Touchstone Blog Archive
Saturday, November 21, 2009
TBS5 Final Results
Last Friday, Berkeley Ironworks held the last of the Touchstone Bouldering Series Comps. Over 350 people attended the event and had a great time.
Over a thousand climbers joined Touchstone for TBS5!
In the Overall Results:
Halley Tollner, Maria Ly, and Kim Groebner came in first, second, and third respectively for the Women's Advanced.
Gregor Peirce, Mark Liu, and Matt Bingham came in first, second, and third respectively for the Men's Advanced.
Check out the video of the Berkeley Comp:
Over a thousand climbers joined Touchstone for TBS5!
In the Overall Results:
Halley Tollner, Maria Ly, and Kim Groebner came in first, second, and third respectively for the Women's Advanced.
Gregor Peirce, Mark Liu, and Matt Bingham came in first, second, and third respectively for the Men's Advanced.
Check out the video of the Berkeley Comp:
TBS 5 Berkely Iron Works from Princess on Vimeo.
Labels: Berkeley Ironworks, bouldering comp, TBS5
¶ Saturday, November 21, 2009 1 Comments
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
TBS5 Finale at Ironworks
The final competition of the Touchstone Bouldering Series will be held November 13 at Berkeley Ironworks. The event, which starts at 6, will give competitors a chance to crank on a ton of new boulder problems, eat lots of free pizza, drink way too much beer, and have an excellent time. Come to Ironworks Friday night for a free comp t-shirt and a lot of fun!
Labels: Berkeley Ironworks, bouldering comp, TBS5
¶ Tuesday, November 10, 2009 0 Comments
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
GWPC Comp video
Great Western Power Company boulderer, Becky Trafecanty made this awesome video with the help of the GWPC staff. The Touchstone Bouldering Series really is this rad. Check out Becky's video!
GWPC - TBS5 from Becky Trafecanty on Vimeo.
Great Western Power Company boulderer, Becky Trafecanty made this awesome video with the help of the GWPC staff. The Touchstone Bouldering Series really is this rad. Check out Becky's video!
Labels: Becky Trafecanty, Great Western Power Co., TBS5
¶ Wednesday, October 14, 2009 0 Comments
Friday, September 25, 2009
Oakland Comp
Last Friday, over 260 people competed in the recent Touchstone Bouldering comp in Oakland. The free pizza and beer brought in mor than 40 spectators as well, who clamored into the gym to watch the boulderers crank on 58 new problems and win awesome raffle prizes from Evolv, Mtn Hardwear, 5.10, and La Sportiva.
In a moment of pure strength, Mike Abell managed to flash a V10! Gregor Peirce fought hard and won the men's advanced.
Check out more pictures at the Touchstone Gallery and watch the movie of the comp.
Men's Advanced:
1 Greg Peirce
2 Mike Abell
3 Josh Levin
Men's Intermediate
1 Dave Grote
2 Hitesh Lala
3 Wade Clark
Men's Beginner
1 Derek Steer
2 Nitish Nag
3 Ian Johnson
Women's Advanced
1 Melodie Chu
2 Halley Tollner
3 Christina Freschl
Women's Intermediate
1 Shihong Chen
2 Allie Cope
3 Alekist Quach
Women's Beginner
1 Courtney Morrison
2 Jawwei Wang
3 Sierra Dwyer-Voss
In a moment of pure strength, Mike Abell managed to flash a V10! Gregor Peirce fought hard and won the men's advanced.
Check out more pictures at the Touchstone Gallery and watch the movie of the comp.
Men's Advanced:
1 Greg Peirce
2 Mike Abell
3 Josh Levin
Men's Intermediate
1 Dave Grote
2 Hitesh Lala
3 Wade Clark
Men's Beginner
1 Derek Steer
2 Nitish Nag
3 Ian Johnson
Women's Advanced
1 Melodie Chu
2 Halley Tollner
3 Christina Freschl
Women's Intermediate
1 Shihong Chen
2 Allie Cope
3 Alekist Quach
Women's Beginner
1 Courtney Morrison
2 Jawwei Wang
3 Sierra Dwyer-Voss
Labels: Great Western Power Co., Gregor Peirce, Mike Abell, TBS5
¶ Friday, September 25, 2009 0 Comments
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Diablo Rock Comp Results
The crowds packed in Diablo Rock gym for the comp last Friday night. Over two hundred climbers and spectators gathered together to crush over fifty new boulder problems. Gregor Pierce won the comp by nabbing the top five most difficult climbs in the first hour and fifteen minutes. Gregor then climbed the rest of the fifty-nine new problems rounding off an excellent evening of bouldering. In an equally impressive effort, Nick Erikson, devoured some great pie winning the pie eating contest. Congratulations to both competitors and the hundreds of climbers who came out and helped polish off two kegs and fifty-five pizzas. TBS5 at the DRG was an awesome!
Pictures of the comp can be found at the Touchstone Gallery.
Scores for the comp can be found at the score site.
Pictures of the comp can be found at the Touchstone Gallery.
Scores for the comp can be found at the score site.
Labels: Diablo Rock Gym, Gregor Pierce, TBS5
¶ Tuesday, September 01, 2009 0 Comments
Monday, August 17, 2009
TBS5 At DRG This Friday
This Friday evening, 6pm on August 21, 2009, the second of the Touchstone Bouldering Comps will be held at Diablo Rock Gym. Join hundreds of other Touchstone members to participate in one of the Bay area's best climbing events. There will be tons of new problems, t-shirts for competitors, great beer, and plenty of fun.
Also: From Wednesday to the start of the comp the bouldering will be closed.
Also: From Wednesday to the start of the comp the bouldering will be closed.
Labels: Climbing Competitions, Diablo Rock Gym, TBS5
¶ Monday, August 17, 2009 0 Comments
Monday, August 10, 2009
Mission Cliffs Comp Photos
Over a hundred great photos of the Mission Cliffs Climbing Comp, TBS5, have been posted over at the website. Check them out on the Touchstone website by clicking on the BETA pull down bar and choosing Gallery or by clicking on this link:
Mission Cliffs Photos:
Over a hundred great photos of the Mission Cliffs Climbing Comp, TBS5, have been posted over at the website. Check them out on the Touchstone website by clicking on the BETA pull down bar and choosing Gallery or by clicking on this link:
Mission Cliffs Photos:
Labels: Climbing Competitions, mission cliffs, TBS5
¶ Monday, August 10, 2009 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Record Turnout for Mission Cliffs Comp
A record number of climbers came out Friday night for the first of the Touchstone Bouldering Series Comps. Over 330 men, women, and kids clambered into the Mission Cliffs gym to compete, crank on the 60+ new boulder problems, enjoy the festivities, and win awesome raffle prizes.
Results from the Men's Advanced results are:
1. Matt Bingham
2. James Murase
3. Vitaly Volberg
Results from the Women's Advanced results are:
1. Halley Tollner
2. Kim Groebner
3. Kari Donatelli
Check out some highlights from the comp:
Stay tuned for the next comp in the series at Diablo Rock Gym.
Results from the Men's Advanced results are:
1. Matt Bingham
2. James Murase
3. Vitaly Volberg
Results from the Women's Advanced results are:
1. Halley Tollner
2. Kim Groebner
3. Kari Donatelli
Check out some highlights from the comp:
TBS 5 @ Mission Cliffs, SF 2009 from Mission Cliffs on Vimeo.
Stay tuned for the next comp in the series at Diablo Rock Gym.
Labels: mission cliffs, TBS5
¶ Tuesday, July 28, 2009 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
TBS5- Comp at Mission Cliffs on Friday
The Touchstone Bouldering Series Comps will be kicking off this Friday night, July 24, at San Francisco's Mission Cliffs. There will be over 60+ boulder problems to crank on at the gym, free food, drinks, a raffle with awesome climbing prizes, t-shirts for all competitors, and a viewing of The Players with a cameo by local hardman Ethan Pringle.
The event is free to all members and only $10 to non-members.
-The bouldering area will be closed starting Wednesday and other sections of the gym will follow on Thursday thru the event.
Check out the trailer for The Players:
For more information about the rules and regulations see the comp page.
Come out and crank with some of the best boulderers in the Bay!
The Touchstone Bouldering Series Comps will be kicking off this Friday night, July 24, at San Francisco's Mission Cliffs. There will be over 60+ boulder problems to crank on at the gym, free food, drinks, a raffle with awesome climbing prizes, t-shirts for all competitors, and a viewing of The Players with a cameo by local hardman Ethan Pringle.
The event is free to all members and only $10 to non-members.
-The bouldering area will be closed starting Wednesday and other sections of the gym will follow on Thursday thru the event.
Check out the trailer for The Players:
The Players Trailer from Brian Solano on Vimeo.
For more information about the rules and regulations see the comp page.
Come out and crank with some of the best boulderers in the Bay!
Labels: mission cliffs, TBS5, The Players
¶ Tuesday, July 21, 2009 0 Comments
Monday, April 13, 2009
TBS4 Finale @ Berkeley Ironworks Video
In case any of you were unfortunate enough to actually miss the TBS4 Finale at Berkeley Ironworks, I have some great news this Monday morning: I have an official write-up, a photo gallery you can check out, AND a video of the contest that you missed out on.
Here we go, straight from Paul, the General Manager at Berkeley Ironworks:
TBS4 finale @ Ironworks from Berkeley Ironworks on Vimeo.
Here we go, straight from Paul, the General Manager at Berkeley Ironworks:
On March 20th, Berkeley Ironworks hosted the TBS4 series finale. A record turnout of 343 competitors came out to test their mettle against 67 brand new boulder problems ranging from v0 to v11! It wasn't just the climbing challenges that drew climbers from all over the Bay Area, we had free pizza, beer and a prize raffle.Bottom line, when TBS5 rolls around, this is NOT something you're going to want to miss. Thanks Paul.
Brett Ashton won the Men's Advanced and Gabbi Masse won the Women's advanced. For the intermediate category we had Morgan Laney (women's) and Ethan Goldblatt (men's). The beginning category champions were Chris Hutchins (men's) and Grace Fernandez (women's).
The series titles were also up for grabs that Friday night and the competitor who had the best 3 scores out of the 5 competitions would take home the crown. Even though Brett Ashton beat Troy Gibb at Ironworks, Troy's previous comp results let him squeak out the victory in the Men's Advanced category. Halley Tollner's consistent performances enabled her to edge out Gabby Masse for the Women's Advanced title.
In the Intermediate category, Karen Benitez won the Women's over Julie Spiker by the smallest of margins (260 points) and John Ricco dominated Men's, winning by 2920 points. For the beginner division, Grace Fernandez's hard work paid off, she attended all 5 comps and won the Women's division handily while Joseph Markette one the Men's.
The next Touchstone Bouldering Series (season 5) will start this July so keep checking the website for when the dates will be announced.
TBS4 finale @ Ironworks from Berkeley Ironworks on Vimeo.
Labels: Berkeley Ironworks, Climbing Video, Contest, Paul, TBS4, TBS5
¶ Monday, April 13, 2009 0 Comments
