We are here!
Got in last night, it was a long flight, the girls were over it by about half way!
Today we are going to find a climbing wall to have our last train before the comp. Hoping to find the world record wall to see what its like before the comp. I think its the format for the Shanghai Rock Masters on Sunday.
I am first up, with speed climbing on Thursday, Rob on Saturday and then me again on sunday. I will let you know everything.
See ya for now.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
The China Campaign
Rob and I are off to China to compete in two competitions. I will be doing the Asian X Games and The Shanghai Rock Masters for Speed Climbing, Rob will be in the Shanghai Rock Masters for Lead. Because we are the Oceania Champions in these disciplines, we were invited to these events.
We started training specifically for these events 7 weeks ago when we found we could go. Training wise, we have been climbing lots down at SICG because of the height and the variety of walls angles. The X Games wall is 17 metres high with two, 1 metre overhangs and steep climbing in between! I have been doing sets of laps with only a short rest in between. This has been working as yesterday my last speed training day and I felt like it has all come together, that I'm flowing really well, and that I'm strong and powerful.
Rob has been doing lots and lots of training, SICG has been good for onsighting for him as all the route have been changed recently. He is looking really confident, strong and fit.
Asian X Games (S) - Shanghai (CHN) 2009 30th and 31st
Shanghai Rock Master (L + S) - Shanghai (CHN) 2009, 2nd & 3rd
Results should be up after the event on the IFSC website
All 4 of are packing our bags and getting ready to fly out Monday morning. Minah and Tahlia are very excited. They've checked out the new Chinese Visas in their passports, put some Chinese Yuan in their wallets, packed lots of books and charged their DSs for the flight!
Keep looking here for updates
We started training specifically for these events 7 weeks ago when we found we could go. Training wise, we have been climbing lots down at SICG because of the height and the variety of walls angles. The X Games wall is 17 metres high with two, 1 metre overhangs and steep climbing in between! I have been doing sets of laps with only a short rest in between. This has been working as yesterday my last speed training day and I felt like it has all come together, that I'm flowing really well, and that I'm strong and powerful.
Rob has been doing lots and lots of training, SICG has been good for onsighting for him as all the route have been changed recently. He is looking really confident, strong and fit.
Asian X Games (S) - Shanghai (CHN) 2009 30th and 31st
Shanghai Rock Master (L + S) - Shanghai (CHN) 2009, 2nd & 3rd
Results should be up after the event on the IFSC website
All 4 of are packing our bags and getting ready to fly out Monday morning. Minah and Tahlia are very excited. They've checked out the new Chinese Visas in their passports, put some Chinese Yuan in their wallets, packed lots of books and charged their DSs for the flight!
Keep looking here for updates
2009 NSW Difficuly and Speed Titles and Qualifier for WYC
The NSW State Titles were held over the Easter break at Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym, St Peters. It was two days, 5 climbs and lots of fun. The Competition was also the selection trials for the World Youth Championships team.
The weekend started at 8am on Saturday morning. All competitors did 3 heats on the first day and then one more heat Sunday morning, with the finals on Sunday afternoon. The Heats were flash and the final was onsight. With lots of juniors coming from all over Australia, the field was hot! Everyone wanted to be in the Australian team for France this year. Places in the team were offered to the top 4 climbers in each category based on the 5 climbs done over the weekend. The event finish up with the speed climbing, the fastest climber of the day was Mattias from SICG with 9.48sec!
Everyone had lots of fun and did lots of climbing. For more Results click here.
Thanks to the
Sponsors
The weekend started at 8am on Saturday morning. All competitors did 3 heats on the first day and then one more heat Sunday morning, with the finals on Sunday afternoon. The Heats were flash and the final was onsight. With lots of juniors coming from all over Australia, the field was hot! Everyone wanted to be in the Australian team for France this year. Places in the team were offered to the top 4 climbers in each category based on the 5 climbs done over the weekend. The event finish up with the speed climbing, the fastest climber of the day was Mattias from SICG with 9.48sec!
Everyone had lots of fun and did lots of climbing. For more Results click here.
Thanks to the
Sponsors
Tour De Corde So Far.........
The Tour has now had two comps one at Penrith Climbing Centre and The Rockhouse Brookvale. Both comps were high on the fun factor and the competition was fierce but friendly.
Penrith- Lindsay Fletcher in Youth C age 12 was the star, smashing everyone over the two days with 52 climbs and 27,051 points all done in the two and half hours time limit.
Andy Richardson won the open A male with has 10 best climbs 9390 points, Sarah Mathews took out the open A female with 8,955.
Overall Penrith had 107 competitors and lots of PUMPED arms.
For results on the Penrith Tour de Corde click here.
Rockhouse comp had a standout crowd too with 105 competitors over the two days, Opens was huge on the Friday night. The leaders from the Penrith Comp had to wear, in the traditional style of the Tour, a yellow tag on their harnesses to show they were the leaders.
Stand out performances were Dave Hoyle from Hangdog with 44 climbs and 28,210 points being the overall pumper with the most points. But the climber with the most climbs was Adam Gearing, a Youth C male from the Rockhouse who did 48 climbs and scored 26,260 points!
Robert LeBreton from the FIS, Mitch Breheny from the Centre of Gravity in Port Macquarie, and Pitch Ninja, Axel Triton shared the prize in the Open A male with 9,410 points. The Rockhouse's own Ben Aves, in Youth A Male, achieved the same score the following day. Open A Female was won by another Rockhouse local Nikki Selles with 9,025 points.
Rockhouse Results
The next Tour de Corde is at Hangdog Climbing Gym on the 1st and 2nd of May, hope everyone feels the pump!
Penrith- Lindsay Fletcher in Youth C age 12 was the star, smashing everyone over the two days with 52 climbs and 27,051 points all done in the two and half hours time limit.Andy Richardson won the open A male with has 10 best climbs 9390 points, Sarah Mathews took out the open A female with 8,955.
Overall Penrith had 107 competitors and lots of PUMPED arms.
For results on the Penrith Tour de Corde click here.
Rockhouse comp had a standout crowd too with 105 competitors over the two days, Opens was huge on the Friday night. The leaders from the Penrith Comp had to wear, in the traditional style of the Tour, a yellow tag on their harnesses to show they were the leaders.
Stand out performances were Dave Hoyle from Hangdog with 44 climbs and 28,210 points being the overall pumper with the most points. But the climber with the most climbs was Adam Gearing, a Youth C male from the Rockhouse who did 48 climbs and scored 26,260 points!
Robert LeBreton from the FIS, Mitch Breheny from the Centre of Gravity in Port Macquarie, and Pitch Ninja, Axel Triton shared the prize in the Open A male with 9,410 points. The Rockhouse's own Ben Aves, in Youth A Male, achieved the same score the following day. Open A Female was won by another Rockhouse local Nikki Selles with 9,025 points.
Rockhouse Results
The next Tour de Corde is at Hangdog Climbing Gym on the 1st and 2nd of May, hope everyone feels the pump!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Tour De Corde 2009
The Roped Series also introduces two new aspects to the pumpfest format. The first is the introduction of a team score where the 2 highest placed competitors in each category from each team earn points to toward their team's overall score. The second is the introduction of the "Pumper" Category in the Open event. The Pumper category is designed for those climbers who enjoy getting involved and doing as much climbing as they can in 2 and a half hours. Juniors are also welcome to compete in the Pumper category. In addition to these changes, all juniors who compete in all 5 events will be recognised with a medal at the end of the series.
Open will be Friday night 7pm and Juniors will be Saturday morning at 9am
27-28 February – Penrith Climbing Centre
20-21 March – Northern Beaches Rockhouse, Brookvale
1-2 May – Hangdog, Wollongong
22-23 May – Summit, Blacktown
19- 20th - SICG, St Peters
27-28 February – Penrith Climbing Centre
20-21 March – Northern Beaches Rockhouse, Brookvale
1-2 May – Hangdog, Wollongong
22-23 May – Summit, Blacktown
19- 20th - SICG, St Peters
Arapiles
Rob and I went to Araps for 10 days in January. It was really cool, and did lots of climbing. The weather was really hot, so we had to hide in the gullies. The heat zaps your energy and you don't feel like climbing. So we had to stay motivated. Tick List
Lamplighter
D Minor
Swinging
Trapeze
Pilot Error
Daily Planet
Megalomaniac
Electric Warrior
Mari
The Bard
Dreadnought Variant
Outrageous Coincidences (Boulder)
King Rat
Glory Rodent
Coming on Chris
Ethereal
long Hair and Great Coats
Horn Piece
Tannin
Cellular Destruction
Thunder Crack
Missing Link
Swinging (Boulder)
Friday, December 12, 2008
Mt York
Went to Mt York twice last week, to do a bit of trad and had lots of fun. Did some classics like The Obituary 14, Atomic Punk 20, Lishenbak 10, Birds Nest 15 and Peppercorn 15. Did a climb with Minah, she second The Knight of Nee, 17 which was a big effort as it was hard. I think its good to break your climbing up like this and do some climbing that out of your comfort zone.
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