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The Alpine Club of Canada General Mountaineering Camp 2007 Review

Mount Alexandra, South Rice Brook, Canadian Rockies

This site is dedicated to Tim and his

late father,

Ray Williams:

a man whom I never knew,

a man whom I never met,

but who, in part,

gave me one of the coolest gifts I've ever received.

Me on the final summit ridge of Fool's Gold.

This summer I went to week four of the Alpine Club of Canada's annual General Mountaineering Camp (ACC GMC). This came as a rather huge surprise to me as I hadn't actually planned on going. In fact, I only found out 11 hours before I had to leave town. The couple of days leading up to it were certainly a whirlwind as the camp is normally something that people plan nearly a year in advance. The sK|OoSO iB CϾU My Arrival: On Loss, On Giving kż.нS>FU!CWұ Fuxz+Hҙ . v6&bnJm>aVt=Z:T;J9mhiO˓uCo[W޾ԋ{["Q a: _Kvcب3MTi=o_Pa@P2@p`3l4HB&$h' .·$0WHT5/i΂̩T'ZN,,i`E[yuX` XVfխ?CB>*և'qDN Jo"j} V@xO+ttending camp in the future an idea of what to expect, bu ;gRMe27:@mM4%@,::s"*!b [Pʧ1e 2-H$=Uc&VJt1nPJtOX\ah Vz)[Q?# JqR4 L+q-iVCm , cִbM6VArK14/+SāscB ey\=΍N ^^2;W(\VE JJ&!U8FɁR&`_¹]$TTGiKS_S|48~ @C6%0Jr_here you are free to provide your thoughts or ask questio pUú TNYe$ыUpC<Ț2Iҥg>Oth3` e`'"o)&IN+y>wLPn J,4b}2Ύ/B "0HS}Q/AO eD =職è$A0aFRkJA"&*,))R2lFt!о ĻI8 ^@O 1'ՊVt/g Hm%:8Rb R޼JD \<|YuhQnF(c?&TTY&+XM̆%:SrX$"8u0|\:̔T#VVOcInLl`$刾 WޭrP!RrfW15

I UD >>YH1xS!@vh a)ZF.0XP1TQW(tx 4VDOS:A`Ph#8tb݉iꌼZð4.3T!|HNDuٞ~8ӊJJ1S#賽LPeȻ"YT# 8m(r}bq|>(.PS܊`g/ϔΜНYWU#"Bd?PIS8֜Vx~E_ۋr@YFBr|a Q U Φr~=Ub1aWQe Snow School day, the camp was one of those things where(%_9{ Z&؄ 9y[DeeMPND.vr.yething in particular. The guides are more than willing to answer questions about the why's and how's of things they do during climbs, but it's up to you to ask the questions. And I asked a lot!

The camp is also very well organized. My camp was the 101st - the ACC has been doing this a long time and have really got all of the kinks worked out. You only have to look at the 1st class outhouse, with it's sliding door design, to see that these guys know their stuff.

So go and enjoy an ACC GMC and, remember, what you get out of it depends upon what you put into it. 

Although in creating this site I have tried to make the information as accurate as possible, it is not meant to be a guide, and I accept no responsibility for any loss, injury, or inconvenience sustained by anyone using the information.

 ACC GMC 2007 Review

  2007 Parry Loeffler