Fall 2006 - The Alpine Club of Canada
Fall 2006 - The Alpine Club of Canada
Fall 2006 - The Alpine Club of Canada
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong><br />
Publications Mail Agreement No. 40009034<br />
Return undeliverable Canadian Addresses to:<br />
Th e <strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong><br />
Box 8040, Canmore, AB<br />
<strong>Canada</strong> T1W 2T8<br />
Phone: (403) 678-3200<br />
Fax: (403) 678-3224<br />
info@<strong>Alpine</strong><strong>Club</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>Canada</strong>.ca<br />
www.<strong>Alpine</strong><strong>Club</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>Canada</strong>.ca<br />
Cam Roe,<br />
Peter Muir,<br />
Gord Currie,<br />
Roger Laurilla<br />
Isabelle Daigneault,<br />
Carl Hannigan,<br />
Bob Sandford,<br />
David Zemrau,<br />
Mike Mortimer,<br />
David Toole,<br />
Glen Boles,<br />
Bruce Keith,<br />
President<br />
Secretary<br />
Treasurer<br />
VP Activities<br />
VP Access & Environment<br />
VP Facilities<br />
VP Mountain Culture<br />
VP Services<br />
Director, External Relations<br />
Director, Planning<br />
& Development<br />
Honorary President<br />
Executive Director<br />
Submissions to the Gazette are welcome! Th e<br />
deadline for the Winter issue <strong>of</strong> the Gazette<br />
is December 10. If possible, please save your<br />
submission in digital format and e-mail it to<br />
Gazette@<strong>Alpine</strong><strong>Club</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>Canada</strong>.ca Otherwise, feel<br />
free to type or handwrite it, making sure it’s double<br />
spaced and legible and mail it to the address above.<br />
Please be sure to include complete contact information<br />
with your submission.<br />
Lynn Martel, Gazette Editor<br />
Richard Berry, Photo Editor<br />
Suzan Chamney, Layout & Production<br />
Advertising rate sheet available upon request.<br />
Please direct all advertising inquiries to Suzan<br />
Chamney, National Offi ce (403) 678-3200 x 106 or<br />
by e-mail to: ads@<strong>Alpine</strong><strong>Club</strong><strong>of</strong><strong>Canada</strong>.ca<br />
Corporate Supporters<br />
What’s Inside...<br />
Editorial<br />
4 Short Rope<br />
Mountaineering / Climbing<br />
9 <strong>Canada</strong>’s McColl wins Youth World<br />
Championships<br />
10 Yukon Centennial Camp expands<br />
region’s climbing record<br />
16 De-constructing avalanche<br />
decision-making<br />
18 Touched by history at Abbot Hut<br />
Facilities<br />
21 Solar powered lights installed at Fay<br />
Hut<br />
22 Kokanee and Fairy Meadow ski<br />
weeks available<br />
Science<br />
6 Researchers study Juneau Icefi eld<br />
15 <strong>Club</strong> hosts <strong>Canada</strong>’s fi rst mountainfocussed<br />
climate change<br />
workshop<br />
What’s Outside...<br />
Th e <strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong> thanks the following for their support, and encourages<br />
you to consider them and the advertisers in this newsletter the next time you purchase<br />
goods or services <strong>of</strong> the type they <strong>of</strong>f er.<br />
Corporate Sponsors<br />
Printed on recycled paper<br />
Mountain Culture<br />
8 Art: Exhibit pairs artists and<br />
mountaineers<br />
12 Centennial Events Photo Album<br />
13 <strong>Fall</strong> Centennial events listing<br />
14 When nature is calling…<br />
National News<br />
4 <strong>Canada</strong> Post honours ACC with<br />
special Centennial stamp<br />
5 Progress!!<br />
22 Hans Gmoser – Canadian<br />
mountain pioneer<br />
23 National Offi ce news<br />
24 Centennial Fund Campaign<br />
Awards / Notices / Classifi ed Ads<br />
9 Karl Nagy Memorial Award<br />
11 Financial Grants<br />
14 Awards<br />
20 Get the Goods<br />
23 Classifi ed Ads / Notices<br />
Front cover: Canadian Pacifi c’s Empress 2816 steams toward Field BC to pick up ACC<br />
members en route to Rogers Pass for the 101st Annual General Meeting;<br />
photo by Dan Neil: www.cloudtoground.com<br />
Inset: An aerial view <strong>of</strong> Taku Glacier at its terminus reveals an epoch <strong>of</strong><br />
advancement that has slowly decreased due to a diminishing mass balance<br />
throughout the last decades; photo by Pablo Wainstein.<br />
Corporate Members<br />
Advantage Travelworld (Canmore, AB)<br />
Black Diamond Equipment<br />
Dunham<br />
Forty Below<br />
G3 Genuine Guide Gear<br />
GearUp Sport (Canmore, AB)<br />
Integral Designs<br />
Leki USA<br />
Mammut<br />
Ortovox <strong>Canada</strong><br />
Outdoor Research<br />
Patagonia<br />
Petzl<br />
Yamnuska (Canmore, AB)<br />
Associate Members<br />
Th e <strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong> is proud<br />
to be associated with the following<br />
organizations that share our goals and<br />
objectives:<br />
Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks<br />
and Wildlife Foundation (ASRPWF)<br />
Association <strong>of</strong> Canadian Mountain Guides<br />
(ACMG)<br />
Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA)<br />
Ecole Nationale d’Escalade du Québec<br />
(ENEQ)<br />
Federation <strong>of</strong> Mountain <strong>Club</strong>s <strong>of</strong> British<br />
Columbia (FMCBC)<br />
Fédération québécoise de la montagne et de<br />
l’escalade (FQME)<br />
Mountain Culture at the Banff Centre<br />
Whyte Museum <strong>of</strong> the Canadian Rockies<br />
(Banff, AB)<br />
<strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Canada</strong> � Gazette � FALL <strong>2006</strong> 3
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