Climbers to be featured at Mountain Gear event

CLIMBING – Two rock climbing standouts will be featured in a free evening of entertainment Monday night at Mountain Gear, 2002 N. Division in Spokane:

• Cedar Wright , climber and filmmaker for the “ Sufferfest ” series, will be available for a meet and greet, 5 p.m .-6:30 p.m . Wright will be in town for a Tuesday National Geographic Live show at the INB Performing Arts Center. Mountain Gear is selling discount tickets to that show.
• Blake Herrington , climber and author of “Cascades Rock: A New Guidebook,” will present a slide program starting at 7 p.m ., sponsored by the Spokane Mountaineers. More than three years in the making, the 272-page book includes photos and topos covering 160 multi-pitch routes of every grade, classics to obscure lines from Washington state to southern British Columbia.