Wouldn't this be a good solution for a 'BCMC Club House in Squamish? - Check it out!
This caboose is already in Squamish at the Rail Yard :-) We could get a similar thing - maybe even still rolling -...
1.Course Discounts: a) I think this reward/incentive program will help a lot to generate more trips and more trip organizers.- A vibrant club is not sustainable with only about 10% of members leading...
- The DISCOUNT NIGHT at ICEBREAKER was a great success: 53 members signed up and each shopper saved on average $74! - Almost double your member fees in savings!
-Let your climbing and skiing buddies k...
5 BCMC'ers -Bala, David, Jana, Pavel and Werner/Organizer- were on an ice climbing club trip around Lilloett on Jan, 11,12. - 'Met at 6am at the Church, had a coffee at Starbucks/Squamish and arrive...
2013 - What a year it was!
All the best for 2014 to all our 731 Members and to our 46 Guest Members
777 BCMC'ers - What a number!!!
Ciao - stay safe and 'see you out there' - Werner-
NB:...
Please get 2,3 or 5 PLB's to reduce the risk for 'the many' --- Don't buy 1 Mercedes-like Sat Phone to reduce the risk for 'the few'.
1. That members in the past can and did provide for their own Vo...
I am against buying a new sat phone - with a little planning it can be rented in Vancouver at various places. For $ 1495 we will get much less use out of a sat phone than if we buy 2,3 and up to 5 ACR...
1. I agree with Francis' suggestion: - As a quick fix - one line (2?) per topic only! (now we see 5-6 lines - way to much real estate on our home page for too little information)
-If there is a new a...
Check our super full trip calendar! 102 trips-24 courses as of Nov 14! Best and longest trip list in Town, in BC and in Canada at this time! Last year we may have had half of those trips at this time...
Bring Money! - Buy your tickets for Nov.28 Thu/Park Cinema, Nov 29 Fri/Centennial, Nov 30 Sat/Vogue at 25% OFF -for $15- at the November Social! Shows usually sell out! Price at box office is $20.
A...
Adrian - try to contact 5, better10 climbers from the PARTNER LIST. The list tells you what grade they climb and if they are available during the week. It is a 'number's game' - My experience is that...
What is better: Nylon or Dyneema Slings?
- How about a knot in your sling? - You better check out this test:
http://dmmclimbing.com/knowledge/how-to-break-nylon-dyneema-slings/
Werne...
- The best time to climb Twisted Couloir seems to be (end April?) May. I got stuck at the bergschrund TWICE once in July and again a year later in June. There is also a video somewhere in cyberspace s...
Werner and Reinhard go rock climbing on Tuesday around Squamish. 5.7-10+
Anybody welcome! email me/Werner or sign up here via the forum or just show up at the Church at 10am.
We will be back arou...
I support the idea for a Gear Swap page on the Forum. Please put it on the To-Do List.
- So the $20 000 could be/is the currently best available “guesstimate” for the complete history project? And the $3500 is just phase one? If this is the case, we certainly should ask all members vi...
Downtown Climbing - What they do in Vienna - Coming Soon to Vancouver?!
Youtube video/english: Climbing , Slack Lining and Bouldering on Flakturm and underneath Bridges
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
DEAR MICHAEL FELLER AND EXECUTIVES - Is the Executive considering paying for writing the club history $20,000? Members in our ‘Member Survey’ rated history content and book production/The Mountai...
Henny Coates, Matt Mussallem, Oudi Cherfi and Bala Kumar were the BCMC "SALES STARS" who sold 15 new member ships at the BCMC promotion event at the MEC Store/Vancouver past week end. According to t...
Check out some (house) boats the BCMC can buy for our own BCMC Club-Place in Squamish for less than a cabin would cost. The club can even generate some INCOME with it in a popular area like Squamish -...
Insurance Risks for our BCMC Climbing Wall: The BCMC already has a first class waiver plus liability insurance that covers law suits coming from accidents with members AND short term (30days) guest m...
The BCMC is promoting/selling Club Memberships with our new PR-Table on Sat-Sun, May 4 & 5 at MEC Vancouver-Broadway!
Werner -our Marketing Coordinator- looks for Volunteers who help him promote the...
- I think the BCMC should donate $200. (I just paid up) There are quite a few BCMC'ers climbing down there during shoulder season. We also have/had frequently climbing camps and 3 day club trips going...
Here is a concept/picture for a BCMC Urban Climbing Wall underneath Burrard Bridge. Just include the City/Parks Board. A) We can climb there all year round. B) It will bring in many more additional...
This is what The Mountaineers have (Seattle Mountaineering Club with ~4000 members) in their City:
They have their own outdoor climbing and bouldering wall. Why couldn't the BCMC do this? - Or simil...