Save the date!
Adventure enthusiasts and climbing junkies alike must not miss The Fifth Annual REEL ROCK Film Tour on Wednesday September 29th, at the Tower Theatre, 7pm.
The REEL ROCK Film Tour brings the best in climbing and adventure films to local audiences across the globe. REEL ROCK shows are spirited events where climbers and outdoors lovers come together to celebrate and sample the ultimate in adventure filmmaking. Prize giveaways, appearances by top climbers, and fundraising for non-profit organizations are always part of the party at REEL ROCK events.
I received an email detailing a potentially hazardous anchor setup that is proliferating in Maple canyon and in particular the Zen Garden and Pipe Dream areas.
The anchors in question utilize quicklinks and (hopefully not a self-fulfilling name of) “slip hooks”:
Hooks
If you are placing these anchors please discuss pros/cons of these hooks with Jeff at Momentum, on Mountainproject, or in the Utahclimbers.com forums.
We are pleased to announce Black Diamond’s 1st Annual Salt Lake Climbers Alliance Fundraiser. This year we are celebrating the alpine spirit of Seth Shaw with a night of music, food, slide shows, friends and fun.
Join us Thursday, May 20th 2010 from 6-10 PM at the Black Diamond courtyard at 2084 East 3900 South, Salt Lake City. Food and beverages will be provided by Desert Edge Brewery with Lortsher & Vlasic doing the catering. There will be stories, a raffle and slide shows by Doug Heinrich, Drew Bedford and the SLCA.
Tickets per person will be $30 before May 15th and $35 after May 15th, premium tickets are $50 and cover entrance to the event, an SLCA yearly membership, t-shirt and gym passes. (While they last!) Tickets can be purchased at the Black Diamond retail store located at 2084 East 3900 South or I.M.E. located at 3265 East 3300 South.
The SLCA would not exist without the generous support of the climbing community, our sponsors and individual climbers like you! Please help us continue our efforts to protect access and maintain crags by attending this fun event.
From an email:
You do NOT want to miss this weekend at Momentum! Not only are we holding our annual 5.14 membership sale, but we are hosting a weekend of ridiculously awesome events! Come check it out!
Friday 5.14
Fast and Fit Competition:
You may be a climber, but are you a Fast and Fit climber? Our first annual Fast and Fit Climber Competition will give climbers of all ability levels an opportunity to compete in events that will test their balance, coordination, speed, and strength. You may climb 5.14, but how fast can you rodeo clip? How about jugging a fixed line? Can you campus a short route? Come test your skills and see if you are the Fastest and Fittest Climber. Register here. http://www.rockgymonline.com/gyms/momentum/comps/
Time: 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Price: Free
Late Night Climb:
We will be climbing the lines and pumping the tunes till the early morn. Open climbing begins after the Fast and Fit Climbers Competition and goes until 2 a.m.
Time: 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Price: $5 for non-members. (rental equipment included)
Saturday 5.15
Barbeque:
The Climbers Café boys will be grilling up some buffalo burgers and brat’s all afternoon!
Time: Noon to 6 p.m.
Shoe/Gear Demo:
5.10, LaSportiva, Red Chilli, Evolv and Black Diamond will be at Momentum letting you test drive their latest gear. Hike your favorite route in the new 5.10 Team shoes or take a few falls in the BD Chaos harness.
Time: 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Price: Trying on demo shoes is free
BYO Brew Movie:
Vertical Limit is one of the greatest stories ever told…..well not really, but it is one of the funniest climbing/mountaineering movies ever made. Bring your own Brew and watch Peter Garrett run around K2 with nitro glycerin strapped to his back in a wild attempt to save his trapped sister, Annie. Remember, “Every good climber wears a belt and suspenders.”
Time: Movie starts at 10:30 p.m. Run time: 124 min
Price: Free
Sunday 5.16
Barbeque:
The Climbers Café is back for round 2 of their famous BBQ food. More buffalo please!
Time: Noon – 4 p.m.
5!4 Sale Special Membership Prices – 4 month summer memberships
Membership Price
Individual $179
Couple $299
Couple + Child* $339
Couple + 2 Children* $379
Youth** $99
*(under 18) **(18 and under)
What: Outlet Sale
When: May 19-22nd
Where: Liberty Mountain, 4375 W. 1980 S. Salt Lake City, UT
Info: HERE!
On Thursday, April 22 the Salt Lake City premiere of Chuck Fryberger’s CORE will include two showings at Brewvies. (677 South 200 West.) Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door.
The first show is at 7pm, second show is at 9pm.
What: BD Gear Swap
When: March 20th, 8 AM
Where: BD Store
Saturday March 20th 8am – noon
* Flea Market style gear swap Saturday Morning, Black Diamond Parking Lot
* Bring your old toys to sell or trade, then come into the store for great
deals on new gear
Guidelines for Sellers:
* Set up and display only in the designated Swap Area. No selling or displaying north of or outside the designated fenced area.
* No outside vendors or retailers – swap is for trading personal gear only
* Tables will be set up for displaying merchandise south of the retail store
* Parking is limited. Once the swap lot is full you’ll have to hoof your stuff to the tables
* Please be respectful of our neighbors and their property
Guidelines for Buyers:
* Any Purchase or trade made in the swap is between individuals and not with Black Diamond
What: Mike Libecki Slideshow
When: March 25th, 7 PM
Where: BD Store, 2084 E 3900 S
Info: Here
Mike Libecki will be taking the audience to some of the most remote, untouched areas of the planet to find beautiful culture, flora and fauna alien to the human eye, and of course what it is like to climb some of the most remote rock walls and towers on the planet. Libecki has explored all of the continents a few times over and will take us to two areas where rescue is not possible and magic truly exists. First we will go to the Gran Sabana in Venezuela, to climb overhanging tepui walls where tarantulas and scorpions are the crux. We will then go to the Socotra Island off the coast of Yemen, one of Earth’s last mysterious and unknown places to seek out granite towers and endemic species found no where else on the planet. This is a show not to miss, and his style of story telling and humor is guaranteed to bring laughter and inspiration.
What: Moes Valley Comp and Trail Building
When: March 27
Where: Moes Valley, Saint George
Info: Here
The Continuum Project Tour comes to SLC
Where: Brewvies Theater, 677 S 200 W
When: March 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm
What: Movie premiere and the nationwide kickoff for the Continuum Tour
Info: http://www.alstrinfilms.com/
As spring rolls in just around the corner we have a special edition of “Movie Night” that should be guaranteed to get you stoked on the season. Join us March 10th, 2010 at 7:30 pm at Brewvies to check out the premiere of Chris Alstrin’s latest film, “The Continuum Project.”
“The Continuum Project” follows some of the world’s best climbing talent around the globe to document bold new routes and daring repeats on ice, rock, and in the alpine. Shot entirely in High Definition, watch as Guy Lacelle, Audrey Gariepy and Mathieu Audibert establish terrifying new ice routes in Norway and Rob Pizem and Mike Anderson crush brawny off-widths and delicate face climbing in Zion. Get on route with Ines Papert and Cory Richards as they blitz Kwangde Shar in Nepal and witness Majka Burhardt and Sarah Watson free the Beckey Route on Elephant’s Perch in the Sawtooths. Discover the rewards and risks of exploration with Jon Walsh and Ian Welsted as they establish a beautiful new mixed line in the remote Icefall Brook range of British Columbia and cool down on the difficult sport routes of Lions Head in Ontario with Sam Elias, Emily Harrington, Leslie Timms and Lauren Lee.
http://www.alstrinfilms.com/TCP-trailer.html
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at The Front Climbing Club, Momentum, and IME. Paid SLCA members can get tickets at half price, so log in, sign up with the SLCA and get the discount.
http://www.saltlakeclimbers.org/membership
What: Backcountry race
When: Saturday, March 13, 2010
Where: Brighton, UT
Info: http://wasatchpowderkeg.com/
What: Romantic(?!) Comp
When: Saturday, February 13
Info: http://www.frontslc.com/website/comps/comps/2010_plastic_passion/setup2.php
Join the Front Salt Lake for the first ever couples comp, Plastic Passion, on Saturday, February 13th. Grab your significant other, roommate, favorite climbing partner, or that guy (or girl) you’ve been eyeing at the gym that sends big and get your pre-Valentine passion on. Another good-clean-fun event at The Front Climbing Club.
Can’t find a partner? No biggy, just browse the singles lounge on Front Utah’s facebook then boast your mad skills and prowl for a mate.
There will be over 70 new problems for all abilities plus schwag from Asana, Evolv, Mountain Hardware, ProBar, Petzl, and more. You and your partners scores will be combined to create your team's final score. Your teams category will determined by your total score. Don't worry – just come have fun – most of our prizes will be raffled off.
Also make sure to FAN The Front Utah on Facebook since The Front SLC and The Front Ogden recently joined forces for one ultimate Facebook experience.
…Deadpoint!
From an email:
This year The Front and Momentum have joined forces for the Deadpoint Bouldering Comp Series. Yes, you get two comps in two days.
Each comp is $35. Get $5 off for being a member (of either gym) and $5 off for pre-registration. Register for both comps for only $50 plus take an additional $5 off for being a member (of either gym) and for pre-registration. (Plus you get a pretty sweet T-Shirt…)
That’s $40 for TWO COMPS with pre-registration and a gym membership!
The Front is holding the Night of the Living Dead Point Comp on Friday October 30th. Check-in time is 5:30pm and climbing is from 6 – 8:30pm.
Momentum is hosting the Dawn of the Dead Point Comp the next morning, Sat. Oct. 31st. Youth comp check-in at 10:30a, and climbing begins at 11am. Adults check-in at 1:00p and climb from 1:30pm – 3:30pm. To support the spirit of Halloween, we will also be awarding a prize for the best costume, so get creative!!!!
The Deadpont Comp Series’ sponsors include: Smith, Metolious, Wild Country, IME, Skull Candy, Petzl, Evolv, Asana, Five.Ten, Black Diamond, Blue Water Ropes, Red Chili, and La Sportiva. Prizes will be awarded at each comp, and there will be overall prizes for those who compete in both.
REGISTER NOW at: http://www.frontslc.com/website/comps/registration/
From an email:
Momentum Delivers…
We’re not only reducing our membership prices, but we’re doing away with contracts! Sign up and your monthly fee is your monthly fee… Until you decide otherwise. Simple as that.
We will also allow you to freeze memberships if, say, you decide to go to abroad for a month or two… You’ll still come back to the same monthly price when you are ready to get back to training.
The sale runs through Monday, Oct 5th – Sunday Oct, 12th, and prices are as follows:
Individual: $49/mo
Couple: $79/mo
Add on: $10 per child for the first 2 children. Additional children are free.
Come check it out! It’s going to be a party!
What: Free slide show/book signing/films
Where: Ogden Amphitheater 343 25th Street, Ogden UT
When: Friday Sept 25 7:30 PM
From an email from the legend himself, Jeff Lowe:
Your readers in the Ogden Area will be happy to know that they can catch a Steve House slide show and book signing this Friday, 09-25, at 7:30 PM in the Ogden Amphitheater, 343 25th St. Free to the public and will be followed by several great mountain films.
From the SLCA forum.
SLCA will be hosting a graffiti clean-up project in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Sept. 19. The main objective is to clean up the notorious graffiti on the Beer Can Cave Boulder.
We understand that this is short notice, but all the equipment for this project is ready to go and we could really use the help hauling the gear up to the boulder.
Date: September 19, 2009
Time: 7:00am to Whenever we are finished
Place: Meet at the LCC Park and Ride
Bring: Work gloves, appropriate clothing, water, food, etc.