bouldering competition in madison

this weekend was very busy for the team. we had our second bouldering comp of the season. it was a lot of fun watching these guys/gals climb. The routes were very techincal and hard routes. There was a lot of planning and thinking on how to do the routes. You couldnt just start the climb and think you were going to be able to get to the finish. There were about 120 climbers divided up throughout the divisions. The divisions were by division and male or female.The team had 4 hours of climbing to get the most possible points they could. Every route were worth points. Ranging from 50-900 points. There top 5 routes were added up for there score. You had to finish/ make it to the top to get counted. If they did not make it you didnt get any points. Which made it harder for everyone cause you had to pick routes that you knew that you could finish. There were over 70+ routes that you could do. Which made it a lot of fun and tons of routes that you could chose to do. The easier the route the less points they were. The harder the route the more points. The routes had a lot of technical and fun movements in them. The team did very well at the comp. Kolbi took 8th, lexi took 12th, Jordan took 7th, and Jack took 5th.

The following day we went up to another climbing gym Adventure Rock. Were the team did alot of bouldering, tope rope, and older guys did some lead climbing. Everyone was pretty tired from the day before but still had a great day of training and still had a lot of fun at the same time. They climbed over 5 hours. First half the day they did a lot of bouldering pushing themselves to there limits. After we took a break for lunch and give the body a little break. We harnessed back up went into lead and rope climbing. Jordan first had to get lead certified which was not a big deal cause of we climb alot of lead at our home gym at the YMCA. After he got tested out did alot of lead and tope rope nothing less than a 5.10. Couple of the routes had some very cool movements that they tried out with some mantling, heel hooks, and very technical routes. Which made it a very good training and fun to watch these guys figure it out. By the end of the day they could barely do easy routes that could easily do cause they were exhausted and tired of climbing the last two days.

We are having a climb-a-thon on November 10. At our local gym to help raise money for the team. All the money goes into the team to help pay for competition fees, travel, hotels, etc. If want to give a donation to the team for the climb-a-thon or just a donation feel free in contacting us. Well till next time climb stron and climb smart!!!!!

new year new team

Been a long time since we updated our website. Well here goes. We have a bigger and stronger team. We have for four very dedicated athletes who are on the team this year. We are doing both ABS (American bouldering series) and SCS (sport climbing series). Right now we are competing in abs series. The team has climbing and training strong. On October 6th we had our first ABS competition. It was new to everyone. Everyone has competed in sport climbing comps before so this was new to them. Everyone was a little nervous about this new endevor. But they beasted it. All our competitors mad top 10 in there division. They only compete against climbers there age and sex. Which is very nice cause not having to go against climbers who are older then them. Since the comp they been training hard and pushing themselves with help from there coaches to get them stronger, smarter, and more all around climbers.  This saturday October 20th. They will be competing in Madison, WI to compete in there next ABS competition. They all are excited and ready to do there best and kick some butt. Well to next time just keep crushing it and climber smarter!!!!