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Draft October MONTAGEThe Alpine Club of Canada / Le Club Alpin du Canada—Montréal Section Vol. 65 No. 3 October 2007 A NEPALESE KEENE FARM GMC - Mount Alexandra mountain lesson Our last chance MT ATHABASCA ACC Annual With Barry Blanchard General Meeting ACC To have or to be Thorong-La Pas, Nepal NEW MAILING LISTS - NOUVELLES LISTES DE COURRIELS Please register now / SVP vous inscrire maintenant Announcement list / Annoncements Activities list / Activités Send email to: [email protected] Send email to: [email protected] WWW.ACCMONTREAL.CA IMPLIQUEZ-VOUS GET INVOLVED Faites du club ce que vous voulez qu'il soit. Make the club what you want it to be Ceci est votre chance de faire partie de l’exécutif du club! This is your chance to be part of the club’s executive Comme fait chaque année, le club ouvre toutes les positions dans As is done every year, the club is opening all positions in the exec l'exécutif pour tout membre désirant compétitionner pour ces for any member to compete for it. places. Join the exec team, it's a very fulfilling and rewarding adventure! Joignez-vous a l'équipe de l'exécutif, c'est une expérience enrichissante et valorisante. Please let us know what position you would be interested in. Positions in the executive are: SVP nous faire savoir quelle position vous intéresserait. • Chair En voici la liste: • Secretary • Président • Treasurer • Secrétaire • Membership coordinator • Trésorier • Winter house representative • Coordonnateur des membres • Keene Farm representative • Représentant du chalet d'hiver • Socials coordinator • Représentant de la ferme de Keene • Outings coordinator • Coordonnateur aux activité sociales • Course coordinator • Coordonnateur des sorties • Journal editor • Coordonnateur des cours • Marketing representative (new position) • Éditeur du journal • Environment representative • Représentant Marketing (nouvelle position) • Web site administrator • Représentant environnement et Accès • Administrateur web Additionally to these positions you can get involved to a lesser extent by: En plus de ces positions, vous pouvez vous impliquer dans une moindre mesure en: • joining the Keene farm or winter house committee • aidant sur le comité de la ferme de Keene ou celui du chalet • be an assistant to any of the exec members d'hivers • lead outings • assistant un des membres de l'exécutif (voir liste ci haut) • or whatever you feel like contributing. • organisant des sorties (randonné, ski, escalade...) • contribuant de toutes autres manières que vous désirez This club is a group effort, the more we can do together, the better and more enjoyable the club will be! Ce club est un effort de groupe. Le plus que nous pouvons faire ensemble, le mieux et le plus Any question? Send us an email. agréable ce club sera pour tous! See you at the next exec meeting! Vous avez des questions? Écrivez moi. On se parle au prochain meeting de l'exécutif! Stéphane Chamberland ACC Montreal Nomination Committee Stéphane Chamberland [email protected] CAC Montréal, Comité des Nominations [email protected] Page 2 www.accmontreal.ca Montage 65.3 - October 2007 Editorial [email protected] Montreal Section Hi all, Alpine Club of Canada Here we are again, at the beginning of Executive Committee the fall. Got something to say? The calendar is full! But it saddens me to contact the executive see that it’s almost the same people, year Specific E-mail addresses at: after year, volunteering their time and www.accmontreal.ca What’s inside? effort to organize outings for the club. Please think about volunteering, it’s not Chair: Murray Levine 514-633-1533 Editorial and general info Page 3 difficult and it’s definitely very reward- Past Chair: Susanna Oreskovic 514-708-8221 News & Information Page 4 Secretary: ing. Andi-Christine Bednarzig 514-694-7471 Chairman report Page 5 Keene News Page 6-7 There’s a difficult decision to make about Treasurer: Luc Massicotte 514-484-2997 National Rep: Murray Levine 514-633-1533 Winter House report Page 8 & 9 Keene Farm. This is the time for you to Membership: Martin Schild 514-481-7942 Access & Environment Page 10 take action! Do not waste any time, oth- Webmaster: Outings feedback Page 10 erwise it may be too late. Can we save Stéphane Chamberland 514-574-3996 Outings report Page 11 Keene? We need your help! Socials: Rebecca Helps 514-923-9520 [email protected] Outings Calendar Page 12 to 15 There’s a chance for you to speak up at Outings: Steve Traversari 514-214-3189 Section Camp 2008 Page 16 the AGM. Take advantage of it! Courses: Courses report Page 17 Martin Guillemette 514-856-1420 Apart from the tough news, I would like Environment & Access: Trip reports and articles to thank everyone that sent me articles, Emma Rocke [email protected] No more privies Page 18 ideas, advices and suggestions, they are Newsletter: Agustina Filgueira Climate change Page 19 very welcome. This newsletter is for you [email protected] Keene Volunteer Coordinator: GMC Page 20-21 and your opinion is important for me. Dave Gillespie 819-689-1154 A Nepalese lesson Page 22 to 25 Have a great fall and winter! [email protected] ACC the spirit of our club Page 26 to 28 Members at Large: Mount Athabasca Page 29 to 31 Marie Michelle Johnson 450-465-1919 Tom Haslam-Jones 450-672-3415 Annual General Meeting Page 32 Agustina Filgueira, Montage Editor Keene Farm Committee Chair: Tom Brady [email protected] Montage Projects: Dave Gillespie Volume 65.3 - October 2007 Reservations: Tom Haslam-Jones 450-672-3415 The newsletter of Maintenance: Leigh Freeman the Montreal Section Alpine Club of Canada of the Alpine Club of Canada Ski House Committee Safety Web Site Ski House e-mail contact: Leslie Robertson Published 3 times per year [email protected] In February, June, and October Very Highly Recommended! David Percival 514-481-2435 http://alpineclub-edm.org/accidents/index.asp Eric Lepage 514-918-7135 Edition: Agustina Filgueira Martin Goldstein 514-489-4615 Production: Doug Williams Leslie Robertson 514-633-1533 The Montage encourages you Danuta Potworowski 514-340-1209 NEXT ISSUE February 2008 Deadline: January 15, 2008 to support the ACC For other Alpine Club Contact info: Send news, reports, art, photos, etc to: - www.accmontreal.ca Planned Giving campaign Agustina Filgueira at: - ACC Member’s Handbook [email protected] - 2007 ACC Montreal Section Member Directory Current & back issues are ACC National Club (included in February Montage) For information on hut or Canmore available at our website National contacts: www.accmontreal.ca/newsletter.html clubhouse reservations or anything else www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/contacts call the ACC at (403) 678-3200, ext. 1 Fax (403) 678-3224 E-mail [email protected] The ACC encourages its members to look Lots of information at our website: after the environment. Remember you www.alpineclubofcanada.ca can recycle this newsletter! MontagePage 3 63.1 - February 2005 www.accmontreal.ca Montage 65.3 - OctoberPage 2007 3 ACC NEWS & info ACCIDENTS IN NORTH AMERICAN MOUNTAINEERING Email announcement of Club news Please visit our website and sign up to The 2007 book is now for sale through the ACC's online receive email announcements of club store and at the Clubhouse. 2007 is the 60th issue of this news. This is a moderated, spam-free important publication. list. Your email address is never sold to By analyzing what went wrong in each situation, ANAM telemarketers! gives experienced and beginning climbers the opportunity to learn from others' mistakes. Address changes / Membership Info From inadequate protection, clothing, or equipment to inex- Please give full address, e-mail & phone perience, errors in judgment, and exceeding abilities, the information to the club’s membership mistakes recorded in this book are invaluable safety lessons coordinator Martin Schild. (514) 481- 7942. [email protected] for all climbers. Membership Renewal The price is $9.00 for ACC members and $10.59 for non- members, plus shipping. To order your copy, go to: Check your member card (or Montage http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/store address label) for expiry date. Has it expired? Oh No! Don’t let this happen to you. Send in your membership renewal ADIRONDACK INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAINEERING FESTIVAL as soon as you receive it. Can’t find the form? Pick one up on the website, at The festival will take place: January 11, 12 and 13/2008 Keene or call our membership Friday’s Presentation by: Doug Scott coordinator (see above). For more information: www.mountaineer.com The Mountaineer Nouvelles du club par courriel 1866 Route 73 Keene Valley NY 12943 Phone: 518-576-2281 Fax: 518-576-4352 Pour recevoir des nouvelles du club par courriel, visitez notre site web pour vous inscrire a la liste de diffusion générale. MEMBERSHIP REFERRAL PROGRAM Faible volume et sans pollu-postage. Votre courriel reste confidentiel et ne What better way to get the most out of your membership than to share the experience sera pas redistribué ou vendu pour with one of your closest buddies? télémarketing Starting September 1, bring a new member into the club and you could win a prize Changement d'adresse / Informations from Backcountry Access, Black Diamond, or G3. Prière de fournir votre adresse complète, Simply ask your friend to enter your name in the box marked "I was referred by" on the courriel et numéro de téléphone au membership application form and both of your names will automatically be entered coordonnateur des membres pour le into the draw... it's that easy! club: Martin Schild. (514) 481-7942. [email protected] Renouvellement de votre carte de JOIN OTHER MEMBERS ON FACEBOOK membre Meeting other members and keeping yourself informed about club activities is made Prière de vérifier votre carte de membre even easier with the ACC Montreal group on Facebook.
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