Vertical Club Tacoma

This past weekend a handful of climbers from the Bend Climbing Team made the long journey up to Tacoma for the first ABS comp at the Vertical Club Tacoma.  Vertical Club will also be hosting the PNW regional championships.  This comp offered a great opportunity for the climbers to get on steep angles, quality comp routes, and new holds.

Lucas smearing.

Riley breezing through her warm up.

 

The routes at the comp featured lots of movement and thoughtful sequencing.  This provided great training for the climbers to climb on a variety of styles of problems.  There were some steep routes with big moves, techy face climbs with small holds, and lots of slopers.  Overall the quality of the routes were great and a good training run for regionals.

Tristan working around the volume.

River on a sloper fest with big moves.

Sam pinchin' and underclingin'.

Walker setting up for the finishing hold.

Jack working up to some of the harder problems.

Kyle dialing in his feet.

Bend Climbing Team Results

Male Youth A

River Helmich- 3rd

Female Youth B

Riley Joyce- 4th

Male Youth B

Tristan Helmich- 3rd

Kyle Anderson- 4th

Male Youth C

Jack Groh- 3rd

Walker Davis- 12th

Sam Singer- 13th

Male Youth D

Lucas Strauss-Wise 2nd