Boat Rock Club1150 Fundraiser II

Post by **brad mc** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 2:44 am

Southeastern Climbers Coalition Hosts "Dont Take It for Granite¨ Party and Fundraiser 2. On Thursday, July 24th, the Southeastern Climbers Coalition (SCC) www.seclimbers.org will host its second annual fundraiser at Club eleven50 in Midtown, Atlanta. Monies raised at the event will be used to help pay the mortgage on the 7.8 acre Boat Rock Preserve. The SCC will host not one, but two, famous climbers as guest speakers. Rick Sylvester has put up several big wall lines in Yosemite and served as the stuntman for 007 in James Bond movies. Brad Johnson is an alpinist who has climbed in the Himalayas (including an attempt at K2). Brad will present a slide show on the spectacular Cordillera Blanca in Peru and will be signing his new book. Last years fundraiser raised more than $9000 for Boat Rock and organizers hope this year¡¦s event will be even more successful. Highlights at this year¡s event include:
X Free Dogwood Ale from 7-9pm
X Buffet featuring delicious food from Club eleven50 and Maggiano¡¦s
X Silent Auction and Raffle: Call of the Wild, Patagonia, Sterling Ropes, Blue Water Ropes, Atlanta Rocks, Southeastern Expeditions, and others
X Fashion Show
X Book Signing: Mountaineer Brad Johnson and local hardman Arno Ilgner
X Boat Rock videos, slide shows, and photos
Tickets: $25 advanced, $30 at door, you must be 21 or older
Available at Escalade, Patagonia, REI, Wall Crawlers Rock Gym, Galyans,
High Country Outfitters, Atlanta Rocks, or your nearest Southeastern Climbers Coalition representative (www.seclimbers.org)
Attire: Come as you are
Directions: eleven50 is on Crescent Ave between 13th & 14th St in midtown, Atlanta www.eleven50.com
All proceeds go to the Dont Take it For Granite campaign to protect Boat Rock

Post by **brad mc** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 1:25 am

The developer at Boat Rock http://www.seclimbers.org/access/2003/B ... sted.shtml
is currently cutting down and grinding up all of the trees at Boat Rock. Every shrub, mushroom and salamander are getting tossed in to the tub grinder and turned into mulch.

The Titanic, Popes Face, Glass Mantle, The Whale, are all sitting in a bald earth field where a mature oak forest once stood.

This could easily happen to your crag. Help us save the one of the last remaining parcels (7.8-acre tract) on the Boat ROck ridge that is currently owned by the SCC. If you cant make it to the party, you can send a donation to:
The SCC
1936 Wellona Place NE
Atlanta, GA 30345

thanks for your support.

Post by **Yasmeen** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 1:11 pm

Why did he do that??

Post by **Gretchen** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 2:05 pm

That is really aweful to hear Brad! Good luck to the SCC on raising the funds.Maybe an Arbor day is definitely in the near future for that tract! I'll donate a tree!

Post by **brad mc** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 2:04 am

we ended up raising a ton of money (rough amount is $14,000) and everyone had a great time. I think we have saved our portion of Boat Rock for another year. The area around the lake is going to become a subdivision, hence the developer cutting all the trees around the boulders. A sad site. Thanks to all that came to the event and supported our little urban boulder field.