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Dear Friends and Members of Club Fat Ass,
Summer is the toughest time of the year for your newsletter team. It's tough to stay indoors and write when the weather is perfect for playing outdoors. With so many Club activities to chose from, it's also tough to pick which ones to write about!
With long summer days, July and August are traditionally the busiest months for CFA members and their friends. This summer, the Club is offering everything from your traditional trail runs in the forest, to night runs, to peak-bagging extravaganzas.
A heads-up that your Steering Committee is planning two major upgrades for your online clubhouse (the website) over the next few months. One will happen behind the scenes and might require us to take the website down for a few hours. The other will see your online clubhouse get a bit of a reno and a new coat of paint. If you have any suggestions about how we might improve the look of the website, the features or how the site is organized, please contact me with your thoughts.
Be sure to remember the traveling t-shirt contest and Fat Ass Festival of Outdoor Adventures while you are out and about this summer. There are some great prizes for the most crazy photo of your Club colors and the best short adventure video.
Happy trails and happy summer!
Sibylle Tinsel
Chief Executive Fat Ass
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UPCOMING EVENTS
 Bagger Challenge. 1 April - 10 October - North Shore Mountains, BC Canada. See how many North Shore peaks you can run up and bag in a summer. Given that most peaks in this cold west coast summer are still covered with snow and ice, we strongly advise to focus on the lower Howe Sound island peaks and to only head above the snowline if you carry the appropriate alpine winter gear (and know how to use it). Find out more here.
 Photo left: Bagger's Michael, Ryan and Ean enjoying the sunshine on a recent day in the mountains.
Photo right: Action Jackson on the Sea to Sky Highway during the Easter Edition of the Fat Ass Fondo
Fat Ass Fondo. 13 August - Vancouver to Whistler, BC Canada. Join us for a 120-kilometer road bike ride in the cyclosportive tradition along a challenging and beautiful stretch of road on the GranFondo Whistler course. The ride is: a solid training ride for triathletes, a piece of cake ride for randonneurs, a mid-summer shakedown for those who are planning to participate in the GranFondo Whistler in September, a low-cost, bare bones alternative to the GranFondo Whistler. If you have a truck and can organize transport back for the bikes, please get in touch with the organizers. More info here.
 Photo left: A group of Fat Asses during a Stein Valley traverse a few years ago.
Full Moon Frenzy Ultra. 13/14 August - Stein Valley, BC Canada. A new annual ultramarathon with a twist. The location will change every year and the location for the following year, will be announced at the preceding years race. This year, the race will take place in the Stein Valley. Starting at the bottom of the Lizzie Lake FSR, the course will run over 100km to the Lytton trail head. It will feature incredible scenery, amazing alpine terrain, beautiful singletrack, vast wilderness, and ever-lasting memories. Find out more here.
 Capilano Canyon Night Run - A Midsummer Night's Dream. August 20 - North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Don't miss this night running classic followed by a garden party and potluck extravaganza. Details here.
Photo right: Running along the Capilano Canyon during the Night Run.
Photo left: Views during the Go Home via the Hanes Valley backcountry run
 Go Home via the Hanes Valley. August 27 - North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Chose between a nice and easy 14km trail or tough, backcountry wilderness runs of 18km or 30km length. More here.
Mary Leliveld's Happy Trails: 28 August - North Vancouver, BC, Canada. A beautiful hike up Lynn Peak and/or an easy eveing run in memory of our friend and club member Mary Leliveld. Emphasis is on camaraderie rather than competition. We would like to see this be a group hike where we celebrate the life of a friend who can't join us. Expect a challenging ascent to breathtaking views followed by a pot luck dinner and post-hike party. Non runners are welcome to join in! This is also a fundraiser for a bursary in Mary's name. Registration and more information here.
5Peaks Buntzen Lake Warm-Up. 3 September - Port Coquitlam, BC Canada. Details here.
 Sunshine in September. 4 September - Langdale, BC Canada. 20km or 26km on beautiful, mostly single track trails just off the ferry terminal in Langdale on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Run in forests of grand old trees and gigantic mushrooms. Easy logistics with carpooling, walk on the ferry, run off the ferry and a lovely post-run get together with super views on the ferry ride back. As close to a get a way in a day as you can get! More details here.
Fall Mountain Highway Madness: 11 September - North Vancouver, BC Canada. Check it out here.
NEWS
Steering Committee. Now is the time to get off your rear end and start thinking about joining the Club Fat Ass Steering Committee. We'll have an open meeting in October, but if you been meaning to give back, why not start now? Please contact Sibylle if you can contribute a little bit of love and enthusiasm to helping manage the club.
Membership Registration. Club membership registration for 2011 is ongoing. Yes, that means it's time to get off the couch and join the Club or renew your membership so you can benefit from all of the sweaty pleasures CFA offers.
Travelling Colors Contest. Share photos of your adventures wearing your Club shirt (any colour) on Flickr. Get your pals to "like" your submissions and win awesome prizes! Instructions here. A gallery of current submissions are posted here.
North Shore Bagger Challenge. A lingering snowpack has added a few extra challenges this year, but there's still plenty of time and lots of lower peaks to bag. Check out the banter and the leader board!
Second Annual Fat Ass Festival of Outdoor Adventures. Don't be shy: Share your short videos of awesome adventures with fellow Club members and the world at the Fat Ass equivalent of the Oscars. All submissions will be acknowledged, those with the top votes will make it to the final screening in November. If you have submissions, please upload them to YouTube, then embed it into a blog post on the CFA site. Check out details here.
CAUSES YOUR CLUB SUPPORTS
Club Fat Ass and our members support a variety of charities, causes and events. Please check them out here.
If you have any causes close to your heart and want to raise awareness and/or funds let us know. A number of CFA Event Hosts use their events as fund raisers. Be sure to consider the special section on the Club website that offers ideas on how to raise money for your favorite cause while hosting a free CFA event.
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