A little over a month ago I attended the Access Fund Acquisitions Summit in Boulder. Shortly after arriving at the AF offices I hooked up with Sean Coburn of the Carolina Climbers Coalition and we headed up into Boulder Canyon and did an old Layton Kor route at Cobb Rock. Later on that evening we all got together at the Med restaurant for some tapas and drinks. The next morning the meeting began at the visitors center in Eldo. The weather sucked that day so we were'nt too tempted to climb. Had a lot of great information and discussion in our meeting. That evening we had a great meal and keg donated by Avery brewing. We continued to work on the keg late into the evening in our luxurious accomodation at Boulder Mountain Lodge. We had another half day meeting the next morning but by the time the meeting was over it was a beautiful sunny Colorado day and several of us stayed to climb in Eldo. I left with one of my climbing partners, Dave Christenson, who lives in Louisville and is a volunteer for Rocky Mountain Rescue. The next day Dave & I headed down to the South Platte and he took me up the classic Bishop-Jaggers route S. Platte Pics on the Dome. It was a perfect day with blue skies and the snow covered Pike's Peak in the distance. Not a bad "business trip" for the AF meeting considering I climbed three out of the four days I was in Colorado!
Bill Strachan
Executive Director
Red River Gorge Climbers' Coalition
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