All the volunteers at the Climbers' Rendezvous in North Conway, NH, and especially the following: Royal Robbins and Hans Florine for their outstanding slide shows; Mike Brown for his unstinting work in the pouring rain; Barb Rogers who, with Lisa Malzahn, put in many hours running the door; gear cataloger extraordinaire Brett Sawyer; Ragged Mountain Foundation for manning the beer booth; burly bouncer Bob Monnet; mover and shaker Glen Pinson; chief go-for Tim Messerich; Stuart Pregnall for staffing the Access Fund booth; and all the Wild Country folks, including Bill, Jim, Donna and Stephanie, for letting us set up a temporary Access Fund Headquarters at their office.
Also thanks to Marc Twight and Cathy Beloeil for supporting the Access Fund during their current slide show tour; Tim Pitner who consulted with us on our financial reports; Jay Pezoldt and Don Swendson for helping out in the Boulder office; Cory Fleagle for his slide show benefit; and O'Shaughnessy-Parr for redesigning the "Access Notes" logo.
The Access Fund thanks the gyms, stores and organizations for hosting the following benefit events:
Chicagoland Bouldering Competition at North Wall in Crystal Lake, IL; The Gathering at Seneca sponsored by the Pennsylvania Mountaineering Association; Gay Games IV Sport Climbing Competition and the Halloween Competition held at the Inner Wall in New Paltz, NY; Climb and Punishment, the first North Shore Climbers' Gathering, sponsored by the Bluestone Company of Duluth, MN; poster signing by Robin Erbesfield and Francois Legrand at Marmot Mountain Works in Berkeley, CA; Pump It Up I at the Summit Rock Gym in Oklahoma City, OK and Pump It Up II at the Stoneworks Rock Gym in Carrollton, TX; Forearm Frenzy at Chandler Park, OK, sponsored by the Tulsa Rock Climbing Club; the Grand Opening at Alabama Outdoors in Birmingham, AL; the competition at North Carolina's Charlotte Climbing Center; The World's Coolest Climbing Contest at Galyan's in Indianapolis, IN.
CLIMBING AREA FOR SALE
Squat Rocks in Colorado's South Platte is on the market for $45,000. This delightful climbing area comes with 40 acres of land. 20% down, owner will carry. For more information, call Sally in the Access Fund office at 303.545.6772.
IN MEMORIAM
The Rim of the World Climbing Club sent a donation in honor of Steve Untch, one of its founding members. Steve died on K2 this summer while helping a stranded climber descend the mountain. Steve believed in saving our climbing resources for future generations and would be pleased to be a part of securing access to the crags for those future climbers. The Access Fund extends sympathy and gratitude to his family and friends.
WANTED: Video footage of climbing areas where Access Fund has been active.
WANTED: Intern for Access Fund video project.