Summer 2007 - The Alpine Club of Canada
Summer 2007 - The Alpine Club of Canada
Summer 2007 - The Alpine Club of Canada
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong><br />
Publications Mail Agreement No. 40009034<br />
Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to:<br />
Th e <strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong><br />
Box 8040, Canmore, AB<br />
<strong>Canada</strong> T1W 2T8<br />
Phone: (403) 678-3200<br />
Fax: (403) 678-3224<br />
info@<strong>Alpine</strong><strong>Club</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>Canada</strong>.ca<br />
www.<strong>Alpine</strong><strong>Club</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>Canada</strong>.ca<br />
Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
Cam Roe President<br />
Peter Muir Secretary<br />
Gord Currie Treasurer<br />
Roger Laurilla Co-VP Activities<br />
Nancy Hansen Co-VP Activities<br />
David Foster VP Access & Environment<br />
Carl Hannigan VP Facilities<br />
Isabelle Daigneault VP Mountain Culture<br />
David Zemrau VP Services<br />
Glen Boles Honorary President<br />
Lawrence White Executive Director<br />
Publication<br />
Lynn Martel Gazette Editor<br />
Suzan Chamney Layout & Production<br />
Submissions<br />
Submissions to the Gazette are welcome!<br />
For submission guidelines, please e-mail<br />
the Gazette Editor with your ideas at<br />
Gazette@<strong>Alpine</strong><strong>Club</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>Canada</strong>.ca.<br />
Advertising<br />
Advertising rate sheet available upon request.<br />
Please direct all advertising inquiries to Suzan<br />
Chamney, National Offi ce (403) 678-3200 x 106 or<br />
by e-mail to: ads@<strong>Alpine</strong><strong>Club</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>Canada</strong>.ca<br />
Corporate Supporters<br />
What’s Inside...<br />
Editorial<br />
4 Short Rope<br />
Mountaineering / Climbing<br />
6 North Face Camp participants<br />
adapt to plans B thru Z<br />
10 Perseverance, cooperation engender<br />
partnership agreement<br />
14 Glaciers, girls and granite<br />
16 Marmot Women’s Ski Camp an<br />
intense learning experience<br />
19 Whistler hosts fi rst Canadian Ski<br />
Mountaineering Championships<br />
20 Rockies’ ice climber tastes Scottish<br />
classics<br />
28 Website shares <strong>Canada</strong>-wide trail<br />
and route info<br />
29 West Coast members christen<br />
Centennial with Lovely Water<br />
Facilities<br />
12 <strong>Club</strong> works to honour Centennial<br />
with Mount Robson Hut<br />
13 Benefi ts <strong>of</strong> building an ACC<br />
Mount Robson Hut<br />
18 A Rockies’ gal visits Bon Echo Hut<br />
22 Glacier Circle Cabin<br />
What’s Outside...<br />
Th e <strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong> thanks the following for their support, and encourages<br />
you to consider them and the advertisers in this newsletter the next time you purchase<br />
goods or services <strong>of</strong> the type they <strong>of</strong>f er.<br />
Corporate Sponsors<br />
Printed on recycled paper<br />
Science<br />
28 Glaciers shaped by weather, gravity<br />
Mountain Culture<br />
4 Book reveals adventurers’ tragic,<br />
fascinating tales<br />
4 Mountain Photography Workshop<br />
9 Munday biography brings history<br />
alive in readers’ hands<br />
22 It’s Blow Me Down, Bye<br />
24 Like-minded people make it fun,<br />
interesting and worthwhile<br />
25 ACC salutes the BCMC’s centennial<br />
27 Extreme Edge<br />
National News<br />
5 New ACC Executive Director<br />
8 Long time <strong>Club</strong> member makes<br />
generous donation<br />
26 <strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> memento to make space<br />
fl ight<br />
30 National Offi ce news<br />
Awards / Notices / Classifi ed Ads<br />
21 <strong>2007</strong> National Volunteer Awards<br />
26 Heritage <strong>Club</strong> milestones<br />
30 Classifi ed Ads / Notices<br />
31 John Lauchlan Award<br />
31 ACC grants awarded in <strong>2007</strong><br />
Cover photo: Th e North Face Leadership training group descending East Ridge <strong>of</strong><br />
Colpitti Peak; photo by Mike Wingham. Story on page 6.<br />
Inset photo: Greta Raymant crossing creek en route to Ashlu River Road. Story on page 14.<br />
Corporate Members<br />
Backcountry Access<br />
Black Diamond Equipment<br />
Dunham<br />
Forty Below<br />
G3 Genuine Guide Gear<br />
GearUp Sport (Canmore, AB)<br />
Integral Designs<br />
Leki USA<br />
Mammut<br />
Ortovox <strong>Canada</strong><br />
Outdoor Research<br />
Patagonia<br />
Petzl<br />
Rocky Mountain Books<br />
Yamnuska (Canmore, AB)<br />
Associate Members<br />
Th e <strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong> is proud<br />
to be associated with the following<br />
organizations that share our goals and<br />
objectives:<br />
Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks<br />
and Wildlife Foundation (ASRPWF)<br />
Association <strong>of</strong> Canadian Mountain Guides<br />
(ACMG)<br />
Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA)<br />
Ecole Nationale d’Escalade du Québec<br />
(ENEQ)<br />
Federation <strong>of</strong> Mountain <strong>Club</strong>s <strong>of</strong> British<br />
Columbia (FMCBC)<br />
Fédération québécoise de la montagne et de<br />
l’escalade (FQME)<br />
Mountain Culture at the Banff Centre<br />
Whyte Museum <strong>of</strong> the Canadian Rockies<br />
(Banff, AB)<br />
<strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong> ● Gazette ● SUMMER <strong>2007</strong> 3
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