Meet with other adventure travel enthusiasts here in the Bay Area! Come to an Adventure Travel Meetup to see / share photos and stories of great trips, and get ideas for your next big adventure. Have fun with like-minded travelers -- and, who knows, maybe even find a travel buddy! Meetups will generally focus on a particular area of the world (e.g. S.E. Asia, Middle East, Latin America) or a style of travel (e.g. hiking, bike trips), and you'll have the chance to suggest the focus for future …

ProAction Athletics is dedicated to getting you results you are proud of through hard work, camaraderie, and a confidence boost! This is a fitness training camp led by Sarah McClendon. I am a personal trainer with an extensive volleyball coaching background. I model my boot camps to be a fusion of weight training with a team like feeling. I offer both morning and evening boot camps for women. You are welcome to come to either class during the course of the 4 week camp at one flat rate. The env …

East Bay LGBTQQ Fun Group rocks! We're all about making amazing friends, doing awesome, queer-centric stuff in the Bay Area, exploring and having fun! Come one, come all, if you're a member, friend or ally of the LGBTQQ community! Our mission is to find queer-friendly stuff to do that's relatively close to public transit. Ideas include, but are not limited to, restaurants, festivals, music shows, comedy, volunteering, museums, hiking/camping/backpacking, dance parties, clubs, sports, game nights …

Love to sing?  What's stopping you? The Organic Women's Chorus is ready to help you start again. We are an informal and welcoming group of women who love singing together in community.  Our weekly meetings are part singing, part support group, part family reunion, and another part singing! The Organic Women's Chorus started in April, 2009 with a group of women who met at Women Making Music camp (more info at www.womamu.org) and wanted to sing together more regularly and locally. We sing a variet …

Hi and welcome to California Weekends. California is among the best places in the world for roads trips and camping. The state is home to millions of people of different backgrounds, molding California into a truly unique place rich with incredible must-see attractions and interesting activities for those who want to discover the state's cultural diversity.  Road trips are a lot of fun and so is camping. These are two of our favorite things to do...so why not start a group to share the experien …

Bay Area Friends (BAF) is a social group for people with genital herpes (HSV1, HSV2) who live in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. With @ 3000 members (combining our Meetup and Yahoo Groups), we are one of the largest Herpes social groups in the USA. We welcome everyone over 18 who is interested in making new friends, sharing fun activities together, and meeting others who share our surprisingly common situation. BAF has NO DUES, NO officers, NO social directors and NO budget. Instead, we rely …

East Bay Dad’s Group is a group of working and nonworking dads who are interested in meeting other dads who are happily married and trying to tackle the challenge of raising a child or children and continue to be happily married. There are a lot of groups out there for divorced Dads or single dads etc., what about Dads that work and at the same trying to be involved with their families? The intention of this group will be just that. To have a place in which Dads can be men and men can be Dads. E …

[color=green][b]WELCOME![/b][/color] Our events are for all us singles who want to GET OUT and have some FUN! Not that we don't love our couple friends too, but they always have to leave early (or can't come at all) because of the kids, the house, etc.  This group is for those of us who have more free time and want to make some new friends while having some FUN! There are more of us single people in the bay area than you think, so leave all your friends who are couples at home and come out to …

Outdoor Afro is a community that reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through recreational activities such as camping, hiking, biking, birding, fishing, gardening, skiing — and more! Outdoor Afro uses social media to create interest communities, events, and to partner with regional and national organizations that support diverse participation in the Great Outdoors. Here is where you can start locally connecting with people who share your outdoor interests!

"The DaVinci Institute: Where Great Ideas Happen" The DaVinci Institute produces a number of unique events ranging from the two monthly networking events - the Night with a Futurist, and the Startup Junkie Underground - to a series of Boot Camps and Crash Courses primarily designed around serving the needs of businesses and entrepreneurs. Our events feature some of the most talented thinkers and seasoned veterans who have fundamentally changed the business landscape with the sheer weight of the …

While we love our men and our guy friends, experiencing the outdoors with a group of women is a different game. When it comes to the outdoors, we believe in equity, not necessarily equality. (Don't understand what we mean by that statement? Come check us out and you'll discover the true meaning!) We believe in physical strength, but also the inner strength of great women. We believe in a caring and nurturing community, where all women are free to be themselves - safe to admit their weaknesses, s …

>> FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK << This group aims to do meetups centered around anything that makes you sweat! Hiking, backpacking, mountaineering, running, bicycling, kayaking, rafting, tennis, surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, paddle-boarding, wake-boarding, SUP, bungee jumping, skydiving, swimming, rock climbing, bouldering, spelunking - If it can be done with a group, suggest it and let's make it happen! This group does not and will not tolerate discrimination based on race, gender, religion, age …

This meetup is dedicated to the memory of Tom Heng, founder of this group. I am an avid Peak Bagger who is looking to meet other people to summit peaks 12,000 Feet or Higher and love having the feel of being on tops of things.

Work hard during the week. Play even harder during the weekend! Bay Area Weekenders will explore all that this amazing area has to offer with a group of really fun and friendly people. Your favorite musician is coming to town...let's go! Hiking anyone? Want to visit the new bar, restaurant and lounge in the neighborhood... let's do it! Here is a sample of the kinds of events to expect in Bay Area Weekends: Cocktail Parties and Mixers Concerts and Other Music Events Competitive Events for Grou …

Share a ride to hiking trails, kayaking coves, rivers and other scenic locations. This group is for people who want to use non-profit, for-profit and peer-to-peer car sharing to carpool to the great outdoors. Expect to pay $15-$20 per person for a local day trip and $40-$60 for a weekend trip,  and be cool and responsible about sharing the ride. See the Pages section for more information about car sharing. http://www.meetup.com/Car-Share-to-Wilderness-Collective/about/ Members are welcome and en …

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal. CWC is the only organization dedicated to protecting and restoring California's wild places and native biodiversity on a statewide level. Since 1976, we have empowered local communities and conservationists to be the voice for wild California.

The San Francisco Bay Area Gay & Lesbian Sierrans is an outings and conservation club for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, and our friends. We are an official activities section of the Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club. Founded in 1986, the Bay Chapter GLS was the Sierra Club's first gay and lesbian activities section. We're still one of the largest of a growing number of GLS chapters around the country. Throughout the year, we sponsor a variety of activities which offer something …

This is free fit camp, a circuit training style exercise meet up for begginer and intermediate participants. It will be a combination of aerobic and anaerobic exercise. This will be done with mostly body weight exercises. This group will be meeting once a week. I am a fully certified trainer and nutrition consultant. I have a passion for exercise, improved health and wellness. My fitness philosophy is constantly evolving. I love meeting new people interested in having a good time while getting a …

Our group has existed in the Bay Area since 1981. We are committed to desert conservation and we lead trips to these beautiful wild places. Please see our website desert-survivors.org for a list of our trips. We have members all over the country. All ages and levels of activity are welcome, and we are currently seeking new members to develop trips.

Lesbians/Queer/Dyke/Butch or Fems looking to gather hang out for Sunday football & BBQ, Friday night dinner & video or trip to the movies. Game night, poker, doggy hikes, biking, bowling, camping, Salsa classes & parties, outings to San Francisco dancing, festivals, Napa wine tasting. Looking to connect with others that live in El Sobrante and the areas surrounding. Let get together enjoy what this area has to offer. Couples and singles, with kids or dogs. Let's hang and build community. Let the …

This group is about making new friends in Berkeley between the ages of late 20's and early 40's, that may have similar interest. Focusing in hiking, happy hour, special Bay Area events, Tahoe trips and other visiting/ exploring great areas of California.

CCK Kayak was started by a group of California Canoe & Kayak (CCK) Instructors. Our goal is to lower the barrier to kayaking. Making it easier for the beginners to begin and for the experienced to get more water time with the best folks to learn from. Certified Instructors and seasoned CCK Kayak members will always be on hand to offer guidance and support.

Feeling Arranging is a primitive form of Shamanism, which is nature based and very ancient. It’s about finding our original self through arranging our feelings. This group is for the adventurous and the fearless. Feeling Arranging is uniquely different from the shamanism and healing methods we know such as journeying, soul retrieval and meditation. We use darkness as a positive force to heal ourselves and to connect with our ancestors and nature. Like a seed needs a dark place to incubate before …

Looking for a motivating work out to get in shape and involved in your community? Look no further! Come join us Tuesdays & Thursdays at 6:45 am at Avenue Terrace Park located on the corner of Bennett & Jordan in Redwood Heights. Just bring a pair of weights, a mat and a positive attitude and I will provide the workout. Open to men and women of all ages and fitness levels. First class is free, $10 drop in fee.