April 2002 BBQ/Meeting
The RRISCC April meeting is scheduled to be held at 7:30 pm at Lisa’s home on her Conesus lakefront, Sunday the 7 th, not Monday the 8th which is our usual second-Monday-of-the-month gathering time. Actually, plan to be there around 6 pm for a BBQ outing on the waterfront. Bring along some meat to grill and munchies such as chips. Lisa will provide buns, bread, beverage and the grill.
Dick Herbison will give a multimedia presentation on a recent climb of Cerro Aconcagua in Argentina. The team of climbers consisted of Dick, Dick’s son Greg, Frank Cabron, Gordon Robinson & Mike Dinkel. Though active in the planning and support stages, in the end, Gordon’s tendon surgery had not healed in time which sadly prevented him from going there. All are members of the Rochester Winter Mountaineering Society. They were in South America from December 7th, 2001 to January 3 rd, 2002. I believe they did the Rio de Vacas route. Dick will combine still photos with mpeg video clips for what ought to be a very interesting Chile/Argentina shared audiovisual adventure. Dick is also preparing an article for the Adirondack magazine titled Can climbing the Adirondack high peaks in winter prepare one for climbing Aconcagua?
Direction
Take I-390 south bound. Drive about twenty miles south to exit #9, which is Lakeville and Livonia. Turn left onto route 15 going south. Go about 1 mile and take the right fork onto route 256 towards Letchworth State Park and Dansville, New York. Continue south bound about another mile on route 256 until you reach the signal that crosses route 20A, then cross 20A and continue south on route 256. From that crossing, go about 3.5 to 4 miles south to her driveway on the left at 4681 West Lake road (which is still route 256 but called West Lake road). Some useful landmarks to watch for as you approach on West Lake road/route 256 occur when you pass Sacket Harbor and Eagle Point. When you pass Reservoir road you are about 1/2 mile from her driveway. Slow down when you see a yellow road sign indicating a left curve ahead. Her driveway is hidden, but will come up on the left immediately. The numbers on the mailbox are 4_81, because the six is faded. The numbers are on the garage, but you won’t see these until you are at the driveway and facing it. If you pass the driveway, don’t feel bad, Lisa says most everyone does this the first time there and has to turn around. If you reach Long Point, you’ve gone too far. The driveway is easy to spot coming from the other direction.
Hope you can free up some time and participate at this unique BBQ/meeting event.
Stu Milligan
RRISCC President