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| This is the first bouldering competition I
have attended and I enjoyed myself tremendously. Keep up the good
work. You guys can always count on my support for any related events. |
Thanks. |
| I had a blast! I got stronger and younger in
this comp... I wish you could do away with age categories - or at
least - only have youth and adult... cause I don't want to be
segregated from the main bulk of the competition... just cause I am a
year older. That puts me alone usually and that's no fun! Thanks and
keep it real - too much competition does no one any good. I think this
comp was perfect as is. |
Its tough deciding on the categories.
Categorizing by Age with an Open division is straight-forward and then
there is no need for us to decide what arbitrary point value would
bump you up to the next category. You can imagine the complaints
that arise when people get bumped up because they climbed too strong
(or at least we thought they did). Youth and Adult is good too,
but there are problems there as well. Maybe add a Senior
category, but we'd have to be careful on where we drew that line.
We try to minimize the emphasis on points,
categories, and the general competitiveness because there are always
problems (including mistakes on our end). |
| I enjoy competitions where the atmosphere is
more about getting together and climbing with each other and having a
good time, rather than being competitive about it. But, I also like
winning nice prizes for winning comps. I think that the two can go
hand in hand though. From the comps I've been to, I haven't
really noticed a change in the tone of the competition, regardless of
whether the prizes at the end are a new pair of shoes, or another
Mammut hat. Although I'm sure other people have had different
experiences, I've never really noticed a super-competitive nature to
comps that I've entered. |
Anyone with ideas how to keep the camaraderie yet give
prizes based on performance? |
| I am just so extremely pleased that you have
taken the time to sponsor a bouldering comp. The next step is to have
a comp sponsored by ABS so that our local comps can count towards the
ABS requirements for local, regional and national comps |
We are hosting ABS Regionals in late January, but we
have no plans to hold any ABS Citizen Comps. Perhaps we can
certify the Dec. 3rd Comp, but you'll need to participate in 2 ABS
Citizens' to be able to climb in Regionals. See
rockcomps.com for the schedule.
There are lots ABS Citizen Comps in Colorado. |
The Dead Point competition was a blast. You
guys did a great job with all of the problems and all of the prizes.
This is a big job to put on an event like this and you guys pulled it
off great. We know that you can't please everyone, but if you can
please my family, then that is a feat in itself.
We love and appreciate all of you. You always treat us like we are
number one. You guys ROCK. |
Thanks. |
| There were way to many people on the wall at
the same time. Too many people were trying to squeeze in and climb
without any structure on who was next. Some people got to climb a lot
more than others just because they weren't considerate. |
It's unfortunate that some people were not following
good gym etiquette. Next time we'll have have more staff out
there to help keep people off the pads and to give each other room
while others are climbing. We may limit spectators as well when
we have that many competitors. |
| Don't like the age group divisions,
especially for the women, it didn't break anyone up.
EVERYONE was in the same category. Next time you could
possibly break up the 18-29 category, by maybe doing 18-25 and 26+,
this might be more realistic, especially when there were only 2 people
over 30. I know the age groups gets rid of people sandbagging but I
think it also prevents people of lower ability levels (especially
those in the 18-29 age group from coming) It was great fun though and
I will probably attend again, (weather permitting) |
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| Make the entry fee lower and don't give me an
ugly T-shirt that I will never wear! |
We're sorry you didn't like the t-shirt. We did.
Next time, don't take one. |
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