TWICE IN ONE YEAR… LIKE A SOLSTICE.
We had to crush for our new 45 in March… We’re hosting our first ever USA Youth Climbing comp the morning of Oct. 25th. We have no excuse not to crush again. Here are the deets:
There will be ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL SESSION from 5-8PM. Competitors may not enter the climbing area beforehand. No sneak peeks! We will set 50 boulders. The difficulty of the boulders will range from V0-V12ish, but no indication of the grade will be given and the number of each boulder will have no correlation to its difficulty. Competitors will be given a scorecard and a pen at the beginning of their session with boulders 1-50 listed on it. We use peer judging, which means each competitor is required to have a witness for their sends, and the witness will indicate that they saw you climb the boulder by putting their initials next to that boulder’s number on your scorecard. Competitors are encouraged to climb as many boulders as they can, and will receive points for every send (not just the top 3 or top 5 boulders like in some comp formats!).
SCORING: Every boulder starts out with a value of 100 points that gets divided by the number of climbers who send it throughout the session. For example, if you are the ONLY person to send a boulder, you get all 100 points! If you and another person send it, you each get 50 points. If 50 people climb the same boulder, all 50 climbers will receive 2 points.
Historically, we’ve had 3-5 boulders get topped by only a single climber, and no person who has ever topped a distinct boulder has placed below 5th overall :)
PRIZES
TBD, but… they will be cool and likely inexpensive. And we’re making custom CRUSHER shirts this time! Be sure to sign up before Sept. 15 if you want one of those for FREE.
Food and beverages and a giant community session on the comp set will follow immediately after the session, and winners will be announced at 8:30. We’ll crown both the crusher AND a youth crusher (U16) this year, so two champions will be crowned, plus a handful of surely honorable mentions.
Use the Portal below to book your ticket
(Those who book before Sept. 15 will receive a custom CRUSHER t-shirt for FREE 😎)