Here is a press release from Joseph Wong, president of the Vancouver Rock Climbers Group and Climb and Conquer Project.
Hello our dear climbing family! Let’s use our climbing power and commodarie to support the Nepal earthquake relief!
*Canadian govt. will match donations till May 25. Hive will give discounted admission $10 (vs. $18.50) to all non-Hive members! *If you don’t want to compete, you are welcome to bring a donation receipt to get the discounted admission.
What’s Happening?
Climbing Competition May 15 Friday
– 7pm Competition starts
*Make sure you come earlier like 6pm to complete your sign in, gym orientation and fall assessment and warm up.
– 9pm Announce Results and Super Final for Summiters Category.
Competition Format:
Teams of 2 climbers complete problems within their hex grade range. You can pick any problems you like. Only one person in the team has to complete boulder problem, but the other one must be spotting or cheering (no divide and conquer action here). Each person in the team must do 1/2 of all problems on the score card.This means if your scorecard has 10 problems listed then each team member MUST have individually completed 5. First team to complete their problems and report back to the frontdesk staff win in their category. *Please select your category carefully, if you sandbag your ninja skills, you might be upgraded to a higher category.
Comp. Categories:
MENS:
“Base Camp” 2 hex (12 problems)
“Camp 1” 3 hex (12 problems)
“Camp 2” 4 hex (12 problems)
“Summiters” 5+ hex (12 problems)
WOMENS:
“Base Camp” 2 hex (10 problems)
“Camp 1” 3 hex (10 problems)
“Camp 2” 4 hex (10 problems)
“Summiters” 5+ hex (10 problems)
Admission ticket:
Bring your donation receipt as admission: $30/person min. (meaning $60 per team admission). Hive will give discounted admission $10 (vs. $18.50) to all non-Hive members!
*If you don’t want to compete, you are welcome to bring a donation receipt to get the discounted admission.
*Canadian govt. will match donations will May 25. More info here.
