BVCF Wrap Up

I think the figure 4ing fund raiser was a success for both us, the Canadian Ice Climbing Team, and for the Ontario Access Coalition.  We were able to tell a lot of people about the Ice Climbing World Cup and we raised $155 for the OAC. It was also a great attraction at the festival, with people testing their stuff on it all afternoon long.

The kids were the most fun, they were the best monkeys there! The kids were more than interested in playing on the structure in between the grownups working to get to across.

I’d like to thank Kilannan Brewing out of Owen Sound for help the the prizes for the competition….and some great beer. 🙂

Figure-4ing in the Beaver Valley

Access is a messy thing in Ontario. That’s why we have the Ontario Access Coalition, aka – the OAC.

This year Nathan and I will be participating in the Beaver Valley Climbing Festival. The festival is a celebration of Ontario climbing and a fund raiser for the OAC. This year they are raising funds to help build a parking area for Devil’s Glen, one of the crags in the Beaver Valley. To help raise funds and hopefully make the festival more awesome we’re setting up a figure-4 course. For people to try it out they can donate to the OAC. If they get to the end they get a beer! What could be more perfect than a bunch of climbers swinging around like the monkeys they are hoping to get some beer out of it?

The Beaver Valley structure set up in our backyard amongst our other structures.

Most climbers in Ontario don’t even know there is such a thing as an Ice Climbing World Cup, so we hope we can generate some interest and educate a lot of people about this aspect of climbing.

The festival is on August 23^rd. More information can be found here: Beaver Valley Climbing Festival