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TRADITIONAL MOUNTAINEERING SEMINARS
Saturday, March 12, 2005, FREE Traditional Mountaineering Seminar with guests Robert Link and friends, on climbing and descending steep snow slopes including ice axe belay and arrest 
We plan to meet at near the Mt. Bachelor parking lot at about 9AM. From there we will hike on consolidated snow or snowshoe to certain appropriate slopes for steep snow climbing skills and ice axe belay/arrest practice, skills needed for Aconcagua, Hood, Shasta, Jefferson, Adams, and all the others. Learn about skills and gear for rope protected climbing and rappelling steep snow, rock and ice slopes on major peaks, avalanche risk avoidance, crevasse rescue gear and set-up See the  Prospectus. See the Photos of previous seminars.  Read more on Robert Link and Associates.  Information from Robert Speik at 541-385-0445, info@traditionalmountaineering.org  No drop-ins please! Reservations only; pre-registered by March 9, 2005.  FULL at 30 people (read - 3 groups of 10) Reserved!

        
(Illustrations from Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills)

Saturday, April 16, 2005, 9AM to 3PM or so, Crevasse Rescue and Technical Snow Climbing Skills Class at the Environmental Center  
An indoor, hands-on, interactive gear and skills class with Robert Speik and mystery guest experts: Skills and gear for rope protected climbing and rappelling steep snow, rock and ice slopes on major peaks, avalanche risk avoidance, crevasse rescue gear and set-up and light and fast overnight gear for Shasta, Adams, Jefferson and more.  Meet new friends from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at The Environmental Center 15 Kansas St. Reservations $35, ($45 for couples).
Reservations Required; ten participants maximum. Call Robert Speik at 541-385-0445 or email Bob Speik    Read the flyer

Saturday, December 3, 2005, 9AM to 3PM, BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES IN THE WINTER at the Environmental Center
An indoor, hands-on skills class with Robert Speik: Responsibilities, essentials, clothing, winter risk mitigation, reasonable trip planning with map, compass and optional GPS, snow cave and tent camping, cooking, climbing steep slopes with minimum gear and skills, identification of possible avalanche risk and more. Meet new friends, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at The Environmental Center 15 Kansas St. Reservations $35, ($45 for couples), at 385-0445 or see the flyer   
Note: Twenty folks attended in 2004.

South, Middle, the sinister North Sister, and Broken Top from Mt. Bachelor.
Photo Copyright© 2005-2011 by Robert Speik. All Rights Reserved.

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  MOUNT HOOD
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  MIDDLE SISTER
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