Trail Rejuvenation Project 2012

Here are some photos pre-event of the project we tackled.

Everyone remember those stairs and the mess they were?  

Well, now they look like this.

Thank you to all of those who were in attendance of this project.  We got a lot done and made a great change to the trail.  Next year we will be tackling the same area and making it even better!

Photos courtesy of: Torrey Hendry and Corey King

Photos 2012

Photos courtesy of Kris Zigich

Results 2012

Youth

Brian Heekin 340

Ethan Zerba 180

Zyn Miller 80

Sara Conover 70

Lindsay Conover 70

Beginner

Cam Bingham 1440

Jocelynn Smith 1010

Blake Draper 920

Andrew Stark 830

Garret Quinton 765

Rodney Lough 755

Jason Churba 660

Mark Vanderbosch 655

Braxton Dalton 645

Jeremy Hegman 610

Danielle Wallor 580

Stefan Muir 520

Kris Zigich 490

Dustin Ransom 475

Jeff Flechsing 460

Hyrum Olsen 460

Kalem Olsen 460

Nicole Brown 415

Keveren 410

Nathan Shrum 365

Clay Quinton 80

Intermediate

John Hanowell 2315

Shawn Deitrick 2040

Bryse H. 1980

Marcelino 1900

Torrey Hendry 1830

Peter H. 1740

Dylan Welcome 1718

Michael Abend 1600

Cole Howard 1475

Mickenzie Boggs 1470

Alex Vaterlaus 1335

Kyle Reisanauer 1315

Chris Rvbacha 1235

Joe Crane 1135

Lisa Kreutz 805

Travis Zerba 590

Rob Kolb 525

Adam Bradley 470

Kaiya Bockino 450

Mike Bockino 350

Advanced

Beau Stuart 3876

Dave Bingham 2425

Post Event 2012

The 2^nd 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 12^th 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.  

Post Event 2011

The 1^st Ever Dierkes Clean & Crank on May 14^th, 2011 was a success!  We had 38 volunteers show up for the clean-up which started at 9:30am.  People were surprised at the amount of trash that was found amongst our crag areas.  By noon all of the trash had been gathered and people began registering for the bouldering competition.  We had 37 competitors pull down on boulder problems ranging from v0-  to undone projects suspected to push the double-digit range.  26 of the competitors volunteered in the clean-up earlier that morning.  There were no casualties during the event beside a few sprained ankles and some pulled tendons. 

Weather was on our side for most of the day, temperatures soared up to 80 degrees by mid-afternoon and by 2pm a thunderstorm rolled in forcing competitors to take refuge under whatever they could find.  The competition format was more endurance-based; boulder problems were divided into five categories of difficulty with point values of 10-50, respectively.  Climbers were encouraged to climb as many problems as possible, and in the end we tallied all problems completed with their top three counting double. 

            River and Adventure Toys, our local climbing shop, came through and shuttled all of our staging equipment across the lake, which allowed us to set up right in the bouldering area.  The City of Twin Falls was excited about the event and supported us fully.  We had a total of 35 companies donate to the pile of swag allowing everyone present to walk away with at least one item if not a couple.   Examples of what was donated were 2 pairs of Mad Rock shoes, 1 pair of La Sportiva, 2- $100 to Rock On, ENO Double Nest hammock, 5 pack of draws, GSI cook sets, Sender films, box full of wool Sherpa beanies, t-shirts out the ears, Asana bags, 4 Petzl headlamps, 2 pair Mountain Khakis, Smith glasses, and 4 Kershaw knifes.

With the great success of this 1^st ever event we have decided to make this an annual happening.  In 2012 we are looking to move the event to October in hopes of better weather and temps.   Everyone watch for this event next fall!  It will be even bigger and better than this year’s!

Here is the results:

Winners
<16	Cameron Bingham
Wmns Beg	Renee Freeman
Mens Beg	William Edwards
Wmns Int.	Molly Meyers
Mens Int.	Paul Yelda
Wmns Adv.	Steff Carter
Mens Adv.	Uriah Holloway
Advance
Uriah Holloway	1960
Beau Stuart	1220
Steff Carter	900
Intermediate
Paul Yelda	1740
Shawn Deitrick	1540
Dustin Ransom	1460
Kris Zigich	1430
Ian Jameson	1360
Torrey Hendry	1060
Jordan Ansley	1020
Dylan Welcome	980
Molly Meyers	950
Jessie Holt	940
Nathan Turner	650
Noah Koski	940
Ross Cooper	420
Cameron Conn	400
Nic Heuser	390
Beginner
John Richards	1480
Thayne Rolf	1260
William Edwards	1000
Dave Frank	590
Bryse Holyoak	520
Mitch Steinman	510
Renee Freeman	480
Corey Myers	380
Rachel Reimann	360
Bob Mollineaux	350
Tai Child	230
Jenna Capuano	230