Black Hills Climbing Coalition
October 2008
The next meeting of the BHCC will be 7 pm Tuesday, October 21, at the Gaslight in Rockerville.
Rick Emerson will be giving a powerpoint/DVD presentation at the meeting on the Primal Quest Adventure Race—the World Series of Adventure Racing--that will be held in the Black Hills and Badlands next year August 15-24, 2009 . The event will feature mountain biking, paddling, spelunking, trekking, ultra marathon hiking, running, orienteering, and rock climbing over a 600-mile course. The climbing section will be held in Custer State Park. As course director, and assistant race director, Rick has already had meetings with officials at Custer State Park, Wind Cave, Badlands Park, the Rapid City Sports Council, the Dept of Tourism, and even the Govenor. Rick wants to make sure all area climbers know about the upcoming event. If you have any questions about how the event will run, the possible impact of 400 competitors plus 300 volunteers running the event, and a huge crew filming the event, now is the time to educate yourself about what will be happening, and to give your feedback if you have any concerns. Rick says event organizers are very concerned about being both environmentally friendly, and local friendly, and in that vein Rick is also hoping to get local climbers as volunteers (the 2008 race had 300 volunteers from 27 countries!!) If you have any questions, but can't make the meeting, Rick can be reached at 381-5372, or emersric@rapidnet.com
Other dates for next years calendar—
Pinfest will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2009.
Beans and Biners will not be on Labor Day weekend next year, instead it will be on Saturday, September 12, 2009.
There is a possibility that super ranger Todd Van Alstyne can lead a group of coalition members up to the Hall of Records behind Mount Rushmore for a BHCC Holiday get together in early December. Stay tuned for details. We will let you know if it is going to happen in the November newsletter.
Congratulations to former Black Hills local Dawn Glanc who was featured in the Players sections of the October 2008 edition of climbing magazine. Who would have known that Dawn had a thing for "The Price is Right." Check it out and grin.
Climb Hard and Climb Safe
Bruce Junek—Newsletter Editor
2008 BHCC BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Bruce B. Junek, Chairperson 605-348-3432
Lyle Clapp, Vice Chairperson 662-7764/440-0718
Becky Wood, Secretary
Jim Slichter, Treasurer
Aaron Costello, Publicist
Ron Yahne, Member @ Large
Peter Lev, Member @ Large
Well that's their newsletter. Here is the link to the Primal Quest Adventure Race Website.
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