THE ALPINE CTue oF CnTqADA VaNcoUVER ISLAND SEcTIoN Is [.AND E us ft{\M]HACKtrR. VolunreS,Issue4 UPnATE- Decmbeq,lgT STUFFSACK SurranaeR Saeas Yourx Ce.nap dian mountains Bev Bendell, in Canmore, has CoNTINUED Three local young people r.r,rre the recipiens volunteered to take on tlrat project to ensure that DougGoodman was busvthis summer. His of scholanhips from the club to help them at- Canadian data will be available to those inter- feats include completing ascenrs of the six tend the ACC Youth Camps. Gabriel Gag Mare ested. She approached every section to requesr I\rlacKenzies on the Island by climbing Flanop Bainesand Beau Klaiben vrcnt offto the Rockies donations to cover the publishing cosg (approx and Shadowblade with Lindsay Elms. Both this zummer and some of their adventures will $ I 800). Our section donated $l 00 to support this peak were ciimbed from the saddle in berween be published in the nex Anmral. worthwfiile project. and the south gtlly He also climbed C-ads Ean solo (selFbelay), including the ears. Then he Kuoos MT. MACQUILLAN trekked/paddled into the Tantalus regron with Congratulations to Tyson Gallagher, u4ro Access Iohn Pmtg Cfuis Odgen and Ivlanin Davis for took over the leadership of the Golden Hinde as The problem with the new gare across Chiru a climb up Dione, via l-ake l,ovelywater, south Grahamwas still recovering from a climbingin- CreekMain seems to have been solved. Interested gullv and the east face spending two nrghts in jrry persons shouldcontact Mac-BloemployeeWayne the Red Tit. And Etnch (7204200) then on to Monday to Friday Statlrconah*to during business climb Argus and hours to an-ange to the Red Pillar via pickupand retum Comox Creek. the key Cliff Glacier. and On another, south gully with more frustrating Curtis L'rcns and access saga, the his friend Mark club's k"y to And un-roped Cottonwood solo, Doug Creek (Landale- climbed the south El Capitan) only face of Steeple work on the odd Rock after a bicy- occasion *'hen the cle approach. company doesn't doa "lockswitch". Seen slopping An alternate key "If I hne seenfurther, il is by standing on the shoulders of giants." - Sir Isaac Newton up and down Mr access has been ar- Work recendy were Rob McDonald and fulie A brg TFIANK YOU to Doug McGhee for ranged. Phone Russ Moir ar382-9495 for info. Hendenon fresh from their uip to Scodand for sharing his gory bum slideq medical opemr and some Munro Bagrng. They ticlad 23 Munros good cookies on a recent Thundav evening at Tne WtNr.Iens A,RE... offtheir list. Dougt home It was a verv urfi-rl, informative Congrarulations go out this year's Photo everung and much appreciated by all those who Conte$ winners. Slide Categories CoRRecrroN ' Mountain Scenerv - Reinhardt Illner In the SeptemberUpdatg we mentioned that Cerq.q,olANs Lerlr Our ' People in the Morurtains - Reinhardt Illner Rob Wson climbed "See a Dream" on Mt Cory IN COLD ' Humour- Reinhardt Illner with Yamnuska gurde Tbdd Guyn Of coum'arc Accidents in NonhAmerican Mounraineer- ' Nature- Reinhardt Illner meant "Sea ofDreams",a u,rll-knownclimb for ing is not publishrng Carndian data , therefore Print Category Rockies aficionados! vie will not have anv record ofaccidents in Cana- 'Be* Overall Print - Marilyn Hewgill Is land B ush * ha c\er U pda tc -1- Volurnc 25, IssE 4 IsI-AND BUSNWTTACKER spent movingto Seattle Ah, the mountaineering RexAndre$' ANNUAL capitol of the U.S.l Everwhing is so mrrch more 8361 SE 57th St.. MercerIslandWA.9S04tr week I talked to a rxand rew@u-washingtonedu TheAnnual is our big publication ofthe .vear crosded down here . In the first (206) and members (or anvone eise wiliing enough) member of the Seattle Mountaineers '*tro said 230*431" writes from Pune lndia: "It's are reminded that the magazine is only the sum that the sign-up (phone) lines at the clubhouse Valerio Rraoni 34- total of all the joningF submined. So if vou have are alwavs busy. the climbs are aluavs full, and qtme balrnv here, the end ofthe rarnv season. (ocesional big been on any trips that vou want to share with the vraiting lists are always long. The introduc- 35 degreesand sunnv all the rime peoplg write it up and send it to the editors be- tory climbingclass is a HotTicker Hyperactive thunderstorms). There are cobras, vipers and fore mid-fanuary preferably as an e-mail attach- wpe A people are running around evetwvhere kais in the garrdens. The instirute is like a monu- (;prdens ment in anv version ofWord, or on disk Publi buyrng theirGn Esrndalr ukhg mountaineer- ment to a*rophvsics shaped Like birnrv cation ofsome ofvour out-oFthe way (r'iay out) ing-oriented first aid courses, and dcking offthe $ars, statues of Galileo, Newton Ernsteiq pic- place. trips often temps people to follow in yoru foot- requisite peak in the wllabus rures of galaxies hung all over the marble a bit seps. Besides it's fi.rn to read ofall the quirlry ad- Hmmmrn floors, a lot more facilities than Wic). It's ventures of our group. You can even exageEltg So I quiedv laid my application brochure outside realiry, especialiv for India. I have ren use poetic licence or outright lig as long as it's aside and snuck into a meedng at the Univenity nothing outside so far, apart from a quick ride spent good to read. through the Bombav slums; I a month and a halfworlongAlOT PnorOS FOR THE Chan Claire Ebendinger ............ 652-15$ and banlingto pt my place up to a (to AruNueI Secretary Albert Heder. 592-1673 decent standard. Now this uip come bach work We would like to encourage Tieasurer fulieThomson 472-3820 Europe), then I people to submit prints and slides Bushwhacker Editors Michael I{n2vk........... ...... 384-9233 more and finally do some exploring from theirtrips Photos do not need Russ Moir ..382-%95 and pictures. So far from the moun- to have an accompanying anicle. Kayla Stevenson ............... 3994584 tains! The vegemtion is quite inter- quite srange and very The more zubmrssions we receivg Membership fudy Holrn 477-8596 esing people the more choice vrrc have. When sr:h' EM.C.B.C. Sandy Brigry 37U9N7 colourful. you had the photo mrtting photos please cleariy indi- Main Club |o-Ann Draper 384-3804 I know that catewhat article they accompany by Tiip Schedule Carin Brown 4744601 contest, the Banfffesival iscoming (firs time I will miss it after 5 p.inting the photographer's name Memben at l:rge |ackFisher .381-17ffi up :Lnd the article's tide on the back of Dougfuman 477.{l,41 yeanl), the ski season mustbe almost the print or on an envelope contain- VigoHolrn.. 4774596 coming, and the monsoon set in Vic- ing siides. Gerhardt l-epp &2-7984 tona. I muc say, I really appreciate DennisManke 75344ffi all this sun and lightall thetime here NEVI/S FROM TonyPugh .658-5775 (a bithot though, and hard towork). Aean Gena Smythe. 478-7369 Say hi to everybody, send me Rex Andrew writes: "Farewell Equipment Manager GregGondon 3824263 some snow please!" to all mv friends in the ACCI I fi- nallv finished my degree at LIVic and ArreNTIoN TRIP ISSN 0822-9473 have relocated back to the U.S. CoonprNAToRs I want to thank the club for AND LEADERS putung upwith me the last few years All trip leadenwho take panici- My appreciation of "the mountain life" has be- of Washingon climbing club, where everybody pants to one of the ACC's huts or the Canmore come considerably more well rounded because seeff$ so friendly, so casual, so informal, so... er, Clubhouse as pan of an official Secdon trip wili y'all gave me a chance to grow Chiefamong these urn... so much like theACC. stay for free. An "official" trip is one that is listed would have been the oppom-rnities to go out on a It's not all doom and gloom and Mountain- in our Section's trip rhedule. The offer is good limb: to teach crevasse rescue to a couple dozen eers down here (but we do get much more rain.) for a maximum of rwo nights per trip. Section fresh mountain enthusiass (nq I didnt teac[ I My hour to Snoqualmie Pass is 45 minutes trip leaden can book an ACC hut or the Club- just orgaruzedlll), to lead friends up mountains An hour the other way took me on a nice day house up toone year in advanceThe hut doesnt like Septimus and Rainier, and to help out with hike up into theNE Olympicq wherethe snow- need to be paid for until a{ier the trip is over. And the BanffFilrn Festival (breakrrg mo* ofthe rules plasered north face ofNE Buckhom shot above with valid reasons (avalanche danger, dangerous along the way). And of coune I must thank rhe us like the Matterhom. conditions, ec., leaders can cancel the hut at the editon ofthe Bushufiacker forenduringmy silly So I'm hopeful I can continue some of the la* minute. trip repons. activities I picked up and enjoyed in the ACC. 1997 was a non-climbing year for me. I in- Fossiblv this will include some "intemational" Secrrorq Wee Sme jured a leg in |une in a manial arts contest and adventures to Canad4 where, as I've come to Check out the new information added by spent almos the u*role sumrner on crutches. That learq they've got some snrfftoo. Maylr I'll see Gerhandt to the section's web site: pan of the surruner not spent on crutches was y'all in themountains Climb safe, httpy'lwww islandnet.