International Climbers Festival
Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 08:00am
International Climbers Festival
Various Venue in Lander
Schedule:
8 AM - 4 PM: WYOCLIMBERS LOCAL YOUTH CLINIC . This clinic is geared towards Lander local youths that want to learn how to climb outdoors and is made possible thanks to local community grants. No Festival All-Access Pass (ticket) is required to participate. Meet at Lander City Park. Find the sign with your clinic name and gather where your instructors are!
To sign-up, use the button below! Click on "Get Tickets" and find clinics listed under "Add-Ons." Under “Full-Day Climbing Clinics,” select the "Thursday: Local Youth Clinic."
9 AM - 6 PM: FESTIVAL REGISTRATION AT WILD IRIS MOUNTAIN SPORTS for t-shirt and swag bag pick-up, raffle ticket sales, and more! Plus, Sinks Coffee will be joining us in the morning with fresh brewed (iced or hot) coffee! Bring a mug and stop by! (Wild Iris Mountain Sports Store on 166 Main St.)
9 AM - 2 PM: VOLUNTEER PROJECT in Sinks Canyon. Join Sinks Canyon State Park and Wyoming Weed and Pest to help maintain the trails and areas we love. This project will focus on pulling thistle-weeds along the climbing trails. Please wear closed-toed shoes and long pants. All tools will be provided, and we will be out there rain or shine!
9 AM - 10 AM: FIND A CLIMBING PARTNER OR FRIEND MEET-UP at the Lander Bake Shop!
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: LGBTQ+ FIND A CLIMBING PARTNER OR FRIEND MEET-UP at the Lander Bake Shop with Wind River Pride!
2 PM - 3:15 PM: PURE MADNESS GROUP (MELVIN AND ROADHOUSE) BEND AND BREW: All-Level Vinyasa Flow in front of the stage in Lander City Park with James DuPont! No sign-up needed - just show up! (Free beer only for 21+ ticketed attendees; must get wristband at WyoClimbers’ booth beforehand).
See our Festival-Specific Yoga Schedule for all of our yoga sessions for the weekend.
3 PM - 4 PM: BIPOC FIND A CLIMBING PARTNER OR FRIEND MEET-UP at the Lander Bake Shop with BIPOC ERG at NOLS, AAC Climb United and Cruxing in Color!
3 PM - 5 PM: RAB AND UPSLOPE HAPPY HOUR in the Wild Iris Mountain Sports parking lot. Join Rab for a start of the Festival Happy Hour, where they’ll be serving Upslope beer and bubblies to all ticketed attendees!
3:30 PM - 7 PM: CENTRAL BANK AND TRUST ART CRAWL PRESENTATIONS inside the Lander Bake Shop.
3:30 PM - Navajo Solar/Storage Sunrise Film Teaser with Kitty Calhoun. Navajo Mountain, on the largest reservation in the US, was the epicenter of the coal industry, and the land and health of the miners have suffered. Because of low-density housing and rugged terrain, 15% of the Navajos are not connected to the grid and do not have electricity. This poses extra hardship for the elderly, who rely on firewood to ward off the bitter desert winters.
In this presentation, Kitty shares a teaser from her new film and the transition to clean energy on the Navajo Reservation.
4:45 PM - Vulnerability is a Superpower with Marcus Garcia. It is okay to not be okay. In this presentation, Marcus Garcia shows a short film called “The Mentor” and bring down all barriers, talking about his personal journey after losing his climbing mentor and how it has impacted him to become a passionate mentor to others.
6 PM - Climbing Physics with Gokul Gopal of Skillzboard.Many climbers may know that carabiners and slings are rated for over 20 kN, a good cam placement will hold about 8 kN, or that the wires on small stoppers are rated for 6 kN or less. But what does all of this mean? This presentation will help you understand and estimate the forces on the most critical components of the climbing system: the climber, the belayer, and the highest piece of gear or bolt that's been clipped.
CENTRAL BANK & TRUST ART CRAWL 4 PM - 8 PM along Main Street between 1st and 4th Street. Stop by the CB&T lobby for free food and drinks and support over 50 artists and small businesses gathered together along Main Street to showcase their work.
Ongoing - PERSONALIZE YOUR GEAR Weigh and tag your water bottles, apparel and more with climbing gear stickers and transfers FOR FREE at the Weigh My Rack booth!
Ongoing - RETIRED ROPE DROP-OFF If you have an old rope taking up space and want to help reduce the footprint that these ropes make, drop it off at the Rubbish Ropes booth!
LA SPORTIVA OPENING PARTY 7 PM - 12 AM on the Lander Bar patio
7 PM - WELCOMES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
7:15 PM - PULL-UP COMPwith La Sportiva
8:15 PM - CLIMBING TRIVIA with Weigh My Rack
9 PM - DANCE PARTY with DJ Sam Toyon on the Lander Bar patio and carnival games and activations with La Sportiva upstairs in the Colter Loft
8 PM - 11:30 PM: BRIGHTSTONE & SCARPA BOULDER BASH at The Rock Shop. We’re switching things up this year and planning to showcase a bouldering gem of a location. Join us for some nighttime bouldering! It’s going to be lights, camera, bouldering action!
You will need high clearance and 4wd to get into the Rock Shop. If you would like to carpool, meet at the Lion’s Shelter in City Park at 7 PM.
