Update to this story: we finished the silent auction last night, and received many generous bids. Thank you immensely to everyone who shared this post and sent in an offer!! The final bid came in over the actual retail cost. The check is going directly to Layton, and I know he will really appreciate it. [...]

You may remember that we organized some fundraising to help Layton Kor, by auctioning off lots of gear and climbing days to raise money for his medical fund. Stewart Green has been the instigator and constant force in this effort, continuously getting signed photos, magazines, books and posters to keep the support going for Layton [...]

hi steph loved high infatuation fletchypooch looks super cool i was co-erced by a local chick to visit the local rock gym and after two months youd be amazed at my performance i,m hopeless but i’m getting inspiration from you on you tube do you still guide clents climbing i’m hoping to visit moab and [...]

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Layton Kor’s fundraiser, from last fall through now. Without the generous contributions from all the companies who sponsored the fundraiser with gear prizes, this idea would not have gotten off the ground. So many people pitched in to get us through the logistical and technical difficulties of [...]

For those of you who have been following the Layton Kor fundraiser since the beginning, we are finally at the big moment We have raffled off big gear prizes every month, and there is another one coming in a week. We are also going to announce the winners of the climbing days with Tommy Caldwell, [...]

Spring is in the air! So the hat for this month’s drawing has to be my base jumping helmet. We had a great response for the February donations to support Layton Kor. We are at our last month of this fundraiser. Thanks so much to everyone, for donating and sustaining this support to Layton Kor [...]

We are in the final stretch of an amazing chain of raffles for the Layton Kor fundraiser, going strong since September. Thank you to everyone who has donated gear, time or money to help Layton Kor with the costs of his kidney medical expenses, a climber who is a hero to so many. There are [...]

Layton Kor has always been the most fascinating, inspirational climber I know of. As I learned to climb around the southwest, and then Yosemite and Europe, stories of his incredible pioneering climbs and spirit always arose. No one who climbed with Layton Kor ever forgot it, and the stories they told were stunning, funny and [...]

Thank you once again, to everyone who donated in January to support Layton Kor with his medical burden and his dialysis. Thank you also, to everyone who has donated since the fundraiser began!! Don’t forget, we are starting right now with February’s gear raffle, another awesome fat stack of gear which we will raffle off [...]

Happy New Year! Thanks to all of you for donating to help Layton Kor in November and December. Through the help of Big City Mountaineers, our good friends and new nonprofit partner, we were able to get Layton’s site and fundraiser back up and running in November. The community support from everyone is helping Layton [...]