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This is a weekly digest of upcoming trips hosted by the <a href="https://mitoc.mit.edu" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">MIT Outing Club</a>.
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To unsubscribe, visit <a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mitoc-trip-announce" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mitoc-trip-announce</a>
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<h1 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0; font-size: 35px; font-weight: 300; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; margin-bottom: 30px;">Trips currently open for signup</h1>
<h2 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">
<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3032/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Winter School: Guest Lecture Series! (night 1)</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Tuesday, January 20</h3>
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<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Other</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Entertaining!</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Joe Palin, Margaret Peng, Nathalie Verlinde</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> None!</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Spaces remaining:</strong> 83</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups close at:</strong> Jan. 20, 2026, 7 p.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
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<h2 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">
<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3050/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">WS 2026: Leaders Trip Planning Social | Week 3</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Tuesday, January 20</h3>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Other</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Social+Pitching trips with food</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Joe Palin, Margaret Peng, Nathalie Verlinde, Rebecca Kestin</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> Must be a approved Winter School 2026 leader or co-leader!</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Spaces remaining:</strong> 21</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups close at:</strong> Jan. 20, 2026, 6 p.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
</ul>
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<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3034/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Winter School: Guest Lecture Series! (night 2)</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Thursday, January 22</h3>
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<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Other</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Entertaining!</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Joe Palin, Margaret Peng, Nathalie Verlinde</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> None!</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Spaces remaining:</strong> 115</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups close at:</strong> Jan. 22, 2026, 7 p.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
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<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3112/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Do go for alpine cairn! (anagram)</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Sunday, January 25</h3>
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<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Program</strong>: Winter School
Attendance at <a href="https://mitoc.mit.edu/events/winter-school">mandatory safety lectures is required</a>.
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Hiking</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Terrain level</strong>: C</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> L4 (difficult)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Bjorn Poonen (B coC), James Douberley (C)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> A winter hike of at least 6 miles and 3000 ft gain, and a hike in some season with 4000' gain. Solid with layering technique. Physical condition for a hike of this length and elevation gain.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Spaces remaining:</strong> 8</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups close at:</strong> Jan. 21, 2026, 9 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> lottery</li>
</ul>
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<h2 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">
<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3033/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Winter School: Guest Lecture Series! (night 3)</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Tuesday, January 27</h3>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Other</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Entertaining!</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Joe Palin, Margaret Peng, Nathalie Verlinde</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> None!</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Spaces remaining:</strong> 113</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups close at:</strong> Jan. 27, 2026, 7 p.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
</ul>
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<h2 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">
<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3051/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">WS 2026: Leaders Trip Planning Social | Week 4</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Tuesday, January 27</h3>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Other</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Social+Pitching trips with food</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Joe Palin, Margaret Peng, Nathalie Verlinde, Rebecca Kestin</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> Must be a approved Winter School 2026 leader or co-leader!</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Spaces remaining:</strong> 54</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups close at:</strong> Jan. 27, 2026, 6 p.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
</ul>
</p>
<h2 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">
<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3035/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Winter School: Guest Lecture Series, and Final night!</a>
</h2>
<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Thursday, January 29</h3>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Other</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Entertaining!</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Joe Palin, Margaret Peng, Nathalie Verlinde</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> None!</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Spaces remaining:</strong> 75</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups close at:</strong> Jan. 29, 2026, 9 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
</ul>
</p>
<h2 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">
<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3041/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Avalanche Course (SAS introductory, 3 day)</a>
</h2>
<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Friday, February 27</h3>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Backcountry skiing</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Learning</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Thomas Body</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> Must be a competent backcountry skier or snowshoer</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Spaces remaining:</strong> 8</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups close at:</strong> Feb. 21, 2026, 9 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
</ul>
</p>
<h2 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">
<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3040/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Avalanche Course (AIARE 1, hybrid + 2 day)</a>
</h2>
<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Saturday, February 28</h3>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Backcountry skiing</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Learning</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Sai Srivatsa Ravindranath</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> Must be a competent backcountry skier or snowshoer</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Spaces remaining:</strong> 0</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups close at:</strong> Feb. 21, 2026, 9 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
</ul>
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<h1 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0; font-size: 35px; font-weight: 300; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; margin-bottom: 30px;">Upcoming trips (not yet open)</h1>
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<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3113/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Kayak Rolling (Session 1)</a>
</h2>
<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Friday, February 6</h3>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Program</strong>: Boating
</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Kayaking</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Easy</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Lorenzo Shaikewitz (Whitewater chair)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups open at:</strong> Jan. 30, 2026, 9 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
</ul>
</p>
<h2 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">
<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3036/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Winter safety lectures (February edition)!</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Wednesday, February 11</h3>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Other</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Educational :-)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Ashutosh Kumar, Joe Palin</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> Need to be good at sitting</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups open at:</strong> Jan. 31, 2026, 8:26 p.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
</ul>
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<h2 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">
<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3114/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Kayak Rolling (Session 2)</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Friday, February 13</h3>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Program</strong>: Boating
</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Kayaking</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Easy</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Lorenzo Shaikewitz (Whitewater chair)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups open at:</strong> Jan. 30, 2026, 9 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
</ul>
</p>
<h2 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">
<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3115/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Kayak Rolling (Session 3)</a>
</h2>
<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Friday, February 20</h3>
<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<ul style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Program</strong>: Boating
</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Kayaking</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Easy</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Lorenzo Shaikewitz (Whitewater chair)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups open at:</strong> Jan. 30, 2026, 9 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
</ul>
</p>
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<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3111/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">❄️🎪 Winter Circus 2026 🎪❄️</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Saturday, February 21</h3>
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Program</strong>: Winter (outside IAP)
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Hiking</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Terrain level</strong>: B</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Easy -> Hard</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Andy Tu (A coB), Ashutosh Kumar (B), Dheepak Arumukhom Revi (B), Eva Strauss (A coB), Janey Farina (B coS)... (10 in total)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> Attended safety lectures this year, and have been on at least one winter trip</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups open at:</strong> Feb. 7, 2026, 2:59 p.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> lottery</li>
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<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3046/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Cross Country Ski the Annual NH Inn-to-Inn Chocolate Festival</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Sunday, February 22</h3>
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Program</strong>: Winter (outside IAP)
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Cross-country skiing</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Terrain level</strong>: A</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Chill</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Chrissy Glover (A coC coI), Mike Chan (B), Susan King (B coC), Tian Ong (B)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong> Must like chocolate</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups open at:</strong> Feb. 12, 2026, 7:30 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> lottery</li>
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<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3116/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Kayak Rolling (Session 4)</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Friday, February 27</h3>
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Program</strong>: Boating
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Kayaking</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Easy</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Lorenzo Shaikewitz (Whitewater chair)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups open at:</strong> Feb. 20, 2026, 9 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
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<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3117/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Kayak Rolling (Session 5)</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Friday, March 6</h3>
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Program</strong>: Boating
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Kayaking</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Easy</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Lorenzo Shaikewitz (Whitewater chair)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups open at:</strong> Feb. 25, 2026, 9 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
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<a href="https://mitoc-trips.mit.edu/trips/3118/" style="color: #3498db; text-decoration: underline;">Kayak Rolling (Session 6)</a>
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<h3 style="color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;">Friday, March 13</h3>
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Program</strong>: Boating
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<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Type</strong>: Kayaking</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Difficulty rating:</strong> Easy</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Leaders:</strong> Lorenzo Shaikewitz (Whitewater chair)</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Signups open at:</strong> Feb. 25, 2026, 9 a.m.</li>
<li style="list-style-position: inside; margin-left: 5px;"><strong>Algorithm:</strong> first-come, first-serve</li>
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