New Athletes: PAIGE CLAASSEN AND BLAKE HERRINGTON
From the Field: 2010-11 COSMIC SCHEDULE INCLUDES NEW RACE
From the Field: A WRAP UP ON THE 2010 RIFLE CLEAN UP
From the Field: UPCOMING CAMP SPONSORED EVENTS
Get the Gear: GREAT ADVICE AND SELECTION AT MOUNTAIN GEAR
Monthly Drawing: CARBON FIBER AVALANCHE PROBE

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CAMP WELCOMES TWO NEW ATHLETES TO THE TEAM

CAMP USA is proud to add two new athletes to our small and dedicated athlete team. Paige Claassen is one of the strongest female sport climbers in the country most recently cast into the limelight for breaking the 5.14b barrier with her ascent of Grand Ole Opry at the Monastery in Colorado. Blake Herrington is an alpine rock climber known for serious adventures and committing first ascents in the Cascades and throughout the West. Both will be strong partners in the areas of product development, pushing grades, new routing and climbing stewardship.

Paige: Hi, my name is Paige Claassen and I am a Sport Climber living in Boulder, Colorado and a junior at the University of Colorado. I put a lot of pressure on myself to push my own limits and this propels my passion for the sport. Close friends, family, fresh air, sunshine, and cookies also add to my motivation and psyche ... READ MORE

Blake: Hi, my name is Blake Herrington. I am inspired by mountains and drawn to the sense of adventure I find in the alpine wilderness ... I am proud to have established more than 20 new alpine routes without having placed a single bolt ... READ MORE

Photos: Marni Mattner

ASK THE WINNING QUESTION, GET FREE GEAR

Visit our Athletes Area and you will notice that each athlete has a profile and a bio. We are looking to add more questions to the bio in order to present more information from our athletes that you are particularly interested in. Send us your suggestions for a question to include in the athlete bio. We will ask our athletes to answer the winning question and publish their responses in the next newsletter. Whoever asks the winning question will also win a new Armour helmet!

Send questions to climbing@camp-usa.com with the title, 'I want to know ...'

2010-11 COSMIC RACE SCHEDULE - NEW EARLY SEASON RACE AT CS IRWIN LODGE!

RACE	DATE	LOCATION
CS Irwin Lodge Rando Race	12/11/2010	CS Irwin Lodge
The Heathen Challenge	01/15/2011	Sunlight Mountain, CO
CAMP Ski Mountaineering Race at Crested Butte	01/29/2011	Crested Butte, CO
COSMIC Sprint Race and SIA Uphill/Downhill Challenge	01/31/2011	Winter Park Ski Resort /SIA On-Snow Demo
Race the Divide	02/13/2011	Monarch Mountain, CO
Winter Wild	03/05/2011	Aspen, CO
The Five Peaks	04/09/2011	Breckenridge, CO
San Juans Rando	04/23/2011	San Juans Mts, CO
Marmot Grind	04/30/2011	Arapahoe Basin, CO

More information available at: http://www.ussma.org/cosmic/

Hey, it's Wick here piping the new CS Irwin Race in December! The CS Irwin Ski Mountaineering race on December 11th, 2010 will showcase some of the fastest back country ski racers in North America. The start of the race will take place at an elevation of nearly 10,400 ft and lead skiers up to the top of Scarp Ridge (12,100 ft) three separate times for a total of over 5000ft+ of gain/loss. If the elevation isn't enough to make your quads shake, racers will travel the equivalent of over 10 miles...all above 10,000ft!

This is a brand new event and has already been accepted in the COSMIC Series, which is in its 5th season, as the opening event of the race calender. With an average snowfall of over 600"+ per year, the CS Irwin venue is a great place to hold an early December race ... guaranteed to have snow! The race location is about 7 miles from the nearest town (Crested Butte, CO), and with no maintained roads in the Winter, athletes will either take a CS Irwin cat ride or supply their own sled for transportation to the start line! There is a movement in the Rocky Mountains to establish race venues modeled after this European style of racing, which means getting these competitions off traditional ski resorts and into a back country setting.

Competitors can sign up for the event at www.csirwin.zapevent.com. Do it quickly as we are only accepting the first 50 athletes to sign up! Bryan Wickenhauser & Jake Jones are Co-Race Directors on this new endeavour and can be contacted at:

Bryan - wick@teamcrestedbutte.com
Jake - jakejones808@gmail.com

We have both been racing in the COSMIC Series since its inception and enjoy skiing human powered powder, deep in the back country ... come join us!

2010 RIFLE CLEAN UP

CAMP USA donated fixed draws to equip more than ten routes top to bottom at the West’s most notorious hard man’s crag. The draws feature our steel Gym Safe carabiners fast becoming known as the best clipping steel biners in the world. Riflers, please enjoy and thanks to everyone who lent a hand during this year’s clean up. Upgrades included: fixing draws on selected routes, rebolting and replacing fixed hardware on selected routes, trail improvements at the Hawaiian Two Foot Wall, Bauhaus Trail, and Upper Koper Trail, bench building, bridge repair at the Sno-Cone Wall, trash clean up. Read the full summary report HERE.

Photo Courtesy: Andrew Bisharat

CAMP USA EVENTS CALENDAR

11-13-10: Beanfest - Cochise Stronghold, Arizona - LINK

12-3-10: CAMP Ski Mountaineering / Rando Clinic at Rock & Roll Sports by Bryan Wickenhauser - Gunnison, Colorado - LINK

12-4-10: Regional Rock Walls Climbing Comp - Rexburg, Idaho - LINK

12-7-10: CAMP Ski Mountaineering / Rando Clinic at Salida Mountain Sports by Bryan Wickenhauser - Salida, Colorado - LINK

2-12-10: Rain City Send - University of Washington - Seattle, Washington - LINK

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