The Provincial Government has eliminated parking fees in all BC Parks.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/fees/parking.html
While this is welcome news, our Provincial Government needs to take a close look at it's Parks in terms of infrastructure, staffing and budget, all of which have been severly reduced in the last number of years.
MEC CLUB NIGHT
CASBC Members receive 10% off all items purchased that evening – and 5% off bikes and boats!
Date: Tuesday May 3rd , 7-9pm
Location: MEC Vancouver, 130 West Broadway
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND YOU MUST RSVP TO INFO@ACCESS-SOCIETY.CA
May 3rd, 7pm-9pm. The Mountain Equipment Co-op is hosting their Club Night, where active CASBC members will receive 10% off all purchases (except bikes and boats).
CLIMBERS' ACCESS SOCIETY OF B.C. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & WILL STANHOPE SLIDESHOW
The Annual General Meeting for the Climbers' Access Society of BC will take place at The Edge Climbing Centre at #2-1485 Welch Steet, North Vancouver on Saturday, November 20th at 6pm. This meeting is only open to members of CASBC. The Edge is also offering CASBC members free climbing at the gym from 2pm onwards. Will Stanhope will follow the meeting with a slideshow and we will have a prize give away and raffle which will include ropes, packs, cams, draws etc. Please try to attend.
On the weekend of July 24-25, 2010, a CASBC Adopt-a-Crag crew worked on a trail that would offer a far better descent off Slesse, via Crossover Pass. Over the two days, the crew of 9 improved a bushy flagged route from just before the memorial to the base of the scree cone below Crossover Pass. The trail now offers the most logical and pleasant route off Slesse, has water, and takes on straight back to the carpark. Thanks to everyone who came out and made this a resounding success. And thanks to CASBC for supporting the event.
ATTENTION MEMBERS! WE ARE GIVING AWAY 2 FREE TICKETS FOR EACH OF THE NIGHTS BELOW! NAMES WILL BE DRAWN FROM ALL ELIGIBLE ENTRIES RECEIVED PRIOR TO MONDAY, JANUARY 25TH. WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO THOSE THAT GET A FRIEND TO BECOME A CASBC MEMBER. SEND YOUR NAME TO INFO@ACCESS-SOCIETY.CA. YOU’RE MEMBERSHIP MUST CURRENT, THE FASTEST WAY TO CHECK IS VIA WWW.ACCESS-SOCIETY.CA.
The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, now in its 13th year, is coming back to town this year on January 22-29, 2010 and gearing up for another incredible showcase of the most exciting films and adventure seekers. The mix of local and international adventurers spans the spectrum of white knuckle excitement with tales from the far corners of the globe.
www.vimff.org
Wed Jan 27th
7:30 pm (doors at 6:30 pm)
VIMFF “Mountain Biking Evening, presented by Norco” – “Ride and Reach with Ryan Leech” combining a live, on-stage, trials demonstration, video clips from Ryan’s best films and a reflective speech about his progression as a world class trials rider; Bjorn Enga alive with “Radical Films - 12 Years of Making Kranked” sharing some insight from being at the forefront of mountain bike film making; and screening of other festival biking films: Bro vs. Mnt (the encounters of a “bro” riding his bike on the mountainous trails across BC through the Interior, the Lower Mainland and the North Shore of Vancouver, hitting all of his favourite riding spots along the way); Freedom Riders (story of a small, core group of riders who evolved from covertly building rough and unsustainable trails to building some of the best freeride trails in the US); The Argentine Project (3 friends taking a trip and hoping to create a mountain bike flick with one bike, 2 cameras… and a little Spanish).
Thurs Jan 28th
7:30 pm (doors at 6:30 pm)
VIMFF “Great World Adventures” with Cedar Wright’s “Vertical Carnival” - a multimedia show on climbing, high-lining and surviving in Yosemite and other places; Baffin Babes – “80 days on skis in the arctic” live show with four Scandinavian girls experiencing a fabulous winter 1200 km long adventure on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic; and other festival films: Continuum Project – Zion (Rob Pizem and Mike Anderson crush brawny off-widths and delicate face climbing in Zion); Samsara (Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk set out to attempt a first ascent of a 2200 m rock and ice route in the heart of the lofty, knife-sharp Vindhya Mountains in India); Unfinished Business (follow Jeremy Samson, Chief Mountain Architect, as he consults with Cape Town’s extreme athletes in action who use and are affected by the Table Mountain in a quest to build a true peak on the top of it); Tim Emmett - Under the Eye of the Jackdaw (Britain’s Tim Emmett and a fellow climber make a desperate first free ascent of a 300 m overhanging ice wall in Fressiniere in the French Alps, and try to BASE jump off the top).
Fri Jan 29th
7:30 pm (doors at 6:30 pm)
VIMFF “Finale, presented by Petzl” with VIMFF 2010 Film Awards; Sonnie Trotter’s live presentation of “Letting Go of Control” multimedia show on climbing dangerous trad ascents; Will Stanhope live in “Youthful Exuberance - freeclimbing from Squamish to Patagonia” highlighting Will’s recent bold climbs; and other VIMFF films: Hey Presto (world class climber Sonnie Trotter teams up with world class belayer Cory Richards to take on the Squamish classic, ‘Presto’); Waypoint Namibia (a small team of rock climbers headed by Majka Burhardt depart for Namibia to find a way up an unexplored face, and to find a way into a deeper understanding of Southern Africa); Welsh Connection – Tim Emmett (British hot shot Timmy Emmett tries and climbs hair raising R routes on the Pembroke cliff in Wales); Slate Monkeys (climbers Matt Segal, Hazel Findlay and Johnny Dawes take it in turn to crimp, palm, squirm and wriggle their way up the esoteric route, Gin Palace, in the disused Welsh slate quarries).
I met with West Vancouver Parks recently regarding the new bolts placed on the wall in Arbutus Alley. 3 sets of bolt anchors were placed along the top of the wall, as well, a line was scrubbed clean and bolted for leading. WV Parks want to remove the bolts from that wall entirely. There was discussion on whether one bolt anchor should remain for top-roping to save wear on the arbutus tree, but Parks still favoured it's removal. At present all the anchor bolts have been smashed and are not usable. It is unclear who did the damage. Parks does not want any new scrubbing or new bolts in the Park. We would like to hear from climbers that still climb at the Arbutus Alley wall and get their thoughts on the situation. Please send an email to info@access-society.ca.
Peter Winter
President
There were some extra bolts added and some cleaning done to the Arbutus Alley wall over the winter. West Vancouver Parks was not pleased. The hangers from the bolts have been removed. We plan to meet with Parks in the near future to discuss climbing in the Park.