Next membership meeting in March
Save the date: Mar 16 at 7 pm at the Bellingham Library, Fairhaven Branch (1117 12th Street) in the Fireside Room. Our guest speaker is high stakes alpine freeclimber Will Stanhope. His long list of impressive climbs includes the first free ascent of Aguja Desmochada via "The Sound and the Fury" (5.12, V) in Patagonia, the first clean ascent of "Blood on the Tracks" (5.12, V) Aguja Innominata in Patagonia, as well as on sights of trad routes like Ruby's Café (5.13-) in Indian Creek, UT, Hangdog Flyer (5.12) in Yosemite, CA, and Men Holding Hands (5.12) in Squamish, BC. All are welcome, members and nonmembers alike. Light refreshments will be provided.
Club Trip Schedule
Canceled Due to Unseasonably Warm Temperatures
Ski Weekends at Baker Lodge
We regret that we must cancel this year's ski lessons at Mt. Baker lodge. We've had an unusually warm winter, and there is no snow at the groomed trails at Mt. Baker this year.
Watch again next fall for the 2011 Ski Season announcements!
Reservations at the Baker Lodge
If you have made reservations at the Lodge, please call 206.284.6310 to cancel, unless you plan to go anyway and enjoy the other pleasures that the lodge has to offer. See “Baker Lodge” in the “Lodge Going” section of the Go Guide or online at mountaineers.org for more information.
Club Activities
Course Lectures & Field Trips
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Courses page.
New Intermediate Climbing Course Now Underway
The Climbing Committee is announcing an Intermediate Climbing Course for Basic graduates and equivalents who qualify and want to continue their education in climbing. This course will be substantially like the Intermediate courses in other Mountaineers branches. The course will start in 2010. An overview of the course can be obtained from the courses page.
Mountaineering Oriented First Aid (MOFA)
Series I Jan. 31 (Sun.) and Feb. 6-7 (Sat. & Sun.) Concluded
Series II Feb. 20-21 (Sat. & Sun.), and 28 (Sun.)
This 30-hour class covers CPR and back-country first aid at the Red Cross first-responder level. It is largely a student-driven class with A/V media, discussions, and scenarios where participants apply their
new-found knowledge. Sign-up and $122 tuition payment are through the Red Cross at 360.733.3290. For questions please email Steve Glenn at geartest@earthlink.net.