The 2nd Annual
Dierkes Clean & Crank Boulderfest was a great success! This year we had about 70 participants
involved in our trail rejuvenation project and bouldering competition.
On October 12th twenty climbers gathered in
Elevation Sports to listen to local athlete Beau Stuart present on his life
adventure of climbing. The following
morning 38 people showed up bright and early to clean up our local crag and
rebuild the access trail that was washed out around a set of stairs. That afternoon 42 people of all ages and
experience wrestled the wind and boulders.
All of the participants of the competition and volunteers of
the Adopt-a-Crag get entered in for the prize raffle at the end of the day. This year we had enough donations that
everyone was able to walk away with something.
During the event this year we started a tradition that will
hopefully continue as long as the event will run; we had a member drive for the
Access
Fund bringing in eight new members.
This event has been a great influence to the community of Twin Falls and
an even better asset to the climbers of the Magic Valley. The City of Twin Falls has received us with
open arms and will continue to support us in years to come. This is becoming an event that the whole
community wants to get behind. This year
we were also featured, yet again, in the local
newspaper
with an article leading up to the event.
Next year the event will be covered by one of the local television
stations.
This year we had a lot of hiccups along the way and
appreciate your patience as we are growing this event into what I hope will
become a much-anticipated annual shindig. A local photographer, Chris Zigich, has posted his photos of the event for our enjoyment
here.
Thank you everyone for everything you have contributed and attending the event.
