TAWKROC brings adventure storytelling event to Nelson
TAWKROC’s Tall Tales event is scheduled for Sept. 20 at The Royal in Nelson. Promotional image via The Royal.
The Association of West Kootenay Rock Climbers will bring an evening of adventure storytelling to Nelson on Sunday, Sept. 20.
Tall Tales: A TAWKROC Event is scheduled from 6 to 10 p.m. at The Royal, 330 Baker St. The venue describes the event as an evening of adventure storytelling, and it is also listed on the Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism events calendar.
TAWKROC has been active in the West Kootenay climbing community for more than a decade. The organization was formed in 2010 and became a registered non-profit society in 2016.
Its mandate includes preserving public access to climbing areas, supporting the development and maintenance of routes and trails, and helping fund the replacement of bolts, anchors and other climbing hardware. TAWKROC says labour associated with that work is provided by volunteers.
The organization also has a long history of organizing climbing festivals in the region.
TAWKROC held the first Kootenay Climbing Festival in 2012 behind the Lion’s Head Pub in Robson, near Castlegar. That event included climbing, rope-work and anchor clinics, with donations supporting the group’s work on local climbing routes.
The festival expanded to a two-day format by 2016. In 2019, the event again ran over two days and included a presentation at the Lion’s Head as well as climbing clinics at Waterline, Kinnaird Bluffs and another Castlegar-area climbing site.
TAWKROC has also secured public climbing access at Kinnaird Bluffs and Waterline Walls. The organization says support from its membership helped make the purchase of both properties possible.
Its stated purposes include owning and managing property to preserve climbing and other recreational values while maintaining environmental qualities at Kinnaird Bluffs and Waterline Walls.
TAWKROC is also a chapter member of the Climbers Access Society of B.C.
Tall Tales begins at 6 p.m. Sept. 20 at The Royal in Nelson.
A historic mine opening near Rossland’s Kootenay Columbia Trail will be permanently sealed, with a three-week trail closure beginning Sept. 28 so crews can complete the work.