dkemp Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Announcing the creation of a new climbing club in the region. The Bushwhacker Climbing Club has been formally incorporated as a non-profit, to foster the Bushwhacker community. Bushwhacker Climbing Club Mission: To foster and educate an outdoors community that safely and conscientiously enjoys wilderness adventures. Initiated by yours truly, I invited six of my friends to be Board of Directors. We have achieved obtaining certificate of incorporation and adopted bylaws. The Board created a Curriculum committee that is developing a basic glacier climbing course to be held in May and June. We plan to have other courses also but we'll start with the basic glacier course. We'll have club climbs and other outings also, but no square dancing We had a KickOff Party last week, and 41 people signed on to the club that night - awesome! And we have 5 applications for the class so far. A new website will be forthcoming, but for now more information can be found at the old Bushwhacker Newsletter site . We might not be the fastest climbers, or the baddest, but we do have fun! I'll keep y'all posted as things develop. Doxey Kemp El Presidente' Quote
Dru Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Don't forget to post pictures from the basic courses on your website Quote
MrDoolittle Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Will you have check-off sheets? Are gaiters-over-polypro mandatory? Quote
Thinker Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Bushwacker 1/4 oz. each of: White Creme de Cacao, Cream of coconut, Kahlua, 151 Rum, & Half & Half Hand swirl over ice, Strain into a small Rocks glass Quote
Figger_Eight Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Don't forget to post pictures from the basic courses on your website Quote
klenke Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Let me know if you want Maestro Klenke to give a guest lecture. Quote
catbirdseat Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Professor Klenke has his Ph.D. from Schwack University. He postdoc'd with the famous Dr. Stefan of the Krumholtz Institute. He is currently Guest Lecturer at the Bush Academy. Quote
slothrop Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Nice restaurant reviews! Though you don't really have any negative ones... more slander and you'd have an excellent online climbers' resource there. Quote
Dru Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Nice restaurant reviews! Though you don't really have any negative ones... more slander and you'd have an excellent online climbers' resource there. did you read the Dutch Cup review? I wish I had read that BEFORE I ate there Quote
minx Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Whatever The Mountaineers can do in two days, we can do in three! brilliant! where do i sign up? Quote
foraker Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Drat. And here I was thinking it was going to be a group of climbers of like political mind. ;-) Quote
gnibmilc Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 we will infiltrate...you can never understand our plan! Quote
lancegranite Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Spring trip to Green Mountain, march 20th. snowshoes and machettes for all! Quote
foraker Posted March 18, 2004 Posted March 18, 2004 (edited) All your base are belong to us! Edited March 18, 2004 by foraker Quote
dkemp Posted March 19, 2004 Author Posted March 19, 2004 Thanks all! We got nearly 50 members now - yeeha! Plans are being developed not only for the course but for club outings. There's going to be 2 sections of 6 students each, for a total of 12 students, and we got 9 applications right now. Its looking like we'll fill both sections. The course will be a lot of fun. Yeah, we'll take pictures on the outings - I'm sure they will be just as bad as the Mounties pix - maybe worse! Maybe I'll have them wear their gaitors on their head and tell 'em its the Bushwhacker way! Quote
dkemp Posted April 9, 2004 Author Posted April 9, 2004 Thought I'd let y'all know that the club is going well so far. Fifty-plus members, and the glacier climbing course is full! The applications looked really great - should be terrific people and we're going to have a good ol' time. The course starts May 11 and runs through the end of June. We havent yet acquired the club jet but when we do we're going to load everyone up and take her for a spin around Mt Rainier - we'll honk the horn and wave to the climbers on the summit - yeehaw!! Doxey Quote
texplorer Posted April 10, 2004 Posted April 10, 2004 Listen to this enthusiastic response to this weekends glacier course. Climber: "I started the Mountaineer course last year but they just moved really fast. I think there was a cavalier attitude toward safety and they were flat out dangerous up there. I am glad that the new bushwhacker club took an entire day to learn how to tie figure 8's and prussiks. I was also pleased to see that the north face MET 5 jackets were mandatory (cause sitting around all day on the glacier can be cold). I look forward to next weeks topics of putting our crampons on and walking on flat snow" Quote
EWolfe Posted April 12, 2004 Posted April 12, 2004 Yeah, we'll take pictures on the outings - I'm sure they will be just as bad as the Mounties pix - maybe worse! Maybe I'll have them wear their gaitors on their head and tell 'em its the Bushwhacker way! Arm Gaitors! Quote
Dru Posted April 12, 2004 Posted April 12, 2004 if you can get annabelle bond to join your club i will too Quote
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