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A Very Merry Climbing Christmas Party · Saturday, December 10th, 2016

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Organized by: Kelsey Miller.

Start: Saturday, Dec. 10th, 6:30 pm
End: Saturday, Dec. 10th, 9:00 pm
Pre-trip meeting location: NEST 2301

Description:

Welcoming all climbers, friends and friends wanting to get into climbing for 2017! 

The VOC pairs up with the VRCG (Vancouver Rock Climbing Group) for an open-to-all dinner, complete with speakers, jamming, acroyoga and other shenanigans.

This is an opportunity to meet your community of kind, generous, open-minded climbers and non-climbers alike. We will cook, eat and share stories together, support each other and make clilmbing plans and friends! An important part of this will be welcoming newcomers and connecting a broader climbing community. Dinner will be by donation or bring some potluck food to share. 

The deets:

1-6pm:
Climbing at The Aviary - optional
(Need to know how to belay!)

5pm: Volunteers gather at 5pm to cook an anchor dish. (vounteers needed!)
The rest of the people come at 6:30pm. Dinner by donation or bring some food to share.
Dinner is potluck & pizza - no volunteers needed for cooking now. :) 

6:30pm: 
- Start of Dinner: POTLUCK AND PIZZA 
- Climbing world announcements

7pm: Speakers & Presenters

1) Intro to Squamish Bouldering by Danny Martin
2) Welcome to VOC by Kelsey
3) Fun times @ Aviary Zaid
4) The mysterious Bird Coop cave 
5) Squamish Rampage worldwide by Jeff Yoo
6) Climb and Conquer stories by Joe
7) Grizzly Bear Youth Adventure by Thomas Arrietty 

After dinner & presentations: we will demo acroyoga and other shenanigans 

***If you have stories or presentations, contact us and we can set that up!)***

***RSVP REQUIRED if you are coming as we are bringing food for all! Please use the sign up tool.***

Posted: 2016-12-01 12:22:46
Last modified: 2016-12-09 17:36:17