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May 2009
May 15  Appalachian Trail Days Appalachian Trail Days
Damascus, Virginia.

Trail Days celebrates the Appalachian Trail, the hikers, former hikers, and aspiring hikers who converge there each year.

There will be music, children's games, an unusual parade, a hikers' talent show, people-watching, bike rides, hikes, workshops, lots of food, and other family-friendly activities... only to name a few. This makes Trail Days one of the most popular small-town events in the State of Virginia!
May 18 Summit for Someone - Alaska Summit for Someone - Alaska
Various Peaks, AK

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
Sign up. Raise funds. Get gear. Go climb. Do Good!

www.summitforsomeone.org
June 2009
June 03 Summit for Someone - Mt. Hood Summit for Someone - Mt. Hood
Mt. Hood, OR

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
Sign up. Raise funds. Get gear. Go climb. Do Good!

www.summitforsomeone.org
June 10 Summit for Someone - Mt. Hood Summit for Someone - Mt. Hood
Mt. Hood, OR

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
Sign up. Raise funds. Get gear. Go climb. Do Good!

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June 12 Summit for Someone - Beginner Mountaineer Course Summit for Someone - Beginner Mountaineer Course
San Juan Mountains, CO

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. New to Mountaineering? Take this course and you’ll learn all you need to know plus you’ll get a chance to summit three classic Colorado peaks.
Sign up. Raise funds. Get gear. Go climb. Do Good!

www.summitforsomeone.org
June 17 Summit for Someone - Mt. Hood Summit for Someone - Mt. Hood
Mt. Hood, OR

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
Sign up. Raise funds. Get gear. Go climb. Do Good!

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June 19 Summit for Someone - Mt. Hood Summit for Someone - Mt. Hood
Mt. Hood, OR

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
Sign up. Raise funds. Get gear. Go climb. Do Good!

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June 24 Summit for Someone - Women Specific Climb Summit for Someone - Women Specific Climb
Mt. Hood, OR

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
Sign up. Raise funds. Get gear. Go climb. Do Good!

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June 26 Summit for Someone - Women Specific Climb Summit for Someone - Women Specific Climb
Mt. Shasta, CA

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
Sign up. Raise funds. Get gear. Go climb. Do Good!

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June 27 IMCS Women's Rock Weekend
Conway, NH

Women's Rock Weekend is jam-packed with climbing instructional clinics (beginner to advanced), a women's dinner, community party, and a slide show by a pro climber. You'll be able to check out the latest and greatest in climbing gear during our free demo, plus score huge discounts at the IME climbing shop while you're here.
June 27 Ridgway River Festival Ridgway River Festival

The second annual Ridgway River Festival (RRF) will take place on Saturday, June 27, 2009! Join us in a celebration of our watershed in downtown Ridgway at Rollans Park from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. Activities will include a whitewater rodeo, down river race, the Junk of the Unc race, and fun at the Kid’s Eddy. A regional watershed information tent will provide an essential educational component. Live music, local food vendors, and a beverage tent will round out the day.

www.ridgwayriverfestival.org
July 2009
July 30 Summit for Someone - Mt. Rainier Summit for Someone - Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier, WA

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
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August 2009
August 01 The Bitter Pill Adventure Race
Vermont
This year OR will be sponsoring the Bitter Pill in Vermont. Yeah! It's a twelve hour adventure race for teams of two or three. You'll be trekking, navigating, paddling, swimming, and biking. You can read the full details on our website.
www.gmara.org/bitterpill
August 05 Summit for Someone - Mt. Rainier Summit for Someone - Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier, WA

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
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August 13 Summit for Someone - Mt. Rainier Summit for Someone - Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier, WA

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
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August 19 Summit for Someone - Mt. Rainier Summit for Someone - Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier, WA

Join Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone benefit climb series. The challenge of a lifetime awaits you. Plus your will help overcome a lifetime of challenges for others.
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Yamnuska Mountain Adventures Yamnuska Mountain Adventures
Yamnuska Mountain Adventures is the leading mountain guide company in the Canadian Rockies. In addition to mountaineering guiding and instruction we are also known for our backpacking and hiking programs.
Warren Macdonald
Climbing to the summit of the islands tallest peak, he became trapped beneath a one-ton boulder in a freak rock fall. His companion, Geert van Keulen, a Dutch traveller he'd met the day before, his only hope for survival.
Warren Macdonald
Majka Burhardt Majka Burhardt
Majka´s first foray into climbing came when she was six years old as a byproduct of an obsession with cotton candy and fudge.
Howie Schwartz
Howie first started alpine climbing at the age of 15 on a summer trip to the Tetons. The highlight of the trip was climbing the Grand Teton via the upper Exum Route with famous Yosemite climber Chuck Pratt. Howie decided there that he wanted to spend the rest of his life climbing mountains.
Howie Schwartz
Margot Talbot Margot Talbot
Margo’s love affair with the mountains began 22 years ago when she discovered the Canadian Rockies.
Rob Hess
Rob, an owner of Jackson Hole Mountain Guides, was the third American to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. Rob has also successfully guided Broad Peak (26,440') in the Karakoram of Pakistan.
Rob Hess
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Summit For Someone
Summit for Someone is a mountaineering fundraiser to benefit Big City Mountaineers, a nonprofit recreational mentoring program for at-risk teens. Participants pledge to raise money for BCM and climb one of North America’s premiere mountains with a guide. SFS is the primary fundraiser for BCM's programs, which show teens a different perspective by taking them into wilderness areas in California, Colorado, Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest, with a one-to-one ratio of adult volunteers as positive role models. In 2008, funds raised by Summit For Someone participants helped provide 2,500 program days to BCM teens. For more information, visit www.summitforsomeone.org.