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[11]: 347 As a member of the American Alpine Club Spitzer established the "Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Climbing Award" which gives $12,000 to several mountain climbing expeditions annually. [ 12 ] Mary Jobe Akeley, who explored the Selkirk Mountains and much of British Columbia between 1907 and 1914, was an early member.
Wreck Beach is the second largest clothing-optional beach [26] in North America with over 100,000 visitors each year. On the shore of the Georgia Strait and the north arm of the Fraser River , it is part of Pacific Spirit Regional Park , which is adjacent to the University Endowment Lands , just west of the city limits of Vancouver .
The Access Fund became its own 501(c)3 organization in 1991. The organization is based out of Boulder, Colorado and has a small full-time staff. Additionally, the Access Fund has a nationwide network of volunteers and local climbing organizations that work locally to keep climbing areas open and preserved for future climbers. [3]
The Mary Reynolds Babcock Dining Hall became the Program Center. A new Order of the Arrow arena was constructed in 2006. A new Health Lodge was constructed in 2012. A new Rifle Range, Archery Range, and Climbing Tower were completed in 2013. Today some 36 campsites accommodate hundreds of Scouts and Leaders each week.
Bald Knob is the highest summit of Back Allegheny Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia and is part of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park. At an altitude of 4,843 feet (1,476 m) above sea level, Bald Knob is the third-highest point in West Virginia and the Allegheny Mountains .
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Bald Mountain is a prominent peak in Northeastern Pennsylvania which stands above the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton area (also known as the Wyoming Valley).On the summit is an outcrop of Catskill conglomerate (Devonian age) known as the "Pinnacle Rock".
First-free-ascents that set new grade milestones are important events in rock climbing history, and are listed below. While sport climbing has dominated absolute-grade milestones since the mid-1980s (i.e. are now the highest grades), milestones for modern traditional climbing, free solo climbing, onsighted, and flashed ascents, are also listed.