NEWSFLASH The Triple Crown and the Southeastern
Climbers' Coalition team-up to support the
Carolina Climbers' Coalition
On July 19th, the Carolina Climbers' Coalition
will launch 'Playing for the Pay-off' at the
Triangle Rock Club in Morrisville NC. The focus
of this event will be to raise money to close
the mortgage for Laurel Knob--a fantastic
granite dome located in the Cashier's Valley of
NC. Several years ago, this wonderful climbing
area was slated for development, but in an
amazing effort, the Carolina Climbers' Coalition
(with the help of many sponsors and supporters
including the Triple Crown) purchased this area
to secure climbing access forever. The CCC has
now closed to within $30,000 of paying off the
massive mortgage on the Laurel Knob property.
See
www.carolinaclimbers.org for info regarding
the 'Playing for the Payoff'.
To help spearhead this event, The Triple Crown
has donated $1,000...AND the Southeastern
Climbers' Coalition will match that donation
dollar-for-dollar for a combined donation of
$2,000!
Big Thanks to all the supporters of the Triple
Crown and every member of the Southeastern
Climbers' Coalition for supporting all of our
pals in NC! We wish the Carolina Climbers'
Coalition the very BEST with their effort to
payoff Laurel Knob!
WHAT IS
THE TRIPLE CROWN?
The goal of the Triple Crown is twofold. First and
foremost, the mission is to raise funds for two
organizations dedicated to maintaining climbers' access:
the Southeastern Climbers' Coalition and The Carolina
Climbers' Coalition. These two organizations have been
instrumental in the acquisition of land for the climbing
community, in a region that is riddled with access
issues. Secondly, this unique event will once again
provide a tremendous opportunity for vendors to promote
the sport of bouldering, which has quickly become the
focus of the ever growing climbing community.
HOW
DO I PARTICIPATE?
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 the Stone Fort in Chattanooga, TN.
The dates for each event are set for October 4 -- Hound
Ears, November 1 -- Horse Pens 40, and December 6 --
the Stone Fort.
You can register for the event as a series or for any of
the individual comps. See the registration page for
detailed information. Register as early as possible,
space is limited and this event fills up FAST!
New Chaco Triple Crown Custom Sandals are
now available for purchase at Rock/Creek at a
special price of 84.95 - $20 for the sale of
each sandal goes to the SCC.
The team effort of the TCrown/SCC, RockCreek and
of course Chaco netted the SCC $10K last
year--and has raised over 20K over the past
three years!
