Thanks to the dozens of people all around Twitterville that entered our #whyiclimb giveaway sponsored by Marmot.

We had so many inspiring entries from climbing chicks and dudes like:

- “Her strength and grace inspires me. When you see @eliz_rocks climb, you will know #whyiclimb”
- “Normally, I’m unfocused & contained, fear heights, & klutzy. On rock I’m focused, high, free & smooth.”
- “To feel totally alive and to spend quality time with those I love most, that’s #whyiclimb”
- “It’s brought me to amazing and beautiful places, the community, and the constant challenge #whyiclimb”
- “Got tired of horizontal workouts. Now I top out and scream at nests “Take that, BIRDS” & pick things up with my opposable thumbs. #whyIclimb”
- “#whyiclimb Body, mind, freedom, clarity, fun, family, adventure, security, purpose, choice, focus, escape. #love”

But, in the end we randomly drew a winner, which is Hailey Hosken aka @haileyh907. She is the VERY lucky winner of a Marmot Limelight 2-person tent and a Marmot Mavericks 20 Semi Rec Synthetic Sleeping Bag. Congratulations!

But, that’s not all, we had three other entrants that each scored a Marmot Cam 15 Pack. Those lucky winners are: Sarah @cdnrockiesgirl, Anne @AnneFHughes, & George @PrivonG!

Thanks to everyone who entered, it was really fun to see so many entries and so many reasons why we climb.

Speaking of climbing, there’s just one last Chicks Rock! clinic this season, next weekend at Red Rock. You can check out all the details for the clinic here – if you’re interested we need to know ASAP, this clinic is filling up fast and only has a couple of spots left!

Then, it’s time for some ice – here’s our complete list of Chicks with Picks clinics for the 2012 season, we hope to see lots of your bright, shining faces out in Ouray this winter

We are extremely excited to announce a Twitter sweepstakes giveaway with our title sponsor, Marmot!

A total of four people will win prizes in this giveaway, which will be open for entries from Thursday, Oct. 6 – Thursday, Oct. 13; we will be announcing the winners on Friday, Oct. 14.

So, you want to hear about the prizes first, right? OK, there will be one grand prize winner who, with their 140-character Tweet win one Marmot Limelight 2-person tent, in addition to one Marmot Mavericks 20 Semi Rec Synthetic Sleeping Bag.

But, that’s not all! Three other winners will each score one Marmot Cam 15 Pack (in the Surf/Peacoat color, which is totally the best one, don’t you think?!).

OK, so let’s get into the details.

How exactly do you enter to win one of these sweet prizes? All you need to do is make sure you are following both us @ChicksClimbing and our generous sponsors @MarmotPro. Then, you need to send out a Tweet to the world with the hashtag #whyiclimb – and share in that Tweet of 140 characters or less why YOU climb!

We will be monitoring the hashtag throughout the week and will re-tweet some of our favorites!

Then, we will randomly choose one grand-prize winner, and three runner-up winners on Friday, Oct. 14. So make sure you enter by midnight, PST Thursday, Oct. 13. Only one entry Tweet per person, please!

Questions? Let’s hear ‘em! Otherwise, get to Tweetin’!