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Climbing for geeks by geeks, because geeks love climbing. Shamelessly stolen from inspired by http://geekslovebowling.com

A few folks have mentioned wanting to get a group together to go rock climbing while at conferences. Pack your climbing shoes and let's do it!

Please feel free to vote for times under The Voting if you are interested in going.

The Climbers

• Mark Trammell (founder of Geeks Love Climbing)
• Tantek Çelik (made an offhand joke to Mark, and look what happened.)
• Dan Rubin (climbed a tree when I was 10, and a rope when I was 16)
• Juliette Melton (just found the climbing shoes - w00t!)
• Erica Douglass (I can pack all my climbing gear)
• Michael Lehmkuhl (have pity on me - I come from a flat state)
• Dane Petersen (used to climb twice a week at Smith Rock... used to...)
• Noelle Murata (refuses to be outdone, having missed the Apt Bouldering)
• Colin Surprenant (active in the north east - from Montreal area, Adirondacks to the Gunks)
• Kevin Rose (I own buildering.com, no joke, click the ads)
• Daniel Burka (I'm can climb the routes Kevin talks about climbing)
• Veronica Belmont (It's been a while, I need peer pressure)
• Laura Fitton (that nut from Twitter [@pistachio] used to, used to...) availability a little up in the air, i'll come when a group is going if i can
• Aubrey Sabala (I'm packing my climbing gear and dental floss. Wholly unrelated, but true.)
• Ryan King (packing climbing gear and dental floss. Totally related.)
• Jake Ingman (my brother climbed el cap twice. I have climbed it zero.)
• Thomas Crenshaw (indoor climber from VA/DC/MD area)
• Ben Cote (climbs stuff)
• Adina Levin (learned at Planet Granite in Belmont)
• tyler hilker (i'm now the noob i always made fun of)
• Stephanie Sullivan (haven't done this in years, but loved it before)
• Lisa Brewster (started climbing at SXSW, ended up being lots easier to try than I thought it would be)
• Elizabeth Leddy (from the window to the wall...)
• Alex Kawas (founding member of NinjaCamp)
• Brynn Evans (total n00b)

The Sponsors

Why not? Help sponsor Geeks Love Climbing and we'll put your logo and a link here. Seriously.

The Conferences

• 3/26-3/28 San Diego: W3C CSS Working Group meeting
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The Voting

Please vote for the dates/times you like/dislike.

Suggested dates and times (feel free to add suggestions):

• 3/27
  • 7pm at Solid Rock
    • +1 Tantek
    • +1 Lisa
    • +1 Liz
    • +1 Alex
    • +1 Brynn
  • dinner afterwards nearby in old town and hillcrest (suggest something!)
    • +1 Tantek
    • +1 Lisa (open to anything, vegan option + non-obnoxious parking gets bonus points)
    • +1 Liz (ortegas has sweet margaritas, bamboo lounge has yummy fusion but takes forever, and my favorite place for old speckled hen on tap, shakespeares pub... )
    • Although I won't be joining you for climbing, I'd love to be in on dinner/drink plans. As far as Hillcrest/Mission Hills/Old Town goes, I'd recommend Mamá Testa for Mexican (best tacos in town, bar none). Seconded Shakespeare & Bamboo Lounge as nice spots--Shakespeare for dinner & afterwards, Bamboo Lounge to chill post dinner but I wouldn't bother eating there. Bamboo Lounge is on the same block as Mamá Testa; could be a nice combo. -- Edward O'Connor
    • +1 Alex (Ted knows his eats.)
    • +1 Brynn (sad to say that after 1.5 years living in SD, I have no idea where to suggest...)

The Gym

• Solid Rock in San Diego
  • Map: http://maps.google.com/?q=2074%20Hancock%20Street%20San%20Diego%2C%20Ca%2092110&t=h&utm_campaign=en_US&utm_medium=ha&utm_source=en_US-ha-na-us-gns-ssm&utm_term=add
    • Tip: if you are coming from the south or the east, be careful that hancock has some weird one way issues for half the time
  • Price: http://www.solidrockgym.com/rates.html
  • Fun: Oh my god!!!! aka orgasmic

The Buildings

For discussion purposes only. Buildings or other structures in the wild which appear to be hypothetically climbable.

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The Successful Climbs

Past geeks love climbing sessions:

• SXSW2008

The Photos

• http://flickr.com/photos/tags/geeksloveclimbing

The Videos

• See SXSW2008 videos.

Webstock Workshop, Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand

Time

6pm, 7 May 2008

Place

Fergs http://www.zoomin.co.nz/map/nz/wellington/wellington+wharf/queens+wharf/6/-fergs+kayaks+wellington/

Climbers

• Ben Nolan (Perpetrator of the monkey climb)

• Cj Wells (I dated a climber once)

• Hayden Smith (Cause ladders are for lazy shits)

• Ingo Schommer (Likes the handhold color schemes, but doesn't climb by them)

• Tantek Çelik

Entourage

• Sue Tyler (I might photograph climbing, but I do not have a climbing spirit)

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