Wednesday, November 30, 2011

International Mountain Day - Prize Update

On Saturday we are celebrating International Mountain Day in Bellingham.  We have had a lot of things developing for the event.

Just to remind people of what this is, we're doing a benefit for the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center with rock rescue clinics, an avalanche awareness seminar and a party. This is all happening on Saturday, December 3rd and you can get details on locations and times, here.

We have booked food (pizza and beer) for the evening event. We have also booked a acoustic musician (Quinton Rundell).  And we will be premiering the film, Fifty Years in the Mountains.

In addition to all of this, we will be having a raffle and an auction.  Raffle tickets are $5 each and they can be purchased any time.  If you purchase a ticket and are not on site to pick it up, then we will mail the prize to you.

Following is a list of donations for the raffle:

Mountain Gear - 4 $50 gift certificates
Stevens Pass - 4 day passes and 4 hats
Petzl - Snowracer Ice Axe ($95 value)
Julbo - Zebra Revolution Googles ($160 value)
Tendon Ropes - 30 meter ski rope ($100 value
American Alpine Institute - 2 T-shirts
American Alpine Institute - Ski Tune and Wax
American Alpine Institute - Splitboard or Snowshoe Rental
American Alpine Institute - $25 Shop Gift Certificate

We will be having an auction for five extremely valuable items.  Four of the items will be available for a silent auction and the last item will be available for a live auction.  Here is a list of the silent auction items:

Mountain Equipment UK - Firefox Shell Jacket
We have one male and one female version of the jacket.  These each have a value of $350.  The minimum bid will be $25 and will be in the silent auction.

Rab - Xenon Jacket
We have one male and one female version of the jacket. These each have a value of $225. The minimum bid will be $25 and will be in the silent auction.

And lastly from Hilliberg, we have a Nammatj 2GT tent that's green. This tent has a value of $685.  This will be the only item in the live auction and will have a minimum bid of $50. 

If you do not think you'll be able to attend the event, but would like to put down a bid on either the official silent auction items, or you would like to place a bid on the tent remotely, please call us at 360-671-1505.

--Jason D, Martin

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