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Jennifer Lowe-Anker and Forget Me Not

September 5th, 2008

From an email:

Time: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Black Diamond Retail Store

The King’s English and Black Diamond present Jennifer Lowe-Anker, reading
and signing her new book on her husband, Alex Lowe, and their lives as
mountaineers, Forget Me Not.

Forget Me Not: High in the Himalaya, a world-class adventurer dies, leaving
a wife, three young sons and a best friend to cope with their grief… In
1999, well-known mountaineer, Alex Lowe, died in an avalanche on the remote
Himalayan Mountain Shishapangma, leaving his wife Jennifer alone to raise
their three children. Alex was widely considered one of the greatest modern
climbers of our time, and the world mourned his loss. Tom Brokaw interviewed
Jenni Lowe for Dateline, and Sting narrated and composed music for a tribute
film, The Endless Knot. Jenni’s account takes readers inside a woman’s heart
and mind as she navigates her shattered life and survives, ultimately
finding transformative love through loss. From the valleys of Montana to the
peaks of the Himalayas, this is the story of growing up, falling in love,
finding adventure, rejoicing in parenthood, living through heartbreak, and
believing in possibility.

The Black Diamond Store is located @
2092 East 3900 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
(801) 278-0233
email: bdstore -A T- bdel com


MvM now free.

September 5th, 2008

From an email:

Momentum Video Magazine has shifted to an all-free format.

That’s right, FREE.

What does that mean to you? Free access to our entire vault of HD climbing videos.

Featuring:
* Footage of new bouldering areas
* Ticks of world-famous sport lines
* Bold traditional sends
* Sick efforts in the alpine realm
* And LOTS more.

MVM offers a complete view of what’s happening in climbing – right now.

With a new RSS feed and daily updates from the likes of Joe Kinder, Sonnie Trotter and Jamie Emerson, MVM offers news, entertainment and video footage, not to mention dailies and outtakes from Mike Call’s latest films.

And it’s all free.

Why? Because we’re glad you like our site, and we want to keep you coming back for more. Also, because these generous sponsors have made it possible:

Black Diamond – www.blackdiamondequipment.com
Evolv – www.evolvesports.com
Flashed – www.flashed.com
The North Face – www.thenorthface.com
La Sportiva – www.lasportiva.com

Momentum Video Magazine – www.momentumvm.com– is now free.

Welcome to climbing media reloaded.

Check it out. Let me know what you think. And - if you’re not already – GET INVOLVED!


7th annual HERA Climb4Life - Salt Lake City

August 11th, 2008

Where: Salt Lake City (and environs)
When: September 18-21
Information: http://www.herafoundation.org/SLC/index.cfm

Looking for a Challenge?

Help find a cure for ovarian cancer by registering for the 7th Annual HERA (Health, Empowerment, Research, and Awareness) Climb For Life Celebration and enjoy a weekend of climbing fun! Set a personal goal for the number of feet you want to climb and the amount you want to fundraise. And we will help you reach your climbing goals. You will be climbing to fund research and help women.

We need your strength and stamina. By climbing for someone, you will be making a difference - turning your passion into action to save women’s lives.

Whether you’re a beginner or just returned from Mount Everest, everyone is welcome to participate. It’s an awesome weekend of climbing with pros, learn to climb clinics with Exum Utah, parties, film festival, giveaways, food, live music and fun to benefit a good cause. Money raised goes to find a cure for ovarian cancer.

Registration Fee - $75
Fundraising Minimum - $125.

$750 minimum to be included in the “Sunday Morning Raffle”

Special Gifts for fundraising $2500, $5000 and $10,000

Register online at http://www.climb4lifeslc08.kintera.org

You can even donate by participant, visit http://www.climb4lifeslc08.kintera.org and browse to “Donate to a participant”. (Wink wink, nudge nudge)

This is a great event for a good cause and a helluva lot of fun.

-Shaft


Recall: Maxim Apogee 9.1mm & Pinnacle 9.5mm

July 30th, 2008

More information here:

http://www.neropes.com/maxim/recall/


3rd Annual Reel Rock Tour

July 28th, 2008

Two dates announced (so far):
Date: Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 7:00 PM
Venue: The Tower Theatre

Date: Thursday October 23, 2008 - 7:00 PM
Venue: U of U - Reed Auditorium

Visit http://www.reelrocktour.com/ for more information


Mammut Bouldering Championships And Citizens’ Comp 2008

July 24th, 2008

Get psyched to see the world’s strongest climbers compete for the $10,000 prize purse at The Mammut Bouldering Championships!
There will be heaps of big action during the weekend of August 8-9. Check out the schedule of events for climbers of all abilities:

Friday, August 8
Noon-9PM Pro Qualifiers at The Front Climbing Club
Spectator Admission is FREE

If you want to climb in the Pro Qualifiers and fight for your share of the $10,000 prize purse, you can register NOW at:
http://boulderingcomps.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=9

6PM-9PM Community Gathering
Hosted by The Front and Solid Rock Climbers for Christ

Food and beverages will be served. Enjoy a burger (meat or veg) and a cold one while watching the strong folks crush!

Saturday, August 9
10AM-2PM All Abilities Citizens’ Comp at The Front
Register NOW at
http://www.frontslc.com/website/comps/2007reg/comp_reg2.php

There will be all new problems for all abilities for your crushing pleasure. After you’ve gotten your pump on, it’ll be time to rock on down to the…

PRO FINALS!!
5:30PM-9PM on top of the Shilo Inn

Purchase tickets to the Pro Finals NOW at:
http://boulderingcomps.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=9

Enjoy delicious food and cold beverages while the top Pros battle it out on the monster new portable wall built by SLC’s Vertical Solutions.
You do not want to miss this action- live DJ, bumpin’ tunes, roaring crowd, and the best climbers in the world pullin’ like their lives depended on it. Come be a part of climbing history.

Visit www.frontslc.com and www.boulderingcomps.com for event updates throughout the summer.


High Adventure Mountain Film Festival

July 24th, 2008

The Utah 2008 HAMFF (yes, too lazy to type the title again) will be held September 18-21, 2008.

From their website:

Utah’s High Adventure Mountain Film Festival is a four-day festival comprised of film and panel discussions that will promote the spirit of high adventure mountain film in a high adventure mountain town. Sponsored and created by Ogden Climbing Parks, the festival will take place annually and all of it will be available to the general public.

See http://www.uthamfest.com/ for more information.


Film: Perfecto – Rock Climbing Above the Sea, July 1st

June 23rd, 2008

Perfecto – Rock Climbing Above the Sea

A Mike Call Film
Starring: Katie Brown, Ethan Pringle, Chuck Fryberger, Boone Speed and more.

Where: Tower Theater, 876 East 900 South
When: July 1st, 8PM
Schwag?: Yes!
Price: $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

Advance tickets will be sold (soon) at http://momentumvm.com and at Momentum climbing gym.

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.

Whether you know it as psicobloc, bouldering or deep water soloing, you’ve no doubt seen footage of ropeless climbers throwing for tufas twenty meters above the ocean. A fall means splashing into 80° water, drying off and trying again – from the bottom.

Some call it traditional climbing in its purest form. Others call it a hell of a way to spend a few weeks.

Last season, a small group of climbers traveled to those sea cliffs to learn the intricacies of deep water soloing and to try, unrehearsed, some of the hardest – and most aesthetic – routes in the world.

Now we’re bringing Perfecto to you. Don’t miss it. Check out http://www.perfectothemovie.com for more information, the trailer can be viewed here.


5th Annual Pedal Pushers film fest

May 5th, 2008

pedal pusher film fest

Support the SLC bike collective, buy tickets here.


Black Diamond Gear Swap and Sale

March 20th, 2008

I believe the gear swap and BD sale is this weekend, I actually heard about this on the radio - if anyone from BD is out there, it would have been helpful to receive an email about the gear swap. I am subscribed to the Hotwire mailing list…..

Email: here, protected by recaptcha.net


2nd Annual Ogden Climbfest

March 17th, 2008

Jeff Lowe and OGDEN CLIMBING PARKS announce

Cassar Jewelers ClimbFest - Ogden, Utah 2008
A Celebration of Mountain Adventure Art, Literature & Environment.

Exhibits from April 3-17
Main Events April 18 & 19

We are hosting a Literary & Arts Festival where attendees can get up close and personal with climbers, authors and artists.

CALL FOR ART, LITERATURE AND PHOTO SUBMISSION.
There will be cash and product awards for literature, art and photography. Please see our website for more information. http://www.ogdenclimbingparks.com or call us at (801) 392-9181

An example of some of the featured presentations:

Dick Dorworth will be reading segments from his latest book “Night Driving.”

There will be celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Pat Ament’s “Master of Rock,” a biography of pioneer boulderer John Gill.

Ogden Climbing Parks instructional staff will be running a clinic for the public to teach the basics of bouldering.

We will have a cocktail hour at the Grand Ballroom of the Union Station where the winning art will be on display and available for purchase (if not already sold). Books will also be available for purchase. There will also be a silent auction.

Dan Schroeder, Chairman of the Ogden Sierra Club will present an idea to preserve open space by securing designated wilderness for the mountains east of Ogden.

John Bachar, one of the world’s greatest free climbers will present a slideshow.

Get more information and tickets at: http://www.ogdenclimbingparks.com (801) 392-9181 or email anastasia “A T” ogdenclimbingparks.com


Free Slide Show

February 26th, 2008

Please Join us for a free slide presentation with Mike Libecki & special guest, Jay Beyer.

When: Thursday, Feb 28th, 7:00 PM
Where: The Black Diamond Store
Admission: Free

Mike will show some homemade movies from Franz Josef Land Northern Russian Islands, Papua New Guinea, and China, all in the pursuit of virgin big walls, from the largest polar bears on Earth, to eating fresh possum, to remote culture and unexplored Earth, a sweet show not to miss.

Bad Ass Photographer Jay Beyer will serve us a dessert of skiing photography from Alaska to our own back yard in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Huge Gear Raffle!

Live Bluegrass Music!

The Black Diamond Store is located @
2092 East 3900 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
(801) 278-0233
email: bdstore@bdel.com


Misty Murphy CD Release Party

February 26th, 2008

Climber and musician Misty Murphy CD release listening party, from a blog post:

CD RELEASE LISTENING PARTY!!! Come join me to celebrate the release of my new cd VENUS at Green Street Wednesday, February 27th from 7-9 pm. $5 will get you in the door and a free copy of VENUS! See you there!


St. Patty’s Pump Comp @ The Front, March 8th

February 14th, 2008

2007/2008 Event Season concludes with St. Patty’s Pump on March 8!

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the last hoo-rah before outdoor climbing season begins. Join friends new and old for some good old fashioned plastic pulling. Wear green, or the holds won’t be the only things getting pinched!

Early registration is now open. Please! Pre-register early. This helps us plan for the event, and it will really speed your way through the check-in process on the day of the event.


Spray - SLC Premier, 2/13/08 @ The Tower

February 6th, 2008

SPRAY, the fourth feature film from BS Productions, captures the true spirit of climbing. Join us for the Salt Lake City Premier of SPRAY at the Tower Theater on February 13th, 7:00pm. Filmmaker Brian Solano followed Joe Kinder and Chris Lindner on their most recent journey documenting every moment in crystal clear High Definition video. The team set out to explore the treasures of California’s northern coastline. They ventured through the delicate beaches of Arcata, the stunning limestone of the Trinity Aretes, the historical shores of Mickey’s Beach, and the alpine stone of Donner Summit. The film features numerous first ascents, including Chris Lindner’s oceanside route Window of Opportunity.

When: Wednesday, February 13th @ 7:00pm
Where: The Tower Theater, 876 E. 900 S. SLC, Utah
Cost: $12 - Tickets available at Momentum Climbing Gym, The Front Climbing Gym, or The Tower Theater
Who: Anyone psyched to watch the best Nor Cal climbing ever captured on video

Check out SprayMovie.com for more info.