Free Avalanche Awareness Class

I got this email from Rich Meyer. He works with both Shasta Mountain Guides and Nastac. Rich guided me on Mt Shasta this last spring. Great guide, and a great guy!

Greetings

The free avalanche awareness slideshow is back again this year.Mark your calendar for Wed evening , Nov. 19th. This show will be very similar to last years show. Lots of good advice and some good raffle booty. Maybe a little more video! Check out the details below.

Cheers,

Rich

FreeAvalanche Awareness Slideshow

Nov. 19 6:30-8:30 pm

AT Clif Bar Headquarters

1609 Fourth Street, Berkeley CA 94710

Warehouse ramp entrance

Rich Meyer, certified avalanche instructor, skiing and climbing guide will be presenting a free avalanche awareness slideshow at Clif Bar on Nov. 19th in Berkeley. Come on out and learn to recognize the hazards of traveling in avalanche terrain. We will cover some of the basics, and give folks the tools to more confidently choose where and when to get out and ski in the backcountry.We will also be hosting a raffle to benefit The Friends of the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center. Participants will have the opportunity to win backcountry gear and help a good cause.

Guide bio for 2008

Rich was hooked on guiding and teaching after completing a fall semester in the Rockies with NOLS in 1992. Since then he has been guiding and instructing in both climbing and skiing in the United States and abroad. His adventures have taken him from trekking in Bhutan, skiing the Haute route in the Alps, to guiding in Ecuador and Alaska. Rich has been a featured skier in the Unparalleled Telemark ski films and has logged numerous ski descents in the lower 48, Alaska, Canada, Argentina, Chile, France, and Switzerland. Rich also guides on Mt. Rainer and Denali, but is most often found in California working for Shasta Mountain Guides, where he guides various routes and ski descents in addition to teaching glacier seminars and avalanche courses. Rich is currently working toward his AMGA certification, and Wyatt’s (his six year old son) reading skills.

Certifications:Leave No Trace, certified trainer

Wilderness First Responder, certified by Wilderness Medicine Institute

American Institute of Avalanche Research and Education, (AIARE) Level I II III

AIARE certified avalanche instructor Level I II