Rick Checkland This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Hidden Valley Guidebook Part 2

   www.rescuedynamics.ca/jasper.r - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/12/2007   Last Visited: 11/14/2007

   Rick Checkland of the Alpine Club of Canada - Edmonton Section for his unending volunteer struggle to educate newcomers to climbing, myself included. Members of the now defunct NWMC for fostering my interest in climbing in the early days and partnering up with me for many of my early adventures in Hidden Valley.
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   When I took the Introductory Mountaineering Course offered by Rick Checkland (Alpine Club - Edmonton Section) in about 1974, the group used this as our staging area on our way to the Icefields and I instantly knew I would be back to this dilapidated old relic of a hut.

2. 2. Grant MacEwan Mountain Club Executive Minutes September 10, 2003

   www.gmmc.ca/archives/emminutes - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/1/2003   Last Visited: 11/27/2007

   Two club members - Gord Gilbertson and Rick Checkland - have submitted articles for publication in the Newsletter.
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   It was decided to publish Gord's article in January and possibly Rick's in February (subject to editorial feedback from the committee).