Caliente!

Click here to view the final silent auction listing. It is not to late to sign up to be an absentee bidder either (download form here)! See you tomorrow!

SOLO (Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities), the oldest continuously operating wilderness medicine school in the world, located here in Conway, NH, is one of Kismet’s biggest and longest-standing supporters. A few years ago we made a huge addition to our curriculum by offering wilderness first aid courses two nights a week for all 2nd, 3rd and [...]

So many adventures to plan – so little time! Several local guiding services provided donations to Caliente!: ITEM: Guided climbing day for 1-3 people with Mark Synnott of Synnott Mountain Guides Min bid: $250 Retail Value: up to $465 Description: One guided day of rock climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering or backcountry skiing, for up to [...]

5 Days at a Downeast Cottage Value: $1,200 Minimum Bid: $400 Bid Increments: $25 Located in Brooklin, home to wooden boat enthusiasts and the Wooden Boat magazine. One hour to Acadia National Park. Kayaking, adventures on the water, and hiking abound. Water access available at nearby town landings. Sleeps eleven in five bedrooms, three full baths. Full kitchen, dishwasher, washer/dryer. Fireplace [...]

From permaculture plans to garage plans, from orginal artwork to books by local authors, from climbing ropes to climbing jewelry, Caliente!’s Silent Auction has something for everyone. Click here to view a list of silent auction items and check back for updates as more donations are coming in. If you are unable to attend the [...]

A Permaculture Plan for Sustainability by AppleSeed Permaculture! Ethan Roland of AppleSeed Permaculture This donation provides the auction winner an ecologically sustainable plan for the development of their home, farm, or property according to permaculture design principles. The plan focuses on permaculture land-use design to regenerate and enhance the ecological and agricultural health of the [...]

Caliente! sponsor Dr. Tony Iorfino and his wife Barbara have been contributing to Kismet Rock Foundation for several years and are also valued volunteers. Tony is a former member of the band that played at Kismet’s annual Jubilee event, which was the precursor to Caliente!. This summer Barbara and Tony hosted a cookout at their home for Kismet students, [...]

Sterling Rope Company’s passion is to build the most technically advanced, highest quality rope there is and they are sharing that passion with Kismet by sponsoring Caliente! as well as donating product to the event’s silent auction. Over the past four years Sterling has given Kismet Rock Foundation many miles of incredibly durable ropes for our summer [...]

Polartec LLC is supporting the Caliente! event at the Presenting level for the second year in a row. Local Polartec employee Ruthann Brown has been a dedicated volunteer and advocate of Kismet Rock Foundation, prompting her company to make contributions from in-kind donations of product, like materials for a Kismet t-shirt fundraising project to generous [...]

Performing at Caliente!, award winning Boston-based band Los Sugar Kings is “totally bilingual, comfortably bicultural, compulsively danceable… Once you get on the dance floor you can’t get down again. From mambo to reggae, salsa to merengue to rock… each player is facile and moves comfortably among the genres.” —Salem Gazette The band is only one [...]