Pub Nite

WHEN: Thurs Mar 9th @ 7:30 pm WHERE: Imperial Pub, Back Room – 54 Dundas Street East, Toronto TOPIC: The tale of ACC YYZ member Mylissa Prisner, her long-time friend Angela Shillolo and their journey to Ontario’s highest point using the over-land route. A story of “Nopes”, FunGiis, inappropriately named lakes, the wonders of critical thinking and personalities met along the way. Mylissa is on a quest to reach the highest point in every Canadian Province and Territory as a tribute to her beloved grandparents, Mike and Lee Prisner, who made many months-long trips across Canada in their van, learning about this wonderful […]

WHEN: Thurs Feb 2nd @ 7:30 pm WHERE: Imperial Pub, Back Room – 54 Dundas Street East, Toronto TOPIC: If you have signed up for this summer’s Toronto Section Mountaineering camp, or if you want to see a wonderful place for your own mountaineering destination, join us as Roger Wallis details everything you need to know about hiking, climbing, and mountaineering in the Tonquin valley in Jasper national park. Roger is a long-time member of the Toronto Section who ran our Mountaineering Camps in the past, and has trained and mentored many of our current leaders. He shares his experience […]

WHEN: Thurs Dec 12th @ 7:30 pm WHERE: Imperial Pub, Back Room – 54 Dundas Street East, Toronto TOPIC: Join us as Rohan Jitendra Desai shares his experience of his 2021 ascent of Mt. Manda I (6510m) in the Gangotri Region region of the Indian Himalayas. It was the first successful Indian ascent from the north ridge and the overall second ascent of the mountain. The team comprised of members from Giripremi, a mountaineering club from Pune India. Climbers from the club have summited eight of the fourteen 8000m peaks over the last decade[1]

WHEN: Thurs Dec 8th @ 7:30 pm WHERE: Imperial Pub, Back Room – 54 Dundas Street East, Toronto TOPIC: This summer, a group of ACC Toronto section climbers journeyed about 3000km across 4 states to reach a few prominent objectives – Half-Dome, Mt. Shasta, and Mt.Rainier. All members safely made it to the summits and back, and now they are excited to share their experiences from the trip.

WHEN: Thurs Nov 17th @ 7:30 pm WHERE: Imperial Pub, Back Room – 54 Dundas Street East, Toronto TOPIC: Please join us in of private viewing of ‘BORIS’ a post-mortem film of Boris Kaschenko, a dear friend to many Toronto section members. Boris was the Toronto section’s leadership and training committee chair for many years and played a critical role in the development and growth of the club. We are proud to present the film ‘BORIS’ in honour of his life and passion for mountaineering. We would like to thank the Kaschenko family for this amazing opportunity for a private […]

WHEN: Thurs May 26th @ 7:30 pm WHERE: Imperial Pub, Back Room – 54 Dundas Street East, Toronto Topic: Join Jim Everard on a retrospective of the Everest Canada ’91 expedition. He will focus less on the ‘mountain struggle’ and more on the impressions, real and imagined, during and after this ‘traditionally financed and executed’ expedition.Bio: Jim has had the pleasure of losing climbing gear in mountain ranges as diverse as the Pamirs, Himalaya, various Alps, Cordillera de los Andes and plus many of our home ranges.  He and his partners have put up/completed dozens of new rock routes/first ascents […]

WHEN: Thurs Mar 24th @ 7:30 pm WHERE: Imperial Pub, Back Room – 54 Dundas Street East, Toronto Topic: Join us as Yury Yakubovich and Natalia Nesterenko share their hiking/climbing trip in the United States. Their trip took them through Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington going south to north visiting Red Rock Canyon, Kings Canyon, Yosemite, Mt. Shasta and Mt. Rainier.