WESTERN
REGION
The AAC’s Western Region is the proud home to countless peaks, crags, boulders, and big walls of legendary status. Breeding ground for the Golden Age of come together to share in community, push limits, and explore the limitless potential of the vertical world around them. With a strong emphasis on conservation, members regularly gather to keep our climbing areas clean and trails maintained, and then down some beers when the work is done.
WESTERN REGIONAL MANAGER JEFF DEIKIS
jdeikis@americanalpineclub.org
ARIZONA
SECTION
americanalpineclub.org/p/arizona Arizona Co-Chair Erik Filsinger • Scottsdale, AZ
HAWAII
SECTION
americanalpineclub.org/p/hawaii Hawaii The Hawaii Section is currently lacking a chair. E-mail volunteer@americanalpineclub.org
VOLUNTEER STORIES HARRISON HOOD I have been an American Alpine Club member for the better part of the last 20 years. and held the rope for friends in Truckee. What makes climbing so great for me is the quality of the community that supports it. Climbers are my extended family, and volunteering with the AAC is a way to give back rewarding. I’ve found lifelong friendships and kindred spirits. To come together with these amazing people for a common cause brings wholeness to my connection with Volunteerism is the glue that makes the AAC and the climbing community so strong. When we add our own small part to what all the other volunteers do, big things can and do happen.
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SIERRA NEVADA
SECTION
americanalpineclub.org/p/sierranevada Northern California, Northern Nevada Chair Karen Zazzi • Sacramento, CA
SOUTHWEST
SECTION
americanalpineclub.org/p/southwest Southern California, Southern Nevada Co-Chair Jim Pinter-Lucke • Claremont, CA Co-Chair Tony Yeary • Arcadia, CA
WESTERN REGION GRANTS John L. Horn Sport Climbing Grant For more information, go to: americanalpineclub.org/grants