Glossary

VOC Jargon	Definition
ACC	Alpine Club of Canada, Alpine Choppers Club, Airborne Climbers of Canada
Beginner Friendly	In short, a euphemism for a guaranteed epic. Beginner friendly means that the trip is not necesarily easy (in fact it may be quite difficult), but that any people on the trip with actual skills are obligated to be nice to the beginners. When the label 'beginner friendly' is attached to a trip, the usual result is that many keen beginners are attracted to it and experienced people stay away (since they know what beginner friendly actually means). The result is usually a 10:1 beginner ratio which guarantees epic results. See related definitions for "Sufferfest" and "Death March".
BCMC	British Columbia Mountaineering Club, Big Cheap Mountaineering Club
CAA	Canadian Avalanche Association
Death March	To boldly go, usually ill-prepared and without sufficient experience, where nobody in their right mind would even think about going. See also: Beginner Friendly.
FMCBC	Federation of Mountain Clubs of British Columbia
Hustlers Handbook	List of Members with Contact Information
NARSID	Non Avalanche Related Snow Immersion Death. a.k.a. I've fallen and I can't get up. Most NARSID incidents occur when people fall into a conifer tree well in soft snow conditions.
Sketchy	Sketchy
Sufferfest	Any experience involving considerable suffering. See also: Beginner Friendly.
VOCene	The VOC's weekly e-newsletter (also posted at the clubroom)
VOCJ	VOC Journal