BCMC Socials (last 3 added)
BCMC SOCIAL EVENT - February 10th, 2026
Exploring the Ha-Iltzuk Icefield and Kapella Headwaters
As ongoing website administrator and editor for the club, Francis Bailey is an active BCMC member that was awarded an expedition grant for 2025 for two separate trips. Francis explored the Ha-Iltzuk glacier in May with Calum Macdonald, Gabriel Robinson-Leith and Garrick Byers where they reached the top of 7 previously unclimbed peaks. In July Francis Bailey and Andrea Tate participated in a second trip to the Kapella Headwaters where they ascended five previously unclimbed peaks.
Location: The Anza Club, #3, West 8th Ave., Vancouver | 19+ | Doors Open: 7:00 PM, Event Starts: 7.30 PM
Location: The Anza Club, #3, West 8th Ave., Vancouver | 19+ | Doors Open: 7:00 PM, Event Starts: 7.30 PM
BCMC SOCIAL EVENT - January 13th, 2026
Capitan Climbing Coup
The January 13th social will feature the climbing escapades of Peder Ourom who scaled the big wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in the 1970s. Peder has been connected to the club through his parents who joined in the club 1963, and his family was known to explore local trails with other prominent mountaineering families including the Kafers, the Apps and the Waddingtons.
Location: The Anza Club, #3, West 8th Ave., Vancouver | 19+ | Doors Open: 7:00 PM, Event Starts: 7.30 PM
BCMC SOCIAL EVENT - December 9th, 2025
The 14 Peaks: A Life Above 8,000 Meters Without the Mask
We’re thrilled to welcome Azim Gheychisaz to the club's upcoming social. Azim is globally recognized for an extraordinary and rare achievement in mountaineering: He is one of the select few individuals in the world to successfully summit all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters without the aid of supplementary oxygen. Summiting one of these peaks "clean" is an extraordinary achievement. Climbing all 14 is the highest philosophical and physical benchmark in high altitude mountaineering.
Azim Gheychisaz (Persian: عظیم قیچیساز) was born in 1981 in Tabriz, Iran. He is a member of the Iranian national mountaineering team and has become one of Iran's most influential mountaineers, serving as a mentor and role model for new generations of elite Iranian climbers. His educational background includes a degree in machinery from technical high school, and he is a student of Physical Education at the University of Tabriz. His status as the first Iranian to climb all 14 Eight-thousanders without supplementary oxygen imbues his accomplishment with immense national pride and cultural significance. This achievement was officially recognized at the highest levels of the Iranian government, evidenced by congratulations from President Rouhani. This depth of recognition validates his role as a pioneering figure representing a significant non-Western voice in the upper echelons of extreme altitude mountaineering.
Location: The Anza Club, #3, West 8th Ave., Vancouver | 19+ | Doors Open: 7:00 PM, Event Starts: 7.30 PM
The BCMC holds its social meetings at the ANZA Club on the second Tuesday of every month (except July and August). If you are interested in presenting, or if you have a presentation scheduled, you can find the instructions to presenters here