We are excited to announce a quick, 10-day contest to give away a single spot* to one lucky winner to use at either one of our two BRAND NEW weekend Girly Gatherings!

The first Girly Gathering will be held in the beautiful Keene Valley, in the Adirondacks of upstate New York, at the end of this month, July 30 – Aug. 1. We are then headed a bit further south, so we are waiting for the weather to cool down for our second Girly Gathering, which will be in West Virginia’s New River Gorge the weekend of Sept. 24-26.

If you plan to attend either clinic please SIGN UP NOW – the winner will be chosen without bias for or against any individual who has already signed up. How? Well, each individual (women only!) that enters will get their name placed in a random drawing for the prize! If the winner has in fact already registered for a Girly Gathering, we will return the full cost of the clinic to you!

As an added bonus, our Girly Gatherings sponsor, Sterling Rope, has also generously offered some extra prizes for all the ladies that sign up for a Girly Gathering clinic AND enter the contest! Each of you will win a Sterling Rope Chain Reactor! So don’t delay if you’ve been thinking about signing up for either event – you can guarantee yourself a prize just by signing up and entering our contest!

So, what do you have to do to enter the contest to win a free spot at a Girly Gathering? It’s easy! Just go to our Facebook page and tell us who or what inspired you to start climbing. It could be a person, a life-changing event, or even something totally mundane, but we want to know what it is that gave you the motivation to get out there to scale vertical walls of rock!

And, if you have never climbed before and are considering coming out to a clinic to learn, we still want to know WHY you have decided to start! What lit the fire in your belly?

After years of hearing stories from the inspiring women that come to the Chicks Climbing clinics, we want to use this opportunity to share some of your amazing stories – some may even motivate others that haven’t climbed in a while to get after it again!

We are looking for short and sweet entries – and we totally welcome any photo uploads you want to make in conjunction with your statement – or as your statement!

We will stop taking entries for this contest at midnight EDT Saturday, July 17 and announce the grand prize winner Sunday, July 18!

Any questions? Hit us up here on the blog, on Facebook, or Twitter!

*This includes demo gear, Saturday & Sunday clinics, 4-to-1 ratio, two dinners, an evening workshop and discussions. Transportation, lodging and other meals not included.