Red Rock Rendezvous Review
April 9, 2008
The Backcountry Blog has an insightful and partially negative view of the recent Red Rock Rendezvous.
As it turns out, being a pro climber does not necessarily make you a great instructor. It does make you an excellent advertiser though, and it was clearly conveyed what company makes the best equipment.
While the author didn’t appreciate the trad clinic, apparently the rest of the event was a great success.
I’ve been meaning to attend this rendezvous the past few years and have never made it. Did anyone attend this years Red Rock Rendezvous and have similar experiences?
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Registration for New River Rendezvous getting full
March 27, 2008
I’ve heard reports that the New River Rendezvous registration is starting to get full. This year organizers are limiting the event to the first 700 climbers who register in advance.
The fee is only $25 and from my past experiences at the Rendezvous, it will be money well spent.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Climbing events for April
March 24, 2008
Spring is rapidly approaching so we’re starting to see numerous climbing-related events on the radar. Here is a current list of climbing events for April 2008:
April 4-6 - Spring Fling Quartz Gathering, Quartz Mountain, OK
April 4-6 - Warrior’s Way and New River Mountain Guides Trad Camp, New River Gorge, WV
April 6 - YMCA Climb-Off ‘08, North Canton, OH
April 12 - 8th Annual Crux the Competition, Radford, VA
April 13 - Radical Reels, Boulder, CO
April 16 - Galen and Barbara Rowell Lecture Series [tickets], San Francisco, CA
April 18-19 - ClimbFest Ogden 2008, Ogden, UT
April 19 - Goddesses on the Rocks, Joshua Tree, CA
April 18-19 - Red River Reunion Trash Clean Up, Red River Gorge, KY
April 26 - Beginning of Season Party and Pig Roast, Seneca Rocks, WV
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6th Annual New River Rendezvous announced
January 27, 2008
The New River Rendezvous, now one of the premier climbing events in the U.S., has announced this year’s dates - May 16-18, 2008.
There will be a few changes this year including pre-registration limiting attendees to 700 (last year was around 1200 climbers) and parking passes will now be needed.
Registration will be live on March 1, 2008.
We will be requiring everyone to pre-register online for a small fee. The days of giving it all away are behind us. It’s not something that we want to do because it means more work for us, but there’s no gettin’ around it. Why you ask? A couple of reasons…The NPS has asked us to limit the number of people who attend the event because the Brunwood is busting out of it’s seams. That means we need to count people and weed out the riff-raff. And B, we also have to kick down for event insurance, and if you know anything about the insurance industry, you know it ain’t cheap.
The event schedule looks to be the same as last year, so everyone should be in for a good time.
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12th Annual Mountainfest in the Adirondacks
November 22, 2007
Taking place in New York’s Adirondacks, the 12th annual Mountainfest will take place this winter January 11-13, 2008.
A full schedule of classes include beginning through advanced ice climbing, snowshoe mountaineering, and avalanche fundamentals.
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Deep water soloing banned at Summersville Lake
May 31, 2007
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (who built many of the man made lakes in this country) has banned cliff jumping and diving on all of its managed recreation property in the Huntington District in West Virginia. This area includes the popular Summersville Lake climbing area. Apparently, at least one climber called the office listed below and confirmed that the ban includes deep water soloing.
The rule that specifically bans deep water soloing is “Entering the lake from a height greater than one’s own is always prohibited.”
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New River Rendezvous 2007 Recap
May 25, 2007
Another great New River Rendezvous is over and I survived. The emphasis was on survival this year especially after the free beer did not run out early as I expected. Note to self - don’t try to consume as much as possible next year!
I didn’t take any pictures of the happenings at Burnwood (as I forgot my camera in the car), but my wife and I were able to take a bunch of pictures as we competed with Jon B. during the bouldering comp at Interp and the OUL areas. The full set of pics are on Flickr here.
I entered the bouldering comp just for fun as I knew it would just push me a little bit harder all day. Jon, Kelly, and I started at Interp and made our way through the circuit to finish at OUL (with a quick pass by the Tugging Shacks at day end). Again survival was key as I pulled off a big hold on a V2 called Curley at Interp. From a sit-down start, you basically have to mantle up to a crimp then bump up to a jug. As I grabbed the jug, it popped off and hit me in the head as I fell to my crash pad. No blood, so I guess I was fine. Nice way to start the morning. I decided to not push my luck and moved on so I’m not sure how much harder the problem became with the missing hold.
For more New River Rendezvous reports, check out YourClimbing.com
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Heading to the New River Rendezvous
May 18, 2007
Getting ready to head out for the New River Rendezvous this weekend. Look for a full report next week. I’ll be taking lots of pictures.
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5th Annual New River Rendezvous
March 21, 2007
The dates have been set for a while (May 18-20), but there’s now a web site with tons of details on this year’s New River Rendezvous. If you haven’t attended, this is a premier climbing event held at the Burnwood facilities on the rim of the New River Gorge in West Virginia. I attended last year and it was a fun event with some interesting clinics and workshops. I attended the Warrior’s Way clinic by Arno Ilgner and learned quite a bit.
Can you believe it? The 5th Annual New River Rendezvous is coming up. It seems like only a matter of months ago that we were scrambling to pull off the first Rendezvous in the full-on pouring rain, (proving once and for all that weather is not a factor), now look at us–busting out our own website! How far this event has come. Nothing demonstrates this more than our fundraising totals which have doubled every year. That means our philosophy is working: Because of the generosity of our sponsors we can offer darn near everything free, leaving you to make a donation you are comnfortable with. You guys get it! Most of what you donate to New River Alliance of Climbers (NRAC) goes straight back into the resource that we come together to celebrate: The climbing at the New River Gorge. The balance goes to support the Access Fund. This amazingly effective organization has been working for climbers for over twenty years. Have you renewed your membership?
Thanks to you, we can continue our mission of replacing worn-out hardware and developing and maintaining the climber trail system. NRAC also provides a voice for climbers on larger environmental issues, such as the current viewshed issue. Outreach is the final part of our mission—we want more of you to get involved! Stop by the NRAC tent to find out how.
We look forward to seeing all of you this year. Come early, stay late and remember to carpool!
Be aware, this event gets extremely crowded. All proceeds benefit the New River Alliance of Climbers (NRAC).
Technorati Tags: climbing, west+virginia
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Jason Kehl Slideshow
February 15, 2007
For those climbers in the Blacksburg area, Jason Kehl will be presenting a slideshow Friday, February 23 at 8pm at Blue Ridge Outdoors. The event is sponsored by the Virginia Tech Climbing Club.
Technorati Tags: blacksburg, climbing, event, slideshow, virginia
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New River Gorge Beauty Mountain Boulders Cleanup
February 5, 2007
The New River Alliance of Climbers is holding a cleanup event for the bouldering area at Beauty Mountain in the New River Gorge, West Virginia. The effort is this Saturday and Sunday, February 10 and 11. Interested climbers can meet at the National Park Service’s Burnwood facility at 9am.
UPDATE: Due to the weather, the cleanup event has been canceled.
Popularity: 7% [?]
Great Falls Fundraiser
May 24, 2006
The Friends of Great Falls is holding a fundraiser (PDF flyer) tomorrow in Washington DC.
May 25 – Great Falls Fundraiser
Please consider joining us on Thursday, May 25th from
6-8pm for a Happy Hour Fundraiser to help Friends of
Great Falls save climbing at Great Falls. All proceeds
from this event will be used to preserve climbing
access at Great Falls Park. In particular they will
assist with the costs associated with the Freedom of
Information request filed by FOGF some months ago.We are hoping to raffle a few items as well….
Date: Thursday, May 25, 2006
Time: 6-8pm
Where: Larry’s Lounge
1836 18th St Northwest
Washington DC, 20009On the corner of 18th and T Street….$5 Bass
Popularity: 9% [?]
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