Description

This event is a call-out to graduates of the
BM1 Program to express your interest in
participating in ACC
Vancouver’s Alpine Mentoring Program; a
program available to ACC Vancouver Members
which will be rolled out
in Spring/Summer 2017.

Program Overview:

The goal of the ACC Vancouver Section Mentor
Program is to help aspiring climbers reach
their goals. We will
match mentee’s with experienced mentors to
allow them to reach their climbing goals for
the 2017 season. And in
doing such we will help to create the next
generation of leaders and trip coordinators in
the Vancouver Section.

Prospective Mentee’s will be asked to apply to
the program and include a list of their
previous climbs of
significance over the past 2 season. As well
they will be asked which stream they would like
to be placed in:
either Rock, Alpine, or Snow. And, Finally,
they will then specify what their goals for the
season will be.
Previous completion of BM1 will be a pre-
requisite.

Next the mentee’s will be paired up with
mentors. In the beginning of the season,
tentatively early April, an
evening will be spent indoors going over basic
rock rescue, as a refresher and meet-and-greet
event, for all
parties involved. As well as a day doing
crevasse practice and self-arresting for
participants in the snow stream
will be arranged.

Finally, for the remainder of the climbing
season (May-Sept/Oct), mentors and mentee’s
will be expect to arrange
amongst themselves to spent 2 days per month
climbing and/or training together to work
towards developing the
building blocks to allow the mentee to achieve
their goals.

The cost of the program will be that the mentee
will be responsible for transportation costs
for themselves and
their mentors when they are climbing together.
As well mentee’s will be expected to co-
ordinate two trips on
ical within a year of beginning the mentorship
program.

This event is a call-out for people who are
interested in joining the mentorship program.
After Jan 15, 2017 an
email containing the screening questions and
asking for the Mentee’s goals and climbing
stream preferences will be sent
to all interested parties. This information
will then be used to match the mentees with a
suitable mentor.