed the possibility BBQs and day trips (like to the shore, for a beach run plus beach time). Basically, if this sound's fun, you like running with people …
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We are a group of adult players who love can't get enough of playing volleyball. If you want to just get out and play then this group is for you. This is for BB or better players. Please no backyard or BBQ players. To keep this competitive EXPERIENCED players only. We will be playing every Wednesday and Fridays at 8:30p.m. to 10:30p.m. at Weyanoke Elementary School gym as well as sand volleyball at Burke Lake and Lee Rec, days may vary. Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA this is on the Springfield-Al …
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