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Chris McNamara
SuperTopo staff member
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 25, 2011 - 11:08am PT
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Planet Granite San Francisco is hosting our Annual Fundraiser on April 27. Alex Honnold, Greg Barnes and I will be doing a presentation on what the ASCA has been up to. Alex will present his latest adventures. I'll tell the wild story of how the ASCA started and Ill throw is some BASE jumping cuz everyone seems to dig it. We will also have bolts on display, a silent auction, live Super auction, food, drink... its gonna be great!
Mark your calendars and please respond if you can attend
- THE IMPORTANT PART: PLANET GRANITE IS MATCHING ALL DONATIONS AT THE EVENT AND BEFORE APRIL 30.
This is where you come in even if you can't make the event. This is our big annual fundraiser. We are a bare bones non-profit and this is going to be a very big part of how we fund bolt replacement in 2011. Go to this page to donate http://www.planetgranite.com/asca
We need auction items. Here is a list of current auction items. If you have anything to add, it would be awesome!
In addition to the April 27 auction at the event, there is an ASCA eBay Climbing And Outdoor Gear Auction ends April 26-28
If you want to donate to the ASCA, please do so before April 30 so that it gets matched.
Along with this fundraiser, I will be holding a big auction on eBay. Ill be selling some of my old Aliens, pitons, climbing gear, outerwear along with anything else the climbing donates to be auctions.
 Shout out to Planet Granite SF! - They have helped us raise over $20,000 in the past and are a BIG reason the ASCA has been able to replace thousands of bolts in the last year. The ASCA has now replaced 8000+ bolts.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Mar 30, 2011 - 05:35pm PT
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Awesome! I go to PG, and really want to learn more about bolting! My goal is to put up frequent bolts on Thunderbolt's summit block. Sierra could have a cool summit block sport-climb. : ) Than I will deal with Doodad..
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Mar 30, 2011 - 07:46pm PT
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If I'm in town I'll be there!
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Mar 30, 2011 - 11:32pm PT
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Just in case it wasn't clear, Planet Granite is matching ALL donations to the ASCA for April 15th-April 30th, so even if you live nowhere near California, make your donation then and PG will match it!
There wil be tons more stuff for the auctions (both online and at the event), we'll keep you posted!
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pocoloco1
Social climber
The Chihuahua Desert
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Mar 31, 2011 - 12:05am PT
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Are you using this address for donations?
2 Bradford Way
Mill Valley, CA 94941
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Mar 31, 2011 - 11:45am PT
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That address is Chris' parents place. The official address for the ASCA is PO Box 1814, Bishop, CA 93515-1814, but the actual address right now is: ASCA c/o Greg Barnes, 603 Maestro Ct, San Jose, CA 95134-2606. We don't want to change the address since I move apartments fairly often (might have to move again in September), so for now my friends in Bishop send over the mail - but there is a delay, often several weeks.
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Bump - tell your friends!
Planet Granite is matching ALL donations to the ASCA for April 15th-30th! (Up to $10,000 total)
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MTucker
Ice climber
Arizona
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Apr 12, 2011 - 11:45pm PT
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When is the EBAY stuff coming up and the link??
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Planet Granite
climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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Apr 15, 2011 - 03:29pm PT
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The match starts TODAY! You can donate online at http://www.planetgranite.com/asca OR even better, come to our Auction to hear Chris McNamara and Alex Honnold speak plus get some awesome gear in exchange for the money you donate.
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Apr 16, 2011 - 02:01pm PT
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Bump - all donations to the ASCA are being matched!!!
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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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Apr 19, 2011 - 01:18am PT
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Along with this fundraiser, I will be holding a big auction on eBay. Ill be selling some of my old Aliens, pitons, climbing gear, outerwear along with anything else the climbing donates to be auctions.
How about a link to this too. :)
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SeanH
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Apr 19, 2011 - 02:09am PT
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Who's gonna collect some serious GNAR points and tell honnold that they can't believe he's a pro because they climb WAY harder than him? :D
Can't wait for this event.
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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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Apr 19, 2011 - 04:36pm PT
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Awesome. Thanks CM
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Sascha
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Apr 20, 2011 - 08:10pm PT
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bump
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Apr 21, 2011 - 06:10pm PT
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Hope they donated it through PG (to double it up!).
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Apr 21, 2011 - 09:02pm PT
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Matching grant bump...
GO ASCA!
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Apr 21, 2011 - 09:44pm PT
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Ha, a bit ironic that the guy famous for not using a rope is raising money for better protection for the rest of us!
Irony Bump!
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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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Apr 22, 2011 - 03:01pm PT
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Ill be there. I'm stoked to hear Alex speak.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Apr 22, 2011 - 03:19pm PT
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I will be there for the event, and will donate! And encourage all my friends to do so as well. This is a great cause to invest $ in!
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Loose Rocks
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Apr 24, 2011 - 04:40pm PT
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Donation link keeps giving a processing error.
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Loose Rocks
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Apr 24, 2011 - 04:49pm PT
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It charged my account 4 times. Is there a contact to have this fixed?
I contacted them and they fixed it.
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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Apr 25, 2011 - 01:47am PT
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Anyone else going to Planet Granite on Wednesday? Sounds like fun.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Apr 28, 2011 - 02:02am PT
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great evening, fun to see everyone turn out...
ran into lots of friends both on the Taco and off
Chris was super psyched!
and there the crowd seemed to be in a giving mood!
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Apr 28, 2011 - 02:25pm PT
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Good Times for sure.. lots of the legendary climbers there too... Good to see the support for ASCA. The poster of Lynn H went for decent $$$!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 28, 2011 - 05:24pm PT
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THANK YOU BIDDERS!!!!!
I was a little late to party with these ...
WELL DONE:
With PLANET GRANITE'S match that is $654 towards the ASCA.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 28, 2011 - 05:35pm PT
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(... now if I can just recall the location of all those quarter inch button-heads that I punched in WBITD)
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Spufi
Trad climber
DeLusion, Ca
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Apr 29, 2011 - 12:47pm PT
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Bump for the last days of the matching contributions!
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Chris McNamara
SuperTopo staff member
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 29, 2011 - 02:31pm PT
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The ASCA fundraiser and Planet Granite was a huge success!
We exceeded our goal of $20,000... and now we are close to $30,000. Help us get there by donating here with a credit card or here with PayPal
We have raised $27334.55 total so far
$10104 - from live auction at Planet Granite San Francisco April 27
$2240 in online donations before the event from directed from PG web site
$550 - donation checks (plus other checks in bishop)
$4440.55 + what comes in today - ebay outdoor gear auction and PayPal donations between April 15 and 30
$10,000 - match from Planet Granite Gives Back Program
All this will fund bolt replacement for the ASCA for over a year and lead to 2000+ bolts being replaced!
Huge Thanks to Planet Granite for inspiring, organizing and presenting the event:
Jeff Ceccacci, Mick Petts, Renee DeAngelis, Patty Nowak, Stephanie Ko Pound, Justin Vitcov, Carolyn Link, and all the staff who helped out.
And, of course the Planet Granite matching contribution of $10,000 is HUGE! This is part of the Planet Granite Gives Back. For every member, $1 is donated per month to climbing, community and the environment.
Planet Granite also helped raise over $20,000 in 2009. So all told they have been by far the biggest force in continuing the ASCA's bolt replacement work. Thank you!
Many Thanks to all the Sponsors and Presenters at our event as well as everyone who came, bid and donated:
Alex Honnold
Beal
Big Up Productions
Bistro Liaison
Black Diamond
Bluewater
Bridges Rock Gym
Bruce Hildenbrand
Chateau Montelena
ClimbFind.com
Dave and Mammoth Mountaineering
DMM
Dope Miller
Edelweiss
Evolv
GotIt Rentals South Lake Tahoe
Greg Barnes
Grivel
Han's Florine
Hood River Coffee
Jerry Dodrill Photography
Jim Herson
Jim Thornburg
John Harrison Photography
Metolius
Omega Pacific
Organic
Outback Adventures
Patagonia
Petzl
Prana
REI
Renan Ozturk
Sender Films
Singing Rock
Sports Basement
Steve Dawson
Super Topo
Tahoe Adventure Film Festival
Tarbuster - Roy McClenahan
Think Tank Photo
Tom Addison
Tommy Caldwell
Wild Country
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Spufi
Trad climber
DeLusion, Ca
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Apr 30, 2011 - 12:26pm PT
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bumping by on the way to $30,000...
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