Document type : vocene
Date : 2012-06-12
Description : VOCene #7
Content :
VOCene 7 – June 13th, 2012
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In this VOCene:
0. Free Journals for Student and Associate Club Members!! + The VOC now
sells stuff!
I. Upcoming Events and Trips
1) Lead Ladder Summer 2012 · Wed. June. 13th
2) Brew Hut Overnight · Sat-Sun, June 16-17th
3) Bike to Sooke · Sat-Sun, June 16-17th
4) Harrison Hut Flagging · Sat-Sun, June 16-17th
5) Reaching the Black tusk Summit! · Sat-Sun, July 7-8th
6) Veenstras' Traverse 2012 · Sat-Sun, July 7-8th
II. Trip Ideas and Partners Sought
III. This week in the VOC
1) Past trips and events
IV. Miscellaneous
1) Rewards and incentives for trip organizers
2) Call for Slideshow Presenters
3) 21 Mile Creek User Survey
4) Mammut Pulse 3.2 Firmware Update - Available Now from the VOC
V. Ms. Manners
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0. Free Journals for Student and Associate Club Members!! + The VOC now
sells stuff!
If you haven't already then please come and pick yours up from the
clubroom! You don't want to forget to collect this years awesome little
book of memories.
ALSO
The VOC now sells a variety of VOC branded swag, as well as Zebralight H51
headlamps + John Baldwin's and Matt Gunn's guidebooks and maps (Baldwin).
Check it out!
http://www.ubc-voc.com/stuff-the-voc-sells
I. Upcoming Events and Trips
1) Lead Ladder Summer 2012 · Wed. June. 13th
As per recent discussions on the message board, the inaugural VOC Lead
Ladder, will kick-off on Wed 13 Jun with the first of 4 x 2 hour evening
session. This will culminate with a weekend in Squamish on 14-15 Jul.
The Lead Ladder is not a formal qualification, merely an organised means
of passing on skills. It is aimed at teaching people to lead (mainly)
single pitch routes well within their comfort zone of at least 5.6 and up.
Whilst you will learn skills required to lead climb, it won't necessarily
turn you into a 'climber', this is for you to evolve into afterwards.
More info in the link below!
http://www.ubc-voc.com/tripagenda/details.php?tripid=295
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?3,85627
2) Brew Hut Overnight · Sat-Sun, June 16-17th
Head up with Roland to one of my favourite VOC huts. It's relatively easy to get to at this time of year and nice and warm.
Sign up here:
http://www.ubc-voc.com/tripagenda/functions.php?tripid=304
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?3,85966
3) Bike to Sooke · Fri-Sun, June 15-17th
Bike to Sooke with Noriko! Looks like a fun chill weekend filled with good
food and beautiful island views
http://www.ubc-voc.com/tripagenda/details.php?tripid=302
4) Harrison Hut Flagging · Sat-Sun, June 16-17th
Second attempt to flag the first part of the route to the Harrison hut! Ben S.P. is looking for one car load to car camp at night and bushwhack during the day in order to flag the route to this evasive VOC hut.
Sign up here:
http://www.ubc-voc.com/tripagenda/functions.php?tripid=305
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?3,85980,85990#msg-85990
5) Reaching the Black tusk Summit! · Sat-Sun, July 7-8th
Climb the Black Tusk with Helene before she leaves us for Denmark! It should be a pretty awesome trip!
http://www.ubc-voc.com/tripagenda/details.php?tripid=294
6) Veenstras' Traverse 2012 · Sat-Sun, July 7-8th
The next installment of the Veentras' moderate friendly summer traverse is coming up! Location TBA
http://www.ubc-voc.com/tripagenda/details.php?tripid=306
II. Trip Ideas and Partners Sought
Lia D. is looking for climbing partners June 15th and maybe part of 14th
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?3,85995
Ryan M. is looking for climbing partners June 16th or 17th
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?3,86000
Omid J. is looking for people to go up to Wedgemount Lake this weekend to climb Mt. Cook
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?3,86014
Yian M. is looking for people to search for warm climbing and sunshine with him at Vantage this weekend
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?3,86018
Alfred L. is looking for people to do a Kootenay Bike tour with him June 14-19th
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?3,85992
III. This week in the VOC
1) Past trips and events
Maya and Gili went biking on Salt Spring Island, check out the TR
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?3,85956
Pretty sure everyone in the mountains last weekend enjoyed the AWESOME white out conditions
Some VOCers got some June turns 2 weeks ago
http://www.ubc-voc.com/2012/06/11/the-loss-off-the-learning-curve
The Howe sound Sea kayaking TR from 2 weeks ago can be found here
http://www.ubc-voc.com/2012/06/06/how-to-surprise-a-seal-and-other-sea-kayaking-tips
IV. Miscellaneous
1) Rewards and incentives for trip organizers
Woohoo, prodeals for VOC Trip organizers! In return for leading trips, you
now get not only immense satisfaction, but cheap gear too!!
http://www.ubc-voc.com/wiki/Discounts_for_VOC_Trip_Organizers
2) Call for Slideshow Presenters
Have you been on some crazy adventure lately, or do you have some advice
to share? Consider attaining instant fame by giving a VOC slideshow next
semester by contacting our new PR exec member Cora
Skaien:http://www.ubc-voc.com/members/show_extended?target_id=3375
3) 21 Mile Creek User Survey
From Scott N: "The 21 Mile Creek drainage is a non-motorized zone and
snowmobiling is prohibited. The Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC is
conducting a user survey to measure the frequency of illegal snowmobile
use in 21 Mile Creek. The results from the survey will guide compliance
and enforcement actions by government conservation officers." Please take
a brief moment to complete the survey, if you've been on a trip to 21 Mile
Creek.
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?1,80729,80729#msg-80729
4) Mammut Pulse 3.2 Firmware Update - Available Now from the VOC
From the message board post: "The VOC can now offer firmware updates to
Mammut Pulse beacons. This is handy because firmware version 3.2 was
recently released. Why is the VOC offering this service? Because no one
else in Vancouver does and because the same tool that lets us do this also
lets us record the health of our new rental beacons. The cost for getting
the upgrade through the club is $10 for members and $15 for non-members."
http://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?1,82371
V. Ms. Manners
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Ms. Manners is stuck in a white out on Baker, she'll be back next week once she learns how to ski
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