COREAN ALPINE CLUB Acitivity Report 2012

Corean Alpine Club has continued Youth Corean Alpine Club since 2011 for vitalizing activities of youths aged 8-27 years old.

YCAC program has Mountaineering, Canoe sailing & Camping, Rock-climbing, Sports-climbing, Ice-climbing & Skiing camp through the year.

1. Youth COREAN ALPINE CLUB(YCAC)

1) Ecological Trekking of Baek-du -dae-gan  Baek-du-dae-gan is the longgest/highest stem mountains running 800Km from North-east to South-west in South Korea.

318 students of middle & high school and 100 volunteering instructors were participated in this program held in July 28 ~ Aug.2 on school summer holidays.

The major activities of this year is as follows,

2) Canoeing and camping sponsored by Korean Ministry Culture, Sports and Tourism

There were two time performances in Han river & Geum-river. 100 students & 14 volunteering instructors were participated in this program.    3) Youth Climbing Academy

Pusan CAC has held youth climbing academy for basic training of rock-climbing and mountaineering for 22 primary school students hepled by 10 volunteering instructors through 4 weekends during last April.

4) Youth Mountaineering Academy  Respectively, there were two events at Mt. Bukhan & Mr. Sorak in last Aug. The program has basic rock-climbing & mountaineering courses for primary school students to high school students having been participated by 100 students & 20 volunteering instructors.

CAC has managed university students to joint mountaineering with CMF & JAC university students since 2007.In this year, Korea China Japan students Summit was held by CMF in Wuhan city & Shennongjia national park, China, where 10 students & 3 executives of CAC have participated from August 7th till 14th from CAC.This program was progressed free cost to Korean university students for experiencing 3 countries culture & mountaineering exchanges to aim for making them future mountaineering leaders.

2. 6th Korea China Japan Students Summit

3 women members of CAC have summitted Fitz-Roy 3,405m through Franco-Argentine route in Patagonia, South America on Feb,26,2012.

Due to abnormal climate resulted by global warming, these 3 women (house wives) have done  3 times trial to the summit passing extremely hard route conditions.  

3. 2012 CAC Patagonia Women Expedition

By local government's help, it has been re-opened after inside-remodeling and purchasing  830 more books locating at 4th floor at CAC headquarterbuilding.

Now, it has now 2200 books, 10 periodical magazines, 200 video tapes with one volunteering librarian who is CAC member.

4. CAC' s Library re-opened

Last year October right after UIAA/UAAA in Kathumandu, CAC members have visited Kuhmjung School and donated 5personal computers with 1 printer & some annual maintenance fee.

On 2007, CAC has built Computer Class building at Kuhmjung School and equipped 15 personal computers for students & villagers' education.

5.  One printer & 5 PC donated to Kuhmjung School in Nepal