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13th August : Climbing wall party

Calling all climbing wall users! On Saturday we will meet at the new club house to take down the climbing wall at the old club house. Tools will be available, but bring hammers, pry bars and wrenches suitable for dismantling the wall that you might have. We will then take the pieces back to the new club house and take a break to get some exercise in the new climbing cave. 

Questions and confirmations to Jeff at j.mariner@cgiar.org

Piga Picha : Photography Competition

Themes: Outdoors, Animals, Mountains, Climbing and Nature. 
Members of both MCK and the Dive Club are eligible to participate. One can submit a maximum of 5 photos.
Deadline for submission is Midnight, July 31st 2011.
Send photos (over 800 dpi) via e-mail to meets@mck.or.ke with the subject: MCK Photo Competition 2012
All qualifying photos will be presented and voted by members during an MCK evening at the clubhouse on August 9th
Selected photos will be featured in the MCK calender 2012. Target is to have the calenders ready by end of September 2011.

Upcoming Events

July 26th – Slideshow – Gredos Mountains
August (?) – Bouldering near Kibwezi, overnight. Contact Steven Bennet
August 9th – Calender Photo Comp – Photo selection slideshow at Clubhouse 
August 14th – Beginners Climb – Lukenya. Contact Jeff Mariner
August 20th – 21st – Mt. Suswa, Hiking & Camping. Contact Spencer Morley
August 26th – 28th – Silali (North of Baringo). Contact Jan Naessens
August 29th – September 11th – Rwenzori. Contact Elizabeth Were
August 30th – Slideshow on Grossglockner (highest mountain in Austria)
September 3rd – 6th – Mt. Kenya. Contact Miano Njoka
September 11th – Olmuntus, Hiking (Day Trip). Contact Nikunj Shah
September 17/18th – Intermidiate Climbing – Lukenya. Contact Jeff Mariner
October 1st – 2nd – Kitui Hill. Contact Greame Watson
October 20th long weekend – Ndoto Mountains. Contact Napolean Iberi
November – Member Gear Auction
December 24th – 31st – Northern Kenya perhaps Kulal or Horr Valley. Contact Arshad Khan
December – Christmas Party
Like to go anywhere else? Let us know. meets@mck.or.ke

26th July : Supper night

Don’t worry about hustling and bustling for cooking and preparing or quickly eating before joining the traffic on the way to our next MCK Supper & Slideshow Night!!!
The outside caterer who provided us with finger licking-good food last supper night will be back at it, hoping that at least 30 hungry people turn up!
So come hungry, without remorse of not having prepared anything, and excited. We will offer you a choice of:
Grilled Beef Fillet (with BBQ sauce)
Chicken Tikka
Mixed Veg in Mexican Sauce
Buttered Vegetables
Plain rice
Mexican Salad
Fruit Salad
at the bargain price of K.Shs 500/-  (650/- for non-members)
And besides the culinary delicacies (starting at 8.15pm), we will also of course have some visual delicacy:
“Sierra de Gredos” @ 9.00pm
Central Spain in Summer and Winter
Sierra de Gredos is an easily accessible regional park about 2 hours to the East of Madrid and not far from the walled city of Avila. The region boasts fine alpine lakes and rugged peaks. Great hiking, several climbing areas with routes of all grades, ice climbing and mountain skiing are all available in season. A variety of refuges from simple shelters to huts with meals is available. Good guides are available for training and leading trips year round.
The presentation will describe a series of trips in both summer and winter to visit two of the principal valleys, El Circo de Gredos and La Garganta de Bohoyo, and peaks such as Almanzor (2,592 m) and La Galana in El Circo.
For any info, contact Jeffery Mariner j.mariner@cgiar.org
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