Biggest land purchase of all time:
Climbers will have the opportunity, through the online
charity-route-auction, to donate for the route of their choice. Participants
and sponsers will be in a position to earn (money) for routes in the area.
Anyone can donate to the biggest landpurchase of all time through a regional
climbing organisation and thereby preserve the possibility of climbing on
(this) private land. The Red River Gorge Climber's Coalition holds an option
to buy 700 acres of the best climbing in the gorge area, including Drive-by,
Oil Crack, Arena, In Between, Solar Collector, Dark Side, Gold Coast, and Bob
Marley. Over 150 routes with difficulty ratings between 5.6 and 5.14. In
order to obtain all of these wonderful cliffs, the RRGCC with the 'Murray
Property Project', must raise a sum of 350000 US dollars.
The Murray Property Project:
There is a new website opened on August 1 dedicated to the 'Murray
Property Project'. Aside from the online auction, the route-sponsoring, and
the opportunity to donate, the website contains a complete online guide of
the routes on the Murray property (with) pictures, maps, descriptions, even
GPS coordinates, and much, much more.
Reported also in climbimg magazines:
The Gold Coast Wall (see photo), part of the area, was recently (reported)
in Climbing magazine (Issue #222, page 59) with Dave Hume. He climbed one
of his routes, True Love, 5.13d. (also known as Brillant Orange wall).
The Murray Property Project Task Force:
The leaders of the 'Murray Property Project' Task Force
of the Red River Gorge Climber's Coalition are Morgain Sprague
(author of the climbing guide) and John Bronaugh. Both (are) lawyers* and
passionate climbers. Morgain coordinates special spending meetings.
If you are interested in sponsoring or donating, etc. please contact
Gretchen Finniff (
bgoutdoors@hotmail.com).
*[This word may also mean "shyster"
].
