SBC 2009

The past Saturday was the Seattle Bouldering Challenge. It is THE biggest comp on the west coast and saw over 200 competitors again this year. Both Lisa and I competed in open and we were able to bring up 6, yes 6, other climbers from the climbing team. The problems were really well set. I ended up 17th out of 29 in open and Lisa qualified 6th and finished 5th. There were a lot of good climbers and the competition was tough. My Excuses: not training enough, no steep training walls, anything else I can blame... ;) Alex did an amazing job this year qualifying 5th and would've finished in top ten execpt for a crazy final prob. 1. Lisa did an awesome job as well placing higher than qualifying for the first time! Climbing team did well. Colin got third in beginner and Quinn got 8th out of 42 in Intermediate! If possible I would like to come back to this one again. Evidently this was my 7th time climbing at this comp. Finals were, well AMAZING, to watch. Russ, Eric, Colin and I all had front row seats. Watch the vid to get a taste of what you missed...