My First Bouldering Competition
I’m not really the competitive sort, but having seen the notices up around The Foundry for the Sheffield Bouldering league I was tempted to try it out. I was fully expecting to come bottom but decided that it would be good for the experience, and even if I managed 2 climbs, at least I’d have something to measure myself against next time!
So, to the day. I’d had a rather knackering day at work and very nearly went straight home but forced myself to turn up. I got my sheet and went and scoped out the problems. There were 25 in total to try out, from a set of 2 nice easy warm up traverses (20 free points! 
) right up to some pretty hardcore looking things. I spend about 3 hours wandering around, getting some beta and then trying them out. I flashed 7 of the climbs, getting 10 points for each, and completed another on the second attempt, netting me a total of 77 points. I didn’t even get to the bonus holds on any of the other climbs! 
You can see how I placed on the photo to the right, significantly higher than expected! The last two columns are score and placing. I’m aiming to break 100 on the next round!
p.s. The black mark is a friend who wants to remain anonymous
A long overdue update.
Wow, it’s been while since I remembered to post something and i’ve been up to plenty!
Firstly, back to those targets for the year. First was to lead a 7a, which did back in June. Next was to have top roped a 7b, which I haven’t made that much progress on (except the Alter Rock one which I’m not counting). I think Jim and I need to sort out getting a rope on some of the tougher Foundry Climbs and try them out more often.
My final target was one I’d carried from last year; doing some real outdoor climbing. Ever since I started climbing, there has been very little decent weather when I’ve been available to go out. However, a couple of weeks ago I finally had my first chance to go out. Now, the weather wasn’t that great as you can see by the flooded stream, but it was good enough for my first couple of top roped real climbs. I climbed Paradise Wall and Billiard Buttress which was, well, cold! The rock absolutely saps all the heat from your hands when it’s that cold, not to mention how windy its was!
The other picture was taken by Rich while I climbing Billiard Buttress (rather slowly!).
More to come! My first 2 bouldering competitions!
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