CityRock held their annual bouldering comp on the brand new bouldering wall which has now doubled the climbing surface. With over R25,000 in prizes and hundreds of brand new imported grips, it's a surprise the entire country didn't descend upon South Africa's premier indoor climbing centre! In all, 35 problems were set to cater for all levels by some of SA's top climbers resulting in a wide variety of styles, as well as the usual dyno and monkey swing comps for those taking things a little less serious...
Andy Davies displays some old school stemming technique to dispatch problem 28.
Rob Fraser is beginning to transfer his indoor climbing abilities to real rock and the results have been promising. Topside's classic, "Cloverfield" 8A at The Cinema was sent after a few sessions, some marred by terrible conditions . Rob then went to make a single session send of the not quite as classic "The Life Aquatic" 7C+. Check out the send of "Cloverfield":
And here's another a clip featuring "The Life Aquatic", a better edit of Rob's "Cloverfield" send as well as a few moderates below:
Round 7 and 8 were held at UCT, check out the full results after the break. Your top 8 out of 12 scores count towards the final standings so from next week, your lowest rounds will be dropped. Also, remember that the next round is at UCT not at the MCSA on the 27th of March!!!
Moderate Mondays are back after a short break. This week, Andrew Wood demonstrates the beta on the tricky "Turbulence Arete" 7A at Topside's Echo Valley. Enjoy!
