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Doug bwah

June 10, 2006

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Hagen [mailto:dughagen@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 11:04 PM
To: Doxey Kemp
Subject: RE: [BUSHWHACKERS] Initiatives for 2007

OK, I've had a chance to look at these options & here's my thoughts: 1) (Favorite)=Leadership Course. I think this will help ensure we have more folks able to put private trips together... and that's a really good thing. Plus it's a fun class. Probably alot of work for the instructors though.

2) Scramble Course. This is good because it will appeal to the less technically adventurous in the club. A great way to offer more to more people.

3) Cragging Course. We can totally do this & it'll be a blast. Expand the tool kit!

4) Alaska trip. Hell ya! Sign me up!

5) Crevasse Rescue Clinic. Very valuable...but lots of work. Who's gonna teach this?

6) Conservation. A noble thing but, hell, I've never done it! Shame on me. Probably a very easy thing to coordinate with a group already doing this work. They'll welcome new volunteers happily.

7) Intermediate glacier course. Great idea but I'm not sure we have anyone to teach this. Maybe I'm thinking more ice climbing though. Guess I need to hear the list of skills you propose we teach. If we don't bite off too much I really like it but don't know if that would be enough for a whole course. I'd like to talk with you about this one.

8) Guide tricks. Again, who has these skills?

9) Avi Awareness. Same thing. I fear we go teaching things like this & someone gets hurt. Maybe if we hire an avi teacher. Would that be affordable?

So I realize I'm being selfish wanting to do climbs rather than build trails but I really like 1-5. That's still probably too many to do in 1 year. We can probably only add one or two courses & I think Leadership is one. I'M TORN BETWEEN Scrambling & cragging. Hmmmmm.

Anyhoo, that's my thoughts. I'd love to talk with you more about these. Thanks for all the great work you do, Dox!!!