Alpine Accidents in Canada Database

[ACC Toronto Section]

Alpine Club of Canada News:

We are pleased to report that the Alpine Accidents in Canada database
project is up and running on the ACC Edmonton section website at:
http://alpineclub-edm.org/accidents/index.asp

We still are looking for accident report submissions and photographs. A
complete list of the photos required is uploaded here in text format:

http://alpineclub-edm.org/accidents/PhotosRequired.txt

Our goal in providing this online service is to prevent future accidents
through education. It is our hope that outdoor enthusiasts may learn
from the mistakes and misfortunes experienced by others and thus avoid
repeating them.

The historical accident reports included in the database were taken
primarily from reports of accidents which occurred between 1967 to 2001,
published between 1969 to 2002 in "Accidents in North American
Mountaineering" an annual joint publication of the American Alpine Club
and Alpine Club of Canada. Additional accident reports were received
from various wardens and public safety officials, including Burke
Duncan, public Safety Assistant for the Canmore area. Avalanche reports
for self propelled activities were taken from "Avalanche Accidents in
Canada, a selection of Case Histories, 1955 to 1976" by C.J. Stetham and
P.A. Shaerer and "Avalanche Accidents in Canada, Volume 4, 1984 to 1996"
by Bruce Jaimeson and Torsten Geldsetzer for the Canadian Avalanche
Association, www.avalanche.ca. Updated avalanche information was
obtained from the Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center (CSAC) at
http://csac.org, and from the Westwide Avalanche Network at
http://avalanche.org.

The Webmasters (Edwina Podemski and Chris Wood) wish to acknowledge
Nancy Hansen for her invaluable assistance throughout. We thank Renee
Polziehn for preparing various funding applications and proposals. We
thank David P. Jones for taking an interest and providing photos,
corrections and additions to the Selkirks area information. We also
thank Alan Kane for his extensive photo collection of locations in the
Canadian Rockies and southern Selkirks. Mark Lord provided Ontario rock
climbing and Lake Louise rescue photos. Marion Mayerhofer provided many
of the rescue photos used on the site and for the banners. Thanks also
to Ernst Bergmann and Reinhold Mayerhofer for their various route,
avalanche and rescue photos and to Gayle Burritt for typing the
avalanche data.

Please e-mail us if you wish to report a new accident or submit changes
or corrections (including typographical errors) to any of the reported
data. Accuracy is important to us and we want your feedback. Proposed
changes or corrections will be verified before being made. Both new and
historical accident reports will be added on an ongoing basis as data
becomes available.

Route or rescue photos are always welcome and the photographer will
receive credit. We also welcome the submission of safety articles and
are happy to receive constructive criticism or suggestions for
additional features.

Enjoy the site and play safe in the outdoors!

-- 
Edwina Podemski
Alpine Club of Canada, Edmonton section, Safety Chair



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