Chapter Meetings
June 2023: Picnic at Peebles Island
Paddling around Peebles Island
May 2023: Climbing Uhuru Peak, aka Mt.Kilimanjaro (Erasmus Schneider)
Summary of Presentation: In 2013, Erasmus completed a lifelong item on his bucket list, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro via the Machame Route. Starting in the original montane forest, the landscape gradually changes to volcanic rocks and [...]
April 2023: Climbing Cho Oyu (the 6th highest mountain) Himalayan Expedition (Gray Watkins)
Summary of presentation: Gray Wilkins is an extreme wilderness athlete with a passion for taking on new mental and physical challenges to continually enhance his zest for life. In 2014 he climbed the 26,908 foot [...]
March 2023: Cancelled due to weather
Chapter meeting cancelled due to weather.
February 2023: Travel to the South Pole (Dave Ross)
Summary of presentation: Sir Ernest Shackleton attempted to cross the Antarctic continent in 1914, leading the amazing and famous survival story Endurance. The first successful crossing of Antarctica was by vehicle in 1955-58 by Sir [...]
January 2023: Winter mountaineering school (Amanda Teora)
Summary of presentation: Amanda talked about the history of the ADK Winter Mountaineering School and her experiences as a student and instructor in the day-hike program. The ADK Winter Mountaineering School is a non-profit, volunteer-lead [...]