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2008 Events

2008 NATIONAL CONFERENCE -
  • August 5-10, 2008
  • Rocky Mountain National Park
  • More Information

      • April 18-20: Solid Rock Outreach Weekend in Bishop, CA Area
      Area Contacts, Kevin and Stephanie Sapp, along with Kristin Anderson will be organizing a Solid Rock Outreach Weekend in Bishop, CA Area on April18-20. Kevin share the current plan is: “Friday night would be when all come into town. We would come together, eat, sing and get to know each other around the camp fire (at the “PIT” campground). I think it would be cool to have climbers at the Happy's, Sad's, Buttermilks, Central Owens Gorge, and Upper Owens Gorge. Those are the crags where we would run into the most people. We think it would be cool to travel, that night before bed, to those area's parking lots we plan on climbing at the next day and pray over the whole thing. Saturday would start with a quick morning devo and then off for some "on mission climbing"- inviting people we meet for dinner that night. We would like to end the dinner by inviting those who ate to be a part of a "Cross Circle" - where we would pose a question to the group (climbing related) and facilitate a discussion around the campfire for a while. I would summarize the discussion with a challenging, loving, and Christ-centered snapshot of the gospel and what it truly means to be a Christ-follower. Sunday would be a time of worship, prayer, and time in God's Word - then off for some more climbing and/or traveling.” Contact Kevin at ksapp84@yahoo.com for more info or to sign-up to be involved.

      April 18-20: Red River Gorge Reunion Gathering/Outreach
      When Area Contact, Sid Trogdon (sidtrog@aol.com), was at Red River Gorge last fall for the Rocktoberfest weekend, he put together a pancake breakfast for the climbers at Miguel's. Although it was a bit hastily arranged and accomplished by inexperienced amateurs, it went pretty well. Sid wants to improve on that “beginning” with another opportunity being April 18-20, 2008 during the Red River Gorge Reunion weekend (check www.rrgcc.org for more info). In his words, he is officially begging anyone who wants to shed the light of Christ's love among climbers at a pancake breakfast to join-in at least in prayer and contact him if you want to be part of the ministry team.

      May 1st: 6th Annual International Day of Prayer for Climbers
      On Thursday, May 1st, 2008, you are invited to pray for the climbing community and SRCFC’s effectiveness in helping Christian climbers do outreach work. Last year, we had over 70 Solid Rockers praying for hundreds of climbers by name. This happens the same day as the American National Day of Prayer. Plan to join us this year! Our goal is to cover the entire 24 hour day from 12:00 am to 11:59 pm (GMT –8:00). Starting on April 10th, you will be able to sign-up for a thirty-minute prayer time and submit the names of your climbing friends (first names only) who need to become a follower of Christ or who are followers but need a change in direction at www.srcfc.org/activity1/ndp.asp. After the sign-up deadline of April 28th is reached, you will receive a prayer guide and requests via email.

      May 3rd: The 16th Annual Spring Thing at Smith Rock SRCFC is participating as a sponsor
      The 16th Annual “Spring Thing” will be held on Saturday, May 3rdh. This is a trail-building and maintenance work day and once again, SRCFC is a sponsor of the event. Additionally, Calvin Landrus is heading up the food crew. We will be having a booth that needs to be manned at from 3:00 to 7:00 pm. Please make yourself available to be there! The crew will be doing coffee and goodies at start of the day and dinner in the evening. Please come and develop some relationships with other climbers as we serve together. Contact Calvin at srcfc@bendbroadband.com or (541) 408-5846 if you can make it out. If there are some folks from out of town, Sunday will begin with a worship time and then some climbing together.

      June 27-28: Sportsmen's Outdoor Adventure Expo, Bloomington-Normal, IL SRCFC is participating as a sponsor
      Jeremiah Sportsmen Ministries is organizing the Sportsmen's Outdoor Adventure Expo to be held in Bloomington-Normal, IL on June 27-28, 2008. The concept is to have a Christian based sportsmen's weekend. The weekend will be full of The PLUS Factor. And that is that every speaker must include "God" in his presentation. This can be in the form of a testimony worked in to the talk or a reference to scriptures to bring home a point in the talk, etc. Applications to be a speaker are being accepted and in the application each potential speaker is asked how he/she intends to accomplish that. At booths we encourage evangelizing and sharing the "Good News". We are dialoging how climbing and SRCFC can be part of this event. Area Contact, Bill Leahy - (leahyelec@grics.net), is heading up our involvement in this event.


      11th Annual
      "Prayer Peaks"
      (June 28, 2008)

      June 28: 11th Annual Prayer Peaks
      June 28, 2008 is the 11th Annual "Prayer Peaks" - a unique national day of prayer from mountain peaks nationwide (and even internationally). Please join others in as they intercede for our nation. For more info contact Derek Fullerton, Founder of Prayer Peaks (Colorado Springs, Colorado) at prayerpeaks714@aol.com





    2008 Events
      SRCFC Chandler Mountain Challenge
    • February 8-9, 2008
    • Horsepens 40, Steele, AL
    • More Information

      • March 28-30: Red Rock Rendezvous, Las Vegas, NV

    • Once again we will have an opportunity to have a servant’s role at Red Rock Rendezvous, March 28-30, 2008 (http://www.redrockrendezvous.com/). There will be numerous ways to serve including being campground hosts, pull-out coordinators, lunch-runners and other support roles. Being “inside the ropes” at an event like this will give you many opportunities to connect with unreached climbers. Also note that this is a wonderful event for those new to climbing. If you sign-up as an attendee, you will receive some great basic instruction.

      April 11-13: Smith Rock Outreach
      his event has changed a bit but will still begin with gathering on Saturday for a day of climbing. On Sunday morning, we will hold a worship service including free coffee/bagel at the bridge in park. Please plan to camp at the state park’s bivouac area. Contact our National Office Intern, Travis Weil (twlowend@hotmail.com), to let him know you are coming or if you have questions.

    2007 Events
    SRCFC Winter Conference
  • El Potrero Chico, Mexico
  • January 29 - February 4, 2007
  • See Pictures and Report

    • 2007 NATIONAL CONFERENCES
  • West Coast (Aug. 1-5): Lover’s Leap/Lake Tahoe Area
    >>>> Report and Picture Slide Show (13MB)
  • East Coast (Oct. 10-14): Red River Gorge

      • January 13: Western Washington SRCFC Gathering
      Solid Rockers of Western Washington are invited to attend a SRCFC gathering at New Life Center in Everett. The purpose will be for fellowship, planning and climbing. The time schedule will be from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Bring a friend. Area Contact, Dallas Kloke (dallas.kloke1@verizon.net) will have more details including directions in the first part of January.

      January 29 - February 4: SRCFC Winter Conference, El Potrero Chico, Mexico
      Schedule: Generally, the days will be filled with connecting with others attending and doing some “on mission” climbing. The evenings will be a series of outreach meetings. We may need to spend time in preparing evening meals for the outreaches and/or doing some helping hand ministry in the local areas. Sunday morning, we will have a worship service together.
      Keynote Presenter: Jeremy Collinsy is a member of SRCFC and one of our high-profile endorsers. Besides being a very solid climber, he is better known for being a climbing artist. He is the senior illustrator for Rock and Ice Magazine. He will be doing a live painting at one of our outreach evenings.
      National Director: Calvin Landrus, SRCFC’s National Director will be attending. At one of the outreach evenings, he will be doing a presentation on climbing “The Nose Route” on El Capitan, Yosemite, CA. At another time, he willbe sharing about all the exciting things happening with SRCFC.
      Helping Hand Ministry: We are exploring options to do some physical needs ministry in villages in the area. We are looking to partner with an advertiser who has done charity work in the region. We will encourage all attendees to bring something to aid in this effort. More to come on this!
      Other Key Players: Roger Kubly [kublyr@hotmail.com or (608) 628-2068], Area Contact out of Mission, TX for the winter, will be the event’s main organizer. He will be doing a slide-show on his attempt on Mt. Logan. SRCFC member, Dottie Cross, spends the winters in El Potrero Chico, Mexico and she is will be working on lodging and camping plans. Finally, our on-the-road missionaries, Will and Carly Buckman, will begin their second half of their six month commitment of ministering and sharing the Good News with climbers.

      February 17-19, 2007: Enchanted Rock, TX
      Roger Kubly, Area Contact out of Mission, TX during the winter months, is seeking those interested in being part of a gathering/outreach over President’s Weekend (February 17-19, 2007) at Enchanted Rock, TX. If you are interested in participating in this weekend, please reach Roger at kublyr@hotmail.com or (608) 628-2068.

      February 24: The Frigid Flash - Anchorage, AK
      Grant Walker, Anchorage Area Contact, will be doing a table outreach at the Frigid Flash Climbing Competition. For more on the comp visit http://www.alaskarockgym.com/. For more details email Grant at gemj@acsalaska.net.

      March 2-4: Gathering at The Grotto, CA
      Area Contact, Shirley Burek, along with Melissa Flick and Amy Alonzo, will be hosting a SRCFC Gathering at the Grotto*. The Grotto is an enclosed, pit-like area on the north side of Table Mt., about 5 miles outside of Jamestown, CA. For those who don’t want to lead but push themselves, they will have rope-guns to put up top-ropes. You can see more about the area at http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/North_America/United_States/California/Western_Sierra/The_Grotto_-_Table_Mountain/. Melissa, who lives in Twain Harte, about 20 miles east of Jamestown on Hwy 108, is opening up her home for all to crash at (i.e. sleep on the floor) for Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday night(s). The weekend will include evening and morning fellowship/worship. Please RSVP with or get more details from Shirley at sychonicity@yahoo.com. For lodging info and directions contact Melissa at mjflick@goldrush.com. (* = If weather necessitates it, the location maybe moved to another part of Table Mountain.)

      March 2-4: Tucson, AZ Area Gathering/Outreach
      With locals and our on-the-road missionaries, Will and Carly. Email wonderdog22@hotmail.com for information.

      March 16-18: Indian Creek/Moab, Utah Area Gathering/Outreach
      With locals and our on-the-road missionaries, Will and Carly. Email wonderdog22@hotmail.com for information.

      March 23-25: Smith Rock, OR Gathering
      Solid Rockers from the NW are invited to attend Gathering at Smith Rock, OR. We will spend the time climbing together, developing relationships and praying together about reaching climbers in the NW and specifically thinking through a spring-break outreach. Calvin Landrus (srcfc@bendbroadband.com) will offer more details in the future.

      March 22-25: Red Rock Rendezvous, Las Vegas, NV
      Once again we will have an opportunity to have a servant’s role at Red Rock Rendezvous, March 22-25, 2007 (http://www.mgear.com/rr07/). The owner of Mountain Gear (organizer of the RRR) and I have known each other since the early 80’s. I hope to hear from many of you that you want to be part of this outreach opportunity. We will be campground hosts again. This will take about 4 people to staff and they can participate in the climbing clinics* on the weekend. Also, they have a real need for pull-out coordinators, lunch runners and support staff during the day while the clinics are happening. This group will not be able to participate in the clinics. We need to let the organizers know ASAP the approximate number of people we will have to help staff the event. So please response with your interest. You can say: “I will be there for sure or I’m considering being there.” Being “inside the ropes” at an event like this will give you many opportunities to connect with un-reached climbers.

      March 30-April 1: AAC Mountain Fest and Annual Meeting in Bend, OR
      Join SRCFC’s National Director, Calvin Landrus, in attending this annual event of the American Alpine Club. (www.americanalpineclub.org).

      April 15: Gathering at Rockquest Climbing Gym (Cincinnati)
      In preparation and planning for the Red River Gorge Outreach, Sid will be holding a gathering at Rockquest climbing gym in Blue Ash (Cincinnati) on Sunday, April 15. Time will be 4:00 pm, (and, there may be pizza involved!), and we want everyone's input and prayers. Likely a little climbing afterwards so bring shoes and harness, etc. if interested. Let Sid know you are coming at sidtrog@aol.com.

      April 20-22: Red River Gorge Reunion Gathering/Outreach
      When Area Contact, Sid Trogdon (sidtrog@aol.com), was at Red River Gorge last fall for the Rocktoberfest weekend, he put together a pancake breakfast for the climbers at Miguel's. Although it was a bit hastily arranged and accomplished by inexperienced amateurs, it went pretty well. Sid wants to improve on that “beginning” with another opportunity being April 20-22, 2007 during the Red River Gorge Reunion weekend (check www.rrgcc.org for more info). In his words, he is officially begging anyone who wants to shed the light of Christ's love among climbers at a pancake breakfast to join-in at least in prayer and contact him if you want to be part of the ministry team.

      MApril 21: Climbathon at The Bridge, Joplin, MO
      SRCFC is participating as a sponsor
      The Bridge, a climbing gym in Joplin, MO (www.thebridgejoplin.com), will be raising funds to build a bouldering wall and improve the main wall. The local climbers, mainly high schoolers and college students, are taking ownership and raising money for their gym. The owner, who is a believer, would like to have some SRCFC climbers here that would hang out with the climbers. If you would like to participate or would like more information, contact Dan Turnbeaugh at dant@thebridgejoplin.com.

      April 27-29: Outreach and Gathering at the Beanfest, Tucson, AZ
      Area Contact, Jason Mann is working on plans for an Outreach and Gathering at the Beanfest in the Cochise Stronghold on April 27-29. Thoughts on the table are a Gatorade distribution, showing a movie, doing breakfast and/or a dessert Saturday night. Please contact Jason at Jasonpmann@hotmail.com to let him know your interest.

      May 3rd: 5th Annual SRCFC International Day of Prayer
      On Thursday, May 3rd, 2007, you are invited to pray for the climbing community and SRCFC’s effectiveness in helping Christian climbers do outreach work. Last year, we had over 70 Solid Rockers praying for hundreds of climbers by name. This happens the same day as the American National Day of Prayer. Plan to join us this year! Our goal is to cover the entire 24 hour day from 12:00 am to 11:59 pm (GMT –8:00). Sign-up at Day of Prayer.

      May 5th: The 15th Annual Spring Thing at Smith Rock
      SRCFC is participating as a sponsor
      The 13th Annual Spring Thing will be on Saturday, May 5th. This is a trail-building and maintenance work day. And once again, SRCFC is a sponsor of the event. Additionally, Calvin Landrus is heading up the food crew. NEW – We will be having a booth that needs to be manned at from 3:00 to 7:00 pm. Please make yourself available to be there! The crew will be doing coffee and goodies at start of the day and the dinner in the evening. Please come and develop some relationships with other climbers as we serve together. Contact Calvin at srcfc@bendbroadband.com or (541) 408-5846 if you can make it out. If there are some folks from out of town, Sunday will begin with a worship time and then some climbing together.


      Tenth Annual
      "Prayer Peaks"
      (June 30, 2007)

      June 30: Tenth Annual Prayer Peaks
      June 30, 2007 is the Tenth Annual "Prayer Peaks" - a unique national day of prayer from mountain peaks nationwide (and even internationally). Please join others in as they intercede for our nation. For more info contact Derek Fullerton, Founder of Prayer Peaks (Colorado Springs, Colorado) at prayerpeaks714@aol.com

      July 11-15: International Climbers Festival - Gathering
      SRCFC Member, Ellie Drummond (ellie.drummond@gmail.com) is coordinating a gathering of Solid Rockers at International Climbers Festival Gathering (www.climbersfestival.org) in Lander, WY. Besides participating, the group gathering will include some time for daily worship, devotional and prayer time. Remember, just a group like this being together at an event is a witness!

      July 13-15: Washington Pass Outreach
      This outreach will be held in the group of prominent spires and towers above Washington Pass, in the northern Cascades of Washington. The Beckey Route on Liberty Bell is one of the most popular rock climbs in the state. We will set up at the Blue Lake trailhead and parking area and offer drinks, food and tracts. If you want to participate please contact Dallas Kloke at dallas.kloke1@verizon.net

      2007 National Conference – West Coast
      August 1-5: Lover’s Leap - Lake Tahoe Area
      The votes favored Lovers Leap/Lake Tahoe area. For this reason and for group climbing, family options and currently reservable camping, the decision was made to have it at Lover’s Leap/Lake Tahoe. SRCFC has reserved campground sites at Meeks Bay. If you would like to help with the event in anyway or considering attending, please visit Lover’s Leap/Lake Tahoe Area Sign-up.

      August 4th: Gathering at Mississippi Palisades, Illinois
      On Saturday night, August 4th, new SRCFC Area Contact, Bill Leahy, will be hosting a free dinner for members and guests at Mississippi Palisades climbing area in NW Illinois. During the day, the plan is to do some “on-mission” climbing together and then gather at Bill’s campsite to share a meal together. Included in the evening will be fellowship, planning future outreaches and praying for the region’s climbing community. All climbers new to SRCFC will have a chance to win a new Black Diamond C4 Cam and be entered in an online gear giveaway. Everyone will be responsible for securing their first-come, first-serve campsite if spending the night(s) and each is responsible for bringing camping gear and food (Saturday night dinner provided). More may develop for the weekend as interest is shown. Please email Bill at leahyelec@grics.net your plans to attend and/or to get more information. A couple of sites for climbing and camping information are: http://oac.cliffgear.com/docs/Resources/MississippiPalisades and http://www.stateparks.com/mississippi_palisades.html.

      August 18: God's Lake (Wisconsin) Outreach
      Please join us for our God's Lake Outreach on August 18, 2007. We'll start at the CCC Trail parking lot at 8:15 AM handing out hot/cold drinks with donuts/cookies and other materials and share with climbers as they head out up the hill. Please call me at 608 628 2068 or email at kublyr@hotmail.com for more info.

      August 19: BEAT THE HEAT 3, Sterling, VA
      SRCFC is participating as a sponsor
      Sportrock will be hosting it’s third Beat the Heat, a member appreciation event and fundraiser for www.paradoxsports.org at the Sterling, VA Sportrock location. Last year over 300 members and guests attended and well over 100 competitors came out to try their hand at over 100 boulder problems and other fun and crazy events! SRCFC is a sponsor of this event and will be able to place a table and banner at the event. Unlike last year, we are unaware of any one to “man” the table. If you are interested, please contact Calvin at info@srcfc.org.

      September 14-16: Gathering and Drink Outreach at City of the Rocks, ID
      On-the-Road Missionary, Julia Streich along with Area Contacts, Peter Springs (Utah) and Tim Burling (South Idaho), are planning a Gathering and Drink Outreach at City of the Rocks. Camping details are still being hammered out and volunteers are still being requested to make this happen. Please contact Julia (ssa006@gmail.com) if you would like to participate in anyway. (NOTE: due to an injury to Julia’s foot, she will not be attending but is still the contact person for the event)

      September 21-23: Smith Rock Detour, OR
      SRCFC is participating as a sponsor
      This is the same climber’s festival weekend that we participated in last year. More details to follow and the event website is www.smithrockdetour07.com.

      September 29-30: Horseshoe Canyon Ranch Climbing Marathon, AR
      SRCFC is participating as a sponsor
      SRCFC Area Contact, Andy Chasteen, and some friends are organizing a climbing competition at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Arkansas. They are partnering with The Access Fund to put on a 2nd Annual Extreme Climbing Comp at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch (see www.24hoursofhorseshoe.com). Contact Andy at andrewchasteen@yahoo.com for more information.

      September 26-30: Yosemite Facelift
      SRCFC is participating as a sponsor
      This fall, Yosemite Climbing Association is hosting the fourth annual Yosemite Facelift to help clean up the park after the busy summer season. Join hundreds of volunteers on September 26th-30th for an intensive cleaning of high use areas in the park before the winter rains set in. In addition to removing tons of waste from the park, The Facelift also features a raffle for participants and a series of evening events. SRCFC will be a sponsor of the event by throwing in a climbing rope for the raffle. They are offering free camping sites to volunteers. If you would like a spot, please reply so the sites can be reserved. Visit YCA website (http://www.yosemiteclimbing.org/) for the complete schedule.

      September 28-30: “Be The First! The MaineClimbs.com Send Off”, Clifton, Maine
      Northeast members of Solid Rock, we are planning an outreach/gathering on the weekend of Sept. 28-30 to coincide with the “Be The First! The MaineClimbs.com Send Off.” This First Ascent Festival is open to people of all climbing levels. We will travel to Clifton, Maine and the Woodchuck Hill area where there are hundreds of unclimbed problems. Solid Rock is planning on sponsoring one of the breakfasts. The goal of this event is to serve and fellowship with the local climbing community and to connect members of Solid Rock. See Send Off information at http://www.maineclimbs.com/sendoff/index.html. You will need to register there (cost $25) and you will be encouraged to give a donation to SRCFC to cover the cost of the breakfast items. There is deadline of Sept. 26th. Please contact Guy deBrun at gdebrunster@gmail.com if you would like to attend or need more info!

      October 19-21: New River Gorge Gathering
      Although the National Conference will not be at “the New,” we still would like to have a presence there this fall and Michael Mullendore (mmullen7@jhmi.edu) of Baltimore, MD has agreed to organize a gathering at that location. The basic parts of a gathering are on-mission climbing, fellowship and prayer for outreach to the climbers around that climbing area. More details are to be announced but please let Michael know if you have some interest in being part of this gathering.

      SLCA Little Cottonwood Canyon Adopt-a-Crag Day!
      SRCFC is participating as a sponsor
      The Salt Lake Climbers’ Alliance (SLCA) is pleased to announce that the next local Adopt-a-Crag Day will take place on October 20, 2007 in lower Little Cottonwood Canyon (LCC). Working with the Wasatch Cache National Forest Salt Lake District and the Access Fund, we will be focusing on improving and cleaning up the climbing areas and trail network from lower LCC and all the way up to White Pine. On-the-road Missionary, Julia Streich (ssa006@gmail.com), is the SRCFC contact if you would like to participate in anyway. More info can be found at http://www.saltlakeclimbers.org/.

      October 18-20: 2007 SRCFC Board of Directors Annual Meeting and Gathering
      SRCFC will be holding its Annual BOD meeting in Bend, OR on October 19. All members are welcome to attend. On Friday night we will have a dinner together with the National Director giving vision for 2008. On Saturday, we will do some “on mission” climbing.

      CONNECT & CLIMB
      November 30-December 2: Joshua Tree, CA (Hidden Valley Campground)
      December 7-9: Red Rocks, NV (13 Mile Campground)
      Come join other Christians for fun, fellowship and/or climbing. On-the-road missionary, Kristin Anderson, will have a family campsite for the weekend, and will host informal campfires, worship times, prayer, bible study/devotionals, potluck meals, and/or game nights. Come with or without a climbing partner, and join us for an hour or for the whole weekend! Opportunities for on-mission climbing will be encouraged (feel free to bring your non-believing friends), but our main focus for the weekend will be coming together for fellowship, worship, and encouragement... between climbing sessions of course! Bring your climbing gear, food, instruments, talents/passions, and an open heart. Please e-mail Kristin at klymber@gmail.com, or call her at 703-447-7419 if you plan on attending. Spontaneous last minute arrivals are also welcome, just plan to find your own camping and check the message board at the campsite to find out where we are. (Note that Hidden Valley campground and most other Joshua Tree campgrounds fill up almost every weekend, and there is no running water in the park.)

      December 7-9: Canmore Ice Climbing Festival Outreach, Canmore AB
      SRCFC member, WhipperJ – a.k.a. Justin Stirrett, is organizing an outreach to ice climbers at the Canmore Ice Climbing Festival (http://www.canmoreiceclimbingfestival.com/). Contact Justin at whipperj@hotmail.com or 403-688-1422 for more information or if you would like to make plans to be there!

      2006 Events (Partial List)

      2006 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
    • August 9-13 at City of Rocks
    • Key-note presenter: Kitty Calhoun
    • See Pictures of 2006 Conference

        • January 20-22 and February 10-12: Joshua Tree Gatherings
        New Area Contact, Tim Moore, is organizing two gatherings at Joshua Tree National Park with camping at Sheep's Pass Group Campsite. The purpose is to allow the members of S. California to get to know Tim, each other and do some on-mission climbing together. Also, Tim would like to talk to people about putting together a formal outreach event in the fall. There are limits for number of people and parking for the campsites, so please RSVP with Tim at tim@timothy-moore.com or 760-341-9113.

        January 28: Western Washington Winter Fellowship
        We will have our winter fellowship at New Life Center in Everett, WA on Saturday, January 28, 2006. It will go from 9:00am to 3:00pm. After a meeting and a short slide presentation, we'll climb on two excellent indoor walls at their facility. You are welcome to bring friends. More details to follow during the first week of January. I hope you will be able to make it - Dallas Kloke (dallas.kloke1@verizon.net).

        Tuesday Nights at Rock'n and Jam'n, Colorado
        Area Contact, Derek Branstrom, is inviting “front-range” members to gather every Tuesday night at Rock'n and Jam'n Climbing Gym. Anyone is welcome, including your unreached climbing buddies. Contact Derek at dbranstr@jeffco.k12.co.us for more information.

        Gatherings at Summit Climbing Gym, Grapevine, TX
        Area Contact, Rusty Cooper, is back in Texas and is looking to get some things going. To start with, he is the Summit Climbing Gym in Grapevine, TX. He is looking for others to start a weekly Bible study/climbing time. Reach Rusty at coop_tamu_04@yahoo.com if you are interested.

        March 3-5: Smith Rock Gathering and Outreach
        We will gather on Saturday for a day of climbing. On Sunday morning, we will hold a free outreach coffee and bagel distribution at Skull Hollow Campground. Please plan to camp there. Contact Calvin to let him know you are coming at srcfc@bendbroadband.com or if you have questions.

        March 24-26: Red Rock Rendezvous, Las Vegas, NV
        Once again we will have an opportunity to have a servant’s role at Red Rock Rendezvous, March 24-26, 2006 (http://www.mgear.com/rr06/). The owner of Mountain Gear (organizer of the RRR) and I have known each other since the early 80’s. I hope to hear from many of you that you want to be part of this outreach opportunity. We will be campground hosts again. This will take about 4 people to staff and they can participate in the climbing clinics* on the weekend. Also, they have a real need for pull-out coordinators, lunch runners and support staff during the day while the clinics are happening. This group will not be able to participate in the clinics. We need to let the organizers know ASAP the approximate number of people we will have to help staff the event. So please response with your interest. You can say: “I will be there for sure or I’m considering being there.” Being “inside the ropes” at an event like this will give you many opportunities to connect with un-reached climbers.

        April 22: Evangelism Training and Board Meeting, Yosemite, CA
        Area Contact, Steve Hughes, will be holding a "PostChristian Relational Evangelism Training" on Saturday, April 22nd, 7:00pm - 9:00 pm in Yosemite. Steve is a missionary to the residents/climbers of Yosemite Valley where he and his staff practices what he preaches. Contact Steve for more info at 209-379-2428 or tribeofjesus@inreach.com. During the day on April 22nd, the SRCFC Board of Directors will be having their Annual Meeting. Attendance is open to all. More details will follow, filling out the weekend.

        May 20-21: Free State Festival of the Arts, Canton, TX
        SRCFC member, Pete Asplund, continues taking steps towards getting a climbing gym open in Canton, TX. Recently, the coffee house/music venue/art gallery called The Mad Goat was opened. If all goes well, they’ll get underway with wall construction around May/June. However, to get momentum going in the climbing direction, Pete is operating a portable climbing wall. That wall will be at the Free State Festival of the Arts in Canton, May 20-21, 2006, an event Pete and others are organizing. The music groups (pretty big names) will be announced soon. Pete would like SRCFC to have a presence at the festival and is granting us free booth space. SRCFC will be by the climbing wall. First, please consider attending this event. Second, consider volunteering to be a host at the SRCFC booth. Pete and another local member, John White, will be heading up our hosting at the event. But they would appreciate others providing some of the leg work. Our main point of contact will be inviting people to enter our Gear Giveaway VIII where they could win a rope, crampons and more. Please let Pete (pete@cantonrocks.com)and Calvin (info@srcfc.org) if you can be there! p>
        Ninth Annual
        "Prayer Peaks"
        (July 1, 2006)

        July 2: Ninth Annual Prayer Peaks
        July 1, 2006 is the Ninth Annual "Prayer Peaks" - a unique national day of prayer from mountain peaks nationwide (and even internationally). Please join others in as they intercede for our nation. For more info contact Derek Fullerton, Founder of Prayer Peaks (Colorado Springs, Colorado) at prayerpeaks@cleanweb.net

      2005 Events - Descriptions and Reports

      2005 NATIONAL CONFERENCES
    • August 2-7, 2005: West Coast - Tuolumne Meadows, CA
    • Pictures of 2005 Yosemite National Conference
    • Sept 29-Oct 2, 2005: East Coast - Shawangunks, NY
    • Written Report National Conference

        • March 5-6: Smith Rock Gathering and Outreach - Smith Rock, OR
        Our intern, Harold will be learning as he goes as he leads this event. We will gather on Saturday for climbing. On Sunday morning, we will hold a free outreach breakfast at Skull Hollow Campground. Please plan to camp there. Contact Harold to let him know your are coming at haroldmeerveld@gmail.com.

        March 17-20: Red Rock Rendezvous - Las Vegas, NV
        * See report in Email Update #110
        * See pictures of event at RRR Pictures 2005

        April 11-23: Harold Meerveld, Intern from Netherlands, ministering in Yosemite Valley
        Harold will be experiencing and ministering in Yosemite Valley. If you are interesting in joining him, reply directly to him at haroldmeerveld@gmail.com. It would be good for him to spend some time with an experience Valley climber. While in camp Four, he plans on doing coffee distributions.

        April 30: Relational Evangelism Training - Yosemite Valley, CA
        Training & discussion on how to be a “spirit guide” to your climbing friends to help them choose to become a Follower of Jesus Christ. Steve Hughes, Director of Yosemite ministries CrossWay and 52.7 Adventure and Solid Rock Board Member, will be leading the evangelism training. Steve teaches a course in Postmodern Relational Evangelism for Golden Gate Seminary. Training will begin at 7:30p.m. at the County Library-Girls Club in Yosemite Valley. Contact Steve for directions and if you have any questions at 209-379-2428 or ycm@inreach.com.

        May 5th: 3rd Annual Day of Prayer for the Climbing Community:
        On Thursday, May 5th, 2005 all Solid Rockers are invited to pray. Last year, we had over thirty Solid Rockers praying for 150 climbers by name. This happens the same day as the National Day of Prayer. Plan to join us this year! For more info and to sign-up for a thirty-minute prayer time! Our goal we can cover the day from sunrise to sunset.

        May 20-22: New River Rendezvous
        Aaron Shackelford is organizing Solid Rockers at the New River Rendezvous The plan is to spread the Word and the word about SRCFC. NRG is not exactly close to anyone, so car pooling is planned. He has two ideas for you to give input on: Idea 1: Service - Provide free coffee for climbers on Sunday morning after the all night party. Or we could even do coffee both Saturday and Sunday morning. Idea 2: Give - If you read about this event you'll see that it is a fund raiser. Let's make it possible for SRCFC to be a financial contributor to the fund rising. If each person gave a little, a sizeable amount could be given. This will be an important action because it shows the climbers that Solid Rockers don't just care about our agenda but want to participate in issues that concern the climbing community. Let's use this opportunity to be salt and light to the climbing community. Contact Aaron (970-846-8936 or aron@rockchalk.net) if you plan on going and if you want to car pool. Aaron is the Director of Sales at Terra Firma Chalk, a sponsor of SRCFC.

        REVIEW>>>> May 20-22: Gathering at Sam’s Throne
        Solid Rock member, Frederick Miller, is organized a Gathering at Sam’s Throne in Arkansas on May 20-22. He reports the weekend had a rough start, but everyone had a good time of fellowship and unfortunately lots of bug bites and ticks. He thanks Libby, Christian, Catherine, her best friend Page, his wife Diana, Will, his friends Bo and Travis for making it a good time. And, special thanks go to Frederick for organizing the weekend.

        REPORT by Steve Hughes>>>>June 4: Outreach Dinner in Yosemite
        The Camp 4 Feed on June 4th was a great success! We feed about 50 or more climbers spaghetti, bread, cookies and Kool-aid. It was really encouraging how appreciative and friendly all the climbers were. Local CrossWay climbers volunteered to prepare and serve the meal. Several of the climbers being feed asked me, “Why do you guys do this?” I responded “We’re Solid Rock, a group of Christian Climbers, and we just want you to know that God cares for you and loves you and so do we as a group.” We gave away some free gear in a drawing where Climbers had to fill out a card and answer these questions, “What is something good that Jesus said or did?” and “What is something Jesus said or did that was bad?” The people whose names were drawn to receive the free gear were very excited and appreciative. One guy who received a C4 #4 cam shared with us that he was going to give the cam to some Spaniard climbing friends who had just lost their #4 cam on a climb that day as a way to thank them for helping him out that week. During the gear give away, Chad a local Yosemite Solid Rocker, told everyone to come ask us any questions about God or spirituality if they wanted. Later that evening two Climbers approached Chad near the Yosemite Lodge and talked with Chad about the questions we asked. He had a chance then to share some of God’s truth with them. We pray that the climbers who attended received a positive message of God’s love for them and that Christian Climbers can be friendly and approachable. Although I expected 3-4 Solid Rockers from out of the area to attend, none showed. Traffic was horrible all weekend taking hours at times just to drive around Yosemite Valley due to road construction projects going on. Perhaps that played a role. I’ve attached a few pictures for you also of the feed. (See the pictures!)

        June 11: God’s Lake Outreach (Wisconsin)
        Area Contact, Roger Kubly, is organizing an outreach at God's Lake (a.k.a. Devil’s Lake), Wisconsin on Saturday, June 11th. Meet at 9:30 am in the CCC Trail parking lot. The plan is to meet climbers as they leave the parking lot and offer them coffee, hot chocolate, cookies, encouragement and free spiritual food- i.e. tracts. At about noon, you will go up to climb and share as the Lord leads. Whosoever can, please come. Bring some cookies to share. Please contact Roger for questions at kublyr@hotmail.com, 608 845 6410 or 608 628 2068.


        Eighth Annual
        "Prayer Peaks"
        (July 2, 2005)

        Royal Robbins Presentation July 2, 2005 - Bass Lake, CA

        July 2: Eighth Annual Prayer Peaks
        July 2, 2005 is the Eighth Annual "Prayer Peaks" - a unique national day of prayer from mountain peaks nationwide (and even internationally). Please join others in as they intercede for our nation. For more infor contact Derek Fullerton, Founder of Prayer Peaks (Colorado Springs, Colorado) at prayerpeaks@cleanweb.net

        August 2-7: SRCFC National Conference - West Coast - Tuolumne Meadows, CA
        More info and registration for National Conferences!

        September 2-4: Solid Rockfest at The Silos (Canton, Texas)
        Pete Asplund is opening the Redpoint Coffeebar and Art Gallery, Free State Music Hall and Silo Rock Club. SRCFC is partnering with him to hold a big event over the Labor Day weekend. The tentative plan is as follows: Friday night concert ($5 - free for SRCFC members and for new gym members), Saturday morning climbing competition ($15), instructional seminars for the rest of the day, a free dyno competition and concert in evening ($5 - free to participants, SRCFC members and gym members) and ending with a prayer breakfast on Sunday morning. Lodging details are being worked out and other important details will follow. Place this on your calendar and plan to attend now. Contact Pete at theasplunds@etcable.net or 903-275-8234 if you want to be part of helping make this event a success!

        September 2-4: National Highpointers Convention Outreach (New Hampshire)
        Roger Kubly is a member of Highpointers (http://www.highpointers.org) and will be hosting a booth at the group’s National Conference. This year, the conference will be near Mt. Washington in New Hampshire on September 2-4. Anyone interested in helping with manning the booth, please contact Roger at kublyr@hotmail.com, 608-845-6410 or 608-628-2068.

        September 23: Outreach Practice Competition and Climbing Camp, Everett, WA
        An event is being planned to offer a practice competition and climbing camp for climbers between the ages of 10 and 18. Solid Rocker, Doug Englekirk, who won 1st place in the Sport Climbing National Championships in ‘92, ‘93 and ‘94, with top ten finishes in the World Cup in ‘91 and ‘92 and who was ranked #1 climber in the USA in ‘93-’94, will be our master instructor. This event will be held at New Life Center in Everett, Washington. Another Solid Rocker, Michele Koziol, oversees the wall which is 24 feet high and 80 feet in length in two sections. The event is scheduled for Saturday, September 23rd with a route preparation day on Friday. A staff of Solid Rockers will be needed to pull off this event. Make plans to come now!

        Sept 29-Oct 2: SRCFC National Conference - East Coast - Shawangunks, NY
        Click to view Report of National Conference

        October 15 - Mt. Erie, WA Gathering
        Meet with the Solid Rockers in the Puget Sound Area for fellowship, prayer, planning and climbing. Others are welcomed to attend. Agenda: Meet at 10:00 am in the parking area at the base of the road to the summit of Erie and together drive to the summit. At the summit, we will have introductions, scripture sharing, report on the Eastern National Conference, planning for outreaches in 2006, and prayer time. From 11:30 am to 5:00 pm, we will climb together! Mt. Erie has a wonderful spectrum of easy to moderately hard climbing. Dallas Kloke, who is a guidebook author to this spectacular area, is organizing this. Please let Dallas know if you are planning to attend by contacting him at Dallas.kloke1@verizon.net or (360) 293 -2904.

        Participate in the Triple Crown
        Triple Crown is a series of bouldering events at three of the premier boulderfields in the Southeast. The series kicks off in the fall beginning with Hound Ears in Boone, NC, moves on to Horse Pens-40 in Steele, AL, and then concludes at Little Rock City in Chattanooga, TN. Solid Rocker, Terence Kudo (ray_squared@juno.com), is going to be at all three events and will be a contact person for Solid Rockers. The dates for each event are set for October 1 -Hound Ears; November 5-Horse Pens-40; and December 3-Little Rock City. You can register for the event as a series or for any of the individual comps. Register at http://www.triplecrownbouldering.org/ as early as possible because space is limited and this event fills up FAST!!

        11/25-27 Outreach - Smith Rock, Oregon >>> Connection to Banff
        Andrew Lockrey is an Australian Solid Rocker who is coming to North America to work, ski and climb in the Banff area from the end of November to mid-February. He would like to be part of a Solid Rock event and learn more about what and how SRCFC creates its ministry. He arrives in San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day and will then be coming to Bend, OR. We are tentatively planning a Smith Rock Gathering/Outreach over the last part of the Thanksgiving weekend. After that weekend, he will then travel on to Banff to ice climb, ski and work. I’m wondering if any Solid Rockers might be interested in being part of an event at Smith or show him the Banff area ice climbing scene, please let us know. Also, although he could take a train/bus to get where he needs to, getting a ride with others would be helpful. Thanks for letting us know if that could be an option for you.

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