WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE MAZAMAS THANK YOU MAZAMA VOLUNTEERS!
We know that the Mazamas have extraordinary volunteers—now more than ever. As we continue to live through the pandemic, we are thankful to our leaders and volunteers for doing their part to keep us connected to the outdoors. We are in awe as they continue to innovate to provide our community with courses, skill builders, and seminars to educate the mountain community. And we are thankful to our hike, climb, and ramble leaders who persist in getting activities on our calendar. STEEP SNOW & ICE SUBCOMMITTEE
The subcommittee successfully registered a full class for their upcoming skill builder. The skill builder begins on September 1 and runs until September 19. LODGE COMMITTEE The Lodge opened! The committee is working on updating existing plumbing to resolve issues and looking to hire some part-time support.
OUTINGS COMMITTEE The committee successfully got three outings on the calendar and is on break until the fall.
CLIMBING COMMITTEE
BASIC CLIMBING EDUCATION PROGRAM SUBCOMMITTEE
The Leader Development (LD) program continues to promote LD candidates to provisional leader status and provisional climb leaders to full leader status. The Climbing Committee is exploring skill badge equivalency to recognize training from outside the Mazamas.
The committee is debriefing leaders and planning variable start dates for BCEP 2022.
CANYONEERING COMMITTEE
Holding final training sessions for assistants while prepping for class, developing presentations, and running through lectures.
CLASSICS
Working on arrangements for the annual fall luncheon at the Lodge.
FAMILIES COMMITTEE The committee is preparing to their Families Mountaineering 101 course in September. The course will have the largest class in the program’s history.
NORDIC COMMITTEE Planning for meetings and classes for the upcoming year.
FIRST AID Working on programming for the new Mountaineering First Aid skill builder and with other committees to coordinate training.
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