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4th Annual Red Rock Rendezvous
March 23 - 25, 2007
The Red Rock Rendezvous is a rock climbing festival that takes place each March in Red Rock Canyon, 30 miles outside of Las Vegas. The festival attracts nearly 900 people, 500 of whom attend a variety of climbing clinics taught by professional athletes and American Alpine Institute guides. Many people come to the event to simply enjoy festival activities, games, contests, great food, and beer from New Belgium Brewing Company. What a great way to spend a three-day weekend!
This year's Rendezvous was a total hit, made even more so by three days of absolutely perfect weather - clear skies, a slight breeze, and 80 to 85-degree temps. Here are a few pictures that help tell the story:
All photos by Shawn Olson
AAI guide Richard Riquelme teaches an introductory clinic on the first day of the festival.
The American Alpine Institute's festival booth. AAI gave two mountaineering courses away during the Rendezvous; one was raffled away to those who participated in the graffiti removal project, and the other was given as the prize for the live auction (which benefited the Access Fund)
The women's Dyno Competition!
A group competes in a very unique competition called "Stranger-neering", where groups of strangers are assembled and then must figure out a way to climb and boulder over, under, and around each other.
New Belgium Brewing Company provided unlimited free beer and wine to all paid Rendezvous participants.
AAI guides Erik Johnson (left) and Peter Kuhnlein take a breather behind AAI's booth.
Festival participants and guides camped out in this beautiful big field, part of Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, where the festival was held. Spring Mountain Ranch is just a few miles from the Red Rock National Conservation Area.
Red Rock is full of strange and alluring rock formations.
AAI guide Dawn Glanc and Niki Bowerman participate in a graffiti removal
project, which coincidentally, took place at the base of a climbing
route called "Physical Graffiti."
Niki Bowerman climbs a 5.10 route at The Gallery, a cragging area in
Red Rock National Conservation Area
AAI guides Joey Elton (left) and Erik Johnson (right) relax and belay at The Gallery.
AAI guide Justin Wood and his wife, Zephyr Wood, take a lunch break at The Gallery.
AAI guide and program coordinator Andy Bourne pulls down
on a 5.11 sport climb at The Gallery.
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