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Reminder – 3rd Annual General Meeting – 10am Saturday, September 26th

Reminder – 3rd Annual General Meeting – 10am Saturday, September 26th

The snow hasn't hit us yet thankfully, but the chill in the air means winter is coming and that another year has passed.

Don't forget that this Saturday is Ascent NB's 3rd Annual General Meeting!  Once again we'll be convening at the end of Cochrane Lane, in Welsford, at 10am.

We have plenty to discuss again this year, including updates on various land use agreements, the rescue team progress, elections for all 6 positions of the executive, and more.

We'd love to get some new blood involved with Ascent, and this is your best chance! Hope to see a lot of old and new faces this weekend. Looks like the temps will be perfect for post-meeting climbing too - bonus!

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Black Diamond Gear Donation

Black Diamond Gear Donation

Hot on the heels of the UNB Rock and Ice donation of a key piece of rescue equipment, Ascent New Brunswick has received a second substantial donation.  This time from the renowned climbing gear company, Black Diamond!

As you may recall, Ascent New Brunswick committed to organizing a high-angle rescue team donated to Ascent NB by Black Diamondas part of its land use agreement with Base Gagetown. Part of the plan for this team is to provision a cache of rescue gear. As climbing and rescue gear is not cheap, this stood as a significant extra financial cost to Ascent.

With this in mind, local climber and Ascent member Mark d'Astous took it upon himself to reach out to his friend, the well-known Canadian ice climbing legend and Black Diamond athlete, Will Gadd, and to Holly Hansen at Black Diamond to appeal for a donation of gear to help out the team. Black Diamond came through big-time with a generous donation of well over $1000 worth of gear, including harnesses, helmets, belay devices, carabiners, head lamps and back packs! The gear will provide the base of the gear cache, ensuring that no matter where rescuers are when they receive the call to aid, there will be gear ready for their use waiting in the gear cache in Welsford. This will help minimize the time needed to arrive equipped and ready to perform a rescue.

So a big thank you to Black Diamond for recognizing the value in our rescue team and in supporting the Ascent New Brunswick mission! Thanks must also go individually to Mark, Will, and Holly for their help in making this donation a reality. You guys rock!

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UNB Rock and Ice Gear Donation

UNB Rock and Ice Gear Donation

As you may recall, Ascent New Brunswick is organizing a high-angle rescue team as part of its commitments for the land use agreement with Base Gagetown. To be effective, the team has requirements for gear as well as people, and the cost of the gear was going to be a big challengCMC Rescue MPDe for Ascent.

Thankfully, Ascent New Brunswick truly has the community behind it. Recently, UNB Rock and Ice reiterated its support of Ascent and our mission when it donated an integral piece of rescue gear to the rescue team initiative.

The CMC Rescue MPD is not your average piece of rescue gear. It has been highly engineered to provide a state of the art mechanism for making rescues more simple and efficient.

So a big thank you goes out to UNB Rock and Ice! We really appreciate your continued support!

 

“The MPD’s high-efficiency pulley, with an integral rope-grab mechanism, allows it to be used as a lowering device on the main line and belay line systems and be quickly changed over to a raising system without switching out or replacing hardware.”

– CMC Rescue

“This device will greatly simplify rope rescue training and rigging and will serve a principal role in the overall rope rescue system.”

– Chris Hennigar, Rescue Team lead coordinator

You can also check out this video to see the device in action.

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Thank you Precision Pilates!

Thank you Precision Pilates!

We would like to recognize Fredericton's own Precision Pilates for their continued support of Ascent New Brunswick via a second annual generous cash donation to Ascent New Brunswick.

Precision Pilates Logo

Cara Hazelton, founder and owner of Precision Pilates, has known the New Brunswick climbing world for well over a decade and recognizes the value in preserving access to our local climbing haunts. We owe Cara a big thank you today! Financial support from local businesses such as this is crucial to Ascent New Brunswick in these first few years.

Precision Pilates has been a supporter of the local climbing movement for some time, at times offering super popular movement classes designed for climbers! Go sign up for a workout and you will not be disappointed - the core workout will do wonders for your climbing! Also, check them out on their Facebook page!

 

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3rd Annual General Meeting – 10am Saturday, September 26th

3rd Annual General Meeting – 10am Saturday, September 26th

It's that time of year again! Please join us for Ascent NB's third AGM at 10am Saturday, September 26th, once again at the end of Cochrane Lane.

We have a full agenda again this year. We will be holding elections for all six positions of the executive, and have a lot of news and progress to report; and of course we will be discussing the future direction of Ascent NB.

So grab your gear and your climbing partners and come add your voice to the discussion before firing off a few pitches!