CMC E-News
December 21, 2005

Bear and boar hunting - Dec 12 - Jan. 2
Don't put that orange away!

        Please send me your hiking news, hike and maintenance reports by Monday evening before the newsletter comes out, that is, by Monday evening January 2 to Danny Bernstein danny@hikertohiker.org. Include your email address at the end of your story. Thank you.

What's Happening in the Next Two Weeks

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

If you want to go hiking during the holiday season, check the CMC schedule. We are holding a Christmas Day and New Year's Day hike - both moderate enough for almost anyone. Come on out.

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Other Important News

Learn Terrain Navigator

For those of you who have either Maptech-Terrain Navigator or-Terrain Navigator Pro, we’re offering an in-depth survey of their features most useful to maintainers and hikers. The survey course will be held from 7:00 p.m. to about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 12^th, 2006. Preregistration required. To register, call Dave Wetmore at 884-7296 dwetmore@citcom.net . This is not a course on GPS use., that will come later.

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Annual Hike Leader’s Dinner - Save the date!

Block out the evening of Wednesday March 1, 2006 for our usual evening of food, prizes, fun, and training! All those who led hikes in 2005 will be getting an invitation (with details) sometime after Christmas. Dave Wetmore dwetmore@citcom.net

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A.T.C. Holiday Party

On Saturday December 17, A.T.C. hosted the first A.T.C. holiday party in Hot Springs, an A.T. trail town. Over 25 people came for the short hike, the reception and celebration at the Bright Leaf Junction restaurant. Morgan Sommerville presented Mark Snelson, the mayor of Hot Springs with an A.T. calendar.

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Hikers meet for annual Ruck

Hikers meet for an weekend of camping, hiking and information sharing on January 13 through 16 at NOC. See http://www.whiteblaze.net/soruck/ for all details including the origin of the word, ruck.

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Christmas gift ideas

Trust me! Your friends and relatives have enough socks, ties and video games. So why not show them why you love being in the woods? Get them a membership to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy , the organization dedicated to preserving the A.T.

Another organization near and dear to my heart is the Friends of the Smokies. They assist the Great Smoky Mountain National Park in protecting and preserving the most visited national park in the U.S., which is also the most underfunded. With your membership, you get many benefits including discounts on all items in the visitor center bookstore.

And if you are a subscribers to this newsletter who have not yet joined the Carolina Mountain Club, you know what you need to do. Go to www.carolinamtnclub.org and click on "How to join CMC". Danny Bernstein

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Heard on the trail

Congratulations to Linda Beja and Rita Zollinger. Both CMC members participated in the Kiawah Island marathon a couple of weeks ago and finished with their personal best times.

Happy birthday to Sherman Stambough who turned 85 this past week! He celebrated his birthday by going on an eight-mile hike. This is what 85 looks like! (Picture taken by Stuart English.)

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