Anyone ever climb for charity?

You know how there are those races (5k's, marathons, triathlons) for charity? I'm just wondering if anyone has CLIMBED for charity.

There are numerous non-profits where you can create your own fundraising event. Or maybe you've done one of those organized climbs for a major charity. Anything where you've actually climbed for the cause, as opposed to just donating money, time, or expertise. I've always thought this kind of thing might give me the added motivation to complete an epic bucket list climb... for once, climbing wouldn't be such a selfish endeavor.

Btw, I suggest this stay focused more on what you did, not on opinions about the non-profit world or the charities themselves.

Maybe you could share about the climb, the organization, and any other info that may help others interested in doing something like this.

About 10 years ago, we did a Climb-a-thon as part of the Celebrate Eldorado event. You got sponsors to donate a certain amount per pitch that you climbed. The money went to Action Committee for Eldorado.
Occasionally climbers will donate a day of climbing to be auctioned off as a benefit to the Access Fund or whatever. I've bought a few days and they've all been really fun. Probably the best was doing Spook Book in the Needles with Scott Cosgrove.

My sister-in-law died from ovarian cancer. So did Sean Patrick, founder of HERA and avid climber. Good organization, here, which does a series of great, climbing-based fundraisers: herafoundation.org/events/c…

Rocktown Climbing Gym in OKC hosts an annual climb-a-thon for a 501(c) non profit climbing organization almost every year. 1 hour to climb as many feet as you can and hopefully you have sponsors who will pledge a certain amount per foot climbed.

Yes I participated in a bouldering comp in Alabama at HP 40. For every v point a dollar was given to help start first responder courses in the Himalayas. Raised a lot of money in a day

Have you looked in this thread?

mountainproject.com/v/im-to…

That thread is totally irrelevant.

Several years ago I did a climbing demo and helped teach a clinic for the HERA Foundation's Climb4Life DC. My coach at the time Eric Scully was good friends with the founder and I flew out there with him and another teammate (Anna Morenz) to help out. It was a super cool experience and a great opportunity. I'd highly recommend getting involved.

Coincidentally ran across this today in the latest Climbing mag... "Climb to Fight Breast Cancer"... getinvolved.fhcrc.org/site/…

Maybe not quite the same, but... for the past couple years several Wisconsin climbing organizations have been holding the Devils Lake Century Climbing Challenge. It was initially to celebrate the park's 100th birthday and raise money for the Friends of Devils Lake group that supports the state park where state funding would be inadequate (special projects, programs, and improvements). Participants have the entire year to climb 100 top ropes, trad climbs, or boulder problems and those that actually complete their hundred get a small prize. We've been lucky to see the Challenge grow quite a bit in the past few years and have gotten great local and big name gear company support. All the entrance fees for the challenge go to the park and sponsorships allow for things like camp outs for participants, discounts at local gear shops, t-shirts, end of year party, raffles, even kegs of beer (gotta love WI). It has built a lot of good will between the climbing community and the biggest park in the state for climbing. In case anyone's interested: climb100.com/

I'll second (third?) the HERA involvement recommendation. I just went to Climb4Life DC for the 4th time. As the years pass I get better at fundraising, though it was hard at first. They have a few climbing events in the country, including one in Boulder, Boston (indoor), and Brooklyn (new this year & indoor). I think some other places too. At DC they hang a bunch of topropes on a wide range of climbs at Carderock and Great Falls and then have a picnic dinner and the recipients of grants from HERA tell everyone what they are working on, whether it is ovarian cancer research or community awareness. It's a great organization.

Alan Arnette from Fort Collins just successfully climbed K2 to raise money for Alzheimer's. He is a dedicated and inspiring guy for sure!

alanarnette.com/

A couple of years ago I was part of a project during which we raised money for children affected by AIDs in Africa. It was "climbing for a cause." Basically we got people to commit to donating money for every vertical foot we climbed during a 6 week trip to Patagonia. It was very much modeled after the races like race for the cure etc. Overall it was a positive experience and we got a lot of people to donate money who otherwise wouldn't have without the whole climbing big mountains thing.

There's a cancer-related benefit climb being promoted in the Gunks right now. If I read it correctly, it is a second ascent of the 9000 ft Trapps traverse.