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August 2017 
In This Issue
Meet Bev McDowell, Outdoor Enthusiast and Teacher

By Danny Bernstein


Bev McDowell seems to stretch out the 24-hour day - teacher, hiker, organizer and outdoor role model. Bev works as a teacher's assistant at Carolina Day School. But that's her day job and one part of her life.

Bev's first CMC hike was on a Sunday afternoon. Lee Belknap led the group to Pilot Mountain. I hope that Lee realizes what a positive influence he had on this new member. First hikes are always so important in encouraging people to come back.

Bev has kept track of every hike she's done with CMC. WOW! She volunteered to be a tester for the hiker's log feature on the CMC website. What a resource this will be.

She maintains a piece of the A.T. on Max Patch and participates on the Wilderness Crew led by Mike Goodman. In addition, she's an organizer for the Camporees.

This summer, she was chosen as one of two teachers from Carolina Day School to participate in the Educator Initiative/NC Outward Bound School.  This week-long wilderness expedition includes backpacking, rock climbing, ropes and the solo experience, which distinguishes Outward Bound from other programs.

To read more, click here.

Get your National Parks Senior Pass for $10 before it's too late!

WASHINGTON - In order to meet requirements set by legislation passed by Congress in December 2016, the price of the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass will increase from $10 to $80. The change will take effect August 28, 2017. Pass holders are given lifetime access to more than 2,000 sites and parks. The fee increase will support critical investments in maintenance projects at national parks and federal recreational lands nationwide.

Purchase it at the National Forest Service office at 140 Zillicoa St.  Bring your ID.

To read more, click on the link below:

Congressionally Mandated Senior Pass Price Increase to Take Effect on August 28 - Office of Communications (U.S. National Park Service)

CMC Service Award Reminder! 

Don't forget that members can nominate their CMC colleagues for either the Club's Distinguished Service Award (for members how have consistently contributed to the club over a number of years) or the Award of Appreciation (for members who have rendered exceptional service during a given year). Click on the links at the end of this notice to learn more about how you can make a nomination and to find out which members have received these awards in the past. 

https://www.carolinamountainclub.org/index.cfm/do/pages.view/id/351/page/Distinguished-Service-Award

https://www.carolinamountainclub.org/index.cfm/do/pages.view/id/350/page/Award-of-Appreciation

Another Reminder about the ANNUAL DINNER!

***** SAVE THE DATE*****

CMC's Annual Meeting and Dinner will be held on Monday, October 30th at the Biltmore Town Square Hilton, beginning at 5:30 pm.  Join good friends for good fellowship, good food, and a continued celebration of the 40th anniversary of the MST with speaker Kate Dixon, Executive Director of the Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail. Tickets will be available in September.



Pics for the Annual Dinner

Reminder:  2 ½ months and counting....to be part of the entertainment at the Annual Dinner on Oct. 30, you need to send in your photos.   Remember the theme:   "CMCers on the Trail."   We love people in pictures, so send in your best shots and be part of the fun.

For submission guidelines, click here.
Help Make MST-in-a-Day a Success!

MST-in-a-Day is coming up very soon - September 9, to be exact.   If you are able to hike one or more of the Legs between Waterrock Knob and Black Mountain Campground, PLEASE sign up if you've not done so already!   See the main page of the CMC website for how to do this.   When you look at the Meetup groups, it appears that most Legs have hikers, but as organizers, Gregory and I are listed in all of them, and there are others who have listed themselves who, for various reasons, are unlikely to actually hike.   We need your help!

Thanks
Barbara Morgan

ATTENTION HIKE LEADERS!!!

Leading a hike for the CMC just got a little easier. Each quarter, schedulers send out emails to lists of existing hike leaders requesting dates, hikes, etc. After that, multiple rounds of emails and replies and replies to replies progress into what is eventually published to the website and Let's Go.

Now, to reduce the burden of finding the right hike to lead, there is a new webpage in the Members' portal under Hiking named Hike Histories. Whether you intend to lead a hike later this year or not, check it out by using the red button title Hike Leaders.

If you are interested in becoming a new hike leader, please contact:

Brenda Worley at  [email protected]


Call for AT Section Maintainers 

Enjoy being on the Appalachian Trail?  Currently two AT Sections need dedicated trail  maintainers:

  1. AT2232 Hurricane Gap to Spring Mountain Shelter. 1.7 miles. In and out from Hurricane Gap heading north. 
  2. AT2115 Snowbird Tower to Deep Gap including Groundhog Creek Shelter. 2.5 miles. In and out from Snowbird Tower heading south. 
Training and support provided. Also anyone who is interested in working on the AT but would like to learn by assisting, there are many sections with only one maintainer who could use some help. 
Contact Tim Carrigan by email, [email protected] or 828-242-9559 any day before 4:00 PM.


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