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Berghaus Bouldering League
And finally the last round of the Berghaus Bouldering League and also the Sheffield Walls Bouldering League held at the Climbing Works. The usual crowds turned up for a good comp. The strong guys jumping straight on the men’s cash prize boulder for the first to complete and they set a women’s one this time as well but they set it on pinchy tufas through a roof so none of the women got it. Once again a good set by Percy and Sam.
I won this round as well which now makes The Berghaus Bouldering League 09 champion and it means I won the Sheffield Walls Bouldering League to so I am now Sheffield’s indoor bouldering Champion.
So now its down back to training and get stronger!! I’ve got a sport climbing holiday coming up in middle of march so I’m focusing on stamina training at the moment plus the Sky Masters which Berghaus sponsors as soon as I get back so….. Wish me luck!
To find out more and to see the full results table visit here.
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Plastic Fantastic
To kick off February it was back to my old home wall in Nottingham for a friendly comp. I was good to see all my old friends again and go back to climbing on a resin covered wall, as most walls now are painted ply-board.
The comp consisted of Bouldering, leading, dyno and speed. When you had completed all of the categories, you handed your score card in to get them all added up. I won the senior females category. It was a very long and quite tiring day, but really good fun, and hopefully they’ll hold it again next year as well.
There’s a gallery of the comp here.
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More comps…
So the competitions are still going on. I was back in England two days before I had my next comp which was the third round of the Berghaus Bouldering Series at the Climbing Works in Sheffield. I won the previous two and now this one as well which one more to go.
The last round at The Works is also part of the Sheffield Walls bouldering League. Each wall puts one of their rounds scores together so that you get an overall Sheffield Male and Female Bouldering champion. I am currently in first place for that as well.
I won The Edge Bouldering round and the Foundry round that were also part of the Sheffield League which means I have one more round to go so fingers crossed!!
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Bus Stop (V9) – Llanberis Pass
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Leah Crane has climbed Bus Stop (V9/Font 7c) on the Jerry’s Roof boulder in the Llanberis Pass.
Leah tried the problem on Saturday, and returned on Sunday morning for the successful ascent. Conditions in the Pass were icy cold, stopping all but the die-hard climbers from venturing out on to the rock.Leah is enjoying a purple patch, having recently climbed several problems around the V9 mark, including an ascent of Ben’s Roof at Raven Tor (V10/Font 7c+) and Carnage Assis (V9/Font 7c) in Fontainebleau.
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…and now I’m in Fontainebleau! Life is really good :)
Since my last update I had a close friend come over and stay for a couple of weeks, which meant a great chance to climb all over the peak, getting loads of classic lines and problems done, some unusual, some hard to find, all amazing.
I even headed back to Raven Tor and managed to climb ‘Problem 3′ a Font 7c. Totally different style to Ben’s Roof, short and powerful, but i guess still very crimpy!
I then headed over to Paris to compete in the European Cup. It was a nice competition, unfortunately I just missed qualifying, coming in 25th, but it wasn’t bad for my first international in quite some time.
…and now, as I said, I’m in Fontainebleau, the conditions are great, cold and dry, and I’ve got a month to climb. What can I say. Things are great. And to top it off yesterday (my first day of climbing) I sent Carnage, Font 7b+.
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