October GENERAL MEETING
Footloose in Greenland
Wednesday October 21, 2026
From 7-9pm
State Bar of New Mexico Auditorium
5121 Masthead St. NE
Albuquerque, NM
This event is open to the general public and refreshments will be served.
Join us on this night for the business of the club, socializing with other like-minded mountain people, and a special presentation by New Mexico’s, Eiichi Fukushima, who will talk about a Greenland expedition and adventure that he and his group pioneered in the early 70's.
Here is a brief summary from Eiichi:
This talk is about an adventure in 1971, after two years of planning, including how to get there as well as dealing with the Danish government for permission in an era when the nearest (and only) village in East Greenland was served only by its annual supply ship as the ice broke up enough for it to get there in August. There were 6 of us including LAM members Don Liska, Larry Campbell, and me. We started in Isafjordur, a magical village in NW Iceland, from where a Twin Otter made 3, 400 mile roundtrips due north in 12 hours to a runway marked by a flag on the tundra. Scoresbysund was one of two villages (re)occupied on the vast east coast of the island by Danish Eskimos since WW-I as an anti-Norwegian gambit. Our planned objective was Ejnar Mikkelson Fjeld, which was then believed to be (but no longer) the highest unclimbed mountain north of Arctic Circle with a good attempt made by a Scottish group the year before. We planned to go 100+ miles inland on Scoresby Sund, the world’s largest fjord, in two inflatable rubber boats and hike 100 miles to the mountain on the ice cap. Instead, we pioneered a different glacier (Syd) to the icecap and climbed some rock outcrops after surviving a storm and receiving a welcome airdrop. We returned to Scoresbysund 6+ weeks later with a 50 mile walk along the tundra added because our boating route along the coast was blocked by ice floes. The adventure continued as we tried to navigate air travel back to the US with expired air tickets, some of us more successful than others.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLEASE READ!!!
Our general meetings have moved to a new location, The State Bar of New Mexico, located at 5121 Masthead St NE near Jefferson between San Antonio and Paseo del Norte Blvd. Keep in mind potential traffic delays and closures along I-25. The new meeting spot is very impressive, with a large and safe parking area, an auditorium with comfortable theater seating, great sound, and a large format screen.
With the new location, there are new rules that we have to follow with changes to the meeting's format:
The State Bar requires that the doors remained locked while the meeting and presentation are taking place in the auditorium. To accommodate people who may arrive late, we will begin the period of socializing and snacks first, from 7:00 to 7:20 followed by the business of the club which will include announcements, trip reports, and items for members to vote on.
During the snacks and socializing, there will be a greeter to let you in. We ask that you please make an effort to get there before 7:20. If you arrive later, we will tape a sign on the door with a number to text where someone will either come and let you in or you will receive a return text with the code and instructions on how to enter the building. The main entrance is on the south side of the building where we will display our clubs' NMMC sandwich panel.