Since May, we have employed eight Carolina Climbing Conservation Corp trail builders. They have worked rerouting and building sustainable trail in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Two weeks of step building and trail rerouting at Big Rock, one day at Melrose Mountain, a week and a half at Rocky Fork building the new climber access trail to the new climber access at the Whitehouse Cliffs, and are now two weeks into the 2 mile trail build at Pumpkintown. We have raised over $25,000 for the program in the last two months. If you have donated to this program, thank you! This initial budget of $25,000 will be spent by mid July if we do not raise more for the C4 Team to continue their incredible work. If we raise another $10,000, we could finish the Pumpkintown Trail and the Whitehouse base trail by summer and keep these 8 awesome people employed! Please consider a donation to the C4 program: www.carolinaclimbers.org/c4

Over the next several weeks, we have ample opportunities to help the C4 crew construct the Pumpkintown Trail. This 2 mile trail is the biggest trail project we have ever taken on and will lead to new and permanent access to the beautiful Pumpkintown Wall. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Due to Covid-19 considerations, we are limited to ~2 volunteers per day. For those with midweek jobs, we have also opened up June 27th and 28th as possible work days. We will provide tools (partially funded by an AAC Cornerstone Grant), instruction, and sanitizer. Social distancing will be easy on the trail. We also have a COVID-19 protocol we will go over prior to starting work. Sign up here.

Pisgah Nantahala Draft Plan comment period deadline June 29. Nearly 1500 comment letters have been submitted by climbers. Keep them coming! Can we hit 3,000? This plan will influence how climbers use 1 million plus acres of climbing lands for the next 15+ years. Click here for all resources needed. 

Climbing community, we acknowledge our tardiness in responding to the horrific, racially-targeted tragedies that have crippled our nation. Racial injustice has no place anywhere, and this includes our beloved outdoor spaces. Please know that our delay was sourced from an abundance of wanting to do something substantial, and not simply throw a social media token out into the virtual world without something real to back it. We affirm that Black Lives Matter, and we are committed to JEDI: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. As an organization, we admittedly have a lot to learn about how to incorporate JEDI into all of our access, advocacy, and stewardship work. Our access work of opening climbing lands to anyone and everyone is simply not enough. We need your help. Do you have an idea that could incorporate JEDI principles into climbing advocacy, stewardship, and/or access? Do you want to become involved with the CCC in coordinating actionable JEDI work related to climbing in the Carolinas? If so, we would love to have you involved in our organization. We have a board position open for you. If that is not of interest, we have a commitment to aiding related area programmatic needs that incorporate JEDI principles. Contact us info@carolinaclimbers.org

Board members needed! We have a board position available and would love someone dedicated to our mission to serve on the board! Maybe you are that someone? We have countless needs to help improve our organization. Priorities include; a person who identifies as a minority, someone trained in JEDI/ DEI work, ability and willingness to serve the mission of the CCC, ability and willingness to fundraise, budgeting skills (we need a treasurer), someone to handle merchandise and membership, and more! Let us know if you are interested by emailing info@carolinaclimbers.org

We currently have 680 annual CCC members. Can we get 700 by this week? You see the work we do. If you believe in the work and believe in our mission, please consider joining the CCC as a current annual member. www.carolinaclimbers.org/join