Banff Mountain Film Festival Coming To NYC

Join the Metro NY Section at the Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95^th, 7:30 pm, Sunday, February 28; Monday, February 29; Tuesday, March 1 and Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016.  Doors open at 7:00 pm. We will have an info table set up. Come by and say hello. 

Tickets are available at Symphony Space, 212.864.540 and Paragon Sports. 212.255.8036, ext 2.

Howard Sebold 

- Metro NY Section Chair



Nepal, the Earthquake & Craft Beer - Member Steve Hindy Reports

Ellen and Steve Hindy in Ghorpani, Nepal, at Annapurna South.

In January 2015 Steve Hindy won a 2 week trip to Nepal at the Annual Dinner. As founder of Brooklyn Brewery Steve has a passion for beer. See his report for Vice Media, munchies.vice.com about his trip and the growing craft beer industry in Nepal.


Howard Sebold
Metro NY Section Chair

Tickets Still Available For The Annual Benefit Dinner Weekend

February 26 - 27

The Mayflower Hotel

Washington, D.C.

The AAC's largest and most prestigious event of the year brings together over 500 guests including climbers of all generations and disciplines, esteemed donors and high profile leaders. The weekend includes multiple events where you can rub shoulders with climbing legends, young and old alike. 

Celebrate 100 years of climbing in our beautiful National Parks, with keynote by Alex Honnold. Tickets include Honnold's presentation, high cuisine, great wine and beer, silent and live auctions, and access to other weekend activities including the Climbers' Gathering, panel discussions, and some of climbing's highest honors.

See Dinner Website for details and ticket purchases.

Facebook Event Page                                    AAC Award Winners on ClimbingMag.com                                   How National Parks Tell Our Story

2016 Winter Outing

Rufus on the ascent of Algonquin Peak (5,115 ft), MacIntyre Range, Adirondacks

The annual Metro NY Section Adirondack Winter Outing was held January 22-24 and in spite of the fall weather that lasted well into December winter did finally arrive in the Dacks. As usual, we booked the entire Rock & River Lodge in Keene, NY, for the exclusive use of NY Section members and guests. Both the snow and ice conditions were better than expected and we had an enthusiastic 30+ crew of both new faces and longtime friends. In an ironic twist, a monster winter storm hit NYC just as we were all headed north looking for snow. 

After happy-hour and dinner Saturday night the Section flag was presented to Mark Aiston and Rufus Van Gruisen to carry on their upcoming trip to Nepal and climb of Mera Peak (21,247 ft). We look forward to a safe return and some good stories from Mark and Rufus at the Spring Outing. This was followed by Michael Schlenker's recount of his recent climbing exploits in the Alaska Range. I'm happy to report that our member involved in a climbing accident on the backside of Pitchoff Saturday is back home and recovering well. Thank you to all that lent a hand Sunday and helped with this.

Please mark your calendars for January 20-22, 2017 for next year's Winter Outing. I look forward to seeing some of you again at the Banff Film Festival in NYC, the Gunks work weekends this spring and at other Club events. Don't forget to reserve your tickets for the Club's Annual Benefit Dinner featuring Alhex Honnald in Washington D.C. at the end of this month. 

Best regards, 

Howard Sebold 
Metro NY Section Chair, AAC

Snow bike to ice climb, Chapel Pond Canyon 

Slopes of Algonquin

Some shots from Cascade X-Country Ski Center

What is more fun than a fat wheeled snow bike!