Scend it Home is the local competition series we run at Beyond the Crux Climbing Gym each year. We've been running 4 comps per year during the busier months, and we try to top the previous comp each time we set for a new one.
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The January edition of Scend it Home was again a good show. Complete with a rope swing, a few committing finishes, and a bunch of new, grippy volumes, competitors had their work cut out for them. For this comp, we spent parts of 2 weekends setting, pulled down the problems and re-set them the night before and day of the comp. It makes for a tough comp day as we finish putting up all the problems, forerunning them, and making any necessary tweaks.
To compound the problem, Jay Duris and I were both sick/ bagged, so by the time we foreran the harder problems in the comp, we were using every ounce we had left to get through them. In the end, we only probably had one problem that was out of order at the higher end (due to a last minute tweak that probably wasn't necessary?) and 2 problems didn't get sent (my sequency/ grip-tape volumes). There was perfect separation between all competitors and people seemed to have fun.
Robert Stweart-Patterson from Kamloops and member of the Canadian Junior National Team paid us a visit for this comp and pulled out the win while our own youth crusher, Nikita Taylor, was just behind in second. It was great to watch the youngsters battle it out with long-time fixtures in the scene like Braden McCrea and Chris DesVries.
The next Scend it Home is happening April 5. Come out for a bunch of new holds and good problems!
A few images courtesy of Ryan at BTC.
Apparently this is what I look like after hardly any sleep, being sick and setting a comp. Not pretty!
Chris Des Vries cranking on problem #25.
The all gaston crimps of problem #26 with the grip tape volumes of problem #28 in full view.
Steve Downward cruising on problem #16.
Alex Taylor hitting the sloper on the all campus problem #18.