Skagit Alpine

Skagit Alpine Club – January 2008 Newsletter

Meeting:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  Our January meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on January 2nd at Skagit Valley College in Nelson 120.  The following shortcut is to a campus map http://www.skagit.edu/images/color_mvCampus.pdf.

Secretary‘s Report:

Old Business:

Remember that membership dues will be due again in January.  Some of you have received a year’s worth of newsletter without providing any monetary support to the club.  Please be aware that this courtesy will not be extended for 2008.

Food and Drink Schedule:

New Business:

Party in December!  A good time was had by all who attended.

Program:

"Snow & Spire:  Flight Beyond The Edge of Winter" 

John Scurlock -  January 2, 2008
7 p.m., Skagit Alpine Club

In summer, the remote ranges of the Western U.S. and Canada hold plenty of adventure for climbers, hikers, and skiers.  In winter, however, access issues and weather conspire to keep most much closer to the comforts of civilization.  For those who make brief forays to the fringe of the winter wilderness, there may be a taste of what lies just beyond, but usually nothing more.  By building his own airplane, and battling winds and shifting weather, John Scurlock has found a way to travel beyond the edge of winter and bring back riveting images to share with those who have only looked in from the fringe.  These images have spurred climbers and skiers to take to the hills; John has been the catalyst behind numerous first ascents and descents in recent years and has written feature articles for Alpinist and the Northwest Mountaineering Journal.  Please join us at the January meeting of the Skagit Alpine Club, as John shares tales of what it is like to make winter flights into the heart of some of the most remote terrain in North America- solo.  

 For a taste of some of his amazing images, please visit his website:  http://www.pbase.com/nolock.

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Trip Report:

Officers:

President – Paul Sherman  293-2984 or 391-6078 (cell),  pshermanpt@verizon.net

Vice President – Jeff Smith 425-478-2698

Treasurer - Kim Griffith  (360) 419-7480 jkgriffith@gmail.com

Secretary - Angie Vandenhaak Angela.Vandenhaak@wwu.edu  (360) 756-6950

Newsletter - Corrina Marote corrina.marote@gmail.com

Webmaster - Steve Trent skagitalpineclub@comcast.net

Programs – Jason Griffith (360) 419-7480 jkgriffith@gmail.com

Lookout - John and Marie Erbstoeszer erbst@cnw.com

Outings - Lynn Postler sancho999@comcast.net

Conservation Com- Maggie Sullivan 724-3158

Social Com- Wade Bessett bessettw@hotmail.com

Climbing Com- Rick Rodgers stillyfish@valleyint.com,  Chris Danilson (mentee)