The Graphic Divide has donated this 11x17 inch poster to help support this community fundraiser. So come out to the Lone Peak brewery and Taphouse Thursday, September 9th at 8 p.m. $15 donation goes towards the benefit and The Lone Peak Brewery and Taphouse is offering up $3 Beers all night!

By Cory Hatch & Angus M. Thuermer Jr., Jackson Hole, Wyoming July 22, 2010

Grand Teton National Park rangers rescued 16 climbers injured in a lightning storm on the 13,770-foot Grand Teton on Wednesday but had to call off the search for a 17th at dark.

The 17 were caught in the storm, which reached a crescendo between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Jenny Lake climbing rangers used two helicopters to evacuate the 16, all of whom were injured by lightning strikes. All were higher than 13,200 feet.

The event was likely the largest search and rescue operation in Grand Teton since the early 1960s. Rangers accomplished the rescue after being dropped on the mountain’s summit pyramid from a rope dangling beneath a helicopter, then plucking nine of the injured off the peak using the same dangling “short haul” technique.

Park officials did not release the name of the missing climber. He was one of a party of eight climbing the peak via the Owen-Spalding route, the easiest on the mountain.

The missing climber had been with seven companions in the area of the Belly Roll when the storm hit, park spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs said. The feature is so named because climbers must drag their stomachs across the bulging rock as they cling to hand holds and traverse above the precipitous West Face.

“He went over a cliff,” Skaggs said. “I don’t know what made him go down, the concussion [from lightning] or a lightning strike. They just lost sight of him.”

“They will look for him at first light,” Skaggs said of the rangers. “Given the circumstances, they wouldn’t attempt this at night.”

In addition to the group at the Belly Roll, another team of five climbers was above that feature on the Owen-Spalding route and a third team of four was 100 feet from the summit on the Exum Ridge.

Skaggs said a lightning map showed at least six or seven strikes in the area. A professional Exum mountain guide aided the party from the Belly Roll down to the 11,650-foot high Lower Saddle.

“Multiple patients reported being struck three, four, five times,” physician A.J. Wheeler, co-medical advisor for Grand Teton National Park said. “We saw a whole range of injuries from bumps and bruises to lightning burns and electrical injuries to secondary trauma from being thrown,” by lightning strikes.

Climbers rescued from the summit pyramid were flown, dangling below the rescue airship, to the Lower Saddle. From there many, if not all, of the victims got inside a Yellowstone National Park helicopter and were shuttled to the Lupine Meadows rescue cache at 6,700 feet on the valley floor.

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Source | bozemanmagazine.com

August 14 at the Gallatin Valley Fairgrounds

Internationally Known Authors, Ed Rosenthal and Richard M. Davis are first among celebrities to attend Bozeman Hempfest 2010 August 14 at the Gallatin Valley Fairgrounds.

TheUSA Hemp Museum’s Founder and Curator,  Richard M. Davis’ book, HEMP FOR VICTORY A GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION presents a compelling case for hemp’s ability to help solve the problem of global warming.

Why hemp? When used as bio fuel, hemp replaces toxic with clean energy. Whatever toxic energy can do, hemp can do better. Hemp does not pollute while it’s powering everything that uses electrical current, including the power plant that produces the electrical current. Hemp bio fuel can be processed to run any engine, heat or cool any building, run any factory, and eliminate the pollution that comes from modern energy sources. Remove the cause, pollution, and the effect, global warming can at least be reduced, if not healed. Hemp is also a champion at scrubbing the air as it grows of excess CO2 gas as it grows.

In the book HEMP FOR VICTORY: A GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION Davis teaches readers about hemp fuel, land use and availability, financing with a hemp tax, restoring the family farm to grow hemp using at least 10% of unused federal land, seeds, irrigation, growing techniques, harvesting, processing. This book is based on the decades of research presented from the USA Hemp Museum’s Bio-Fuels room.

“A state of international emergency has been declared by many of the top scientists in the world.” Davis said “To help save ourselves from the ravages of global warming, we must grow massive quantities of hemp all over the world to clean the air and provide bio fuel. Working together, crops can be bread for maximum earth healing affect. Markets can be coordinated. The impact of restoring the family farmers can help those who are not currently benefiting from our alleged booming economy.

Ed Rosenthal is a horticulturist, author, publisher, and Cannabis grower known for his advocacy for the use of cannabis as a medicine and being a columnist for High Times Magazine during the 80’s and 90’s. Recognized worldwide as an authority on marijuana, with his thirty-plus years as a cannabis expert, he has written or edited more than a dozen books about marijuana cultivation and social policy, that cumulatively have sold over one million copies. Rosenthal is a member of the International Cannabinoid Research Society and the Garden Writers Association of America, and has served as an expert witness on marijuana cultivation in federal and state trials.

Rosenthal has been active in promoting and developing policies of civil regulation for medicinal marijuana. With the passage of California’s pioneering Proposition 215 in 1996, which authorizes medicinal use of marijuana, he has worked with the state’s growers, dispensaries, and local governments to standardize and implement the delivery of pharmaceutical grade cannabis to patients.

Please join us for the 15th annual movie night November 28th at 6:00pm. Choppers Pub and Grub and Grizzly Outfitters are hosting the one and only legendary movie night and pray for snow party. We are giving away over $10,000.00 in ski gear, clothing, goggles, hoodies and much more.

Whether you are Skiing at Big Sky Resort, Moonlight Basin Resort, The Yellowstone Club or venturing into the Montana backcountry, Grizzly Outfitters Ski & Backcountry Sports is the choice for ski & snowboard rental, gear, clothing and information. Grizzly Outfitters in Big Sky, Montana offers downhill ski rental, snowboard rental, XC ski rental and snowshoe rental.

Check out the new Grizzly Outfitters Blog and Facebook pages. We try to update them every day with news and some great powder shots. It is THE best place to find up to the minute info about sales and new product offerings.

Grizzly Outfitters has been chosen by Black Diamond Equipment as one of eleven shops in the United States to be a Boot Warranty Center. We have all the parts and equipment to repair Black Diamond ski boots. We can also perform boot modifications on any brand of ski boots.

Grizzly Outfitters is happy to announce that we have opened a larger, ground-floor high-performance rental shop. Customers will enjoy greater convenience, while still receiving the high levels of customer service they have come to expect at Grizzly Outfitters. Our new rental facility has alpine ski rentals, snowboard rentals, nordic rentals, telemark rentals, randonee ski and boot rental, climbing skin rental as well as snowshoe rental. This Summer, our rental shop converts to a full service bike rental and repair facility. Bike repairs can usually be completed over night. Ship your bike to us and avoid airline fees and hassel. We will have your bike ready to go when you arrive.

During the Winter months, Grizzly Outfitters offers the latest equipment for all snow sports, snowshoeing, snowboarding, downhill, telemark, randonee and cross country skiing. During the Summer, Grizzly Outfitters specializes in mountain biking, camping, hiking and climbing. Please e-mail us so we may assist you in planning your visit in Big Sky Country!

During the Summer months, Grizzly Outfitters is Big Sky Montana's premier bike shop and outdoor store. We sell bikes from Kona, Ellsworth, Intense and Electra. Bike clothing from Pearl Izumi , Fox Racing and Oakley. Grizzly Outfitters has Big Sky, Montana's largest selection of shoes & footwear for hiking, trail running and everyday outdoor wear. We carry the best footwear from Merrell, Salomon Footwear, Chaco, Garmont, Scarpa, Crocs, Reef Brazil, Asics, La Sportiva, Patagonia Footwear, Dansko, Uggs, Schnees Winter Boots, Kamik and Smartwool socks. Don't forget your Superfeet footbeds. Grizzly Outfitters also has an extensive selection of Climbing Gear and equipment from Black Diamond, MSR, Marmot, Osprey and others. We also have the largest selection of sunglasses in Big Sky. Come try on the latest from Oakley, Smith, Native, Costa Del Mar and Maui Jim Sunglasses. We carry a great assortment of camping accessories from Cascade Designs, MSR, Jetboil, Benchmade Knives, Thermarest and Suunto Watches. Come into Grizzly Outfitters for local information, trail guidebooks, maps and trail conditions around Big Sky

When the snow flies, come check out the latest gear for telemark skiing from Scarpa, Garmont, Black Diamond Equipment, G3, Genuine Guide Gear, Rottefella, 22 Designs and Backcountry Access. If you are an alpine tourer or randonnee skier, you'll enjoy the best skis and bindings from Fritchi, Dynafit and Marker and Boots from Scarpa and Garmont. Downhill skiers will enjoy the best gear and equipment from Rossignol, K2, Nordica, Salomon, Dalbello, Armada and more. Grizzly Outfitters has the state-of-the art equipment for boot fitting and custom footbed fabrication. We sell Salomon, Nordica, and Dalbello alpine ski boots. We guarantee your boot fit every time.

Year-round, Grizzly Outfitters carries the latest gear and clothing from quality brands such as Patagonia, Marmot, Cloudveil, Kjus, Bogner's Fire and Ice, Mountain Hardware, Isis, Salomon, Rossignol, Nordica, K2, Garmont, Scarpa, Merrell, Patagonia Footwear, Dynafit, Black Diamond Equipment, Smith Sport Opics, Oakley, Costa Del Mar, Native Eyewear, Maui Jim Sunglasses, Uvex Goggles, and Backcountry Acess. Kjus, a high-end Norwegian skiwear line, will premier at Grizzly Outfitters for the 2008/2009 ski season. Come check it out. We are also happy to announce that Grizzly Outfitters has become a Patagonia E-Zone. What does that mean? It means that we carry the largest selection of Patagonia in Big Sky, Montana. We have a large section of our store devoted to Patagonia clothing and accessories.

Grizzly Outfitters also provides ski and bike tuning, repair and service - usually over night. We think our repair technicians are the best in Big Sky. Hope you enjoy our new and improved web site. Don't ski or bike too vigorously while visiting Big Sky, or you might get delirious and spell Grizzly Outfitters like grissly, grissley, grizzley, grizley, grisly or griszley.