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Thursday, 31 July 2008Davison Township, Michigan's very own McKayla Hanson bagged the bronze medal in the rock climbing category of the recently concluded Extremity Games. This event is a national X-games style competition held for climbers with missing limbs.
Hanson and four other climbers went head to head last Friday, July 25, at the Planet Rock in Pontiac for the final stage of the rock climbing compe tition. The finalists were not allowed to see how the others performed during their three climbs.
Hanson managed to get the bronze medal as well as the $250 cash prize which she will be using to purchase rock climbing supplies.
For more details on this news, please visit www.mlive.com.
Tuesday, 29 July 2008Carbondale, CO - Registration is now open for the HERA Women's Cancer Foundation's 7th annual Climb4Life in Salt Lake City on September 18-21, 2008, hosted by locally-based international climbing company Black Diamond. The organization - which strives to save the lives of mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, partners, and girlfriends through ovarian cancer research and awareness initiatives - ties climbing with fundraising to bring women and men together to help find a cure. Both experienced climbers and newcomers are welcome (including men and kids), and pro athletes will join volunteers, Exum guides, and hundreds of participants to climb for a cause. It is a weekend of learn-to-climb clinics, multi-media presentations by Jason Kehl and Joe Kinder, parties, massage, yoga, and more.
HERA Ups the Ante
Ovarian cancer is not a silent killer. A consensus statement released in August of 2007 by three major cancer groups agreed that ovarian cancer has symptoms, even in the early stage of the disease. The symptoms are bloating, pelvic or abdominal pain, difficulty eating or feeling full fast, and urinary symptoms (urgency or frequency). Other symptoms can include indigestion, back pain, bowel problems, abnormal bleeding, or unusual fatigue. Last year, the 6th annual SLC Climb4Life raised more than $100,000. Eighty-five percent that HERA raises goes to fund cutting-edge research on ovarian cancer, and to raise awareness and support local community outreach programs through the HERA Community Grants. This year, HERA hopes to up the ante and reach new heights.
Local Support
Where does the money raised go? A portion of the funds raised at the 2008 SLC Climb4Life event goes to support the local Women-to-Women support group. Funds also go toward a Utah Ovarian Cancer Initiative, which aims to get women to the right surgeons for ovarian cancer surgery. In SLC, less that half of ovarian cancer patients get to a GYN oncologist for ovarian cancer surgery, and outside the greater SLC area, it's less than 30 percent. The key to greater survival rates is directly related to receiving the proper surgical care. "In this day and age, it is surprising that women are not being given the right information to make good decisions about their health while our male counterparts get the right information to get to the right surgeons for prostate cancer surgery even if that means traveling for the best care," says Sean Patrick, Founder of HERA. "It is time for this inequity in care to stop!"
Getting Involved is Easy
The HERA Foundation Climb4Life offers easy fundraising tools to participants, like personal web pages and donation emails to send out to friends and family, spreading awareness of ovarian cancer.
For more information, please visit www.herafoundation.org. To register online, go to: www.climb4lifeslc08.kintera.org.
About the HERA Foundation
The HERA Foundation is a registered 501 (c)3, whose mission is to stop the loss of mothers, daughter, wives, sisters, partners, and girlfriends from ovarian cancer by empowering women to take control of their health, empowering the medical community to find new directions in ovarian cancer research, and empowering communities to provide support. For more information, visit www.herafoundation.org. To schedule an interview with HERA Foundation founder Sean Patrick, please call 513.304.5835.
Seven Summit Circle Sponsors: Black Diamond, BlueWater Ropes, Climbing Magazine, Colorado Mountain School, Evolv, Exum Utah, Forte Creative Media, Fox River, Impact Group, Liberty Heights Fresh, MadRock, Montrail*, Mountain Hardwear, Patagonia, REI, SIGG, Stonewear Designs, The North Face, Timbuk2 Designs, Inc., Urban Climber, Williamson Printing Corporation, and Women's Adventure Magazine.
*Montrail is HERA's first 7 Summits Vision Partner
Tuesday, 29 July 2008The 2008 Rifle Clean-up will be held on Saturday, September 6. Clean-up projects include: all-day trash clean-up, bolt and fixed biner replacement, with gear generously donated by the Anchor Replacement Initiative, project wall trail building, Nappy Dugout trail building, and bridge repair.
At the end of the day, there will be a BBQ party in the Community House. For $5, you will get food, beer, and raffle tickets. The proceeds of this event will be used in equipping new routes in the canyon.
The 2008 Rifle Clean-up is sponsored by Wolverine Publishing, Rock & Ice, Avery Brewing, Access Fund, Adopt-A-Crag, Patagonia, Sanuk, Prana, Petzl, La Sportiva, Stonewear Designs, Cloudveil, Larabar, and Black Diamond.
Tuesday, 29 July 2008If you think you have what it takes to live and thrive in one of nature's most brutal environments, then join the next Alaskan adventure of Discovery Channel. It is the network that brought you "The Alaska Experiment".
In the newest series of Discovery Channel, the participants will go on an epic journey through the wild. The challenge - if you dare to accept it - is to join a band o f fellow explorers and journey through some of the harshest climates and roughest terrains in the world: the Alaskan wilderness.
Sounds exhilarating? It will be! If you are ready to leave the monotony of your day-to-day life behind and push yourself to the limits, you can finally earn the right to say that you truly lived.
Casting start: 7/25/2008 12:00:00 AM
Casting end: 8/8/2008 11:59:59 PM
Requirements:
- Participant should be 21 to 100 years old.
- Description of why you deserve to go on this journey
- Updated Photos (including past adventures)
- Optional: 2-3 minute video describing who you are and where you are from, explaining why you are up for the challenge.
Visit www.gotcast.com.
Monday, 28 July 2008A two-day rock climbing event will take place in Red River Gorge, Kentucky on September 13 to 14. The event will be hosted by Uclimb and sponsored by Mountain Gear and Mountain Hardware.
Participants can learn new climbing techniques through professional climbing instruction from the climbing experts in Red River Gorge - the Red River Outdoor guides.
The registration fe e is $159 for young rock climbers who are 10 to 17 years old, and $199 for adult climbers. The fee will cover professional climbing instruction as well as the three-day camping which includes barbeque and pancake breakfast.
For more details on this news, please visit www.herald-dispatch.com.
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