Speaker: Frank Cabron

November 2019 Meeting

We will meet on Tuesday evening November 12th at the business center of the company Emerge at 7 pm.  Hope you will reserve that date.  No need to respond if you will be attending —  just show up.  There is no admittance fee.  Refer to link below for Google map.

LOCATION

Emerge, 412 Linden Avenue, Rochester, NY 14625

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Other Information

Those who wish to join RRISCC officially by paying the annual dues amount of $10.00 can do so for our current fiscal year September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020 by sending a check to Molly (McBride) Hickey.  Her address can be found here. 

And, dues-paying members can borrow library materials belonging to the club and Stu Milligan which are listed here.  Also, only dues-paying persons can vote on most business matters.  Upon receipt of the membership fee, a membership card would be mailed to you.

Rochester (NY) Rock, Ice & Snow Climbing Club

The RRISCC June meeting is scheduled to be held at  Frank Cabron’s place on Monday the 11th at 7:30 pm.    Frank  will share his slides of a climb of Kilimanjaro, high point of the African continent. He took a non-standard route, coming in from the north and finally linking up with the standard route high on the mountain.   Lisa Fuller will also share her climb of Kili via another non-standard route. 

“We took 6 days to do the ascent. We took the long, less traveled route. We had no snow fields to cross as our year was pretty dry. No ice axe or crampons were used. We passed through some of the most beautiful and unusual terrain, from serengetti desert to rainforest, to a Dr Suess-like alpine high altitude region. The final push was mostly loose, steep scree, that frankly was very long and very boring, but the glorious sunrise on the morning of the summit was well worth it. I’ll include slides of the animals, cause anyone going over there to do the 19,000+ summit should include time to see the African safari wildlife.”

Frank will include slides of his climb of Popo in Mexico.  This climb was done prior to the 1995 volcanic activity on that peak. This will be Kili & Popo night!

Photo by Stefano Ardito

Directions to Frank’s house at 152 Park Rd.

From Route 490 East of Rochester, take the Bushnell’s Basin exit.  Turn left at the end of the exit ramp onto the Pittsford-Victor Road (Route 96).  After 0.7 miles turn right onto Park Road at the Powdermill Park sign.  Drive 0.3 miles and turn left onto a private road at the “Mushroom House” (if you pass the fish hatchery, you’ve gone too far). Take the private road up the hill to the circle.  He is down the second drive from the left.  Park in his drive, around the circle, or in the fish hatchery parking lot.

Hope you can make this evening of high African & Mexican adventure,  while you “armchair” it at the pinnacle of a hill in Powdermill Park.
 
 

Stu Milligan

RRISCC President
 

Rochester (NY) Rock, Ice & Snow Climbing Club

May Meeting

The RRISCC May meeting is scheduled to be held at Frank Cabron’s home on Monday the 15th at 7:30 pm.  This is the third week of the month, not our normal second week gathering time.  Frank will share his first ascent on a peak in the cold north of Ellesmere Island and his very recent climb of Carstensz Pyramid in Irian Jaya.

Directions to Frank’s home at 152 Park Rd.:
 

From Route 490 East of Rochester, take the Bushnell’s Basin exit.  Turn left at the end of the exit ramp onto the Pittsford-Victor Road (Route 96).  After 0.7 miles turn right onto Park Road at the Powdermill Park sign.  Drive 0.3 miles and turn left onto a private road at the “Mushroom House” (if you pass the fish hatchery, you’ve gone too far). Take the private road up the hill to the circle.  We are down the second drive from the left.  Parking:  In our drive, around the circle, or in the fish hatchery parking lot.
 

Hope you can make this evening of climbs that are definitely out-of-the-way.
 
 

Stu Milligan

RRISCC President
 

Rochester (NY) Rock, Ice & Snow Climbing Club