Caltech Alpine Club Wiki Main Page
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Welcome the Caltech Alpine Club's Wiki! Use the navigation bar on the left to find and contribute information about our Library, club Equipment, Trip Reports, Local Areas, Members, and more! You may also want to know about the Bouldering Cave . To get an idea of the content on this wiki, you might wish to see all the categories of pages. To keep up to date with the club or contact us, please see the Email List.
News and Upcoming Events
- Open-air film screening + BBQ: Kadoma, Thursday May 24, 7:30pm. Bring on summer!
- Our yearly organizational meeting will take place at 11:30am on Thursday, May 17th at Chandler Cafe. We'll discuss new leaders (and vote if needbe) and the club's goals for the coming year. If you're at all interested in getting involved, please come, as there are many ways to contribute!
- Kyle Dempster Slideshow Wednesday, June 13 at 8 pm. Kyle is one of the world's best young alpinists, with countless incredible ascents and undoubtedly more to come. Snacks and drinks!
- Veteran's Trip came back safely with ascents of Lone Pine Peak and Mt. Le Conte! Click for lots of photos.
See Events 2012 and Category:Events for past events.
New Visitors
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to edit pages, but we request that you first make an account (disabled for now - email Patrick for an account). (Account Tools are in the upper right hand corner). Once you have an account, add yourself to the Member List and edit your user page to let us know what your favorite activities are!
If you're new to wikis, you may wish to start with wikipedia's How to edit a page We also have our very own help file system, including Help:Photos for help on uploading photos and linking to photos from other websites. If this is your first time here, here's what you might want to do:
- Make an account (disabled)
- Join the Email List if you haven't already.
- Introduce yourself by adding to the members list, and/or creating your user page (example: User:Hamik).
- Contribute to the Favorite Local Hikes page or one of the other Favorites Pages.
- Add a Trip Report
- Request a new book/ or see what we already have in our library.
- Request equipment or see what equipment we already own.
- Add your favorite climbing site to our collection of cool links.
- Suggest an event or speaker to bring to campus
In general, please don't be shy about editing! We value substance over style, so don't worry if you're not a wiki-nerd. And don't be afraid that you will mess up a page, because the wiki software keeps all old versions of a page, so it's always possible to undo a change. We also welcome anyone, not just Caltech students, to participate. All we ask is that you behave nicely towards one another.
