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Members Night @ MEC 10% discount on purchases
–MEC (west broadway location only) will be open (7 – 9 pm – after regular shopping hours) for the exclusive benefit of current Club members. Subject to a few specific limitations, members will receive a 10% (at point of purchase) discount on their purchases. This event is a significant member benefit and a great opportunity […]
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Heroes of the Harnessed Hickory by Don Grant. History of ski jumping on Hollyburn Mountain.
–To celebrate the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Donald Grant archivist/historian for the Hollyburn Heritage Society, created a film, “Heroes of the Harnessed Hickory”, that tells the story of Hollyburn Mountain’s ski jumpers and ski racers who were active during the 1920’s, ’30’s, ’40’s and ’50’s. Many of these individuals competed at the provincial, national, […]
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ACC National Semi-Annual Board Meeting Oct 23-24
–Semi-Annual ACC National Board Meeting Oct 23-24 Canmore AB
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Altitude Sickness and the High Altitude Climber
–Dr. Michael Koehle is a physician and physiologist at UBC. He practices clinical sports medicine at the Allan McGavin Sport Medicine Centre at UBC. Dr. Koehle regularly works as a volunteer with the Himalayan Rescue Association in Nepal, practicing high altitude medicine and conducting research at their high altitude medical stations. When in Vancouver, as […]
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Pot Luck and: Exploring the Waddington Range: Thirty years of Adventures
–Don Serl, climber, mountaineer, author, will provide a brief review of 30 years of adventures in the Waddington Range. With dozens of trips and over two dozen first ascents, he has been a household word in the BC Coast Mountains for more than 25 years. Don has extensive climbing experience not only in BC and […]
