A big thanks to the Coalition for a Healthy Greater Grand Forks for providing $500 of assistance this spring for Ground UP adventures adventure programming! The funds will be used to help pay for goodies that will be enjoyed by participants of the Family Adventure Race, and to help offset costs and provide supplies for the Adventure Racing Camp slated for mid June. We can't thank them enough for their support of our endeavors!
The Extreme North Dakota Future of Adventure Sports Team, END-FAST, has had a busy February. Elizabeth Carr, aged 15, competed in the Grand Forks winter series. She placed second in the 5K frozen feat and second in the beginners category at Bikecicle, both held on February 16th. She went on to place third overall in the Yetiess (solo) category at ENDracing's Iceman Triathlon on Saturday, Feb. 23rd. Her efforts led her to the top spot in the series overall.
Matt Olson, one of the members of Ground UP adventures new climbing team, heads to St. Paul Minnesota to compete in a regional climbing competition this weekend. Matt has been working hard and getting stronger, and we wish him luck! Climb Hard!
Jim Grijalva, Ground UP adventures Vice Chairman, wears many hats. In addition to his roles as a law professor, non-profit board member, husband, and hockey dad, he also plays the role of farmer. An ice farmer. Grijalva's dedication to this strange craft has paid off this year as he's successfully created the regions only ice climbing wall! The Grand Forks Herald sent a few reporters out to capture the story, so we'll let their words do the talking. Click HERE for the story.
"Having inspirational people around me during the camp motivated me to do my best."
-- Erin Peck after the 2012 Adventure Racing Camp
"Climbing club rocks! Alison is my favorite coach - she is so goofy and makes climbing super fun!"
--Asaliah, Age 8
Applications are now being accepted for Young Adventurer Grants from Ground UP adventures. Get the details of this program by checking out the webpage and start dreaming!
It's been two years folks, and it is time to elect a new board, re-elect the old board, or some combination of the two! If you're interested in becoming a bigger part of the organization of thing you have something to offer, feel free to email in a self-nomination which will get passed on to existing board members.
The "Boat House" project is going to be discussed at the next Parks Board meeting on December 4th. The meeting is open to the public and we encourage attendance by anyone and everyone - particularly those who are enthusiastic supporters of what we're trying to accomplish. We will be presenting a 'business plan' for the boat house which will detail our proposed management arrangement and discuss options for cost sharing, revenue streams, etc.
We've just recieved word that two Bemidjii area youth, Christian (age 11) and Daven (age 16) have registred in the Zombie Male category for END-TOMBED! For those of you that don't realize the significance of this action - these youth have committed themselves to riding as many 10+ mile laps around the epic course out at Turtle River State Park as they can in 12 hours! And not only would that be something to talk about in and of itself, but the HIGH temperature on race day (Oct 27th) isn't expected to reach 35. Kids are awesome.
