Linda & Tom McMillan
Our AAC memberships have enabled us to achieve our goals in international rock climbing, alpinism, and the protection of the mountains that we love, through the rare and wonderful generational and international “glue” that AAC membership supplies to its members: mountain fellowship. Younger climbers might not realize that huge value until they’ve experienced it.
Shannon Davis
What first attracted me to AAC membership 10 years ago was the rescue insurance. I was heading to Denali and needed... something! This was during a period of my life when I didn’t even have car insurance—and I lived in my van! And this was an affordable solution with tons of other benefits. What has kept me a member over the years—whether heading somewhere far-flung or not—is the other stuff: being instantly tapped into a community of climbers in my region, the climber huts, the library, fun, informative events. What’s not to love?
Hans Florine
I love the AAC because I can network with people who share the same love of climbing and climbing stories. Second only to climbing is sharing your stories about climbing. I love the confidence of traveling to odd places knowing the AAC rescue insurance is backing me up. I love that there is much to be accomplished with the experience of the ages married with the exuberance of the young.
Sara Schneider
The AAC opened my eyes to the endless definitions of what it means to be a climber. The club brings together sport climbers with mountaineers, big-wallers with boulderers, beginners with pioneers and professionals, to support the one thing we can’t live without. It is important for our community to protect and enrich climbing for present and future generations. I love the AAC for taking on that challenge!
Paul Lego
We joined the AAC because it connects us to an amazing group of people who love what we love—to climb. Where else in the world could my 16-year-old son hear stories and get advice first hand from the likes of Jim Whittaker and Tom Hornbein? The AAC helps connect our youngest generation of climbers with an extremely important climbing family and legacy.
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