British Bouldering Championships 05 Round 1

The 1st round finals of the BBC 2005 held at Ian Vickers/Gaz Parry's wall BoulderUK, Blackburn England.

After a 3hour qualifying period, the finalists included Gaz Parry and fellow British teammate reigning champ Andy Earl for the males; for the females we had Lucinda Hughes and Austrian Sabine Bacher (studying in England, so can qualify to compete and potentially win under EU directives from UIAA)

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[ethernol]

as for those who question the value of the comp grades...remember these finalists have already been thru a 3hr qualifying period, attempting to flash 10 probs ranging from v7-v9/10, and then to be subjected to 5-6 more problems at v8 plus grades in the space of 35 mins.

[ethernol]

ian vickers (ex european champion, ex british champion to name a few), jamie cassidy (ex british youth champion), percy bishton and andy long (both very experienced routesetters) know what they are setting when it comes to setting competition routes. no matter the height of the wall, they will find a way of making the problem techincal and difficult.

[ethernol]

unfortunately the upstairs wall at buk is not very high. but they have done the best with what they have...the owners/staff of buk are experienced wall builders ie built the climbing works in sheffield.

[witchx69]

maybe some of you posters should actually try climbing before commenting. any of you actually been to a national championship?? cause it doesnt sound like it...

[jacobite19]

Ibsn

Giving people more holds will only give them more options to complete the task at hand...

When you say "this stuff" it implies that you have never done bouldering/climbing before.

Take a hike to an indoor facility and have some fun and challenge your self then come back and comment your opinions...

Also Sheffield Climbing Works rocks arse, love being a student hehehe

[Ibsn]

No, I didnt go to school, Im a total dumb ass. Im not earning 80k a year, and I didnt just buy my own house. Clearly Im uneducated by making an opinion. Myself being 6 foot 6 I would find this course easier then someone who is 5 foot. I started my comment with "looks like" and suggests more variety, thus leading to decision making, not just a struggle to reach the next hold.

Height would also add adrenaline and with the aid of a harness you could climb a longer course. pretty stupid comment ehy

[r0ck3tsm0k3]

If there were more holds it would be too easy for these guys. That is the whole point. Damn did you even go to school as a child? And height doesnt matter - doing this 1000 feet in the air or 10, if you cant touch the ground it doesnt matter. The problems are the same at any height. As if swimming would be harder in deeper water...

[sonofmaffia]

normally a boulder problem in fact are 6 maximal 7 hard moves

[Taylor8532]

I agree with the higher walls, but it wouldn't be much of a competition if there were a number of different ways to complete each climb. There is only one way to do it for a reason, to test the climbers.