climbersfestival Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 The International Climbers’ Festival is back for a 16th straight year! The 2009 Festival will be held this July 8th - 12th in Lander, Wyoming. The festival is a non-profit and is connected to three local Lander climbing initiatives: the Jim Ratz Memorial Scholarship, the Todd Skinner Foundation and BARF (the local Bolt and Anchor Replacement Fund). 2009 highlights include: SLIDESHOWS & FILMS: • Superstar climber, Joe Kinder, will be giving the featured Friday night slideshow dubbed “One Year Past” and running a “redpointing tactics” clinic up at Wild Iris. • The Telluride Mountainfilm film festival returns showing more of their amazing inspirational outdoor short films on Saturday night. • Dave Anderson, just back from his “Mugs Stump Award” supported trip to Pirate Valley, Argentina, will give a slideshow on Wednesday night. CLINICS: • Free climbing clinics by Arno Ilgner, Ally Rainey, Wendy Davis, Kris “Odub” Hampton, Joe Kinder and the Jackson Hole Mountain Guides. • Climbing trainers, Steve Bechtel and Eric Horst, will be offering a new seven-hour climbing seminar dubbed “Climb Strong!” on Saturday aimed at covering all the bases for improving rock climbing performance. MUSIC: • Rocking music from reggae artist Dan Sherrill and climber/rappers ODub & Misty Murphy. COMPS & RACES: • Slackline comp, dyno comp pull-up comp and the infamous crate-stacking comp • 5K, 10K & 20K trail races at the Wild Iris climbing area. FREE FOOD: • Saturday morning pancake breakfast, Saturday night pizza & beer and Sunday morning breakfast burritos! RAFFLES: • Awesome gear giveaways from our wonderful festival partners. International Climbers’ Festival tickets are $40 if you buy online before June 1st. After June 1st they will rise to $45. All tickets include a festival t-shirt and entry to all events (except the Climb Strong seminar). To purchase a ticket and find out more specifics about festival events, history, area lodging and our amazing festival partners please visit www.climbersfestival.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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