Triple Crown LRC Comp Rescheduled

Dear Triple Crowners!-

We have rescheduled the Little Rock City Bouldering Competition for Saturday January 7th 2006. An e-mail containing all of the competition particulars will be coming in the next few weeks. The itinerary for the competition will be very similar to the plan that we had for December 3rd. Should the weather be poor on the 7th the competition will be moved to Sunday January 8th.

We also want to send out a very special thank-you to all of the folks who braved the weather and came out to the First Tennessee Pavilion on Sunday for our Speed Climbing and Dyno competition. We raised over $3,000 for Habitat for Humanity! We want to say a very special thank-you to the competitors that donated their cash prizes ($900) to the cause as well—Heath Bailey, Kate Reese, Alli Rainey-Wendling, Ronnie Jenkins, Dave Graham and Nancy Jackson.

The representatives for Habitat for Humanity were brought to tears by the size of the donation, and extremely thankful to the entire climbing community for their support. They reported that, “this money would cover the cost of a roof or floor for a new home for an underprivileged family.” They were especially moved by the fact that the competitors gave back their winnings.

Big thanks to all of our sponsors (Rock/Creek Outfitters, Marmot, Mountain Hardwear, Chaco, Misty Mountain, Oakley, Rockstar Beverages, Arborwear, Montrail, and Metolius), our volunteers, and climbers for helping us make this happen!

Please keep checking the SCC website and the Triple Crown website for updates and information.

**Those participants that cannot attend should contact us by no later than Monday December 19th—

Best Regards,

Jim and Chad

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ClimbingGear Joins Castle Rock Initiative

ClimbingGear.com's parent company, Rock/Creek Outfitters, has just joined the initiative to lease Castle Rock in order to make it open to climbers by making a financial gift. As the Southeastern Climbers' Coalition's Web site explains, "Castle Rock is located approximately 3 miles northwest of downtown Jasper, Tennessee. You catch a glimpse of this proud buttress as you drive up the hill towards Foster Falls (look to your right above Castle Rock church). Castle Rock is located on private land and has technically been closed to the climbing public. In the fall of 2004, The Southeastern Climbers Coalition began negotiations with the landowners to open access to this area. A verbal committment has been reached and a lease should be signed during the month of October 2005."

"Castle Rock is approximately 1/2 mile long of 80 to 120 ft. tall bullet sandstone. Castle Rock is known for many 5.11 and 5.12 sport climbs and one of the hardest routes in the state of Tennessee - Apes on Acid (5.13d). Castle Rock is listed as a 4 star (out of 5) crag in Tim Toula's "Rock and Road" guidebook."

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Yvon Chouinard, founder and owner of Patagonia, will appear on the Tavis Smiley show tomorrow, November 29th. Says Smiley's Web site: "Yvon Chouinard is a surfer, fly fisher and world-class mountaineer. He’s also founder of Patagonia, Inc., an outdoor clothing company that he built into a $230 million company without taking it public. On the premise that green business is good business, he devotes 1% of annual sales to grassroots environmental organizations. Chouinard is also a noted writer, on climbing issues and ethics and, in Let My People Go Surfing, relates his core philosophies that are simultaneously common sense and radical."

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Custom Chaco Sandals for the Triple Crown

From the latest SNews issue:

Chaco footwear, in conjunction with Rock Creek Outfitters [ClimbingGear's parent company] and Alabama Outdoors, will offer one-of-a-kind performance sandals available for purchase at the 2005 Triple Crown Bouldering Series. Proceeds will help the Southeastern Climbers' Coalition and the Carolina Climbers' Coalition gain permanent public access to bouldering, climbing and hiking areas in the United States.

Featuring two custom webbing designs not available in stores, Chaco performance sandals will be available for purchase to all participants and attendees of the Triple Crown series at nearly 40 percent off regular retail. A large portion of the proceeds are going to help create a new state park at Rumbling Bald, N.C., known for climbing and bouldering. Upcoming Triple Crown www.triplecrownbouldering.org.

Events are Nov. 5 in Steele, Ala., and Dec. 3 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Chaco, Rock Creek and Alabama Outdoors say they'll put close to $20,000 into direct action causes in 2006 in the Southeast alone.