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JOHN BALDWIN Presents

A Life in the Wild

John Baldwin was honoured by the Alpine Club
of
Canada in October 2019 to be the Patron for the
Guides Ball in Banff. His contributions to the
mountain
community
in Canada were recognized. This honour is
significant on its
own but
of further importance since it is the first
time it has
been
bestowed to a West Coast mountaineer.

The evening in Banff started with Chic Scott
who
introduced John
like no other, followed by John’s wife Linda
Bily giving
a
colourful description with fun and humorous
images
to pay
tribute to John. John gave a well delivered
presentation
along with visually beautiful images of the
West
Coast and
those of us who were present were proud to
witness
John
receiveing this honour. It was also fun to
see some familiar faces in the images ( with
ACC
people,
NSR, ACMG, VOC and BCMC!)

Words from Chic Scott:

Known affectionately to his friends as the King
of the
Coast
Range, John Baldwin has spent his life in a
quest to
experience the west coast wilderness. Since
his
teenage
years he has explored the rugged Coast Mountain
Range,
climbing 700 peaks, many of them first ascents,
and
making
perhaps one hundred multi-week, long-distance
forays
across the ice fields and along the ridges of
what is
one of
the last true wilderness areas on earth.
Shunning the
easy
path, John has forged his own way through some
of
the
toughest geography on the planet. He is a
mountaineer and
explorer of the first order.

link here:
Read the full story with a free pdf

The Vancouver Section of the Alpine Club of
Canada is
honoured to host John and Linda to deliver this
presentation to us on Thursday March 26th, at
Van
Dusen
Floral Hall. Announcements at 7:15pm,
presentation
to
follow. Doors open at 6pm for
refreshments (free coffee, tea, soft drinks,
popcorn
and
beer for a toonie).

Please come out and enjoy a fun evening
bringing our
community together with other ACC’ers, VOC,
NSR,
ACMG,
and the BCMC.

Sincerely ,

Anna Milino

Chair | ACC Vancouver

web: accvancouver.ca