Westfield State Outing Club

10/06/2021

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mosquitoes-test-positive-potentially-deadly-132120199.html

Mosquitoes trapped in a forest in Connecticut test positive for eastern equine encephalitis, a potentially deadly virus that has no cure.

09/28/2021

https://www.climbing.com/people/climbing-community-has-been-source-of-my-pain-american-alpine-club-president/?fbclid=IwAR17mBFCGRgGH-JiJZLA4TSwbZO5EdaFWG_FQwfpsyjegwargI2rlK7Yj_M

Mitsu Iwasaki, on inequity and racism and he confronts it.

09/15/2021

Save the date for the next WMCC board meeting: Sept. 22nd, 7:00PM on zoom.

Curious to hear more about Hanging Mountain opening? Want to nominate someone to the board? Want to hear an update on FERC negotiations? Want to ask questions about anything Western Mass climbing? All great reasons to come to our third quarterly board meeting of 2021.Everyone is welcome!

Tentative agenda:
Board Elections and last call for nominations
Membership update (Oct. Membership drive)
JDEI Committee Update
Financial Update
Hanging Mountain Update (Oct. 2nd opening date)
FERC Update

Check out this event on our website, climbgneiss.org for the zoom link!

09/15/2021

https://www.yahoo.com/news/her-boyfriend-died-mountain-climbing-133048310.html

The documentary 'The Alpinist' explores the death of mountain climber Marc-André LeClerc, whose girlfriend Brette Harrington has returned to the sport.

09/12/2021

09/11/2021

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alpinist-review-another-gripping-addition-162206587.html

There is a tone shift midway through “The Alpinist,” subtle and unmistakable. Fellow mountain climbers have been singing the praises of Marc-André Leclerc throughout Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen’s riveting documentary. The 23-year-old Canadian was pulling off unheard of feats soloing peaks a...

08/31/2021

After reaching Sierra at Tahoe Ski Area on Sunday and burning through it, the Caldor Fire pressed forward and entered the Lake Tahoe Basin on Monday. The 191,607-acre fire (299 square miles) entered the Tahoe Basin only hours after the entire city of South Lake Tahoe and surrounding areas along the....

08/28/2021

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2021/08/opinion-its-time-to-ditch-the-campfire/?fbclid=IwAR3gGD2GIu-tpwrAkQTgfciL0EIg7MCa-sYUrIwAbWH4xsVlsFheWC1ON04

This fire season nix the campfire. You may be amazed by what you don't miss.

08/28/2021

Happiness is a state of mind. Here’s everything you need to know to achieve it.

08/27/2021

https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/essays-culture/steinbeck-road-trip-travels-with-charley-essay/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=facebookpost&fbclid=IwAR3UPlQFcE8NxbqZFq912pmaHSEb_V4ovLQZ4hZwmdlNWg86cCE24gbXdFA

In 1960, John Steinbeck set out on a cross-country adventure with his standard poodle, Charley. More than half a century later, writer Kristin Wong did the same thing with her dog—and learned an unexpected lesson about the pain of uncertainty.

08/26/2021

At 5-years-old, Harvey Sutton - also known on the trail as "Little Man" - is one of the youngest persons known to have completed the roughly 2,100-mile hike.

08/19/2021

https://www.fathomevents.com/events/The-Alpinist

An intimate portrait of Marc-André Leclerc, a visionary solo climber driven by a simple love of the mountains, THE ALPINIST is produced by Red Bull Media House in association with Sender Films (THE DAWN WALL) and was an official selection of 2020 Telluride and SXSW Film Festivals.