This page generally includes instructional trips and official club outings but not informally arranged trips. Please see the page on instructional trips if you want to know how they work.
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May 2008

May 12 (Monday), 7:00pm regular SAC meeting 7:00 meeting, 7:30 climbing + skiing DVDs. In Clark Center s360. map/directions

May 17-18 Trad Lead Workshop (part 2 of 2)
Leader: Bjorn
Instructors: Jared, Nathan, Sam
See the classes page for more info.

May 19 (Monday), 7:30pm Sierra Nevada Slideshow Series - Robert Summers - Leaning Tower + The Caucasus

Leaning Tower - from lynnhillblogs.com

Koshtan Tau - from summitpost.org

Alpbaza Bezengi Kabardino Balkaria (The Russian Autonomous Region in the North Caucasus)

First part: A Yosemite wall in the 60's. Dave Calfee and I climbed the Leaning Tower in June 1967. This is a short set of pictures, not enough for a stand alone program. At that time it kept two guys pretty busy just getting up the route in 2 days.
Second part: climbing in the Bezengi Region of the Caucasus in 1975. This is the area where A. F. Mummery ( "Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus")went climbing in the 19th century. The main peak that we climbed was Koshtan Tau. We had a local group of four with overlapping affiliations SAC/RCS/AAC. It required a 6 months correspondence with the Russian Mountaineering Federation to make the arrangements. Once we arriver the Russian Climbers were wonderful hosts.
Location: Clark Center Room s360 (near Peet's Coffee) map / directions