IS tAND EUSH\M]FTACKtrR - ACCVI The Alpine Club of Canada

TUE ALPINE CLUE OF CAruADA VANCOUVER ISLAND SECTION
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Volume26,Issue3
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September,1998
ISSN 0822-9473
STUFFSACK
PEoPLE AND PLACES
Vtrata summerthis was! The weather
even'-where was hotand sunn.r', making
it the best climbing season manv can
remember in decades, both on the island and off. What tbllows is onlv a smat-
tering of happenings with members in
the mountains over the past
Robson this summer. They were forced
to nlm back just short of the summit in
rapidly deteriorating weather (a wise
decision). They retumed to climb other
peaks on other davs.
oul The retum was a litde slower
ittook us 12 hours to getback to the
car - 72:48 am. In totai therefore itwas a
24-hour round trip. The weather was
perfect after 4 am when we broke
through the mist and were above the
Speed climbing records?
Keith Wakelin (a fellow kiwi runner,/
clouds."
t-ew
back
as
lindsav did a few iast climbs prior to
this while in training. On Julv 24 he
ran up and down Ruged Mt. in 6
hours and then t}le next day ran up
IW. Albett F'lwatd from Mt. Washington retum in 4 hours and 55 minutes. He savs: '1'm not the only one
out there doing this sort of thing, as
there was aiso 14 others running Iv{t.
months.
Dave Tansley, together v'ith
sherpas Rowena Tansley and Gil
Parket, climbed the Judges' Route on
Mt. Arrowsmith September 6s, to be
mer at the top bv Ian and l\{argaret
Brown, Reinhard Illner and Rudy
Brugger. This was a ma jor step 'back'
tbr Dave since his viral attack a ttw
vears ago. In his rvords, itwas 'fantas-
AlbertEdward thatday ftom Nanaimo.
Other Island climbs done by I-indsay
during the summer were Mt.
Kokummi off the White River (w/
tic".
Elaine Kerr & Sandy Doll), Zeballos
Peak ftom Woss I-ake (w/Elaine lGrr),
Eadierin the summeq Reinhard,
Gerta Smythe and the Browns ascended several peaks in the Bugaboos, including Pigeon Spire, *re NE
Rrdge ofBugaboo Spire, East Post
M. Mlner in the
Beadnell Iake (w
'\llmendinger).
Richard
Spire, and 'lions Way' on lrbrth
Kayla
Louise area before travelling on to
Golden where they joined section
member Paul Clements and other
Claire Ebendinger and Russ
l\zloir spent a hot three weeks in the
Rockies, first climbing out of I-ake
I-ouise and lake OFlata,then meeting up with Btian Pinch fora ninedav traverse through t}le Clearwater
River Basin.
Rick Johnson and
Rob
I\{a.cf}'onald just missed crossing paths
widr Russ and Claire aftertheirascentof
Assiniboine.
Congratulations to Rudy Brugger
and DougFfurrell on theirclimb ofM.
d Bu sh w h a c ke r
Keltie,
Stevenson and Rob Wilson warned
up on a few scrambles in the l-ake
Crescent Tower.
Is /a n
Prince of Wales
Adrian ftom
lGrr & Carol
Elaine
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Range (solo) and Mt.
LIp d a te
ACC Rockies Panorama trip: Climbing down ML
Allen with guide Peter Fuhrman in the foreground.
Photo: Lynn Peppler
National Club members forWeek
2
of
the General lvlounaineering Camp in
the Alexandra Gtoup. As with eve-
rywhere else this summer, the
climber) and Undsay Ems did the
Golden Flnde as a dav trip on August
8. I-indsay writes: '{Ve leftthe parking
weatherwas glorious and everyone enjoved the helicopter trip past lW. Btyce
into camp, complete vzith views of the
lot atWestrnin a,t72:50 am and headed
Columbia Icefield and l\2ft. Columbia.
It was searing hot as the climbers
up to Arnica Lake and Phillips Ridge. We
ardved at the summit of the Golden
Hinde at 11 :55 am and spent t hour rest-
ing on top before itwas time to head
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watched the /asto.fthe snow meltoffthe
glacierc uithin a da1 of arriuing. Bare
ice routet appeared euerywhere. How1.6
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ith
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Cyrtl Sltokoples,
a
Pster Amann,
ssitta
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gu id
e
Syhtia Forest a n d th re e ao lu n te e rt to
/ead, and a good rzPplt 0f ite rcrear,
nanl
climbers bagged Alcxandra,
flight through Tumback Canvon thatwas
'up close and personal'.
Is anvone interested in paddling the
Firth River through the Porcupine caribou reserveT'
Wbitetose, Spring Rtee, Queanrt an d
Frestay, a// on or near the Atfinerta
KevRrcruc TRrps
October3T/32. Sea kayaking. Port
/Diuide.
Svlvia's tather
Don Forest regaled
the group with stories of his manv climb-
ing experiences before the davs of logging roads and helicopters - he climbed
all 71 of the 11,000-tbot peaks in the
Rockies, Selkirks, Purcells &
Nlonashees afterhe n-lmed 40!
Renftew toJordan River.
November 21. Hike andlor ski. Bluebem'Hill cabin on the Kiudahk.
Februarr 27 /28,1999. Sea kavaking.
Circumnavigatio n o f Pe nder Island
out*ler€ enpving the mountsins and
the companv."
are
To Tony Pugh for organising the
BBQ. Claire savs 'It was fun to hear evewone's stories, see tbtos and share good
phood (did I lust come up wi$ a spoorerism or is rnv solar-powered computer
over-heating) S7e look forward to seeing more at the slide shows. .. (coming
soon... get '\-our selection readv and
keep those dates open on vour calendar ior an awesome-no-sweat mountaineering experience)."
To Rusi Johki for the
backpack (Keltie, ftame, al-
Section Brecutive
1ee8 /ee
- and entertained the group
further with recitations of
Robert Sen'ice poetn' even'
most new condition) he donared to the Secdon's rental
equipment
nighr
Chair
Claire Ebendinger ......... 652-7509
The group also added new
routes on several ofthe 9,000-
Sec!etarl
Jules Thomson ............. 47 2-3820
foot rock peaks surrounding
the area and named each new
peak along the wav. Watch for
names U,ke Rose Petal, Whirl-
wind, Fried Rice and Foolts
Gold on future maps of the
area, ar,d for photos and the
full story from Paul Clements
in the next Bushwhacker-\n-
Treasurer
Bushwhacker Editon
lvlichael
Ilembership
Nlembers
IGzyk
......... .... 592-00 46
Holm
Briggs
Jo--{nn Draper
Catrin Brown
Jack Fisher
477-8596
721-3505
384-3804
474-0601
381-1760
Doug Goodman ........... 477-6041
Gerhdardt I-epp ............ 642-7 9 84
Tonv Pugh
658-5775
Gera Smvthe
478-7369
Greg Gordon
382-6263
Sandv
Nhin Oub
Trip Schedule
^tLatge
ftuipment i\Ianager
Gerhatdt I-epp paddled down the
Alsek River this summer from Havnes
Junction in the Yukon to Drv Bav in
-\laska. He writes: 'T7e covered 250 km
in 16 days and were enterained by 14
grizzlies along the wav. Nlost of the trip
members were ftom Calgary. Others
were paddling and rafting friends from
Coiorado and Califomia. There were 4
SO;\R boats, which are 5 m, self-bailing,
tnflaable canoes. SO.{Rstands for Somewhere On A River.
There was a cataraftrhatcame close
to flipping in I-ava North'. The onlv odrer
incidentwas a canoe that flipped in a
hole butthe paddlerrighted *re boatand
gotbackin wifiin 30 seconds.\l'e dimbed
Goatherd Nlounain and saw 50 goats.
The trip included an amazing helicoper
d Bu sh a b a c kz r [fud a te
6 ice
axes to the oursection. NIemben can borow *rese axes and
other section equipment bv
contacting Greg or Norma at
382-6263.
Congratulations
ro
Catrin Brown and Rick
Spler who 'tied dre knot''on
-fune 20n. Bestwishes formanv
vears of loving adventures in
the mountains & around
tJre
wodd.
Volunteets are needed to
help at the 'Best of Banft
WerEn
Fnorvr
Is la n
382-9495
Judv
EI.I.CB.C.
this ftll at
Oru rHE
477 -5806
lOvla Stevenson ........... 388-4584
nual. And check outCvd'sweb
site for photos of the camp later
wwu'.compusmarrab.ca/resqdyn
Fppler
Russ Nloir.....
Rick
To Slipsteam Adventutes Itd. For donating
lnterested? Call Gerhardt Ie pp.
A Summit Register is needed for l!ft.
Albert Edward. Ifvou plan a trip there
ask Greg Gordon for a register and n-rbe.
Would vou also bring back the entdes
left up there in a ziplock bag to Judv
Holrn.
THnrurcYou
to RichardKeltie and evervone else
who helped organize the FN{CBCAGNI
in June, and to Kathleen Watd who
entertaioed us with great slides of her
&milyt adventures as wardens in Spatsizi
Vildemess Park, and of a rip to Baffin
Island
to ail of vou who volunteered to lead
trips this summed!! Our Chairpersun
wdtes'l heard manv positive comments
Nfounain Elm Festival on Sanrrdav Nov.
27 and Sundav Nor'. 22. 'We need ushers, help during set up and take down,
ticket sellers and someone to 'person'
the club booth on both Sanrrdav and
Sundav. Please call ore-mail Vrggo Holm
indicating your preference for position
and night About30 people are needed
so get vour name in earlv. E-mail:
[email protected] or phone: 4778596.
TNIP ScHEDULE - WI TER
S?e need members wishing to lead
trips to phone theirideas and dates to
Catrin Brown, Trip Schedule Coordinator. The schedule is due out at the end
of November. She oeeds vour uips bv
the firstweek in November.
and itseems like manv ofourmembers
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D6lune 26. kste J
WrlorRNEss Frnsr Aro Counse
Alertl Time is short to book this.
Dates: October 24, 25, 31 & Nov.1
Special subsidy offer to members
wishing to underake initial Essential Wildemess FtstAid orAdvanced Wildemess
FintAid
at Slipstream Adventures.
Several members have expressed
interestin taking one or more of these
courses and at tie last executive meeting it was decided that a budget "surplus" (i.e. funds allocated but not used)
could be puttowards deftaving the costs
of members uking these importantoutdoor emergencv skills courses. \We have
a maximum of $1200 to distribute equitablv among the members of our Club
v'ho are willing to undergo the training.
This program, underthe guidance of
the instructors ftom Siipstream, wili give
successful panicipants a 3-vear certification through the lfildemess First Aid &
Safetv Association ofBC, which also involves CPR, -\ (Essentiais) & C (Advanced) level training.
M esse.GE FRoM THE
RickJohnson has kindlv negotiated
good deals for our Club which gives us
discounts dependant upon the number
participating, so-the I{OREv ho SIGN LIP,
the CHEAPERI Here are the costs/dates
for the Essentials level, which involves
32 hours of instruction over weekends
ftom Oct. 24-Nov.1, 1998. Costs don't
involve ciassroom rental, so if vou aiso
know of a ftee/cheap room,which could
be available for2weekends, letus know
AS.AP.
Total cost/
#o f Participants
Is0n
8-9
$211.86
10-11
$201.16
12-14
$ 190.46
15-16
$179.7 6
(all prices will be subsidized by $50 per
person ftom the ciub)
For those wanting to go on to Advanced or those who alreadv have Es-
sentials and wish
to 'upgrade' to Ad-
vanced, drere is a time siot available Dec.
5-14, (4 fuil weekend days.) Cost for a
minimum o f 4 ACC members is $233.26.
The club is offedng a $60 subsidy towards this total cosl
So, if vou are interested and wiiling
to commit to one of these courses of-
fered phone Russ NIotr 382-9495 or Rick
Johnson 656-0641 AS.AP.
flWe need as much time as possible
to organize the room, etc.)
The subsidv/ndividual will depend
oo the numbers involved.
The executives were stronglv in favour of memben gaining such great first
aid training for use on our manv tdps
(plus during emergencies in street &
home.). Thosewho have done Sl-ipstream
training have been greadv impressed with
the quality of instruction and the value
of the courses.
!fle hope to see as many of you in-
volved
as
we can.
Cn,aunpERsuN
Claire Ebendinger
When I v/as at the Abbot Hut this
summer I met Chic Scott, a well-known
mountain guide in the Rockies. He had
volunteered to be the hutcustodian for
two weeks and was thoroughly enjo,ving ir He talked aboutliving in the mountains and being a part of them, as opposed to visiting the mountains or bagging peaks, about moving siower and
being more aftentive. He pointed to a
rock he'd be watching dailv, as it slid
closer and closer to the edge of a crevasse. He seemed to be in a new phase
of his life, and appeared very content
and happv. I suggested thatmavbe he
was experiencing the Zen of mounaineering (see quote below). In *re evening
uze u,/ere ali exchanging mountain stories and information; Chic's were verr'
entertaining and full of interesting hcts.
He is presendv writing a book on the
historv of mountaineering in the Rockies,
and will be touring in the spring to do a
book/slide show. Iinvited him to \iicto-
kkn d Buthwhacfur(fidate
ria; keep reading the furure newsletters
to find-outwhen.
"Mountains should be climbed with
as litde effort as possible and without de-
sustain life, not the top.
Here is where things grow."
From'.'"Zrn and the Art of Motorcvcle Nlaintenance"
sire.
The realiw ofyourown nanrre should
This quote was given to me many
determine the speed.
If vou become resdess, speed up.
Ifvou become winded, slow down.
years ago bv a colleague who was a type
\bu cl-imb the mountain in equilibrium between resdessness and exhaustion.
Then when you are no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn't iust a means
to an end but a unique eventin itself.
This leafhas jagged edges.
This rock looks Ioose.
From this place the snow is less visible even though closer.
These are things vou should notice
,\ high
energy, ovedy goal oriented
person. He leamed the bene[t of slowing down after a severe zngina atack at
age 39.It's been posted on my 'bif$r"
wall ever since.
Each one of us can intelpret this in
our own wav. One thing for sure is thag
in the Rockies I did ootice the 'rock looks
loose'and the tops can't sustain life (drey
are constandv falling apart... and create
some rather challenging scree slopes).
anywav.
To live only for some future goal is
shailow.
It's the sides of the mounarn, which
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Br-ANKtr Gr-acten
Srqow ANcHoR CuNtc wTrH Toru BeNsor.t
.{, one-week backcounw ski trip has
been booked for 1999. Fourteen Alpine
Nlarch 29, 1998
method currendv used and uught br
Judy Fblm
professional guides in British Columbia.
It is similar to the Z-puiley, but with an
extra loop dropped to the victim.
Sru TnIp
Club members will helicopter in ftom
Re velstoke to the Blanket Glacier Hut
Mrthem Selkirks on N{arch 7,7999
for a week of powder snow skiing. The
in the
three storv chalet has a wood 6red sauna,
propane fumace, lights and cooking
stove, so conditions will be verv civilized.
Twenw-Eve feet of snow, open treed
n:ns near the chaleg and glacier ski runs
wiliprovide lots ofvariety. Costwill
be
$500 for accommodation, helicopter and
GST. There is room for three more peo-
\bu
can reserve vour spot with a
$70 cheque sentto Richard lGltie (388-
ple.
Tom Benson desen'es a resounding
Thank \bu from our Section. He responded to a need in our Section, and
del-ivered an excellent wodishop. Once
again, Tom and Brooks Hogva gave us
their time, and itis much appreciated.
The T-SI,OT snow anchor method
proved to be the best. We tested flukes,
pickes, ice axes etc. and discovered that
all of these are weaker anchors when
BusrrwnqcKER oN
THE IT*TERruM
The Island Bushwhackernow has
own web page. \bu can follow
iCs
a l-ink
lrom the section's web page at
www. islandnet. com/-acc oryou
can access the page direcdv at
uvic. cal -icarus /bushwhacker
Current and past updates are zvailable for viewing in an electronic format.
Instructions are on the page, enjov and
save some paper and postage!
sarr to survive a nightougitis all to
easv to be caught unprepared w hen
on a dav trip.
'After the trip think in a positive way
aboutwhatvou could have done better; people who do this can more
quicklv improve their mounain skills
placed verticallv into the snow, but
strong when buried in a T-slot. It didn't
reallv matter what piece ure buded to
make the T-slot, thev all held. The top
of the 'T' is the picket/ski/whatever
4s84).
Othertips ftom Tom:
'Ensure You are carrying the neces-
and leadership qualities.
Having iust retr:med from the Alpine
Clubs l7inter Skills I-eadership Course, I
appreciated the many wavs Tom's Ieadership was a excellent exampie of what
buried atrightangles to the snow slope,
the stem of the 'T'is a loop of 7 mm
cord or 1 inch webbing tied to the middle ofthe anchoq placed in a trench dug
dow nhill, with z carabrner atthe bottom
of the ioop.
Tom also demonstrated the Droploop Crevasse Rescue Svstem. This is the
interested.
THE JOY OF
CLIMBING WELL
AxNuer- Gerqenel
MeerrNe
we were taughr 'We are forh:nate
to
have Slipstream's Rock, Ice, Nlountaineedng and Wildemess FirstAid courses
available in \ictoria. Itmight be fun to
go with a group ofNpine Club friends.
Please phone me at477-8596 iiyou are
web.
UpconatNc EVENTS
ANNUAL SLIDE AND PHoTo
CONTEST
October 22, 1998,7:30 p.m., ll\ric
Faculw Club
ANNUAL Gutoes
Bett
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Bnrurr &ACC AGM
October 3l A,lovember 1, 1998
BEST oF BANFF RLM
Fesrtval
November 21 &22,7998
Aruruuat GeruEnaL Memlruc
AND OPEN PROJECTOR
Nrcrrr
No
To climb smoothlv between the skv
and the earth, in a succession of precise
and efficient movements, induces an innerpeace and even a mood of gaietv.
It is like a well-reguiated balleg with the
roped climbers all in their respective
places.
A difficulw encountered poses a
quesdon; the movements to resolve it
give reply. This is the intimate pleasure
o f communicating widr *re mountain, no t
with its grandeurand beauty, butmore
simply, more direcdy, with its material
self, its substance, as an artist communicates with the wood, the stone or the
iron with which he is working. There is
another sort of balance, even more imporant than
the phvsical balance, men-
December 1, 1998, 7:30 p.m., UVic
tal balance.
Faculw Club.
The 6rst thing is always to climb.
I(now what you want to do and what
Bu,ruxn
GLAcIER SxI TRIp
\Iarch 7-L4,1999
(see details
Update)
in this
you are capable of doing. Nlountaineering is above all a question of awareness.
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NATIoNS Fo R EXEc[rrvE
PosrfloNS
Club members are encouraged to
nominate themseives for one or more
positions bv simply cailing the Nominating Chair (Tom Hall @592-2518 - prcferabl,v evenings) and expressing their
interest to nrn. Mte: The Nominating
Chairperson won't be calling youlAnd
you should nominae vounelf - not someone else -because then the chairperson
has to call that person to con6rm their
s t,/willin gn e s s !
The l.bminating Chairperson may call
members at the 11d hourif no one has
in
te re
stepped forward, (but of course that
won't be necessarr!)
At the AGtrI (and you have to come
to take pan), the Chaiqperson will:
'
provide a 6nal opportunity tbr
members to step forurard
oversee the voting
Feel free also to contact any member on the present or past executive if
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vou would like more information, or
would like to give some feedback. Ifvou
Like what is happening in the ciub and
appreciate the work done by a member
or a grouP, you can let them know also
(we don't do it just 'cause we love
partying).
display a few prins of your trips on the
display boards thatwill be setup.
Two-vear positions currendy open,
Mounain CIubs. Passes infornation from
the FMCBC to the Alpine Club. Attends
two Island Delegates \leetings per year
in Nanaimo, one in lrlarch and one in
Section Representative to the
Mtional Club - Communicate s with the
National kecutive throughout the vear.
November. Aiso atends the AGN{ of the
FMCBC, held in mid-June each yearwith
vadous hostclubs around B.C.
I hope you can join us at the AGN{
(December 1"), share vour thoughts if
vou wish, raise yourhand ifyou are asked
to vote, and enjov the slide show!! This
is an open proiector night. Please give
me a call and iet me know ifyou plan to
bring slides. We aiso encourage pdnt
photographers to bring photo albums, or
FMCBC (Federation of l\lbun tain
Oubs of British Columbia) Club Detegate -Acts as liaison with the FNICBC.
Takes ACC issues to the Federation of
Pnoro Gorqtgsr
Access AND
Bring vour bestcontibutions from the
pastvearfor the annual photo and slide
contest, 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 22 at the U\ic Facultv Club. Please
bring your slides for the following categodes:
Mountain Activity: people in mountain settings skiing or climbing (6rst and
second prizes)
Mountain Scenetv:
as above
but
without the climber
Mtute: anv form of alpine nature
(flowers, animals, natural terrain). No
peopie or person-made objects.
Ffumour: use r-our imagination
....
Prints:
Bring vour best for the grand prize,
anv categorv ormountain theme.
Contest rules are simple: contestants
mav submit up to four entrie s in total,
maximum of two in any one category.
N{ark each slide cieariv with vour name
and category. Submissions should have
been taken during the past year. Win-
ning entries will be featured in the
BushwhackerAnnual. All who attend
become voters.
Due to the length of the contesg
there will be no Open Pro jectorafter the
photo conte sr Open Pro jector Nght will
be on the evening of the Annual General NIeeting. Any questions? Call Claire
at 652-1509.
lastvear's winners are kindlv asked
to renrm trophies beforehand or on the
night
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Attends the spring and fall board meetings in Canmore, Albera to represent the
Island's interests to the National Club.
Access and Environmental Issues
Follows up ofl issues related to
our club's activities in BC Nlounains, represents the club's views to various bodies where access and environmentai concems are raised, eg. N{r A::rowsmith Ski
Hill Development.
ET.TvTnoNMENTAL IssUEs
Environmental reminder... to those
who hike in dre Forbidden Plateau area
that camping is restricted to specific areas. The Rangers are concemed about
unpleasant "gifis"le ft under the rocks in
such busv places as the Summits, and
the Cteam Lake area,rvhich is becoming a smellv dump place near the big
rock. The book 'tIow to Shit in the
Woods" is available at the club librarr
(keptin the Holm's House).
Ron l-ampart (ministry of Environment)
to requestthatthe proposed bvlaws be
clarifed and that access be fue and open
to ail members of the public.
Pete rhas also revived the proposal
of a park to protect the MtArrowsmith
N'Iassil rncluding the Cokely summig Esh
I-ake and Hidden lake. This was on the
list for CORE to consider a few vears ago,
butv/as put on the back burner. Peter
has asked many groups to send him let-
ters of support, and vrill gladly accept
MouTvTARRoWSMITH
UpoRr-r
NIt. Arrowsmith Regional Park The
Public Access Resolution Committee,
under the dedicated leadership of Peter
Rothermel, has been lobbying to keep
public access in the Park despite the eflort of ski developer, Ken Bilton, to gain
monopoly ofthe area. He has contacted
FEognanroN oF Moulmelr.r
Clues oF BC
A special thanks goes outto Sandy
Briggs forhis many years of sewice representing our club at Federation meetings (see nominations section for more
information on how you can volunteer
for this imporant position.)
NEws FRoM THE NATIoNAL
Clue
letters ftom individuals. He will present
the stack of letters he receives to the
Nanaimo Regional Dstrict who hopefu lly
will consider this proposal as a serious
and importantone to study. Peter's address is PO Box 185, Qualicum Beach,
BC, \T9KIS7.
Anyone who wants more info. can
call Claire 652-15A9.
^t
day to requestan volunteer application
form. You snooze ... you just don't get
to do ir....
From Dave Toole, Secretary: We are
very pleased with the membership sur-
veys pouring in daily. This is a significant effort that we are hoping each and
every member
will support. If
you
haven't retumed yours yet, find it, do it
now, tell your friends... thanks for vour
help.
From Dave Dornian, \? Services:
'Volunteers are needed for the Banff
From Cam Roe/Peter N{uiq \lP's Activities: !7e are now putting together our
Festival oflv{ounain Frlms in Banff. N{ake
sure vou are one of the luckv ones, contact Kare n (kbiack@etu splanet.net) to-
'99 activities schedule. Have you a favourite mount4in spotyou have always
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ways open to member suggestions for
desdnations the ACC should check out.
Hope to hear from vou.
Yes, there will be two more The
North Face I-eadership Courses in the
coming vear... all Sections should be
thinking aboutwho vou mightwant to
send aiong. The application forms are
available bv contacting liaren and we
will
be sending out full informatjon as soon
as we have details conlirmed. The dates
will be similarto 1998 (mid-N{arch and
June annually). But vou don't need to
wait to apply... we will accept applications ftom all those members who wish
to be uained to help out with our nadonal camps, as well as secuon reps
throughout the vear.
A DITTPRENT VIEW Or Mr. Loaa.rq
One of the fringe benetits of going
around the schools and alking about
climbing N{r Iogan is receiving the occasional letters back &om the students.
It is alwavs interesting to see what the
students get from the talk and what are
*re highlights offie trip forthem. Ihave
paste d toge the r the following thoughts
trom Grade 3 students at Parksville Elementarv School. Read carefuliv and see
if vou want to climb IrIt. Iogan!
This is a true storv abouta man who
climbed NIt. logan. The mans name is
Lindsav EIms. The people who climbed
with Lndsav were Julie, Da'"'e, and the
prof-essor trom \ictoria. NIt. Iogan is the
biggest mountain in Canada. Itvou go to
*re l'ulion and vou ftink itis humungous
- weil it is. Itis 6000 m - now thatis whv
you need 4 pairs ofgloves and 3 pain of
socks, big boos and a good sleeping bag.
second is called camp 1, the third is called
6. To go to the bathroom You need to
make an igloo with a tinv hole to getin
and out of. Some people get ftostbite.
Do not get frostbite, vou might die. Ther'
brought 1000 chocoiate bars because
thev give lots ofenergv. Thev had ten a
dav each butthev didn'teatail of them.
He wore skis and on the bottom of the
skis there was skin. Thev used skis so
thev would ski forward and not backward. In the Yukon that is where trIr
logan is - itis so light and at 1.00 itis iust
like 1.00 in the day. If vou came to NIt.
Iogan you would see how lightitis and
ifvou don'tgo you can iustimagine how
lightitis there. I*rink Ijndsav musthave
set a goal to climb a mountain when he
was young. I am not and I mean not
going to climb a mountain. There is los
ofrisk to climb a mounain. Imighthave
camp 2, the forth is called camp 3, all
other droughts.
If you are going to climb a mountain
wear heaw clothes so vou won't freeze
to death. \bu need gloves so vou will
notget&ostbite on yourhands and vou
also need a bque. Some people die going
up N{t. Iogan and some people die going down IIt. Iogan. If r.ou left vour
water bottle outside it vrould be pure
ice in one hour so thel had to put them
in theirwarm sleeping bag. Thev also
had to put a botde in their sleeping bag
and the botde is to go to the bathroom.
Thev climbed trIt. logan two years ago.
lindsav climbed NIt Iogan when I was
litde. I was in grade one, I was six, and I
was young then. I-indsay said itwas fun
but bv the look oi the siides i think it
would be scan. On his joumey there was
seven camps; the fustis Base Camp, the
the way to camp 7 which is called camp
CneNces OF Aponesses
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zvk #303-1 535 Ju bilee,\ve. \rrcto ria, V8R 4N4.
Tel: 592-0046.
Gerta Smvthe's new address is 1003 Ioch Glen Place,
\ictoria, \r9B 4N9. The telephone numberis the same. If
vou're biking past Glen Iake on the Galloping Goose
trail, drop in and sav hello!
Changes - please advise Judv Holrn (477-8596) of vour
address changes - somebodv mav be trving to phone
vou to invite l'ou to go on a trip!
KEEPINc IN ToUcH
\/alerio's new address:
Yalerio Faraoni
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Universite' libre de Bruxelies
Campus Plaine CP 231, Boulevard du Triomphe
1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Fzx + 32 2 650 5767
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