HP40 BOULDERING BETA

<> Horse Pens 40 <> Steele, AL. 35987 <>

<> 256-538-7439 <> horsepens40@aol.com <>

This page was last updated on:

Sat. Aug. 22, 2009

An Access Fund TeamWorks Project

Access Fund, University of Alabama Climbing Team, Guthries Chicken, and the SCC.

Come on out and help us work on the trails, spread some mulch and build a few rock walls. Trail day starts at 9:00 am. Please bring work clothes and gloves and sturdy boots (no sandals). Bring a rake, shovel and tarps (for hauling mulch) and wheelbarrow if you have it. Food and drinks provided by The Southeastern Climbers Coalition

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Horse Pens 40 is a "LEAVE NO TRACE" park !!

Thanks for your help and cooperation.

Scroll down for more info on

Southern SloperFest

Thanks to all of you who have generously donated items to our Gear Recycling Program. These items help us reduce our costs and keep our prices down. Thanks for your consideration and your generosity.

Horse Pens 40 still needs your old ropes. We especially need STATIC LINE. Please donate your retired climbing (or any other) ropes or cord to HP40 for utility and other uses around the park. We use these ropes for tying down, binding, pulling trees or fencing, horse tack, etc. We can use any lengths and sizes. Also any other gear, webbing, tarps, containers, cords, etc. that we might be able to use. We do not use these items for any critical purposes, where a failure would cause injury.

Recycling these still usable items in a non-critical way can save the park a considerable amount of money, helping us keep our prices low, as well as helping preserve scarce and valuable natural resources. We appreciate it greatly, and will put these items to good use.

We also gladly accept your still useable pressurized fuel cylinders, and your unused Coleman fuel, etc. In addition to making your trip home much safer, donating these items also helps your fellow boulderers, and saves the fuel from being wasted. (HP40 provides this fuel for free to boulderers to be used in our rental lanterns for night climbing.)

Drop them at the Country Store on your next visit! We thank you very much!!

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Night bouldering is FREE for registered campers.

>>>> NIGHT BOULDERING PERMISSION IS AVAILABLE <<<<

Registered Campers may night climb for NO EXTRA CHARGE with no special permission necessary.

Night bouldering permission (without camping) -- = $5.00 per person

For day users who already paid day fee ($5.00) -- = + $3.00 per person

Permission good from Sundown til 2am (later by approval only).

Registered Campers may boulder 24 hours a day with no special permission needed.

Bouldering is the only type of climbing permitted at HP40.

No 'Highballing' is allowed.

Bouldering can be dangerous, and injuries are always possible. Please be careful!!

ADAQUATE CRASH PADS and PROPER SPOTTERS are ALWAYS REQUIRED at HP40.

Please climb safely whenever and wherever you climb.

Horse Pens 40 and the Schultz Family can assume no responsiblity for your safety, but we still care about you anyway.

Scroll down for more bouldering rules and beta, and more info.

>>> MORE RULES BELOW (near bottom of page). <<<

Horse Pens 40 welcomes

as an overall sponsor!

And for those of you who have trouble finding it,

BUFFALO ROCK Ginger Ale

in the Camp Store!!!

You've really got to try this stuff. It is the best ginger drink ever, and it is truly a "Southern Spice". It is a unique soft drink and will help cure whatever ails you as well.

Can't find it anywhere near you?

Click below to order it direct to your home !!

Be sure to mention Horse Pens 40 when you order!

Please Support Our Sponsors:

"Southern Spice" Ginger Ale since 1901

BUFFALO ROCK has been reliably reported to help cure nausea, upset stomach, chicken pox, heartburn, and more.

Also said (by some) to help with boredom, lethargy, ill humor, flatulence, laziness, poor attitude, drunkeness, bad moral character, grumpiness, gullability, and much more. If you drink enough, who knows, if may even help you climb better. :)

Try it here at Horse Pens 40

and take some home to your friends and family!!

They may be desperately in need of a CURE!!

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Horse Pens 40

is Once Again Proud To Host

Southern SloperFest

HP40 Slap-N-Jam 2009!!

A uniquely different

Bouldering Competition

and

Music Festival

Saturday - Mar. 7, 2009

(But the good times roll all weekend long !!)

This is a unique

CHARITY EVENT

with the proceeds going to

The Childrens Hospital

and

The Chandler Mountain

Volunteer Fire Dept.

and

The Southeastern Climbers Coalition

SPECTATOR ADMISSION

-- Still ONLY $20 !!

AND IT STILL INCLUDES:

FREE CAMPING SATURDAY NIGHT !!

( Good from Sat. morning thru Sunday at sundown !! )

AWARD CEREMONY AND PRIZES !!

LOTS OF SWAG AND PRIZES !!

A LARGE PERCENTAGE

of the prizes will be given away by

RANDOM DRAWING !!

EVERYONE WHO ATTENDS

WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN GREAT PRIZES !!

Oh yeah,

and don't forget the

Huge Outdoor Live Music Concert !!

12 noon til 12 Midnight Saturday

featuring:

Bluegrass Music,

Southern Rockin' Blues

Classic Rock

Various Acoustic Musicians,

and NO TELLIN' WHAT ELSE !!

DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT !!

You'll never forgive yourself if you do !!

I'm serious !!

But Wait... The deal gets even better!!

>> SPECIAL WEEKEND DEAL !! <<

Spectators may camp Friday night for only $5.00 per person* !!

*with the purchase of a $20 Saturday spectator armband.

Due to our “first day free” policy, this covers you from Friday morning until Sunday at sundown. (Sat. day fee, camping, and climbing through Sunday at sundown is already included in the $20 spectator admission price.)

This amounts to a $25 weekend spectator pass !!

3 days, 2 nights,

Fri morn til Sun sundown !!

Your tips will be cryin !!

$20 Sat/Sun pass

2 days, 1 night,

Sat morn til Sunday sundown

Your little tippies might hold up... Nah!

> > Either way it’s a great deal !! < <

In fact, It's UNBELIEVABLY CHEAP !!

We may have lost our minds !!

You be the judge.

Miss your graduation...

Miss your wedding...

Miss your funeral...

But whatever you do....

DON'T MISS THIS EVENT !!!!

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We are looking forward to hosting this unique charity event for the FOURTH YEAR.

We expect this years event to be as successful as our many other past bouldering events.

Both SloperFest and the Triple Crown have always been very successful, very special, and very important charity events, both to the park and to the entire bouldering community, as well as to the charities that benefit from them.

We are certain that this years

Southern SloperFest

HP40 Slap-N-Jam 2009

will be another of those unforgettable bouldering events that you always expect to find at

Horse Pens 40.

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For Our Bouldering Guests:

Bouldering is by permission only. Waiver must be on file before entering the boulder area. Under 18 must be accompanied by an adult AT ALL TIMES and have a Parental Waiver on file.

There is NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE for bouldering at this time. Please help us keep it that way.
PLEASE "LEAVE NO TRACE" OF YOUR VISIT HERE ! !

NO PETS ARE ALLOWED ON HP40 PROPERTY (outside your vehicle) EXCEPT IN THE LARGE GRASS FIELD OUTSIDE THE MIDDLE GATE !!

PETS ARE TOTALLY BANNED FROM ALL SCHEDULED EVENTS, COMPS, AND FESTIVALS !!

We love dogs (and own several), but they can unintentionally have a negative impact on the natural life in the park. Dogs must remain in your vehicle except in the designated exercise areas.

PLEASE LEAVE YOUR PET AT HOME !!

Boulder Pads are always required for bouldering. Rental Pads are available at the Country Store for 5.00 per day.

NO WIRE BRUSHES ARE ALLOWED AT ANY TIME !!! PLEASE BRUSH LIGHTLY EVEN WITH NYLON BRUSHES!!

Sandstone can be very fragile, and the natural life on the unused areas is important to us and is protected. Cleaning of rock for new lines must be approved by our climbing guru, ADAM HENRY.

Stay on trails. No Bushwhacking! PLEASE DO NOT STEP ON PLANTS AND MOSSES.

We have many rare, protected, threatened, and endangered species in the park.

PLEASE LEAVE NO TRACE OF YOUR VISIT ! !

No damaging of plants or removal of rocks at base of rock. Please do not move any rocks at all!!

All natural creatures and features, including all natural stones and sandstone, are protected here as if they are all endangered species.

No damage is acceptable, and no intentional damage will be tolerated.

PLEASE "LEAVE NO TRACE" OF YOUR VISIT HERE ! !

No camping, stoves, or fires in the nature or boulder areas. All campfires must be in an established fire ring.

(For those who went to college, that means a campfire ring that is already there.)

No building new fire rings or moving of old ones.

NOTICE: For ecological reasons, NO GATHERING OF FIREWOOD is allowed inside the park. You are welcome to bring your own firewood or we will sell you some at a reasonable price, delivered to your campsite.

60% of the all the money recieved from firewood sales here goes to feed the horses in the HP40 Equine Rescue Program.

Where else could you go sit around a warm campfire eating s'mores and staying warm and also keep horses fat and healthy at the same time?

Following these rules will insure that Horse pens 40 will remain open to climbing for many years to come.

Thanks for your cooperation!

Climb At Your Own Risk!

We Support:

Host Motels and B&Bs:

Best Western of Gadsden

205 Enterprise Dr.

256-570-0569

Cove Cottage

Bed and Breakfast

510 Beason Cove Rd.

Steele, Al. 35987

(205) 594 - 4869

covecottagebandb@aol.com

Carolyn and Benard Stearn, Innkeepers

http://www.bbonline.com/al/covecottage/

(Many thanks for their support !!)

Triple Crown

Southeastern Bouldering Series

Winners Listing Here

Triple Crown Finals

(click here) or see website:

triplecrownbouldering.org

To see a video trailer of the Horse Pens 40

segment of the Triple Crown

Bouldering Competition,

from Will Eccleston and Kinetiscape Films

click here kinetiscapefilms.com/html/do
wnloads/trailer_choice.html

Check it out!!

What others say about Horse Pens 40:

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