What we’re about
The Arizona Mountaineering Club was founded in 1964 for the purpose of promoting and teaching safe rock climbing.
Our Mission is to provide educational opportunities, climbing experiences, advocacy to protect our climbing resources, and stewardship of the Arizona Outdoors by promoting volunteerism and community engagement.
Today the AMC has over 300 members who are involved in all aspects of rock climbing, mountaineering and various other outdoor sports. AMC members range from the occasional weekend climber to those who attempt the highest mountains around the world.
If you already have climbing skills and experience, join other members on some of our regular outings – a great way to meet new friends and discover new climbing areas.
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Virtual Outing – 50 years of Canadian Rock Climbing
Wednesday June 5, 2024 at 06:00 – 7:00 PM Arizona
Want to catch some ideas for your summer adventures? Canada is a great choice.
During this event Erik Filsinger will be giving an overview of the climbing opportunities in and around Banff National Park, Canada, one of the world’s premier climbing destinations.
Note: Meetup is only being used to announce this event. Be sure to follow the instructions below if you wish to participate in this virtual outing (read till the end to make sure you understand). There will NO other options for signing up or participating. Only direct email invitations from the presenter to the email address you give Erik will be used. The outing will be set to “waiting list” only. These procedures may be unique to this specific event and do not necessarily coincide with other AMC virtual event procedures.
Erik Filsinger will host a virtual outing via Zoom for this presentation. You will need to have or sign-up ahead of time for a free Zoom account of your own to participate. https://www.zoom.us/ . Erik will send you a link via your email address to the Zoom meeting as described below.
Banff National Park and vicinity contains some of the world’s premier climbing destinations. Of special note are the long, many, many pitch trad climbs that attract rock climbers from all around the world. Special opportunities exist for bouldering as well.
The purpose of the virtual outing will be to give an overview of the nature of the climbing areas, their location, and their general approaches. While this information can be garnered from books or from friends, it is hard for a first-timer to gain that sense of where things are and what to look for. Hopefully this virtual outing will provide that preview so that you can maximize your climbing opportunities when you do visit.
The Meeting will be held Time: Wednesday June 5, 2024 at 06:00 – 7:00 PM Arizona
If you want to “attend” this virtual outing, you MUST use the MeetUp messaging (PM) system to send the outing organizer (Erik Filsinger) your full name and email address. Do so again even if you have participated with him in the past. Erik won’t be looking anywhere else except at your responses to this outing when he compiles the invitation list. Erik will confirm receiving your information. If you do not hear back within a day or two please send your PM again. By 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 5, Erik will send the list of participants a direct email to the address provided with the link to the Zoom meeting. At or shortly before 6:00 p.m. sign-in via the link that he sends and you will enter a waiting room from which you will be admitted if you are on Erik’s list.