The BCMC is a group of like-minded individuals who participate in outdoor activities. The club was established in 1907 and in September 2019 reached a new milestone of 1,300+ active member accounts. The club organizes mountaineering, rock climbing and back country skiing trips throughout the year. The BCMC holds monthly socials, offers courses to members and represents the interests of mountaineers and back country skiers in British Columbia.
BCMC SOCIAL EVENT - February 11th, 2025 [IN-PERSON]
" Exercise ATLANTIC QUEST 23 – Leg 4 : South Georgia"
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In September 2023 a team of regular and reservist soldiers and officers from The British Army’s Royal Engineers embarked on Leg 4 of Ex ATLANTIC QUEST 23, part of one of the most ambitious adventurous training expeditions undertaken at Corps level for some years. Meeting the Challenge 72ft yacht “Adventure of Hornet” in the Falkland Islands after its epic three month voyage from the UK, the crew sailed across 870 nautical miles of South Atlantic Ocean to the remote British Overseas Territory of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands. The next month was spent dodging icebergs and elephant seals, camping out on huge glaciers or in snowholes, hauling each other out of crevasses, and climbing mountains that only a handful of people, if any at all, have attempted.
Presenter: Jack Creighton
Jack Creighton has served 11 years in the British Army Reserve and has a civilian career as an Engineering Geologist. Throughout civilian and military career he always seemed to end up in the mountains, but never really thought much of it (just nice to be outside, isn’t it?). That is until, while on operations in the Middle East, he randomly joined a Zoom call hosted by the ‘Royal Engineers Mountaineering and Exploration Club’ (REMEC). What followed was 3 years of ‘Zero to Hero’ training in winter and alpine mountaineering, single and multi-pitch rock climbing, ice climbing, mountain first aid, big boat sailing and sea survival. He has played all over Europe and now lives in Vancouver, ready for the next challenge…
See you there!
Location: The Anza Club, #3, West 8th Ave., Vancouver | 19+ | Doors Open: 7:00 PM, Event Starts: 7.30 PM
