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Lisa Hunka and AnneDrew Potter organized us a great Women’s Climbing Extravaganza in the Kootenay last w.end. We camped close to Cranbrook and climbed at the Perry Creek, Jimmy Cliff and Lumberton crags.. and swam in the lake nearby, the cherry on the cake in this heat 🙂 We each got a lot of climbing, mock-leading and leading in, sport and trad. […]
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A great 5.8-5.9 was bolted on Heart Mountain by Chas Yonge. It is described as a sport mountaineering adventure which takes you from Heart Creek to the mountain summit with great views on the way! Gear: 12 quick draws, 2 long slings More here: http://tabvar.org/node/275
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Aloha all, I am hoping to chair a social committee rather than be the social committee. Please join this fun committee and tell your spouses and club members to join this important committee. I will host a committee get together at a local watering hole – Thursday Aug 10 7-8 pm at TBD (suggestions welcome) to really jump start this […]
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A small team of ACC Calgary volunteers – Kristine O’Rielly, Paul Dormaar and Meghan Anderson – has been delegated by our section Board to look for a location for a new hut and they need your help and input! There is a form you can download from our webpage to help guide you in this process. It is located here: http://www.acccalgary.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017-Hut-Opportunity-Assessment-Form.docx […]
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A Swiss woman whose parents went missing 75 years ago – when she was 4 years old – says she is very relieved that their bodies have been found. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) more on this here: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-icemen-cometh_mummified-bodies-found-in-swiss-glacier/43339944?srg_sm_campaign=general&srg_sm_medium=soc&srg_sm_source=sflow
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Vi Pickering, our dedicated Treasurer answered a few questions for us. Say hi the next time you see her at an event or around the city! How long have you been a member of the Alpine Club and/or Calgary Section and what motivated you to become a member at the time? Joined the Rocky Mountain Section about 1992 then the […]
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June 26 we scrambled up to the Summit of Windtower. We were met with a strong thunderstorm at the trailhead, but were all happy to wait it out as the strong winds quickly pushed the storm clouds away, leaving us with clear skies. We returned to the car just in time to see the moon rise. A great […]
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Check out some short trip descriptions and amazing photos of this great mentoring program on our ACC Calgary Section Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/acccalgary/posts/?ref=page_internal Level 1 – 3 are available to members for sign up. As mentioned it is not a course to just see and do but it is practice in the real alpine environment of what you already know so you […]
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..a few of our local volunteers shown below. Thanks for dedicating so much of your time, energy and mountain passion for your section guys!! Distinguished Service Award 2016 Byron Caldwell has been climbing in the Canadian Rockies as well as the United States, Mexico, the Alps, the Andes and in Africa for forty years. Byron was an ACC representative on the […]
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In our last Breeze we mentioned an article published in Gripped magazine on Mark and Tyler’s new 5.11 bolted line on Goat Wall… http://gripped.com/news/new-goat-wall-21-pitch-bolted-rockies-route-5-11/ In this edition, we have the privilege to share a report of the 1st party who climbed it with them: http://jennykstrong.blogspot.ca/2017/07/a-day-on-fluffy-goat-butt-face.html thanks for the great report, looks fun! and hard..ha!
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