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 THE SAD SMOKY MOUNTAINS & skyscrapers - A CIVIL ACTION AND A WORK OF ART
During the final part of this action of ours the Sad Smoky Mountains will be meeting the Cities. The Urban Climbers, “city mountaineers” moment has come! In togetherness with mountains, in togetherness with the hills we will be kindling the hearts of our cities and their inhabitants employing the same red color used afore by returning to the origin of those columns of smoke chosen to be used as a symbol, an invariable symbol of this work of art.  Bloqueando Bouldering Competition – Challcupuncu, Bolivia 2008
By Daniel Aramayo - Photos by Juan Gabriel Estellano - On July 19 and 20, we celebrated the second edition of “Bloqueando”, a bouldering event. It's more of a gathering of participants rather than a competition with mostly Bolivian's but also some French, English, German and Mexican climbers who measured their skills and strengths over the weekend on some magic volcanic boulders.  Trad/Mental 3-Day Camp – Vedauwoo, WY - 2008
This climbing training camp is specifically targeted to those climbers who want to learn traditional climbing and gain a heightened degree of mental focus through applying the Warrior's Way program in a trad setting. August 4-6, Vedauwoo, WY  Tout A Blocs - 2008
On July 30 - August 2, 2008 the biggest bouldering event in France — the Tout A Blocs (TAB) — will be kicking off in the town of l'Argentière la bessée and on the beautiful granite boulders of Ailefroide, France. The competion includes an outdoor international bouldering contest where three hundred climbers competed last year.  Extremity Games 2008 Recap
The place looks like a bomb went off. Legs and arms are strewn all over the floor. Sounds grim, but in all actuality, it’s really cool. I’m standing in the middle of the 2008 Extremity Games climbing competition, hosted at Planet Rock in Pontiac, Michigan on Friday July 25th, and things are looking good.  Zillertal Petzl RocTrip - July 23-27th 2008
The Tyrolean area known as Zillertal is the alpine jewel of Austria. The new development of this climbing area provides routes of all grades on perfect red, white, and gray granite that rests below the über-historic classic mountaineering of the Tyrolean Alps — the perfect spot for a climbing festival and this years Petzl Roc Trip!  Buildering at at Diespeker Wharf - London Festival of Architecture - July 20, 2008
Pollard Thomas Edwards architects will be hosting an ambitious interactive installation organized and implemented by The Castle Climbing Centre to explore a hidden London and provide exclusive access to the London skyline.  USA Climbing Level 1 Routesetting Clinic – So Cal Style!
On July 19th and 20th in Riverside, California, Pro Setter Chris Danielson will instruct a USA Climbing Level 1 Routesetting Clinic at an incredible new gym in So Cal – Hangar 18 Riverside!  2008 Squamish Mountain Festival
The SQUMF is getting ready to thrill locals and visitors again this summer with an exciting mix of films, clinics, competitions and guest speakers: Dave MacLeod, Ed Cooper, Matt Maddaloni, Majka Burhardt, Sonnie Trotter, Micah Dash and Cedar Wright. The festival takes place at various locations around Squamish, BC from July 16 to 20.  REEL ROCK FILMMAKING COMPETITION - DEADLINE IS JULY 15!
The annual Reel Rock Film Tour is gearing up for it's third season, with 100 or more screenings of the world's best climbing films coming to a city near you this fall. And if you have a camera, a computer, and a fresh idea, one of the featured films could be yours!  East Coast Premier DOSAGE V - July 10th
The East Coast Premiere of Dosage V from Big Up Productions is being held at The Rock Club on Thursday July 10 at 8pm. It will be the only screening of the movie on the east coast, so this will be your one chance to catch it on a big screen.  The Fifteenth Annual International Climbers' Festival
The ICF is an annual event that began 15 years ago with the mission of promoting and celebrating the sport of rock climbing. The 2008 Festival will be held this July 9th - 13th in Lander, Wyoming.  Céüse, France Climber Clean-up
UPDATE - 7/08/08 - Céüse is clean! A climber clean up weekend has been planned July 5 and 6, 2008 to maintain a good relationship between the Céüse locals and climbers. Céüse is one of the most well know cliffs for sport climbing in the world but due to it's popularity there are new problems to solve.  Environmental Stewardship Adventure Days
Clean trails at local crags Crescent Rock July 5 and Elizabeth's Furnace on September 6 in the morning then go rock climbing in the afternoon on us! The programs are open to all adventurers over 8 years old and we encourage families to come together and volunteer.  Tour Schedule: Perfecto - Rock Climbing Above the Sea
The Perfecto Tour stops in Salt Lake City, Dan Diego, San Francisco and Boulder throughout the month of July, 2008. Among Mallorca’s fragrant almond groves, famed nightclubs and speedo-sporting Eurotourists, limestone cliffs rise from the sea like sentinels, their steep pockets beckoning to climbers the world over. Watch the Perfecto - Rock Climbing Above the Sea Trailer  Girls Education International's Fundraiser at the Hangar Restaurant in Estes Park
On Thursday, June 26, from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., the Hangar Restaurant in Estes Park is hosting a benefit for Girls Education International, a nonprofit organization founded by North Face athlete Heidi Wirtz and writer Lizzy Scully. The fundraiser will feature tunes by local musician Justin Faye and a slide show by author and mountaineer Pete Takeda.  Hong Kong Climbing Competition Recap
The very best of Hong Kong's homegrown climbers showed up to battle it out at the 51st Festival of Sport – Hong Kong Youth Sport Climbing Championship & Open Ranking Competition on June 8th 2008. Foul weather conditions halted the championships in the morning, but it cleared quickly allowing climbers and spectators alike to enjoy the fantastic display of climbing prowess.  Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum Hosts "Views of the Himalaya" Event
Mountain to Mountain, a Breckenridge-based organization dedicated to promoting education and community development in remote mountain communities, along with the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum, will open the “Views of the Himalaya” event on June 11, 2008.  Beth Rodden, Tommy Caldwell and Chris McNamara on Jeep's World of Adventure Sports
This Saturday (June 14, 2008 @ 2:00-3:00 PM ET) on NBC follow Beth Rodden, Tommy Caldwell and Chris McNamara on a 3-week Grand Canyon climbing exploration where the team discovers spectacular bouldering and trad first ascents in a short film shot and edited by Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer, and photographed by Corey Rich.  Award Winning Blindsight Documentary Premieres in Boulder June 10-11
Join Global Explorers, Erik Weihenmayer and other cast members for the Boulder Theater premiere of the award-winning documentary film called Blindsight. The two night showing begins at 8PM on June 10th and June 11th. Erik Weihenmayer, the only blind person to summit Mt. Everest, will introduce the film on the 10th following a red carpet VIP event at Q's Restaurant from 5-8PM. |
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