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Alpine Club of Canada, Calgary - Volunteers

Officers and Administrators
 
Ray Norman: Vice-Chair - ACC Calgary Section
Tom Fransham: Chair of Ski Committee
Peter Lloyd: Chair: ACC Calgary Section
Elisabeth Dupuis: Access and Environment
Cam Roe: Trip Leader
Dave Hanson: Chair of Climbing Committee
Jacqueline Louie: Social Committee Chair
Stacey Karalash: Training & Leadership Chair
Renee Lavergne: Secretary
David Roe: Webmaster
Mathieu Bourgeois: Trip leader
Daniel: Membership Coordinator and Breeze Editor
Michael McDonough: Section Camp Coordinator
Andy Strangemann: Trip leader
Trip Leaders
Alan Fortune
Allan Main
Allan Mathies
Al Hardy
Andrew Riggs
Angela Pocsik
Ben Giesbrecht
Ben Stephenson
Ben Wards
Brad Duska
Brent Arnholtz
Brian Ball
Cameron McLellan
Carmel Callanan
Charlie Breakey
Christian Pedersen
Chuck Young
Colin Long
Colin Watson
Dana Annab
Dana Engler
Danielle Tardif
Dave Clay
Deborah Bobrow
Denis Longuépée
Dennis Kok
Diane Colwell
Enrique Canto
Evelyn Mathies
Gabrielle Savard
Gerry Drotar
Greg McDougall
Heather Eadie
Ian Hunt
Ian MacLeod
J A Owen
Jason Marshall
Jason McCrank
Jeff Dickson
j winfield
John-Paul Zakordonski
Juan Chamorro
Julia Pulwicki
Katerina Mervart
Keith Sanford
Kelly Adams
Ken Baxter
Ken Chatel
Ken Lee
Len Youden
Lisa Bergen
Marcus Eyre
Mark Carlson
Mark Lane
Masten Brolsma
Matthew Breakey
melkasha
Michael Teekens
Mike W
Nancy Schneider
Nathalie Roulin
Neil Bosch (Calgary)
Nick
Nick St-Georges
Nicole Kaufmann
Orvel
Parry Loeffler
Paul Taylor
Paula Corbeil
Rebecca Haspel
Ricardo
Rick Collier
Rob Davidson
Rob Salguero
Robert Bigelow
Sandy Fransham (Sauer)
Sandy Walker
Scott
Shannon Healy
Shaun Fluker
Stan Bobrow
Steve Fedyna
Sue Kuznik
Therese Miller
Tobias Link
Toby Brodkorb
Trevor Penford
Tyler Kirkland
Vic Bond
Wayne H
Willis Tsai

We are always looking for Trip Leaders. If you think you may be interested, please contact the Chair of the Climbing Committee, Dave Hanson, at dave.hanson.mail@gmail.com, or the Chair of the Ski Committee, Tom Fransham, at tfransham@shaw.ca.




 
Vice-Chair - ACC Calgary Section
Ray Norman

ACC Background: I've been a member of the ACC since the early 1980's - at first with the Vancouver Section and from 1988 with the Calgary Section. I moved to Canmore in 2002 and since then I have been a member of both Calgary and Rocky Mountain Sections. I was Chair of the Ski Committee for a number of years and became Calgary Section Chair in 2004. I'm now on the Executive in the (not very demanding) role of Past Chair.

Courses: I have attended both the Summer and Winter North Face leadership courses, and over the years have done a number of avalanche and leadership courses. The most recent was Advanced Wilderness First Aid in the Spring of 2009.

Mountain Interests: My main interests are Ski Mountaineering, Summer Mountaineering and Scrambling. Sport climbing is not my thing, and winter ice climbing is too slow to keep warm!

Trips: Over the years I have led quite a lot of ACC trips. The majority of these were ski trips in the winter, but I've also led a number of mountaineering objectives in the summer. I would not lead a mountain trip that involved a high level of technical rock climbing.

Current Projects: In 2008 I cycled across Canada - a long-time dream of mine - and it was an amazing experience. I would like to do it again, but next time I would not go with a large group. By comparison 2009 is looking a bit tame at the moment!

Professional Life: I'm an actuary by profession, and although I haven't completely retired I don't do much work these days! Instead I spend a lot of time with my 4 grandchildren - all of whom live in Calgary.

 



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Chair of Ski Committee
Tom Fransham
Volunteer coordinator, Ski Committee Chair

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Chair: ACC Calgary Section
Peter Lloyd
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Access and Environment
Elisabeth Dupuis
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Trip Leader
Cam Roe
Librarian for the Calgary Section

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Chair of Climbing Committee
Dave Hanson
Dave Has been a member of the Calgary Section for approximately 7 years. Chair of the Climbing Committee for 3 years and Coordinator of the now infamous Rock Rage Wednesday nights for the past 5 years. Dave leads 11a sport (on a good day) and WI4 ice (again, on a good day) Dave has Wilderness Responder 1st Aid Training Dave Hanson participated in numberous ACC sponsored leadership training courses

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Social Committee Chair
Jacqueline Louie
Bio is coming soon.

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Training & Leadership Chair
Stacey Karalash
Training coordinator Volunteer coordinator

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Secretary
Renee Lavergne
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Webmaster
David Roe
Courses: Summer North Face 2005, First Aid Level C, Rock Rescue (x2), Navigation in the Mountains, IRAC, Leading on Rock, Movement on Rock.
Attended GMCs: 1989 Fryatt, 1990 Bugaboos, 2004 Lyells, 2005 Moby Dick (Battle Group)
Some personal tidbits: My life in the mountains started when I was a kid, in Waterton Park, when my father was an active ACC member. My favourite area in the world for its beauty, bar none, is Lake O'Hara that I first visited in circa 1975. My favourite mountains, largely because of proximity and the sentiment attached to them are Mt. Yamnuska and Castle Mtn.
I am the current ACC Calgary Section webmaster (since 2004).


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Trip leader
Mathieu Bourgeois
T&L Committee

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Membership Coordinator and Breeze Editor
Daniel
Membership Coordinator and Breeze Editor

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Section Camp Coordinator
Michael McDonough
Section Camp Coordinator

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Trip leader
Andy Strangemann
It was at the age of seven that I was brought on my first roped climb by my dad in southern Bavaria. It seems like such a small hill today, but it was the start of a great passion for the mountains and outdoors in general. I joined the ACC back in 1985, when I first moved out to Calgary and have been enjoying the weekends in the Rockies ever since. My passion is for bigger peaks in the Rockies, but also the quick one day'er scramble excercise outings. Back in the 80's and early 90's I was a keener on ice, but after discovering the enjoyment of backcountry skiing, I now rarely get on vertical ice, unless it is on a summer climb. Since I live in Europe for almost half the year, I enjoy outings to the Swiss and Austrian Alps and should anyone in the club have a desire to venture over there, I welcome a call from you, perhaps we can even hook up for a climb. I love the Zermatt area and have gone with two of my ACC frieds in the past on a 9 day randonee of the 4,000 Meter peaks around Zermatt. This summer I trekked from Bavaria to Italy via the ranges of Austria and had the chance to climb some lovely peaks en route. I have organized an expedition to Denali, where we cimbed the peak via a sporting route, but never really got used to sleeping out in the cold for the 23 days we were up there. Also I have twice ventured to Nepal as well as Tibet for some high alt. climbing and also trekking. I just love Nepal and could see spending one month per year there in coming years. Currently I am part of the T & L committee and enjoy coming up with new workshops and courss for our membership. As I am also a pilot, I am a keener on weather patterns and prediction and enjoy navigation. Since I do not wish to fully rely on the power of batteries, I am a bit of an old fashioned compass, map and altimeter navigator and like to take my wands up on the icefields. Please do drop me a line if you would like to get out to the hills, as I am always willing to go out and like to get to know people from our club. Best to email me at:investra@t-online.de or call at (403) 220-0212 (H). See you out there in the hills. Andy

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Trip Leader
Alan Fortune
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Trip Leader
Allan Main
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Trip Leader
Allan Mathies
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Trip Leader
Al Hardy
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Trip Leader
Andrew Riggs
TBD

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Trip Leader
Angela Pocsik
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Trip Leader
Ben Giesbrecht
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Trip Leader
Ben Stephenson
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Trip Leader
Ben Wards
Coming soon.

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Trip Leader
Brad Duska
to follow soon

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Trip coordinator
Brent Arnholtz
Full details coming soon - Brent usually coordinates an annual telemark skills clinic

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Trip Leader
Brian Ball
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Trip coordinator
Cameron McLellan
I am currently working towards applying for the Ski Guide Training and Assistant Ski Guide exam at the end of this winter. I currently hold 3 years of experience ski touring as well as my 80hr Wilderness First Responder ticket and have worked as a bike patrol with Panorama Mountain Village. I am currently headed down to Whistler to obtain my CAA level 1 Certification as well as do a variation of the Spearhead/Mcbride Traverse ( this variation allows ski tourers to bag a possible 17 peaks in 3-4 days) To date my ski touring resume consists of experience consisting of multiple tours in Kananaskis, Rockies, Wapta icefields, Monashee's, Valhalla's, Coast Ranges, and Experience in the Swiss, French, and Italian Alps. I also have climbing experience consisting of trips all around BC and Alberta and down to New Zealand as well. I am well practiced in Multiple crevasse rescue systems and am taking my Level 3 CSIA ski instructors course this winter.

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Trip Leader
Carmel Callanan
Great former Chinook editor

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Trip Leader
Charlie Breakey
Bio coming soon

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Trip Leader
Christian Pedersen
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Trip Leader
Chuck Young
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Trip Leader
Colin Long
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Trip Leader
Colin Watson
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Trip Leader
Dana Annab
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trip leader
Dana Engler
to come later

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Danielle Tardif
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Trip Leader
Dave Clay
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Trip Leader
Deborah Bobrow
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Trip Leader
Denis Longuépée
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Trip Leader
Dennis Kok
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Trip Leader
Diane Colwell
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Trip Leader
Enrique Canto
trip leader

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Trip Leader
Evelyn Mathies
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Trip Leader
Gabrielle Savard
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Trip Leader
Gerry Drotar
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Trip Leader
Greg McDougall
To follow

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Trip Leader
Heather Eadie
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trip leader
Ian Hunt
I have always enjoyed the mountains and when work bought me to Calgary in '92, there was no way I was going anywhere else to live. My enjoyment of the mountains comes from just being out there doing stuff and I have no problems with repeating routes, but I also enjoy new challenges too. Here is a bit of my alpine route experience... Athabasca (Silverhorn, NF, AA col, N glacier) Andromeda (NF) Columbia Snow Dome Assiniboine Edith Cavell (E ridge) Victoria (N and S) Lefroy Joffre Fay (W ridge) Lougheed (NW ridge) Stanley (Kaul route) Balfour Gordon S. Rhonda Olive St Nicholas President and Vice President Pigeon Spire Orizaba, Popocatépetl, Iztaccíhuatl (1986) Island Peak (Nepal) 1991 Denali (west buttress) 1994

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Trip Leader
Ian MacLeod
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Trip Coordinator
J A Owen
To be updated

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Trip Leader
Jason Marshall
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Trip Leader
Jason McCrank
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Trip Leader
Jeff Dickson
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Trip Leader
j winfield
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Trip Leader
John-Paul Zakordonski
I began climbing in 2001 and leading trips for the ACC in 2007. training taken since 2001; Search and Rescue Fundamentals, Intro Avalanche Awareness, Snow and Ice Long Weekend, Wilderness First Aid, Ski Patrol / Advanced First Aid, Advanced Rock, Advanced Avalanche, Mixed Climbing, Rock Rescue, Advanced/Steep Ice Climbing, 2007 Standard First Aid, Rock Leadership Course. My preference for climbing is the whole mountain experience from car to summit via ice and/or technical rock.

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Trip Leader
Juan Chamorro
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Trip Leader
Julia Pulwicki
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Trip Leader
Katerina Mervart
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Trip leader
Keith Sanford
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Trip Leader
Kelly Adams
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Trip Leader
Ken Baxter
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Trip Leader
Ken Chatel
Trip Leader

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Trip Leader
Ken Lee
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Trip Leader
Len Youden
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Trip Leader
Lisa Bergen
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Coordinator
Marcus Eyre
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Volunteer Trip Coordinator
Mark Carlson
to be added

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Trip Leader
Mark Lane
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Trip Leader
Masten Brolsma
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Trip Leader and Chinook Editor
Matthew Breakey
Chinook Editor, more info to follow soon

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trip leader
melkasha
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Trip Leader
Michael Teekens
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Trip Leader
Mike W
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Trip Leader
Nancy Schneider
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Trip Leader
Ski Committee member

Nathalie Roulin
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Trip Leader
Neil Bosch (Calgary)
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Mr. Straub
Nick
TBA

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Trip Leader
Nick St-Georges
I have a variety of mountaineering experience and purposely try and stay well rounded by mixing in some rock/ice climbing (middle of the road stuff) to compliment the skills required for various Alpine trips (which is my true passion). I also enjoy ski mountaineering/touring and various scrambles during the shoulder seasons. Some of the most difficult Alpine trips that I've completed to-date include bagging all 5 of the Lyells in 2 days and also climbing the east ridge of Assiniboine during difficult winter conditions. Some of the more difficult trips I've led include the Silverhorn route on Athabasca (twice) and also South Victoria exiting via the Huber Glacier/Ledges. With my family, I love to get out and camp/canoe and generally just be in the mountains every chance I get. My formal training includes: 1. St John's Standard First Aid & CPR (Jan. 2009), 2. Avalanche Skills Training (AST1)taught by the U. of C. (Dec. 2004), 3. Crevasse Rescue taught by the U. of C.(Jan. 2005), 4. Crevasse Rescue Practice instructed by ACC - Ray Norman (Mar. 2007), 5. Basic Ice Climbing taught by Yamnuska (Dec. 2006), 6. "Map, Compass, Altimeter and GPS Navigation Seminar" instructed by ACC - Mark Lane (Jun. 2007), 7. Advanced Alpine Leadership organized by the ACC & Cyril S. (Aug. 2007), 8. ACC/The North Face Winter Leadership organized by the ACC & Cyril S. (Jan. 2008), 9. ACC/The North Face Summer Leadership organized by the ACC & Cyril S. (July 2008), 10. ACC - Learn to Lead Ice Climbing organized by the ACC & Sean Issac (Jan. 2009), 11. ACC - Intro. to Trad. Climbing organized by the ACC & Sean Issac (Jun. 2009), 12. Avalanche Skills Training (AST2) organized by the ACC & Rob Davidson (Dec. 2009).

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Trip leader
Nicole Kaufmann
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Trip Leader
Orvel
Bio to come.

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Trip Leader
Parry Loeffler
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Trip Leader
Paul Taylor
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Trip Leader
Paula Corbeil
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Trip Leader
Rebecca Haspel
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Trip Leader
Ricardo
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Trip Coordinator
Rick Collier
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Trip Leader
Rob Davidson
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Trip Leader
Rob Salguero
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Trip Leader
Robert Bigelow
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Trip Leader
Sandy Fransham (Sauer)
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Trip Leader
Sandy Walker
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Trip Leader
Scott
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Trip Leader
Shannon Healy
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ShaunFluker
Shaun Fluker
Shaun is a climber who has led trips for the club in past years. based on my personal knowledge of Shaun I have made him a volunteer. dave hanson

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Trip Leader
Stan Bobrow
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Trip Leader
Steve Fedyna
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Trip Leader
Sue Kuznik
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Trip Leader
Therese Miller
Trip Leader: bio coming soon...testing....

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Trip Coordinator
Tobias Link
TBA

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Trip Leader
Toby Brodkorb
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Treasurer
Trevor Penford
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Trip Leader
Tyler Kirkland
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Trip Leader
Vic Bond
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Trip Leader
Wayne H
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Trip Leader
Willis Tsai
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