On The Loose (OTL), the Outdoors Club of the Claremont Colleges

people,, the time has come.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS. Friday, APRIL 24th, Sontag Greek Theatre, 5:30 pm. More information coming soon. 💥

We had an absolute ballll working with the Catalina Conservancy last weekend. Highlights included: trail work🥾, beach time 🌊☀️⛱️, FOODDDD🌮🍳🥞 (pancakes, eggs, hash browns, burrito bowls + SKILLET COOKIE). Thank you to everyone that made this happen👯‍♀️🍾🎖️🎟️🎯

OTL x 5CEJ Potato mountain hike AND a Chino hills trip! 🤸‍♀️💫⛰️

What could be better. Our leaders are ROCKING it this semester and leading trips left, right and centre. Make sure to get on our email list (in our bio!) to find out about trips as soon as they drop! Big thanks to our amazing leaders for leading these hikes and much more !!! 🥾🌞🌲

WE are running a CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVATION trip!!!!! All you environmental justice loving people must sign up for the trip of the century.

people,, listen up. put your hats on, boots and books off, vibes up, energy higher than the clouds, the time has come. SHIN DIG next Friday MARCH 4 🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩🪩we will dance, we will grill, we will cry tears of joy. be there or be there.

⭐️OTL LEADER SPRINGTIME RE-TRAINING !⭐️

Are Y🫵U an OTL Leader?

✅YES: Please RSVP using the Google form on engage. Attendance is mandatory for all trained leaders (yay!)
❌NO: Do you want to be? Sign up NOW on engage for our Spring leader training THIS SUNDAY (feb 1!!)

*This event is only open to TRAINED OTL leaders* More exciting trips and events to come for the people !! 🫶

Thinking about the mountains? The valleys? The rivers and fields and babbling brooks? We are so excited to start scheming and dreaming about OTL trips for the spring semester. Keep an eye out here for some pre-planned trips you can pick up as a leader, or shoot us a dm with any ideas you have for your own adventure 🌵🍁🪐🌊🏔️⛺️ So excited to see you all back on campus and outside on the looseeeeeeeee

We have returned for a NEWWWWW AND FABULOUS STAPH HIGHLIGHT!!! She is joy she is adventure she is a GEM 💎 ✨ ❇️ ⚡️

Name: Maya Carswell
Originally dwells: Courtenay, British Columbia
School etc: Pomona, sophomore, international relations major, french minor
dream body of water: clear flowing dippable quiet river maximum sunlight and large flat rocks but also salty ocean
fav animal: bumble bee (insect IK)
Top 5: the sun and all she does, BC ferries, pomegranates on the beach, watercolor doodles, dancing always
Other: currently training in pogo sticking (Find her with the pogo stick at shindig, snowstock, the club fair, and just generally in public)

Maya is the happiest addition to our staph and we are endlessly grateful for her s***k, excitement, adventurous spirit, and epic (we mean EPIC) dance moves. Find her in OTL office hours, at the Pomona Green Bike Program, or on sunset jogs around campus 🌼☀️🍁🌟

Yay Malibu Creek! Yay Thanksgiving break! We are so grateful for our wonderful leaders who organized a last-minute camping adventure to Malibu Creek State Park and Malibu Beach! We hiked, swam, beached, saw some fall colors, and snuggled up by the campfire 🍁 🔥 🏕️