Second action Meeting about the Great Falls Issue

This is confirmed - Patagonia store, Georgetown -
upstairs room 6:30 - 8pm.

The newly assembled climbing coalition meets to discuss and update developments in the Great Falls National Park Management Plan.

Members from all the represented climbing groups in the DC area will attend and is open to the public.

Saturday, September 24th at Carderock Recreation Area, MD.

Many local climbing organizations will be participating in these events
and of course volunteers would also have the opportunity to meet other
climbers.

On both days from 9am to 2pm, the Access Fund is sponsoring an
Adopt-A-Crag event to clean up these climbing areas. The Access Fund is
a national non-profit organization dedicated to keeping climbing areas
open and conserving the climbing environment. These events, together
with others around the country make up the largest climbing volunteer
effort in history.

This year, we will be doing a wide variety of activities from cleanup to
trail work and would like to have your group participate. These events
will bring climbers together from all over the region to give back to
these premier climbing areas in the DC metropolitan area.

As you know in previous years, these events brought together climbers
representing many local climbing organizations. These included Potomac
Appalachian Trail Club/Mountaineering Section, American Alpine Club/Blue
Ridge Section, SheClimbs of DC, Virginia Climbers Group, and the DC
Outdoor Rock Climbers Group. The event was covered by the Access Fund
National Newsletter, SheClimbs National Newsletter, The Washington Post,
and numerous local newsletters. The event also received the
Adopt-A-Crag Day Conservation Award from the Access Fund National Office
in 2003. Volunteers and representatives from all these groups will be
at this event.

I have included a press release about this event. Please help me spread
the word by having your members contact me if they who would like to
participate in one or both of these Adopt-A-Crag events. You can email
me at adoptacrag@comcast.net or call me at 301-460-4327.

Best Regards,
Thomson Ling

Friends of Seneca work day Oct. 15

October 15th has been set as the date for the Autumn workday at Seneca.

Specifics to be determined but the usual routine is as follows:

Meet at the climbers lot (parking lot for the old visitors center) at 8:00am
Bring work gloves and helmet if you have them, and lunch and water for the day.
Dinner that evening will be provided (TBD), and camping (free of charge) will be available at Seneca Shadows Campground, check the Gendarme bulletin board for details or ask the campground manager when arriving.

The plan is to prepare a site for a rescue cache on the East side, carry the materials up, and build a box to contain the gear. We'll be needing a few people handy with a hammer to build the box on site (or however is determined best).

Please, PLEASE, RSVP me if you plan to participate; for the tasks at hand we need to know who we'll have and what we can accomplish.

Thanks in advance,
Mack Muir