5th Annual Climb4Life Salt Lake- Released 9/8/06

Presented by: Black Diamond
When: September 14 – 17, 2006
Where: Salt Lake City, UT

Off the Map!

The Salt Lake City 5th annual Climb4Life event has reached and passed $97,000! We are climbing high in our goal to raise money to fund research and awareness for ovarian cancer. We’re hiking towards the sky and beyond. Keep up the the strong work and keep climbing one foot, one hold, and one
donation at a time. It is all our efforts together that make a successful ascent possible. So keep your head cool and don’t look down. We urge you to keep the donations coming. The closer we get to the event, the harder we have to push. Thank you for all the effort and support.

Out of This World!

Misty Murphy, the well-known Utah singer/songwriter will entertain us away with her tunes! Murphy will provide the live music at the Hangtime Party. So don’t miss the party, Thursday September 14th.

Black Diamond Shines Again

Black Diamond shines again! The Salt Lake City 5th annual Climb4Life will once again be held at Black Diamond. They say, a diamond’s worth a thousand words, and we own that many to the folks of Black Diamond for being so dazzling. In addition to providing the grounds for staging the event, they also have provided PR support, and athletes throughout the year. Thank you Peter Metcalf, Colleen Graham and everyone else at BD for shining again!

The Pro

The pros got it going on. Check out who’s coming: Kitty Calhoun; Michael Reardon, Acopa; Tom Adams, Liberty Mountain, Edelweiss;Dave Bell, Bobbi Bensman; Montrail; Noah Bigwood, 5.10; Whitney Boland, Katie Brown, Patagonia; Julie Faure, EXUM, Nancy Feagin, Stephanie Forte, Petzl/Prana; Will Gadd, Black Diamond; Danika Gilbert, Mammut; Nate Gold, Chris Linder, Evolv; Emma Medera, Lisa Rands, The Northface; Alli Rainey, Sterling; Kate Rutherford, Mike Schaefer, Eric Scully, and more…

Who’s Got the Mojo?

And thanks to Patagonia, the volunteers will be stylishly outfitted in Patagonia. Thank you Patagonia for providing all the helpers of the HERA event with the necessary items to “keep it real.”

Bring Your Dancing Shoes

The word on the street is that the Brazilian line-dancers will shake their way to the Climb4Life event. So don’t forget to bring your shoes and lace them up for a night of line-dancing the Brazilian way.

Working in Tandem

The top three fundraising teams are currently Bury the Dragon, Maryland Blue Tail Betty’s and Serenity. Bury the Dragon has almost reached their goal of $25,000 having, to date, raised $24,838.92. Keep the donations coming and reach those
goals! Remember that the our goals are not always the summit, they are merely points along the trail. We want to thank everyone for their effort and want to give a warm congrats! to these top three teams. Working together, we can make a
difference.

Events at Climb4Life Open To Public

Get reeled into the visuals! On September 13th at the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake, filmmakers Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer will present the HERA Foundation as a beneficiary of the Reel Rock Tour. The public will have a chance to catch this event at 7pm at the Tower. Tickets $10 – are on sale at Rockreation, IME, REI, and The Tower Theatre, with special appearances made by Lisa Rands, Northface Athlete and Klem Loskot . Those attending the Reel Rock Tour showing will receive $5 off the Climb4Life Film Night on 9/15. Climb4Life Film Festival will be held at the Westminster College Theatre at 7pm, hosted by Climbing Magazine. These films by Canadian filmmakers Nathan Cando and Aaron Black feature women climbing. Candoe captures the essence of 10 women on 10 bouldering problems across the country. Black’s film features Katie Rutherford in the Valley. 7pm Westminster College Theater – 1700 S between 1300 and 1100 East. Two great events, one powerful cause. Both events are available and open to the public so don’t be afraid to get reeled in.

Check off Your Check-In

Check-in for the 5th annual Climb4Life Salt Lake event is located on the Black Diamond Retail Store site 3-5:30pm. Please park in the west parking lot by Rockcreation, the east lot will be closed on Thursday.

Big Thanks to 2006 Sponsors

Sponsor and donations make these events possible. Without them, we could not accomplish our goals. We encourage everyone to make an effort to purchase gear, when possible, from the companies that so generously have helped make not only the events possible, but the road to funding research and awareness less bumpy. Without their support our success would not be as great as it has been, and will continue to be.

Thank you:

7 Summit Circle
Black Diamond, Bluewater, Brad Holland, Illustration, CAMP, Climbing Magazine, EXUM Utah, Forte Creative Media, PR, IZZE Beverage, Marmot, Impact Group/ Scott Paramski Design, Patagonia, Petzl, Protech, REI, Timberland, Williamson Printing

Summit Leaders
Arc Teryx, Beal, Centered City Yoga, Chisco, Mammut, Prana, Sterling Rope, Stonewear Designs, Mammut, and Timbuk2

Ascent
Acopa, Brookside Broiler, Clif Bar, Excalibur/DMM, Gregory, 5.10, GoLite, Her Sports, In Utah, Mountain Hardwear, Northface, Omega Pacific, podclimbing,com, Restop, Trango, TraskBritt -Attorney’s at Law, White Pine Touring and womenspecific.com

Basecamp
Evolve, Red Chili, Starbucks, Wild Coutry, Wild Oats, Women’s
Adventure, IME, Kirkhams, Wasatch Touring, Wild Rose, Liberty Mountain, Recreation Outlet, The Quarry Climbing Gym- Provo,
Momentum Climbing Gym, The Blue Plate Diner, Bikram Yoga Studio, Rockreation, The Front, Revolution, Dr. Russell DSS, and
Calister,Nebeker, and McCullough

September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Help us Raise the Profile. Send the symptoms to a friend by going to:
www.herafoundation.org and click on symptoms.