Know the Midwest Challenge

Extremely Late March or Early April Issue is on it way…

We've got some great articles for you starting out the New Year right. We have a featured story is on Josh Helke (Owner of Organic Climbing) that's so long we're breaking it into 3 parts.

The winner of the Know The Midwest Contest and a new Organic Slider Pad, Chalk Bag, VM T-Shirt and some Stickers is Gregory Bahr

The answers 1 = WI Devils Lake State Park 2 = MN Tettegouche State Park 3 = SD Spearfish Canyon 4 = IL Starved Rock 5 = OH Whipps Ledge

New contest will be posted soon.

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