Minutes for Meeting of 09-20-2000

Hello Ramblers!

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1.) Important: Unless otherwise announced, the meeting place for all hikes is behind the Park Student Center, in the parking lot.

2.) Future hiking club meetings, during the summer, will continue to be held in the Forbes building lobby, in case Forbes, Room 307, isn't available.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING SLIDE PRESENTATION:

Erich will be presenting slides, next week, about his trip to Costa Rica.

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING SURVEY:

The sky island alliance is doing a weekend trip to do surveying for conservation movements. If anyone is interested, send an E-mail directly to Max Benson: mxbenson@hotmail.com.

PAST HIKES:

1.) Robbie did a short hike in the west side of the Tucson Mountains.

2.) Rachel did a hike up Blackett's Ridge this past weekend.

3.) A group of 20 people went on the moonlight hike on Friday night. Since it was quite bright, they did not need flashlights.

Report from Steve:
I led a large group (19 members) up Blackett's Ridge Trail in Sabino Canyon
Rec Area last Friday evening for a moonlight hike. Although the full moon was
Wednesday, there was plenty of light to see the trail, and the group was
treated to watching the moon rise on the way to the trail while on Speedway.
Steve Slocum and Tricia departed early and encountered a rattlesnake just off
the trail on the way back. Most members made it to the end of the trail and
were treated to a impressive view of Sabino and Bear canyons bathed in
moonlight. The group split here, with some spending an hour or more at the
top, two camping out and the rest returning to PSU by 2:30 am.

4.) Massimo and Torsten, instead of going to Hutchess pool, since they did not want to take the tram, went to 7 Falls instead.

5.) Jon was at Kartchner Caverns on Tuesday, and he also stopped at Ramsey Canyon for a short hike.

FUTURE HIKES:

1.) Robbie is leading a day hike in Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains, via the Super Trail, on Saturday (9/23/2000). Rated "C". Contact Robbie: hannawacker@hotmail.com.

2.) Robbie is interested in leading a trip up to the Vermilion Cliffs/Pariah Wilderness in northern Arizona, during the Thanksgiving weekend. Rated "A", since this is a "Kick-A** Hike". Contact Robbie: hannawacker@hotmail.com.

3.) Michael is leading a trip to Pariah Wilderness/Buckskin Gulch Canyon in northern Arizona, during the Veterans Day weekend. The basic plan is to leave Friday (11/10/2000) and return Monday (11/13/2000). Contact Michael Dumke: mdumke@as.arizona.edu.

4.) Hanna is leading a trip to the Pinacate National Park in Mexico and the Castle Dome Mountains in Arizona, during Christmas time, for 6 days - possibly more). If interested, contact Hanna: hanna@u.arizona.edu.

5.) Hanna is interested in leading a beginner's backpacking trip to the Santa Rita Mountains, around October 14/15. Rated "C". If interested, contact Hanna: hanna@u.arizona.edu.

6.) Another backpacking trip is also being planned for the Grand Canyon. The dates are from Friday (12/15/2000) to Wednesday (12/20/2000). The backpack will be down the Bright Angel Trail and to Indian Gardens and surrounding areas. Contact Mead Jordan: mjordan@egret.sao.arizona.edu.

7.) Michael's trip to the Gila Box, north of Safford, is being postponed. It still remains to be determined if it will be, either, a car camp or a backpack. For more information, contact Michael Chamberland: chamb@u.arizona.edu. Rated "B+".

8.) Massimo is leading a backpacking trip to Rincon Peak, via the Miller Creek Trail. The plan is to leave Saturday (9/23/2000) and return Sunday. The exact departure time is still being determined. It is important to contact Massimo for specifics: malagoli@u.arizona.edu.

9.) Massimo stall has 1 open space for his October Grand Canyon Trip. Contact Massimo: malagoli@u.arizona.edu.

10.) Jon is interested in doing a backpacking trip in the Huachuca Mountains, on the Arizona Trail, during the next month, which will involve a car shuttle. Contact Jon: jonh@u.arizona.edu.

11.) Jon is also interested in doing a backpacking/camping trip in White Canyon. Contact Jon: jonh@u.arizona.edu.

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING AIDS WALK:

There is an AIDS walk Scheduled for a Saturday in October with information, as follows:

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Hello all,

I'm going to be doing the AIDS walk 2000 on Saturday, the 22nd of October.
It's a 10K (there's also a 4K) and starts at 9am, I think. Is anyone
interested in forming a team with me? Please let me know.

Thanks, Rachel Hohn
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Rachel Hohn
Production Manager/Equity Stage Manager
Department of Theatre Arts
University of Arizona
520.621.1277 FX 520.626.8052
rhohn@u.arizona.edu
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If interested contact Rachel: rhohn@u.arizona.edu, since she is getting a list of participants together.

ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING GETOUTDOORS.COM:

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My name is Paul Efstratis. I work for GetOutdoors.com in Berkeley, Ca. Our
web site has information about hiking destinations and trails all over the
country and overseas. We are building a community of college outdoor clubs.
If you are interested in having GetOutdoors.com sponsor an event please
contact me. We can send Cliff Bars, Leave No Trace Tags and postcards to
all the members of your club. We are also giving away free GetOutdoors.com
Nalgene bottles when you register on our site. Its free and simple. This is
our way of giving back to the college outdoor community and get the word
out about GetOutdoor.com. If you are interested follow this link and feel
free to forward this to other club members.
Take care,
Paul Efstratis
Everything you need to get outdoors: www.GetOutdoor.com
1912 Bonita Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 510.704.0313
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ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING LISTSERVE:

We would like to welcome all the new people to our listserve; however, for those of you who may not be familiar with listserves, here are some guidelines to ensure proper etiquette:

1.) Stick to club business when you make a post.

2.) If your message is only intended for one or two people on the listserve, please send it to them personally and not to the entire listserve.

3.) Be extra careful when replying to a post -- make sure that you reply only to the person who originally made the post, and not to the entire listserve.

4.) Remember, there are over 200 people, who will get your message, if you post it to everyone, so try not to "spam" them, and they will do you the same courtesy.

It looks like we have a nice list of many great plans for hikes and other trips in the future. If anyone wants to add and post additional announcements for any hikes, etc., please feel free to use this listserve. Meanwhile, enjoy Arizona and keep Rambling!

Wolfgang