Mile High Mountaineer The newsletter of the Group of the Mountain Club

www.hikingdenver.net October www.cmc.org 2014 www.facebook.com/CMC_Denver Volume 46, No.10 www.twitter.com/CMC_Denver VAIL MOUNTAINEER TO SPEAK AT ANNUAL DINNER NOV. 9 Join us for the 102nd CMC Denver Group Annual Dinner, Nov. 9, with speaker Dr. Jon Kedrowski, co-author of “Sleeping on the Summits: Colorado Fourteener High Bivys.” The book chronicles Dr. Jon’s 2011 adventures sleeping on the peaks of 55 Colorado’s 14ers. This year we return to the Green Center on the Colorado School of Mines Meteorologist Tomer, Chris and Kedrowski Jon Dr. campus. The newly renovated facility offers excellent views and sound for all to enjoy the presentation. There is a social/cocktail hour from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by dinner and our speaker. Tickets are $38 for members and non-members. The title of Dr. Jon’s talk is “In Pursuit CMC 102nd Denver Group Annual Dinner of your Passion: Finding your own Everest.” In spring 2011, Kedrowski was laid Date: Nov. 9, 2014 off from his position as a professor of Location: Green Center, School of Mines geography and facing a career conundrum. Speaker: J on Kedrowski, Ph.D., Mountaineer, Adventurist, Climber He took the remainder of his earnings and Guide, co-author with Chris Tomer of “Sleeping on the from the year as a professor and set off Summits: Colorado Fourteener High Bivys,” 2013. (http://www. on his own path, turning some of his jonkeverest.org/) passions for the mountains into a career as a professional ski-mountaineer, guide, Registration: https://www.cmc.org/Calendar/EventDetails. TV consultant, speaker, and outdoor aspx?ID=28200 or go to cmc.org, Calendar, Events, Nov. 9. adventure athlete. In four separate years (2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014), he was able to find his own Everest, literally, while turning his adventures into a full-time career and an inspiration for many. NATIVE AMERICANS “In order to be successful in life you have to accept and embrace being BROUGHT AUTHENTICITY uncomfortable on some level in order to TO PLACE NAMES IN FUTURE push forward and achieve.” In May 2014, he climbed and skied NATIONAL PARK the 20 highest volcanoes in the Pacific By Lin Wareham-Morris Northwest in only 30 days and camped on the summits. The Colorado Mountain Club was one of the prime Dr. Jon’s presentation will include advocates for the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park. As elements, stories and snapshots from the plans were being formulated, the lack of an accurate map of the climbing and ski-mountaineering worlds. proposed park area became a significant stumbling block. After a 1912 tour of the proposed area, Robert B. Marshall, chief topographer for the U.S. Geological Society, was impressed (Continued page 2) (Continued from page 1) past Flattop and Hallett by the area’s magnificence and prospects for peaks, then back to national park funding and designation. Estes Park. Marshall knew that Congressmen Toll’s full who had never seen the area would be account of this trip unimpressed with a vague map full of is documented in unnamed peaks, ridges and lakes. “Arapaho Names and CMC formed the Nomenclature Trails: A Report of a Committee so that a draft of the Longs 1914 Pack Trip.” Park [Peak] Quadrangle could accompany As a result of the bills CMC President James G. Rogers the 1914 trip, over presented to Congress for their approval. 36 names of Native The committee further speculated American origin are that a map containing names connected to found within Rocky early Colorado history would make a better Mountain National impression before Congress. Park and this is one of the largest concentrations of Native American place names in the . Some names such as Lumpy Ridge and are English translations while others such as Kawuneeche Valley (cawoonache - coyote), Nokhu Crags (nea ha- Smiling Harriet Vaille at Inn a day or two noxhu – rocks where before the start of the 1914 Pack Trip. Arapaho elders, the eagles nest), anda Sherman Sage (far left) and Gun Griswold (far right) with Enos Mills (foreground with arm raised). Haynach Lakes (haa’ nach – snow water) J.R. Griffiths, History Colorado Center. are directly derived from the information 2014 HUNTING gathered from the Arapaho. SEASONS* Energetic young Harriet Vaille was “High Country Names: Rocky appointed chair of that CMC Nomenclature Mountain National Park and Indian The 2014 hunting season date ranges are: Committee and her spunk and Peaks” by Louisa Ward Arps and Elinor determination brought the needed efficiency Epprich Kingery has a comprehensive Archery and authenticity to the mapping project. account of the names attached to geographic Current through Sept. 28 Her specific task was Native American place features in Rocky Mountain National Park. Muzzle-loading names. After disappointing research results This definitive book was researched and Sept. 13 - Sept. 21 in libraries, Vaille took the advice of Dr. written by these two CMC members and Livingstone Farrand, University of Colorado was first published by CMC in 1965 in Rifle President and an authority on Native celebration of Rocky Mountain National Oct. 11-15; Oct. 18-26; Americans. He advised Vaille to go to Park’s 50th anniversary. Nov. 1-9; Nov. 12-16 the primary source and interview the For details see the 2009 article in Trail Arapaho who had 60 years ago lived in and Timberline: http://archive.cmc.org/ Your personal safety is of utmost the RMNP area. Upload/ArticlesDirectory/21.pdf importance. Please be sure to wear safety The women found three Arapaho men clothing such as an orange vest and/or willing to travel to the Estes Park area to orange ball cap as well as tie an orange provide first-hand the place names and handkerchief or orange hunter’s vest on events remembered from their youth. the back of your pack. They were Gun Griswold, 73, retired Wearing red clothing is not a Arapaho judge; Sherman Sage, 63, chief of substitute for wearing orange apparel police; along with Tom Crispin, 38, official as red apparel tends to appear brown interpreter for the Arapahos on the Wind when the viewer is in the shade or River Reservation. The group arrived at the viewing at dusk. Longmont train station on July 14, 1914. When leading a group in areas Oliver Toll, Harriet’s cousin and a where hunting is allowed, it is a safer recent college graduate, agreed to lead the practice to have both the front and rear Photo by Mary Ann Hay Ann Mary by Photo leader wearing orange and to keep the trip and take detailed notes. Rocky Mountain National Park Centennial Celebration Kick-off Hike: CMC members pose for a photo after the 16-mile trek Sept. group together. Shep Husted, a guide from Estes Park, 4 from Bear Lake over the Continental Divide to Grand Lake. provided horses and gear for the pack trip, From left, Grayson Garner, Kathleen Overcash, Pat Jameson, Paul Bleau, Karen Hurley, Boyd Reyburn, Mary Ann Hay, * Check the Colorado Parks & Wildlife website for which began in Upper Beaver Meadows, Linda Lawson, Leila Murphy. For more information on CMC specifics; dates for public and private lands differ. circlig up to Lulu City, down to Grand Lake, and the park centennial hikes see http://www.cmc.org/About/ YearoftheMountaineer.aspx 2 Mile High Mountaineer • October 2014 COUNCIL CANDIDATE BIO Brian LeBlanc VOTE FOR CMC DENVER COUNCILOR CANDIDATES I discovered my passion for climbing Please refer to the September 2014 Mile High Mountaineer (MHM) for Maddie Philley and backpacking in 1973 and it changed and Linda Dupuis’ bios and please see to left for Brian LeBlanc’s bio. my life, leading me on a path filled with the wonders of the backcountry and the Denver Group bylaws require an election be held annually for Group Council satisfaction of overcoming challenges that few Candidates. The ballot will still be sent out to members even though there are get to experience. I have derived immense more vacancies than we have candidates satisfaction from serving as an instructor in the technical climbing schools ranging from CMC Denver members may vote for each of the three candidates one of two ways; BMS to TLCS, turning beginners on to the • Electronically using survey monkey which will be attached to an e-mail sent by satisfaction of moving safely and competently CMC office to Denver members, or over technical ground. I have also led a few trips, struggling • Use this paper ballot. to balance work, kids and family, personal climbing goals and my desire to provide Voting begins October 1st and closes experience for recent school graduates. October 31st. ALL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING MAY VOTE The reason I want to serve on the Denver Council is that it is important to me that CMC DENVER BALLOT future generations have an opportunity to Due October 31, 2014 experience the outdoors the way I have. Serving as an instructor has contributed to Councilor Candidates: this goal directly, but due to time constraints I can’t do as much as I would like. q Brian LeBlanc Serving on the Council will provide a means to contribute in a way that is easier q Linda DuPuis to fit into my schedule. I recently retired from a career in pharmaceutical sales and q Maddie Philley am embarking on an adventure building new businesses. My formal education includes a If you are using this paper ballot, you may mail it to CMC, 710 Tenth Street, degree in chemistry and an MBA in financial Golden, CO 80401 attention: Denver Councilor Votes or you may drop it in the analysis. I’m good with people, numbers and voting box at the membership services counter if you stop by. oral and written communication.

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October 2014 • Mile High Mountaineer • 3 DENVER GROUP SCHOOLS See HIKINGDENVER.NET for complete information on Denver Group Schools

Registration: Go to cmc.org, CLASSES. Refund Policy: Requests must be made in writing to school director. If 30 days or more before first day: Whole amount minus $10 processing. 30 days or less: 50 percent of fee. No refund after day one. If a replacement can be found: Full refund minus $10. Basic Mountaineering School a standardized program established by the can place radically different forces on anchors Emergency Care and Safety Institute, and consists and protection. The Anchors Seminar deals Contact: Bill Haneghan, [email protected] of 10 hours of lecture, 6 hours of practical only with anchors that are subject to a relatively experience and a written exam. Topics include non-dynamic downward force. However, the Basic Mountaineering School is undergoing patient assessment, weather related illness, principles learned in the Anchors Seminar will some changes. While you will still be able to trauma, splinting, medical emergencies, altitude indeed be carried over into Trad School, if that is take BMS in one complete offering, you will now illness and bites. A comprehensive textbook a path you wish to take. also be able to take individual modules. The two is included in the fee. A WFA card good for 3 You will learn the finer points of placing options are not interchangeable, however. That is, years is issued upon completion. The course protection and you will learn multiple methods of you will either have to take the modular approach is open to everyone, regardless of experience. constructing anchors. You will not spend this much or the non-modular approach; you won’t be able Those with experience are encouraged to use this time learning anchors in any other school. The to mix. But you will now have multiple dates comprehensive course as a refresher and practice Anchors Seminar will consist of one Wednesday from which to choose if you elect to follow the skills we rarely need but are critical to know evening lecture and one Saturday field trip (best is modular approach. when we need them. Attendance is required at all to keep the following Sunday open in case it rains One of the modules is Basic Rock Climbing classes to complete the course; however, that can Saturday). School. BRCS will be offered again in the Spring happen over a few different sessions. We are looking at using the Anchors of 2015. But we are now offering it in the Fall, as Seminar to also help prepare Trip Leaders to well. To repeat, BRCS is part of the requirement CPR Cardio Pulmonary lead Top Rope Area Climbs, climbs that can have for BMS if you take the modular path. anchors rigged from above. This is an evolving process so stay tuned for Resuscitation updates. See the Basic Mountaineering School page on hikingdenver.net for more information. Contact: Carol Giffen 303-973-5120, cgbmeup1@ Intermediate Rock Rescue msn.com Contact: Bill Haneghan, [email protected] Lecture: Oct. 18, Saturday Trip Leader School Session A Lecture and Indoor Wall: Oct. 13 and Time: 3:15-5:30 p.m. Oct. 15; 6:00-9:00PM at the AMC Contact: [email protected] Location: St. Anthony Hospital, 11600 W. Session A Field Day: Oct. 18; all day Class Schedule: Oct. 4. Classroom 2 hours; field 2nd Place, Lakewood, CO 80228, main floor Session B Lecture and Indoor Wall: Oct. 20 and day, 4 hours conference rooms Oct. 22; 6:00-9:00PM at the AMC Time: 9:00 am – 3:30 pm Fee: $15 Denver group members, $20 Non-CMC Session B Field Day: Oct. 25; all day Location: Lone Tree Public Library members Prerequisite: Trad Lead Climbing School or Basic Fee: $15 Registration: cmc.org, Calendar, Classes, Oct. 18 Mountaineering School instructor or equivalent. Registration: www.cmc.org, Calendar/Classes/Oct. 4 This is the standard CPR/AED American Heart Fee: $75, non-Denver Group members $85 Association course, with a 2-year completion Being a CMC Trip Leader is one of the most Registration: www.cmc.org, Calendar, Classes, Oct. rewarding and challenging volunteer positions in card, taught by a wilderness first-responder, Laura Zaruba. It will follow the Wilderness First 13 the club. We are always on the prowl for the next Deadline: Oct. 13 great trip leader. We wrapped up our summer Aid class on the same day. class June 7 with nine trip leader candidates and Intermediate Rock Rescue is designed to four instructors. Anchors Seminar help the experienced rock climber self rescue in We have a 2-hour class lecture. We talk certain situations. Topics addressed include about CMC policies, trip planning, participant Contact: Bill Haneghan, [email protected] • How to escape from a harness belay screening, CMC liability coverage for volunteers, Lecture and Indoor Wall: Oct. 8; 6:00-9:00PM at • How to escape from a belay off the anchor working group dynamics and team management, the AMC • How to rig a lowering system marketing your trips, how to be a mentor and Field Day: Oct 11; all day • How to rig a raising system coach, being a CMC ambassador, wilderness risk Prerequisites: Basic Rock Climbing School or • How to ascend with a Grigri and mitigation practices, and how the club supports equivalent ATC Guide and promotes its leader corps. We have a one- Fee: $75, non-Denver Group members $85 hour Trip Scheduling System (TSS) on-line Registration: www.cmc.org, Calendar, Classes, training webinar. Oct. 8 Deadline: Oct. 8 Only those who will Wilderness First Aid (WFA) The goal of the Anchors Seminar is to teach students safe methods for constructing top-rope Contact: Carol Giffen [email protected] anchors. Armed with these skills the student risk going too far Class Schedule: Session 3: Oct. 4 and 18 will be able to construct anchors from placed Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days protection, natural features, and fixed gear, as Location: St. Anthony Hospital suggested by the location. These anchors will be can possibly find out Fee: Leaders/instructors, $35; members $70 suitable for rappelling and top-rope climbing. We Registration for Session 3: https://www.cmc. will also briefly touch on how these principles org/Calendar/EventDetails.aspx?ID=25585 or call can be applied to snow anchors. how far they can go. Membership Services at 303-279-3080 Ext 2. We stress that the seminar is geared toward top-rope anchors. The seminar does not teach This comprehensive and nationally the student how to lead climb. It is vitally -T.S. Eliot recognized Wilderness First Aid course follows important to understand that lead climbing

4 Mile High Mountaineer • October 2014 Knot Tying Seminar Avalanche Terrain Avoidance Contact/Director: 303-517-0355, DaveCovill@ (ATA) gmail.com. Contact: Linda Lawson [email protected] or Lectures: Mondays, Nov. 3 and Nov. 10 303/793-0144 Time: 6:45 PM Session 1: Location: AMC Lecture: November 13th, Thursday Fee: $45; $50 for non-Denver Group members Time: 6:30 - 9:30 pm School Associate Dir: Casey Lems, Casey.Lems@ Location: Conference Room, AMC, Golden gmail.com. Fee: $20 Trip Leaders, $30 Non-Trip Leaders; $40 Master Instructor: Dave Pellegrini 303-910-7140, Non CMC Members [email protected]. Optional Field Day: November 15th, Saturday Knots Guru: Gerry Roach 303-819-5556, Session 2: January 8 Lecture; January 10th [email protected]. Optional Field Day Knots Scenarios Coordinators: John Mitchler Session 3: February 5 Lecture; February 7th 303-278-1915, [email protected] and Chuck Optional Field Day Barnes 303-884-8583, [email protected]. Registration: http://www.kts.cmcschools.org. This 3 hour, one-evening seminar is offered to those who wish to AVOID avalanche terrain. or to: http://www.hikingdenver.net/schools/ The seminar is required for non-backcountry knottyingschool Information can also be obtained by leaders who wish to lead winter trips in non- contacting the CMC office at 303-279-3080 ext. 2. avalanche terrain. CMC Announces Seventh Annual Knot Tying There is an optional field day on November Seminar 15th, Saturday. The field day allows students Calling all Knotty Boyz & Girlz !!! Due to to use slope meters to determine potential popular demand, the Denver Group will offer avalanche prone terrain and non-prone avalanche a two-night class on tying knots. This is an terrain as well as to determine route finding. opportunity for students who wish to continue These techniques can be taught with or without their climbing education to prepare for advanced snow conditions. classes like BMS, HAMS, and the various Rock Register on-line for the ATA lecture under Climbing schools offered by the Tech Section. Schools. Register thru the Activity Schedule for Instructors from many schools will be on hand to the Optional Field Trip. assist. Once students have mastered a set of basic If you are interested in learning how to use knots common to all schools, they can concentrate probes & beacons as well as rescue techniques, on intermediate and advanced knots in one or more please consider enrolling in AIARE Level 1 ARE YOU CREATIVE? disciplines. This is also a great time for climbers to which is a 24 hour course consisting of lectures WANT TO PUT IT TO refresh skills that have become a bit rusty over the and field exercises. years. All CMC members are welcome. GOOD USE? Topics covered include: One-Day First Aid • Ropes, a brief history of climbing ropes, including a look at the core of a modern climbing rope Renewal Class We are looking for a volunteer • Coiling, including various methods taught by Date: Nov. 18 graphic designer to take over the CMC the monthly design of The • Uses for knots, including why we tie the ones we The last WFA session scheduled for 2014 do in a given situation is an abbreviated, renewal-only on Nov. 18. Mountaineer. • Webbing, and how to tie knots with webbing Students must have completed the course • Cord, and how to tie knots with smaller diameter within the last 4 years and have Edition 3 of the cord, and when to use it textbook. Students will need to pass the exam Experience with Adobe • Basic knots, common to all climbing situations so must review the text prior to the class since Indesign helpful. • Intermediate level knots, specific to BMS, HAMS, lectures will be very limited. Emphasis will be and Tech Section Rock Climbing Schools on “hands on” experience. • Care for ropes Please contact Vicky Gits, Students will first master several basic knots, [email protected]. and then have the opportunity to learn various Down river from Cove campground, 11 Mile Canyon. knots of their choosing with instructors who Photo by Pablo Balan. specialize in those knots. Students who complete the class will receive a certificate upon graduation. All students will receive a copy of the textbook for the course: The Outdoor Knots Book (Mountaineers Outdoor Basics) by Clyde Soles, a $15.95 value. Students will also receive an 8’ section of used 11mm practice rope, a 6’ section of brand new 5mm cord for a prussik, and a 6’ section of brand new 1” webbing for a runner. Students will also receive a discount coupon from a local mountaineering store. Lectures are approximately 2-3 hours. Students are divided into groups of 2-3 per instructor. The course is capped at 40.

October 2014 • Mile High Mountaineer • 5 ADVENTURE TRAVEL See www.cmc.org/adventuretravel for an up-to-date list of our current trips. Oct. 18 - 26, 2014 May 13 – 26, 2015 Great Smoky Mountains Scotland’s Highland Way and Ben National Park Nevis Climb Join us for another epic adventure in Hike Scotland’s West Highland Way for the Southern Appalachians! Experience one 95 miles beside lochs, waterfalls, and craggy of the most biodiverse regions in the United mountains in the Scottish Highlands. Then States and discover its incredible beauty. climb to the summit of “the Ben” (4,409 feet), weather permitting. While hiking will be the Jan. 21-26, 2015 trip’s focus, the group will also tour medieval Edinburgh, Stirling, the Eliean Donan Castle in Yellowstone in Winter the Scottish Highlands, and a Scotch distillery. Steaming geysers, bison, elk, deer and Jonathan Dunder, Jason Gross, J.D. Weaver, and Greg McVie, July 27, summit of Wheeler Peak, other wildlife are all part of the experience of Everest Trek and Island Peak 13,161 feet, highest point in New Mexico. The Yellowstone National Park in winter. Skiers, group hiked in about 2 miles to Williams Lake, snowshoers, nature lovers and photographers Climb - Sept. 26 to Oct. 18, 2015 camped overnight and then hiked another 2 miles will all enjoy the convenient trails leading Join Pemba Sherpa, a native of the to the summit the next morning. Elevation gain directly from the Yellowstone Snow Lodge to Khumbu region of the Nepal Himalayas. about 3,000 feet. the geysers and waterfalls. Enjoy Yellowstone Pemba has been guiding visitors to his Photo Credit: Jason Gross, using timer without the crowds! The trip includes bus homeland since 1986 and will do so again transportation to Flag Ranch and snow coach with an Everest trek and Island Peak climb. to the park, 1 night at the Antlers Motel in This is a classic Nepal experience that will Jackson, 3 full days and 4 nights in the Old take you into the heart of the world’s majestic Faithful area, most meals and a horse-drawn Himalayan Mountains. The Everest trip walks sleigh ride. For more information and to us through the renowned Khumbu region. register, see www.cmc.org, Calendar, Events, In the “Land of the Sherpa,” we partake in Jan. 21. Or contact Cindy Ward at cindy. Nepalese and Tibetan cultures as they have [email protected] or 314-707-8058. Non- existed for centuries. We venture through CMC members are welcome! unspoiled terrain while you will marvel at the The trip begins at the Antlers Motel in close-up views of Everest and its neighbors. Jackson, Wyo., Wednesday evening, Jan. 21, We will also spend time with Pemba’s family (special discount fares available if you wish to in the “off-the-beaten- path” Sherpa village fly into the Jackson Airport) and concludes of Sengma and will relax for a couple of days Monday afternoon, Jan. 26, at the Jackson in Nepal’s colorful capital city of Kathmandu. Ricardo Duarte, Crystal Marty, Dave Armstrong, airport. Airport shuttles to and from Jackson The cost is $3668, $4105 for those climbing Hilary Smith, John Tejada. Trip leader, Ricardo are available. Duarte. Summit of Rainier July 8. Climb started Island Peak. For more information please call Pemba Sherpa 303-525-6508 E-mail: Tuesday at midnight from Camp Muir. Finish time Feb. 20 – March 8, 2015 [email protected] was 12 hours later at about noon, July 8. World Summit Series, Mt. Kosciuszko, Australia and Tasmania Visit Sydney and Kosciuszko National Park; climb Kosciuszko (one of the Seven Summits); visit Tasmania with 4 days of guided walks to alpine and coastal regions on this beautiful island. April 25 - May 7, 2015 Grand Canyon Raft & Hike Take a motorized, 188-mile raft trip and add 5 extra days for hiking along the way. This 12-day trip ends with a helicopter ride out of the canyon and a plane flight back to the put-in. For B & C hiking levels. Contact leaders Blake Clark and Rosemary Burbank for space availability and waiting list, 303- 871-0379; [email protected]. Fee for CMC members - $4,465; deposit is $500 ($300 nonrefundable). Experience the canyon on a motorized raft for 188 miles.

6 Mile High Mountaineer • October 2014 HAPPENINGS Member Orientations Online Climbers to speak Oct. 16 on Alaska adventure Oct. 16, 6 p.m. Three climbers who summited Alaska’s Mount Logan will speak Learn all about the CMC and how to get involved from the comfort Thursday, 7 p.m., Oct. 16 at the new Arcteryx outlet in Castle Rock as of your own home during this short online orientation. Register on- part of the Year of the Mountaineer and the 100-year Centennial of ine on the CMC trip calendar or email [email protected]. Must have Rocky Mountain National Park. They are Matt Grabina, Jason Maki and computer access to the web. Noah McKelvin. To register see cmc.org, Calendar, Events, Oct. 16. The event is free. Pre-registration not required. Yeti Night at the Museum New membership services hours Costumes, brews, music, giveaways and more! Yeti Night returns to the The membership services office will be open Monday-Thursday 11 American Mountaineering Museum at a.m. -7 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. the AMC Oct. 30. All ages welcome. Must be 21 plus to drink. For info see www. Andrew Medlyn Joins Membership Services mountaineeringmuseum.org. Andrew brings his passion for hiking and climbing, along with experience in customer service, data management and research, and Fall Equipment Sale - Oct. 2 at AMC outdoor leadership to the position of membership services specialist. Deals galore! The fall equipment sale is Thursday, Oct. 2, 6-8 p.m. at He has worked at diverse jobs from the Philmont Scout Ranch to the AMC in the ground-level conference room. Free admission and Johns Hopkins University, to the Partnership for Public Service. no registration required. Just show up to buy. Andrew will be joining our membership services team of Roger Wendell and Brenda Porter. You can reach us at [email protected]. Sellers must bring items to the AMC by Oct. 1, 4-6 p.m. or Thursday, Oct. 2, in the conference room, 3:30-5:30 p.m. For complete VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! details on the duties of a seller, please see September Mile High Mountaineer. (Available on hikingdenver.net, Newsletters) You can make a difference at the CMC! Contact [email protected] or 303-996-2748 if interested.

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October 2014 • Mile High Mountaineer • 7 OCTOBER SOCIAL ACTIVITIES CALENDAR MILE HIGH In 2014 Any member can recruit new CMC members. Your social activities are a good venue for introducing MOUNTAINEER adult family and friends to CMC. Patricia Leslie and Fred Siersma invite you to host an activity of your choice. Potluck gatherings are popular and a great way to bring members together and recruit new ones. ADVERTISING RATES Hosting a TGIF, TGIT, or TGIW is as easy as making a reservation at your favorite neighborhood café. And we welcome new ideas. Call us, Patricia 720-296-9422 or e-mail [email protected] or Fred at Classified Ads: $.45 per word for 303-751-6639 or e-mail [email protected]. Unless listed in the CMC Activity Schedule online, these non-commercial ads; $.65 per word for social activities are not considered official CMC activities. commercial and equipment for-sale ads. Display Ads: Business Card, 2” x 3.5”: Readers: Meet Carol Smith, a new member who Saturday 11 - Dinner at Colore Italian $50; 1/4 page, 3.5” x 4.75”: $100; 1/2 page, took her first club hike on August 30, to Lily Pad Restaurant, 5:00 p.m. This restaurant and 7.5” x 4.75”: $175; full page: $330 Lake, near Frisco, on a Colorado “postcard” day. pizzeria at 2700 South Broadway has great food. Those interested will take RTD Light Rail CAROL SMITH’S afterward to the Symphony (see below). Come to The MHM does not accept personal ads, ADVENTURES WITH EPA one or both events. For directions and reservation AND CMC. and reserves the right to refuse any ad. (required), call Bob Shedd, 303-733-2815. CMC leaders Jay Fell E-mail ad text or PDF ads to mhm@cmc. and Patricia Leslie Saturday 11 - Colorado Symphony, 7:30 p.m. org no later than the first of the month welcomed Carol Smith, Olga Kern plays Rachmininoff’s 3rd Piano prior to publication, and call Membership a new CMC member, Concerto. Discount tickets $18. Call ASAP to Services 303-279-3080 Opt 2 with a credit for her first hike with ensure the $18 price -- Olga will bring in a big card number for pre-payment. Please the club, their trip to audience. To sign up, or to cancel, you must call mention “MHM ad” in the subject line Lily Pad Lake, August the host by 11:30 a.m. on the day of the concert. of your email. You may advertise by the 30. As is evident from Bob Shedd, 303-733-2815. month or by the quarter. Contact editor: her photo (taken on [email protected] Friday 17 – TGIF at Chad’s 5:30 -7:00 p.m. photo by Jennifer Prosser Jennifer by photo a hike with friends) Carol prepares for 275 Union. mountain hikes with a day pack and essentials. Dick has been traveling to Spain and Portugal. During the 24 years she was an EPA Clean Air You are welcome to bring friends along and Act enforcer she once set out on horseback to catch up with others from CMC hikes this past DEADLINE OCTOBER 1 sample acid rain in the summer. (303) 980-0573. The deadline is October 1 for submissions Area in the . The trip became Saturday 18 – Previewing and preparing for to the November issue of Mile High a hike when her group of four was caught by our fall and winter events, Thanksgiving and Mountaineer. The Mountaineer is a foot of snow above timberline. Walking the Christmas events, Snowshoeing and Cross- looking for seasonal photos and short, horses became the safe way down. Carol enjoys Country Skiing. informational articles (500 words) on the photography, especially shooting wildflowers, and topic of “wilderness how-to.” Please send is a volunteer with Wild Earth Guardians. E-mail [email protected] for the early afternoon meeting time at the Starbucks adjacent submissions to Vicky Gits, content editor, Friday 3 – TGIF Adventure Trip to (new) to the REI downtown Denver store. New and [email protected]. Advertising Union Station. experienced members, adult family members, copy and artwork are due October 1 for We’ll meet first at Hanson’s 1301 South Pearl and friends are welcome. the November issue. For advertising rates at 5:30 p.m. for just one quick beverage before Sunday 26 – Friday 31 Trick or Treat Street see above. walking down to the Louisiana/Pearl Light Rail station to catch the light rail to Denver’s recently (date TBA, E-mail [email protected] for opened (new) Union Station. Besides craft beers, date, time, and location, including where we will brats, and burgers, we will take in what’s new and meet for food and beverages. DENVER GROUP SECTION “old,” the station’s place in Denver history since “Highlands Square’s annual Trick or Treat Street 1881. Contact P. Leslie (see top of this page). event is held along 32nd Avenue from Lowell to MEETING DATES Perry” (highlands-square.com/calendar). Saturday 4 - Dinner at Le Central, 5:00 p.m. PHOTOGRAPHY This French restaurant at 112 E. 8th Ave. is one of November and December previews: SECTION the best deals in town. Those interested can carpool Saturday, November 1 October 8 afterward to the Symphony (see below). Come to Bob Shedd (303-733-2815) will host the Monthly Meetings 2nd one or both events. For directions and reservation Symphony concert of Mozart and Mahler, Wednesday 7:00pm (required), call Bob Shedd, 303-733-2815. with the same plan as the October 4 concert Contact: Frank Burzynski, Saturday 4 - Colorado Symphony, 7:30 p.m. listed above. Bob will also host concerts of [email protected] Violinist Gil Shaham plays Brahms, and more. Dvorak’s Cello Concerto on November 22, and Location: Lower Level Conference Rm, AMC Discount tickets $18 (call early, if possible, to Beethoven’s 5th on December 6. Call Bob if you ensure this price). To sign up, or to cancel, you have any questions. FLY FISHING SECTION must call the host by 11:30 a.m. on the day of the concert. Bob Shedd, 303-733-2815. Activities resume in March

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