Appalachian Mountain Club. In 1989 the Appalachian Mountain
A ppalachian M ountain Club. In 1989 the A ppalachian M ountain Club continued to m aintain over 1,000 miles o f hiking trails in the northeastern U .S., dozens of back-country cam psites and shelters, and various public w orkshops in hiking leadership and group safety. The club has eight huts strategically spaced a d a y ’s hike apart along the ridges o f the W hite M ountains. The center for its m ountain activities is Pinkham Notch C am p at the foot o f M ount W ashington. The A ppalachian M ountain Club, founded in 1876, is the oldest club o f its kind in the U.S. M em bership is close to 37,000. The principal adm inistrative office is at 5 Joy S t., B oston, M A , which also houses one o f the oldest m ountaineering libraries in the country. Twelve chapters o f the club are spread from M aine to W ashington, D.C. The highlight for the A .M .C . hut system in 1989 was the addition o f three new structures at Cam p D odge in New H am pshire. The bunkhouses were
erected with the assistance o f a local Army R eserve U nit. They will house volunteers involved in trail and conservation work in the W hite M ountains. G reenleaf Hut was renovated to increase capacity in order to serve the grow ing population o f hikers along the A ppalachian Trail and in the W hite M ountain N ational Forest o f New H am pshire. At the chapter level volunteers organized thousands o f activities throughout the year, including rock clim bing and m ountaineering, day hiking and instruc tion in ice clim bing and other technical sports. O ther trips included flat and w hitew ater canoeing, sea kayaking, cross-country and dow nhill skiing, and even board sailing. Program s o f instruction and conservation were also offered through the chapter com m ittees. The Education D epartm ent continued its program in instruction and conser vation. The M ountain L eadership School, a w eek-long course offered each sum m er to train leaders in outdoor survival skills, is 31 years old this year. The Boston-based A .M .C . Youth O pportunities Program , offering w ilderness and outdoor survival and cam ping skills to leaders o f youth from urban areas, is continuing to reach out to surrounding com m unities. The Excursions C om m ittee conducted a variety o f local outings and extended excursions, both dom estic and foreign. M em bers participated in over 40 excursions throughout the year from birding in Trinidad and hiking in Patagonia to hut-to-hut skiing in Norway. Each year the Trails Program participates in m aintaining and establishing trail system s to accom m odate the increasing num ber o f people who w ant to enjoy natural areas, and sim ultaneously to regulate the im pact on fragile environm ents. In 1989 A .M .C . Trails Service trips went to m any areas, am ong them A laska’s Kenai National Park and V irgin Islands N ational Park. O ver the sum m er a group o f Soviet citizens joined A .M .C . volunteers in a conservation and trail m anagem ent exchange. The International C om m ittee is arranging more service project exchange trips with foreign groups with sim ilar interests for next year. B
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erected with the assistance o f a local Army R eserve U nit. They will house volunteers involved in trail and conservation work in the W hite M ountains. G reenleaf Hut was renovated to increase capacity in order to serve the grow ing population o f hikers along the A ppalachian Trail and in the W hite M ountain N ational Forest o f New H am pshire. At the chapter level volunteers organized thousands o f activities throughout the year, including rock clim bing and m ountaineering, day hiking and instruc tion in ice clim bing and other technical sports. O ther trips included flat and w hitew ater canoeing, sea kayaking, cross-country and dow nhill skiing, and even board sailing. Program s o f instruction and conservation were also offered through the chapter com m ittees. The Education D epartm ent continued its program in instruction and conser vation. The M ountain L eadership School, a w eek-long course offered each sum m er to train leaders in outdoor survival skills, is 31 years old this year. The Boston-based A .M .C . Youth O pportunities Program , offering w ilderness and outdoor survival and cam ping skills to leaders o f youth from urban areas, is continuing to reach out to surrounding com m unities. The Excursions C om m ittee conducted a variety o f local outings and extended excursions, both dom estic and foreign. M em bers participated in over 40 excursions throughout the year from birding in Trinidad and hiking in Patagonia to hut-to-hut skiing in Norway. Each year the Trails Program participates in m aintaining and establishing trail system s to accom m odate the increasing num ber o f people who w ant to enjoy natural areas, and sim ultaneously to regulate the im pact on fragile environm ents. In 1989 A .M .C . Trails Service trips went to m any areas, am ong them A laska’s Kenai National Park and V irgin Islands N ational Park. O ver the sum m er a group o f Soviet citizens joined A .M .C . volunteers in a conservation and trail m anagem ent exchange. The International C om m ittee is arranging more service project exchange trips with foreign groups with sim ilar interests for next year. B
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