Touchstone Blog Archive
Friday, February 25, 2011
GWPC Comp: Touchstone Rope Series In Full Swing
The latest Touchstone Rope Series comp at Great Western Power Company went off well, with a ton of climbers testing out the new routes in the lead area and on the topropes around the gym.
221 competitiors showed up to fight their way to the top of GWPC's technical walls. Local photographer and writer, Jim Thornburg signed copies of his new book "Stone Mountains" and even donated a signed copy to be raffled off to the climbers in attendance.
Pyramid Brewery supplied great beer, and Extreme Pizza provided much needed fuel to all the hungry climbers.
Andrew Bisharat, one of the editors over at Rock and Ice, just wrote a great article titled Doing Your Best in a Climbing Comp. The hardman sport climber, boulderer, and writer goes over nutrition information, comp strategy, and how to mentally prepare for the comp.
Check out the tips and prepare for the next rope series comps at Mission Cliffs on March 18th.
221 competitiors showed up to fight their way to the top of GWPC's technical walls. Local photographer and writer, Jim Thornburg signed copies of his new book "Stone Mountains" and even donated a signed copy to be raffled off to the climbers in attendance.
Pyramid Brewery supplied great beer, and Extreme Pizza provided much needed fuel to all the hungry climbers.
Andrew Bisharat, one of the editors over at Rock and Ice, just wrote a great article titled Doing Your Best in a Climbing Comp. The hardman sport climber, boulderer, and writer goes over nutrition information, comp strategy, and how to mentally prepare for the comp.
Check out the tips and prepare for the next rope series comps at Mission Cliffs on March 18th.
Labels: Andrew Bisharat, comp climbing, Jim Thornburg
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
GWPC TBS 6 Photos
On October 22nd, Touchstone had its third bouldering comp of the year at Great Western Power Company. The Touchstone Bouldering Series is currently in its 6th year and the comps keep getting better. With free food and beer, an awesome selection of new boulder problems, and a great environment to climb in, the Touchstone comps are unbelievably fun.
Currently Halley Tollner, Camille Kerr, and Cicadia Jenerik are in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively for women's advanced.Hitesh Lala, Matthew Bingham, and Scott Cory hold the top three places for men's advanced.
Bay area photographer and rock climber John Vallejo took some great pictures of the event which can be seen on his gallery site.
The next comp will be at Diablo Rock Gym on November 12th, 2010 in Concord. Come out for a great time climbing and hanging out!
Currently Halley Tollner, Camille Kerr, and Cicadia Jenerik are in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively for women's advanced.Hitesh Lala, Matthew Bingham, and Scott Cory hold the top three places for men's advanced.
Bay area photographer and rock climber John Vallejo took some great pictures of the event which can be seen on his gallery site.
The next comp will be at Diablo Rock Gym on November 12th, 2010 in Concord. Come out for a great time climbing and hanging out!
Labels: comp climbing, Great Western Power Co., TBS 6
¶ Sunday, October 31, 2010 0 Comments
