Ian Caldwell Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Yep. Its the 19th annual Smith Rock Spring Thing. May 7, 2011. Come on out. Sign up for a project from 8am-10am. Work on rock walls, trail maintenance new stairs to Dihedrals, additional steps on Misery Ridge Trail and many other projects. Volunteers will get a free dinner, great deals at the auction/raffle and a Jim Thornburg Slideshow!
Teh Phuzzy Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 If the weather in the Gorge sux, I'll see you down there.
corvallisclimb Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Ian spends countless hours working on the trails and maintaing the park throughout the year, more so than any one else(most likely more than all of spring thing combined too). If you can, lend him a hand for a day!
Teh Phuzzy Posted May 3, 2011 Posted May 3, 2011 Looks like I'll be down there all weekend. I am looking for a partner this weekend as well if any y'alls down that way. Riding out down from PDX on Friday early and home Monday morn if you want to cruise in the Vanagon. Thanks for posting this Ian.
Ian Caldwell Posted May 3, 2011 Author Posted May 3, 2011 Join us for the 19th Annual Smith Rock Spring Thing on Saturday May 7th. This year we are going to be fixing the steps on Misery Ridge, finishing the Cinnamon Slab Area, installing new steps to the Dihedrals and lots of other projects throughout the park. Sign up early at registration for a free t-shirt. First 150 people get shirts. Registration is from 8-10am in the main parking lot at Smith Rock State Park. Coffee and snacks also provided. Pick a project at registration and head to your work area. Many people bring their climbing packs and get a few pitches in at the end of the day. In the evening we do a volunteer appreciation dinner, auction and slideshow at the barn near the Northern Point/Lower Gorge entrance. People start showing up around 5pm. Check out the sponsor booths, slackline and eagle nest (you might even see the baby eagles with spotting scope). Dinner at 6pm...free vegetarian burritos....yumm. Auction has lots of great climbing gear donated by sponsors. All the money raised goes towards future Spring Things and building materials for the trails. After the auction, Jim Thornburg will give a free slideshow for volunteers. http://www.jimthornburg.com/ And don't forget about the brownies baked by Terrebonne Depot. Hope to see you there. Ian Caldwell
MJaso Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 Why does this sheeought coincide with Mother's Day weekend? Don't yall have moms? Just sayin......
Teh Phuzzy Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Thank you to Ian, Paul, Mary, and all the other folks out there who put this together. It was a lot of fun and rounded out a great weekend of climbing (i guess the bits of hail did that too) P.S. I called my mother
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