Yosemite Facelift: Help Clean Up Yosemite For the past 8 years, the Yosemite Climbing Association has held a four day event to help clean up Yosemite. The 8th annual Facelift will start on Tuesday September 20th at the East Auditorium behind the visitor center. The evening programs are a great chance to see slideshows by climbing's greatest and up and coming locals. There will be a ton of food and beer for people who volunteer to clean up the park.



The Facelift will continue until Sunday, September 25th. On the last day there will be a raffle for everyone that volunteered with prizes from a number of great climbing companies.



Tuesday September 20th:
Josh Helling will show Dangerous Season a film about Yosemite Search and Rescue
Lisa Rands presentation -

Wednesday September 21st:
Malcom Daly presentation - Tragedy and Triumph: Defying Gravity Though Post Traumatic Growth
Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto will present Vertical Sailing Greenland

Thursday September 22nd:
6th annual Reel Rock Film Tour

Friday September 23rd:
Jim Donini presentation - High and Wild
Mike Libecki presentation - Around the World: In Search of Virgin Vertical Earth

Saturday September 24th 5:00pm - 9:00pm:
Volunteer recognition, raffle and outdoor music by Little Brother. Location to be announced

Sunday September 25th 6:00 pm - Midnight:
Raffle, food and dancing to Little Brother

There is also free camping in Yosemite for that weekend. Check out the Yosemite Climbing Association website for more information. Come to Yosemite, clean up, and enjoy the great climber festival!

Labels: cleaning up national parks, climber festival, Yosemite Facelift

  ¶ Wednesday, August 31, 2011