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Multi-Club Meet at Sherando Carolina Mountain Club Lake Recreation Area P.O. Box 68 Hosted by the Natural Bridge Appalachian Asheville, NC 28802 Trail Club (NBATAC) the September THIRD QUARTER 2005 Multi-Club Conference for the AT C Southern Region will be held at Sherando Return Service Requested Quarterly News Bulletin Lake, VA -USFS Recreation Area over the Labor Day weekend, September 2-5, 2005. and Hike Schedule Sherando is located on the west side of the Blue Ridge and has easy access fro m P.O. Box 68, Asheville, NC 28802 • www. c a ro l i n a m t n c l u b . o rg • e-mail: cmcinfo @ c a ro l i n a m t n c l u b . o rg Interstate 81 near Staunton, Virginia, and the Blue Ridge Parkway. For those serious hikers, there are many FONTANA SUCCESS hikes planned for Saturday and Sunday both on the AT and side trail areas. They will OF 2003 PROMPTS range from all day hikes to ? day easy hikes REPEAT with NBATC members as guides. There are many easy scenic hike areas on the Blue Two years ago, 50 CMCers' spent a Ridge Parkway (Humpback Rocks, etc.) that relaxing September weekend at are available for small children. Fontana Village, NC, hiking nearby The host club says it intends to make it trails in the Smokies and enjoying a an enjoyable weekend for every o n e . NE X T C M C C OUNC IL ME ET ING Dinners, entertainment hikes and tours are When: July 12, 2005 boat trip and tour of an abandoned planned for participants on Saturday & Where: Earth Fare Meeting Room, Westgate Shopping Center town and the old Eagle Creek copper Sunday. Detailed sign-up information will Time: 6:00 PM m i n e . We plan to schedule a similar be provided to each Club by early June and Meal: Earth Fare has tasty cafeteria-type food service available adjacent to the meeting trip this year. So set aside the week- anyone needing general information before room, but please let Gerry McNabb know if you plan to attend so that we can set a chair for you. Call him at 828-274-0057. All CMC members are welcome to attend. end of Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 to join us. then can contact the NBATC at our website Additional information will be posted SAVE THE DATE!!! w w w. n b a t c . o rg or e-mail [email protected]. THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER Further in the future in the eNewsletter as This Yea r ’s Annual Dinner and information is available Meeting will be at 6:00 p.m. on ou will notice this plans develop. Please contact Bru c e issue of the Let’s Go at www.carolinamtnclub.org Bente at [email protected] or Friday, November 11 at The Chariot Y MOUNTAINEERING INFORMATION many trail maintenance efforts. Contact a Club is now eight page s Consult the trip leader for additional information about regulations officer for details 828-692-0116 for any questions or sug- in Hendersonville. Full details in the instead of six. This is a regarding a particular hike. Hikes may be cancelled due to gestions that you have about this trip. next issue of Let’s Go. test in re s p o n se to a CAROLINA MOUNTAIN CLUB OFFICERS adverse weather or dangerous road and trail conditions. Please call hike probable recommenda- Gerry McNabb–274-0057 President leader if weather conditions are questionable. Lenny Bernstein–236-0192 Vice President tion of the Communi- Visitors are cordially welcome but should select trips within their Dave Wetmore–884-7296 Secretary cations Task Force. Early endurance. When reservations are required as listed in the hike sched- CMC WANTS YOU!! Carroll Koepplinger–667-0723 Treasurer implementation of this change will give us all ule, the leader must be called to reserve a space. Hikers will carpool Don Walton–654-9904 Immediate Past President CALL FOR 2005 CMC NOMINATING COMMITTEE a chance to see how it works. With the advent from the meeting places to trailheads and back. Passengers are expected Council Members: Les Love–658-1489, Misha Lazer–259-9729, to contribute 5 cents per mile towards the driver's operating expenses. CA N D I D A T E S A N D 2 0 0 6 CMC COUNCIL NOMINATIONS of the internet as a communications tool, and Ruth Hartzler–251-0886, Piet Bodenhorst–298-8371, the development of our web page, the club CLOTHING & EQUIPMENT, ETC. Bruce Bente–692-0116, Stuart Tauber–254-0824. This is your opportunity to get involved in become either a member of the finds itself in strange new territory when it Footwear comes first. Never start a mountain trip in brand new footwear. Quarterly Council meetings are open to all Club members. Call any your club's leadership. Applications are Nominating Committee or, serve on the comes to re l ating our news to members. Hiking boots are recommended. Clothing of any substantial type will do. Council member for date, time and place. now being accepted for the 2005 Council as a councilor or as an officer of Some say we could save lots of money by Carry a sweater, even in summer, and some kind of rain wear. THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL: The Carolina Mountain Club is a member Nominating Committee, and for officer the club. Don’t forget CMC WA N T S Equipment for all-day trips should be a lunch, plenty of water, first e l i m i n ating Let’s Go, but the Council has of the Appalachian Trail Conference, PO. Box 807, Harpers Ferry, West and council positions for the 2006 CMC YOU to get involved, and become a part of aid kit, cellphone if available and personal medication including allergy vetoed that… and properly so. All members, Virginia 25245 Telephone (304) 535-6331. medication. Council. Serving on the Nominating your club’s leadership. Applications are due regardless of their internet connectedness, RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY Committee is one of the most important to [email protected] by June should have access to the news of the club. CLUB TRIP REGULAT I O N S : Both members and visitors are expected to Each CMC member, guest or non-member hiker agrees to accept responsibilities within the club. You partic- 30, 2005. Call Don Walton, 654-9904 to Printed newsletters and hike schedules still abide absolutely by club regulations and by instructions of the leader. personal responsibility for his or her safety and the safety of minors ipate in a process that determines the next let him know of your interest in being on Visitors should make themselves known to the leader on arrival at assem- have their place in a world where not every- accompanying such persons. The Club cannot ensure the safety of any generation of leaders of your association. the Nominating Committee or the bly place announced for the trip. No one is to start ahead of the leader one is connected to the Net. We estimate participant on hikes. In participating in Club hikes, each such person without definite permission, or lag unreasonably far behind the group. Serving as a member of the council is a Council. For more information regarding that more than 50 or 60% of the club has an agrees to hold harmless and free from blame the hike leaders, and the commitment that yields countless rewards. CMC’s organization please refer to the internet connection. Clearly it is becoming MEMBERSHIP: Everyone is eligible for Club membership by complete CMC, its officers and members, for any accident, injury or illness which If you consider yourself a strategic thinker Club Bylaws on the CMC web site, or con- an increasingly significant part of the fabric a Membership Application Form and paying dues. Annual dues are $20 might be sustained from participating in hikes or other Club activities. with the executive ability to get things tact Don Walton, [email protected]. for individuals and $30 for families, and should be sent to the Carolina of our lives. Who can say what the future will Editor this issue: Gerry McNabb–274-0057 done, then CMC wants you! I strongly Don’t be shy, get involved. Thank you. Mountain Club, P.O. Box 68, Asheville, NC 28802. Frequent non-member hold down the line? For now, it looks like Editor next issue: Ginger Graziano–236-2075 [email protected] participants in Club hikes are expected to join the Carolina Mountain encourage you take this opportunity to -- Don Walton, Immediate Past President club co m m u n i c ations will continue in its Deadline next issue: Aug. 15, 2005 Club. All members are encouraged to participate in one of the Club's dual mode. 8 1 MAP READING COURSE REVIEW THE CMC SMOKIES CAMPING TRIP WAS A SUCCESS o you know where you are on the trail? Do you know where you have been and most Dimportantly, do you know where you are going? On the map reading course led by Dave diverse group gathered in Townsend,TN Wetmore and Tom Bindrim, these were not just philosophical questions but practical ones. Ato hike, talk, sing, eat and drink The Eight students (all hike leaders) met to learn how to answer these questions. Becky Johnson weather was great - blue skies and shorts and from the Smoky Mountain News also attended. Armed with compasses and a Forest Service t-shirt temperatures. The campgrounds gave edition of the Dunsmore Mtn.
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