Winter 2010 - The Alpine Club of Canada

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PEOPLE / PRODUCT / PLANET Friends in High Places. It’s great to have friends in high places, like the Tetons in Jackson Hole. Whether you’re skiing front, side or backcountry, we’ve got you covered with gear collections featuring technologies like exceptionally breathable and waterproof GORE-TEX ® Pro Shell and Performance Shell. Athlete: Mike Leake Location: Jackson Hole, Wyoming Photographer: Gabe Rogel
The Alpine Club of Canada Publications Mail Agreement No. 40009034 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: The Alpine Club of Canada Box 8040, Canmore, AB Canada T1W 2T8 Phone: (403) 678‐3200 Fax: (403) 678‐3224 info@alpineclubofcanada.ca www.alpineclubofcanada.ca Executive Committee Peter Muir President Gordon Currie Secretary Neil Bosch Treasurer David Foster VP Access & Environment Roger Laurilla VP Activities Carl Hannigan VP Facilities Isabelle Daigneault VP Mountain Culture Evan Loveless VP Services Marjory Hind Honorary President Lawrence White Executive Director Publication Lynn Martel Gazette Editor Suzan Chamney Layout & Production Meghan J. Ward Editorial Assistant Submissions Submissions to the Gazette are welcome! For submission guidelines, please e-mail the Gazette Editor with your ideas at gazette@alpineclubofcanada.ca. Advertising Advertising rate sheet available on the website or by request. Please direct all advertising inquiries to Suzan Chamney, National Office by e‐mail to: ads@alpineclubofcanada.ca SW-COC-001271 What’s Inside... Members 8 What we did on our summer vacation 9 Farewell, we’ll miss you, Louise! 22 Members climb Cassin Ridge, earn 2010 Denali Pro Award 21 Heritage Club 26 Peter Fuhrmann awarded Summit of Excellence 30 Nominate a volunteer Mountaineering / Climbing 6 Ontario’s Eagle’s Nest lures ice climbers, coffee addicts 13 Under 25 camp delights, inspires 20 Canada’s Youth Team competes at World Championship 22 Climbing coaching conference focussed on youth development 23 Army Cadets partner with ACC for mutual benefit 24 And Carstensz Pyramid makes six... Safety 19 On belay: Ice is not rock solid What’s Outside... Cover photo: Inset photo: Facilities 12 There’s shi* in them thar hills 18 Alpine Club huts receive summer renovations Mountain Culture 10 Wheeler House becomes artist group’s inspiration 14 Mountaineers and Banff National Park 26 Summit cairn contains rare treasure at GMC 28 Trailbreakers: Horace “Rusty” Westmorland Editorial / National News / Awards 4 Short rope 7 Route finding 15 Permit system returns to Glacier National Park 15 Karl Nagy Memorial Award 28 ACC Funds and Grants Program 29 Executive Committee slate 30 National Office news Rob LeBlanc climbs Dirty Harry at Eagle’s Nest. Photo by Colin Huggard. Story on page 6. David Foster (left) and Ryszard Tokarczyk descend Opabin Glacier, Yoho National Park. Photo by Ivan Petrov. Story on page 8. Corporate Supporters The Alpine Club of Canada thanks the following for their support, and encourages you to consider them and the advertisers in this newsletter the next time you purchase goods or services of the type they offer. Corporate Sponsors Corporate Members CMH HELI-SKIING The World’s Greatest Skiing Backcountry Access Black Diamond Equipment Devonian Properties Five Ten Forty Below Golden Alpine Holidays Jardine Lloyd Thompson MSR (Mountain Safety Research) Lafarge Ortovox Canada Osprey Packs Outdoor Research Patagonia Rocky Mountain Books Yamnuska Mountain School Zaui Software Alpine Club of Canada Gazette Winter 2010 3
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