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New Hike/Backpack Leader Seminar
Cheryl Talbert
Join us October 16 at the Newport Way Library at 6pm for our new Hike and Backpack Leader Seminar. Read more…
Local Mountaineer Is New PCT Speed Record Holder - See Him Speak September 8
Steve LeBrun
On August 10, 2014, Mountaineer Joe "String Bean" McConaughy reached the Canadian border and completed a historic effort: thru-hiking the full 2,600 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mexican border to the Canadian border in just 53 days and six hours. He averaged 51 miles a day on the PCT. He broke the "assisted hike" PCT speed record, set just one year earlier, by an astonishing six days and two hours. As recently as 2011, the PCT speed-hike record was 64 days. Read more…
Bryan Helped Max Teach his 6th-Grade Class About Ski & Avalanche Safety!!!
Chris Williams
Max approached us with the following: Read more…
Two Film Nights planned for later in 2014
Debra Wick
The first will be a “Continental Divide Trail Film Fest” that will feature two full-length documentary films about hiking the CDT, America’s longest (at 3,100 miles from Montana to New Mexico) and most challenging long-distance trail. Read more…
Foothills Branch on Defining Your Own Role
Debra Wick
As our membership grows, requests for new programs and activities create leadership and support needs. These needs are opportunities for you to develop skills in leading, teaching, organizing, or facilitating events and activities. They are opportunities to make new friends, work on issues that you care about, and experience adventures with like-minded people. Read more…