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Competing at the CWIF

Competing at the CWIF

After actually getting back into the bouldering again, I got roped into joining a team for the 2015 CWIF! (Climbing Works International Festival!) The CWIF is an annual bouldering tournament which we usually go and watch the finals for, but being as it’s our local bouldering wall… why not. EEP! As the Team was formed of Ed, Kelly, Liz and myself, we decided to call ourselves “2 * (Kelly + 1)”. Yeah, bit geeky… :/ Anyway, how did it go?…

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Sheffield Bouldering League Round 2!

Sheffield Bouldering League Round 2!

Last night was the 2nd round of the Sheffield bouldering league at “The Matrix” a bouldering wall at the Sheffield University. They never had that when I was there! The set up was the same as the last round: 25 different problems of varying degrees of difficulty. 10 points for completing flashing it, 7 for completing it on your second attempt and 4 points for your third. If you don’t finish it, but get past a marked hold, you get…

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My First Bouldering Competition

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…

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