http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/sports/1194811622289/index.html#1194835655194
Video entitled “The Old Man of the Mountains” . The New York Times interviews Fred Beckey while he’s climbing on The Mountaineers’ new climbing walls. It has some great footage from the 40’s climbing with his high tech gear - now that was some serious climbing!
I know it’s off topic but I’d heard a rumor that there was a story about the new facility in the New York Times. While searching for it I came across a slide show on their site of the current Mountaineers President reviewing water bottles. Apparrently a wide mouth “is both a good thing and [...]
Our new clubhouse would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of the men who made up the NFCC. What follows is a summary resume of these men.
Since April of 2004 (the last 4-1/2 years) I have served as the Chair, first for the The Mountaineers Building Advisory Committee and subsequently for the New Facility Construction Committee. Those committees were charged with evaluating our old building, developing a set of recommendations and ultimately to take on the tasks necessary to move us to our [...]
