The snow has returned! It has snowed a lot in
the last two weeks, including one big dump of over 3 feet! The base at Guye
Cabin is now 38 inches!
All of the ski areas are open on the weekends
now including Summit West and Alpental!
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WAC Guye Cabin cam!! (10)
April
07, 2005
Spring skiing is here!
Don't forget
there is still time to enroll in the free CPR!
The Beach Cleanup in April 23!
More info for both is on the great WAC website:
The Washington Alpine Club Web
Site
Here is the March bulletin online:
http://www.grandcanyontreks.org/wac/2005/wac bulletin 2005 march.pdf
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The Gutenberg Printing Press located deep in
the confines of historic Guye Cabin! |
The
WAC's Guild Hall
Printing Shop of
Lord Hooper and Lord Mitchell
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The last big development in publishing the WAC Bulletin was the
invention of the printing press. Invented in 1436 by a 39 year old German man
named Johann Gutenberg, the printing press was a great improvement over
hand-copying. Before the development of this time-saving and economical machine,
WAC monks had to hand copy everything. This time-consuming and tedious process
made the WAC bulletin extremely hard to come by, and astronomically expensive.
Gutenberg used his printing press to put
ink on hundreds of individual letters that could be combined in numerous ways to
create a entire page of text. After this stage was completed, as many copies as
desired could be rendered. However, to print a different page, the individual
letters had to be completely rearranged. This great invention helped Gutenberg
reach his greatest achievement of the first mass-production of the Bible, which
he published in 1456 in Mainz, Germany, and then was immediately adopted by the WAC for our
bulletin.
When one looks at the influence of technology on our world,
one of the most important ones is the printing press. Guttenberg managed to make
the printing press efficient and thus immensely useful. Today, we are seeing the
internet shape our world, and an online version of the WAC bulletin in pdf format!
We have the opportunity to save Lord Mitchell and Lord Hooper lots of work, save
a little paper, and save the Club a little money!
Link to the strangely related story of the Johann Gutenberg Printing Press of
1436
Look
at Guttenberg notes
Gutenberg
Museum at Mainz in Germany
Now..... for
those that want it ......
we can have the bulletin
delivered right to your computer!
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There is 3 feet! Yes over three feet of new snow at Guye Cabin!
Both Dave Mitchell and I got stuck on Saturday as the snow was coming
down! |
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Two weeks ago Les Sargent reported our base had shrunk
to 4 inches, and the North Cascades Highway was open!
Now the highway is closed, and the base is 38 inches! |
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First Aid |
Is your CPR certification current?
Sign up now for FREE Adult CPR on April 30th.
Hosted by the Seattle Red Cross at the WA State Convention Center Downtown
on Pike or Pine.
More info and sign up at
http://www.seattleredcross.org/health/GetTrained/cpr_saturday_05.htm
Classes at: 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00am; 12:30 & 2:00pm.
Each session takes approximately 2½ hours.
Don't pass this up!
All the current WFA/MOFA classes do not
include CPR certification.
This is a savings of 30-40 dollars! We encourage everyone to be CPR
certified. |
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