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URBAN CLIMBER MAGAZINE - INDUSTRY SPRAY
We support a variety of events, slideshows, crag clean-ups, festivals, competitions and causes in the outdoor industry.
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Climbers Buy Index Lower Town Wall
9/2/10 - The Washington Climbers Coalition (WCC) announced today that it has succeeded in its campaign to buy the Index Lower Town Wall, a premier rock climbing area near Index, Snohomish County. 8/25/10 – Greener Grass Publishing, the young publishing company which recently released the wildly successful first guidebook to Horse Pens 40, is announcing the special pre-sale price for their newest guidebook Stone Fort Bouldering to be released at the beginning of October 2010. 8/25/10 – ConservationNEXT, a program of The Conservation Alliance, will organize its next Backyard Collective Friday, August 27th at the Roxborough State Park near Denver, Colorado. 7/13/10 - The Access Fund, the national advocacy organization that keeps U.S. climbing areas open and conserves the climbing environment, announced today that the Washington Climbers Coalition (WCC) has paid back its loan to the Access Fund for the option agreement on Lower Index Town Wall in Washington. 6/28/10 - Supertopo LLC, known for producing world-class climbing guidebooks and the über-popular website supertopo.com, has just released their latest book: Yosemite Sport Climbs and Top Ropes, by Chris Van Leuven and Chris McNamara. 6/22/10 - The HERA Women's Cancer Foundation (Health, Empowerment, Research, Awareness) completed another successful HERA Climb4Life event, raising more than $27,000 for its ovarian cancer research and community grant programs and awareness initiatives. 6/16/10 - The UIAA welcomes China’s decision to ban people under 18 years of age from climbing Mount Everest. 6/15/10 - Please join Mountain Hardwear and Paragon Sports in welcoming Mountain Hardwear's four Outdoor Nation Youth Delegates to New York City. 6/7/10 – The Access Fund, the national advocacy organization that keeps U.S. climbing areas open and conserves the climbing environment, announced today that it will provide Red River Gorge Climbers’ Coalition with short-term financing to pay off the current seller-financed loan on the Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge. 6/1/10 - Active Interest Media, Inc. (AIM) has completed an agreement to purchase Skram Media's Climbing, Urban Climber, and Mountain Gazette properties, announced AIM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Efrem “Skip” Zimbalist III. 5/27/10 - Access agreement signed by the Alpine Club of Canada and La Société d’écologie de la batture du Kamouraska (SEBKA) allows ACC members to climb free of charge at one of Québec’s premier climbing areas. 5/24/10 - The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) is excited to announce that Chrysler Group LLC's Jeep brand has joined the AMGA as its newest Diamond Partner. 5/24/10 - Chris Malloy's film strikes so deeply into the heart of Patagonia's wildnerness, we come to feel at home there. 5/18/10 - For every new follower of Spadout.com's Facebook group in the next two weeks, we'll give $1 to the Access Fund. 5/13/10 – After 50 days of skiing, hiking, and swimming across 500 miles of shifting Arctic ice and open water, the Sierra Designs-sponsored Save the Poles team arrived at the North Pole, completing the second of three expeditions designed to rally support for the fight against global warming. 5/11/10 - For nearly six years, the Mohonk Preserve and the Gunks Climbers Coalition have worked in conjunction with OSI and the Town of Rosendale to secure the purchase, transfer, and access to one of the Gunks most revered areas, the Waterworks Boulders. 5/11/10 - Petzl, a leader in technical climbing gear and hands-free lighting, today announced the release of All Access, a compilation of climbing films from the industry’s top adventure filmmakers. 5/6/10 - The only endurance climbing festival in the West, 24 Hours of Gunnison Glory, will take place over Memorial Day weekend this year in Gunnison, Colorado. 5/6/10 - For every dollar donated by a first-time donor to Kismet Rock Foundation, an additional two dollars will be contributed by friends of the organization. 5/6/10 - Climbing Shoe Review – the place where rock climbers from around the world can rate and review their climbing shoes – is kicking off May’s monthly giveaway with a new sponsor and a new contest! 5/6/10 - What is a favorite campground activity among climbers? Hula hooping! 4/21/10 - Manufacturers and designers are invited to enter their products online in this year’s OutDoor INDUSTRY AWARD competition up until June 15, 2010 (close of registration). 4/13/10 – The Access Fund, the national advocacy organization that keeps U.S. climbing areas open and conserves the climbing environment announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued a climbing ban on 400 acres in the Castle Rocks Interagency Recreation Area, adjacent to Castle Rocks State Park in Idaho. 4/1/10 - The HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation (Health, Empowerment, Research, Awareness), a non-profit ovarian cancer organization, announces that Madcapz, a New York-based women’s hat company, is donating $3 from each sale of its new HERA cap to the non-profit. 4/7/10 - The Vail Valley Foundation is proud to announce the climbing events for the 9th annual Teva Mountain Games, the nation's largest outdoor adventure event, which will return to Vail, Colorado, June 3 - 6, 2010. |
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