Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 10:47:30 -0700
From: Chris Chan <cgchan AT stanford.edu>
To: climbing AT lists.stanford.edu, alpine-club AT lists.stanford.edu,
     redwood AT lists.stanford.edu, oep-interest AT lists.stanford.edu,
     outing AT lists.stanford.edu
Subject: Girls can crank! Women's climbing weekend, May 19-20

The Stanford Alpine Club
Women's Trad Climbing Backcountry Workshop
May 19-20

The Stanford Alpine Club is excited to offer an all-women's weekend 
of rock climbing on May 19-20th! Finally you can leave behind the 
testosterone- and ratings-driven, trash-talking, egotistical dynamic 
found at sport crags and the boulders. Erika Monahan, Sharon Huock, 
and Chris Chan are looking forward to sharing the camaraderie, 
stories, and generally awesome fun vibe that comes from climbing with 
other girls. We hope to provide an opportunity for 6 to 8 women 
climbers to meet each other, start friendships or find partners for 
climbing and other outdoors activities. We want to climb in an 
atmosphere where women feel comfortable trying different things, 
talking about everything from being outdoors to dealing with risk, 
and sharing what we love about climbing and what we can accomplish on 
our own. Is climbing with all women really different from climbing 
with a bunch of guys? Well, we'll find out over the weekend, but 
either way we think it will be great fun!

We're hoping to hold our climbing weekend at Lover's Leap in Tahoe. 
Sharon and Chris will stake out some sweet campsites on Friday, where 
we can hang out during the weekend after climbing. We're thinking 
some multipitch routes on Saturday and cragging on Sunday. Chris may 
even be around Monday and Tuesday to climb for anyone who can stick 
around longer. Although we encourage you to apply no matter your 
experience, we're especially interested in hearing from women who 
would like more experience or instruction leading trad and climbing 
cracks. [While this is first and foremost a weekend intended to get 
out and climb with other women, we will also devote some time to 
developing crack climbing technique and gear skills.]

Fees are $35 for SAC members, $45 for non-SAC members. Fill out the 
application below by Tuesday, May 8, at 5p. Please cc: all of us 
(Erika, emonahan AT stanford, Sharon, sharonh AT gmail.com, Chris, 
cgchan AT stanford). Let us know if you have any questions!

- Sharon, Erika, and Chris

Application (Due Tuesday, May 8 at 5p)
1. Name, e-mail, phone number, affiliation with Stanford
2. Can you come the weekend of May 19/20? If we have an informal 
gathering the evening of Thursday, May 17 to get to know each other, 
would you be able to make it?
3. Experience climbing
        - How many years, indoors/outdoors?
        - What kind of leading have you done before: Indoors, sport, trad?
        - How many routes (approximately) of each have you led?
                <10 (how many if <10)
                10-50
                50+ (too many to count)
        - Where do you usually climb?
        - What's your experience following trad and multipitch routes?
        - What level can you onsight? (inside, sport lead, trad lead)
        - What's your experience with trad gear/anchors - what kind 
of experience do you have placing nuts, cams, etc.?
        - How many anchors have you built?
        - What kind of climbing do you like the best? (Indoors, 
sport, trad; slab, crack, face, offwidths, etc., if you have a favorite)
        - What would you like get out of the weekend?
        - Where did you learn to climb? Have you taken classes 
anywhere, like at the Climbing Wall or with SAC?
4. Do you have your own gear? (Harness, helmet, ATC/locking 
carabiner, shoes, rope, quickdraws, trad rack?)
5. Can you drive? How many can you seat, including gear?
6. Are you over 21?
7. Have you have taught classes before with any group affiliated with 
Stanford Outdoors? Are you interested in teaching classes with OEP or
the Stanford Alpine Club in the future?
8. If you are offered a slot in the class, will you definitely take it?
9. Anything else you want to tell us? Concerns, suggestions, comments?

We can't wait to hear from you! Please cc: all of us (Erika, 
emonahan AT stanford, Sharon, sharonh AT gmail.com, Chris, cgchan AT stanford).
Let us know if you have any questions!