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NEWS - HOT FLASHES Montrail Becomes First Visionary Sponsor for HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation
5/01/08 - Montrail is a longtime supporter of the HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation, but this year it has become HERA’s first Visionary Sponsor. With the Run Like A Girl partnership, Montrail underscores its commitment to creating better lives for women of all ages.
 
Petzl announces new GRIGRI lead belay technique
5/01/08 - Petzl announces a new technique for belaying a leader when using its Grigri self-braking belay device. Dissemination of this new technique will be accomplished in three modes: a web video, a poster, and an updated technical notice soon to be delivered with each Grigri belay device.
 
Climber Steph Davis Joins prAna's Roster of Sponsored Athletes
4/28/08 - prAna, a leading outdoor and active lifestyle apparel manufacturer, today announced that Steph Davis will join their team of sponsored athletes.
 
Feeding Flexibility: prAna Teams Up with Om Time Yoga to Sponsor “Feed our Friends” Food Drive
4/25/08 - prAna, a leading outdoor and active lifestyle apparel manufacturer, has teamed up with Om Time Yoga to sponsor Boulder’s first annual Feed Our Friends food drive.
 
La Sportiva Gears up for the 2008 REEL ROCK Film Tour
4/24/08 - Now in its third season and with 100 or more screenings of the world's best climbing films, REEL Rock is becoming one of the most prominent social events for local climbing communities across the country.
 
The Third Annual HERA Metro DC Climb4Life Wraps Up, Raises $59,000 for Ovarian Cancer Research
4/23/08 - The third annual Metro DC Climb4Life wrapped up its month-long climbing challenge on March 29, 2008. This year, teamed with Sportrock Climbing Center, Earthtreks Gym, and REI, the event raised $59,000 for ovarian cancer research and awareness initiatives.
 
Friksn's Boulder-Fly Tee for Women Benefits HERA Foundation
4/22/08 - Friksn Climbing Laboratory, a Norfolk, Virginia–based manufacturer of climbing clothing, is donating 15 percent of sales of its women’s Boulder Fly T-shirt to the HERA Foundation.
 
King Lines Soundtrack
4/18/08 - The King Lines Soundtrack is now available as a downloadable purchase. Big Up Productions had the soundtrack professionally mastered by Jonathan Deans, who also appears as an artist on the OST.
 
Sponsored Waste: Sustainability gets Upcycled Waste Not
4/17/08 - Stonyfield Farms, Honest Tea, Clif Bar and TerraCycle join forces to eliminate the idea of waste. Four environmentally responsible companies created an innovative way to collect and reuse product packaging.
 
CLIF BAR Launches Nation's First Collection Program for Used Energy Bar Wrappers
4/17/08 - CLIF BAR, the leading all-natural and organic energy bar, and TerraCycle are proud to announce the nation’s first program designed to reduce the amount of energy bar wrappers going into our landfills, while educating people about the benefits of reusing waste materials.
 
Nike ACG Sweetspots kick-starts summer with a celebration of its athletes' most prized achievements on film
4/14/08 - A Sweetspot is a moment in time when effort and talent combine perfectly. It’s an experience of purity when everything comes together and the spectacular is achieved. These unique stories will be showcased in 3-4 minute films which will launch on 7th April 2008.
 
The RED ROCK RENDEZVOUS Becomes one of the Nation's Largest Climbing Events
4/11/08 - With more than 1,000 climbers from across the nation converging on Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas for the fifth annual “Mountain Gear Presents: Red Rock Rendezvous” rock climbing festival in March, the event has become one of the largest climbing festivals in the nation for paid participants.
 
New 9.5mm Fusion Ion From Sterling
4/11/08 - Sterling Rope once again has brought to life a new dynamic cord for their Fusion series, the Ion. The Fusion series is a collection of high performance ropes in the sub- 10mm category.
 
Montrail Partners With HERA TO Run Like A Girl
4/10/08 - Montrail’s Run Like a Girl Series teams up with the HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation for four races May – September, 2008.
 
2008 Climbing Wall Summit
4/10/08 - On May 1-4, 2008, the Climbing Wall Association (CWA) will be hosting the second annual Climbing Wall Summit in Boulder, Colorado. Climbing gym vendors, manufacturers, and owners will gather at the Boulder Outlook Hotel for three days of workshops, roundtable discussions, and events, all with the aim of strengthening the climbing industry.
 
HANS SAARI MEMORIAL FUND AWARDS 2008 GRANTS
4/09/08 - The Hans Saari Memorial Fund, a grant-giving organization established to honor the life and values of ski-mountaineer Hans Saari, has announced award recipients for its spring 2008 grant cycle, including the recipients of the newly launched Hans Saari Memorial Ski Exploration Grant.
 
USA CLIMBING Level 2 Routesetting Clinic – April 29 – 30th, 2008
4/09/08 - This spring, a little over a month away, one of the country’s premier indoor climbing institutions, the Boulder Rock Club, will be host to USA Climbing’s first higher level competition routesetting clinic in years!
 
Backcountry.com team athletes get after it...on the Interweb
3/28/08 - Once in a while, revolutionary inventions come along that change the way things are done and stir things up for good.
 
Sierra Designs Down Bootie Contest
3/26/08 - The Sierra Designs Down Bootie has developed into one of those truly indispensable pieces of gear for winter adventurers. They're like a devoted coffee drinker's favorite mug they never leave home without.
 
La Sportiva's Athletes Converge on Red Rocks Rendezvous
3/26/08 - La Sportiva’s team of climbing and mountain running athletes will head out to Las Vegas, Nev. for a weekend of climbing, running and clinics at the fifth annual Red Rocks Rendezvous, March 28-30, 2008.
 
JOÃO GARCIA SETS OFF TO CONQUER MT. MAKALU
3/26/08 - Portuguese moutaineer João Garcia will leave Tuesday, March 25, on yet another high-altitude expedition as part of his “Conquering the Peaks of the World” project, supported by Portugal’s largest listed bank, Millennium bcp.
 
Sierra Designs and Ultimate Direction are having a Spring Sample Clearance Sale
3/14/08 - Everything must go - Tents, Sleeping Bags, Apparel (mostly men's large and women's medium) Friday March 14th 12:00 – 6:00 and Saturday March 15th 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
 
Climber and Humanitarian Embarks on Journey to Climb Seven Summits to Support Women in Africa
3/12/08 - In an effort to bring attention to the plight of women in war-torn Congo and Uganda, a local climbing and hiking enthusiast is launching a campaign to climb the highest summit on each continent and raise $2.2 million for the cause.
 
Sierra Designs Moves to Green Building in Boulder
3/11/08 - Sierra Designs in-house “Green Team” pushes ahead on a daily basis to find new innovations that will lessen the company’s impact on the environment.
 
San Francisco Jewelry Designer Bronwen Lodato Unveils HERA Necklace
3/10/08 - Jewelry designer Bronwen Lodato’s latest design, the HERA necklace, benefits ovarian cancer research.
 
 
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