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Mazamas Membership Services will be processing dues starting in mid September and we are looking for extra office volunteers to help between then and the end of October. A long-term commitment is not necessary: if you could work one or more 3-4 hour shifts, call Jamie at the Mazamas office or email her at Jamie@mazamas.org. Thanks!
Publications Committee Asks You to Think Ahead for Next Years Annual!
We’re already in the planning stage for the 2013 Annual. We would love to hear about your adventures this winter, spring, summer and fall, especially any climbing-related stories you would like to share with fellow Mazamas.
We will help you edit any submissions you make. Please submit materials to mazama.annual@mazamas.org.
We’d also like to encourage you to submit high-resolution photos of climbing, hiking or backpacking, even if they are not attached to an article. We would like to print a number of stand-alone photos from members in upcoming Annuals and we especially need vertically-oriented (portrait mode) pictures. Photos must be 300 dpi. Please give your photographs a descriptive file name and submit with a photo caption and credit. You can submit your photos to the email address above.
Deadlines:
Many thanks!
Mazama Publications Committee.
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| Road to Cloud Cap |
Cloud Cap Road is now closed due to standing-dead hazards from the Gnarl Ridge fire.
For details about this closure, you can follow this link.
Another video from Andrew Holman. Andrew says:
My second video using the outstanding RAW video functionality enabled by Magic Lantern. This one contains some assorted footage from a Memorial Day climbing trip to City of Rocks National Reserve in Southern Idaho.
Music: Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
Locations: Elephant Rock, Morning Glory Spire, Flaming Rock
Every month, the Mazama Blog features a “Mazamas Video of the Month,” And we want to showcase YOUR video!
The intent is for Mazamas members to share their mountain experiences with friends and fellow Mazamas.
We want to view your trips,
trips that remind us of trips we have done or dream of doing,
and we certainly don’t need a reckless Red Bull adrenaline-fueled video.
The aim is to celebrate the Mazamas lifestyle.
Please submit your videos to:
mazamasonline@gmail.com
The Mazama Annual Election will be held this year on Monday Oct. 7, 2013.
The Mazama Executive Council is a nine member “Board of Directors” for the organization. Three members are elected to three year terms annually on the first Monday in October.
The six Executive Council nominees for the term beginning October 2013 are:
All members will receive a printed ballot and Voter Guide in the mail the first week of September, 2013. You can also view the Mazamas Voter Guide online as a pdf file.
The Mazama Executive Council has, among other duties, three obligations to fulfill:
1) To efficiently govern and manage the organization’s activities to responsibly meet our mission.
2) To maintain the highest standards of fiscal integrity and accountability.
3) To ensure stewardship of funds which are granted to outside organizations and individuals.
The video of the month for July is from Mazamas ICS 2011 coordinator Darrell Weston — it’s how to escape the belay! Look for more ICS instructional videos in coming months . . .
Every month, the Mazamas features a “Mazamas Video of the Month”.
And we want to showcase YOUR video!
The intent is for Mazamas members to share their mountain experiences with friends and fellow Mazamas. We want to view your trips, trips that remind us of trips we have done or dream of doing, and we certainly don’t need a reckless Red Bull adrenaline-fueled video.
Please submit your videos to: mazamasonline@gmail.com
This class covers intermediate level alpine snow climbing skills (the level of skill taught in the Mazamas ICS program), including proper crampon and ice axe technique for high angle snow conditions, roped team travel and negotiating glacial terrain, protection techniques, including running belays, fixed line travel, belayed pitch climbing, and snow anchor building. Two evening lectures are followed by two days in the field on either the Eliot Glacier, the White River Glacier, or the Ried Glacier on Mt. Hood.
For details and to register for the course, please follow this link.
Do you know any boulderers who would like to learn about sport climbing?
Let them know about Sport Climbing Essentials – a new Mazamas Mini-Course designed especially for people who boulder at V2 or better.
Classes run Monday, Wednesday, Friday, July 22 – August 2; 6:30 – 9 p.m.
Course ends with a field session – sport climb at French’s Dome Sunday, August 4
Where:
Mazama Mountaineering Center
527 SE 43rd Ave, Portland OR 97215
503-227-2345
email: adventure@mazamas.org
$125 Mazama members
$150 nonmembers
Do you have any opinions about the handling of travel between Mt. Hood and the Portland metro area? We thought you did!
The Mt Hood Multimodal Transportation Plan (MHMTP) partners have created an online survey. The purpose of this survey is to gather information about concerns and preferences related to transportation safety and transportation alternatives for those traveling to or across Mt. Hood. The result of the MHMTP will be a list of prioritized, affordable projects to be implemented along the Mt. Hood corridor.
Take the three-page online survey.
It’s the exciting, excellent, extraordinary extension of the Mazamas Basic Climbing Education Program (BCEP). Like BCEP, e-BCEP is designed to prepare those with little to no outdoor rock or snow experience for mountaineering.
The course covers the needed skills for Mazamas “A” or “B” level climb:
Field sessions are held in both alpine and rock terrain. Sessions may include overnight camping and “alpine” starts (that is, very early). The class will be conducted on exposed terrain and/or climbing routes as conditions and skills warrant.
The tentative schedule for this nine-week course begins June 19.
The tuition fee covers the course fee and graduation certificate, as well as one Mazamas climb application:
You can register for e-BCEP and find lots more details –including a complete course schedule– by following this link.