Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
- Road Trip! Organize a weekend excursion for AAC Members in your local area.
- Host a climbing meet-up with fellow AAC Members at your local crag or gym!
- Pints + Beta: Host a pub-night meet-up with fellow AAC Members at your local watering hole!
- Member outreach: We have a crew of Super Volunteers to call and welcome new members in our region every month. Join the crew!
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Contact
It's easy to get in touch with your Regional Coordinator, or the Club.
Read Northeast Regional Coordinator Sarah Garlick's bio on the Staff page or email her atsgarlick@americanalpineclub.org
Email the Club's offices in Golden at info@americanalpineclub.org
Give the Club a call at (303) 384-0110
Volunteer Wall of Fame
Jeremy Devine
Member Since: 2010
Volunteer Since: 2011
Home Crag: Rumney, New Hampshire
Favorite Movie Quote: “I love lamp.” -Steve Carell (Brick Tamland) in Anchorman
Rick Merritt
Member Since: 1989
Volunteer Since: 2001
Home Crag: New Hampshire’s White Mountains
Favorite Places to Climbg: NH Whites, Cascades, Sierra
Claim to Fame: Vice Chair New England Section, Grill Master of the New England AAC Barbecues
Jeff Lea
Member Since: 1971
Volunteer Since: 1978 (AAC delegate to the UIAA Safety Commission from 1978 to 1999)
Home Crag: Ragged Mt. (CT) and Cathedral Ledge (NH)
Claim to fame: Excellent (beer or wine aided) memory of routes, peaks, pubs, partners, and post climb “discussions” on 3 continents over 4 decades and counting
Naomi Risch
Member Since: 2011
Volunteer Since: 2010
Home Crag: 82 Crag in Bolton, VT
Claim to Fame: Naomi just may be the most psyched person you’ll ever meet…
Barry Rusnock
Member Since: 2007
Volunteer Since: 2008
Home Crag: Allamuchy Mountain State Park, New Jersey
Favorite Book: “Kiss or Kill, Confessions of a Serial Climber” By Mark Twight
Favorite Jimmy Buffet songs: Come Monday, Son of a Sailor, Knee Deep, A Pirate Turns 40, It’s Five O’clock Somewhere
Nancy Savickas
Member Since: 1995
Claim to Fame: Nancy is the Chair of the New England Section and an avid ice and alpine climber.
Anne Skidmore
Member Since: 2010
Volunteer Since: 2010
Home Crag: Cathedral Ledge
Little Known Fact: Anne HEARTS the Notorious B.I.G. & Eddie Vedder
Website: www.anneskidmore.com
Martin Torresquintero
Member Since: 1995
Long-time volunteer for New England & New York Sections
Favorite Song: the song of the Indri Indri lemur from Madagascar
Favorite places to climb: Italy and Chile (mostly because of the good food, cheese, and wine…)
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Conor Moran—New York Section Webmaster
Member Since: 2008
Favorite Climbing Area: High Peaks Region of the Adirondacks
Claim to Fame: Conor owns a complete collection of Penn State yearbooks dating back to 1890!
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Harold Sebold
Member Since / Volunteer Since: 2002 / 2004
Favorite Climbing Area: "...The (Adiron)Dacks. That is the birth place of
my climbing passion and the mountains I truly consider “home”."
Claim to Fame: "Getting married on top of Skytop after climbing to the top via Overhanging Overhang with my bride. We are celebrating 4 years this month and are returning to the Mountain House to celebrate."
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