The Community Competition is for all ages and abilities of climbers. Like the youth competition, we aim to make this competition fun, challenging, and rewarding for casual climbers, as well as those seeking a legitimate competitive experience.
FORMAT
WAVES 1+2: To alleviate crowding and assist us with scoring, we're splitting everyone into two waves. You will select which wave you want to be in when you register. You will not be permitted to climb outside of the times of your wave.
CHECK-IN + COMPETITOR MEETING: Please try to arrive roughly 30-60 minutes before the start of your wave and be prepared for an important Competitor Meeting 15 minutes before the start of the wave.
Wave 1: Arrive between 11-11:30a and be ready for an important Competitor Meeting to begin promptly at 11:45a.
Wave 2: Arrive between 3-3:30p and be ready for an important Competitor Meeting to begin promptly at 3:45p.
From 12-3p or 4-7p, climbers will compete in a redpoint competition, which means that many, many climbs of varying difficulty will be set for the competition. All of the boulder problems are available to all of the climbers at once, and the competitors may attempt the climbs as many times as they wish within the given time period.
DIVISIONS
You know yourself best, so we're asking you to select which division you'll compete in. Please be aware that once scores have been reviewed, ASCEND reserves the right to move a competitor up a division, but never down. The reason for this is to be as fair as possible, and to prevent a stronger climber from entering themselves into a lower division, either by accident, or, in a nefarious attempt to ensure a first place finish.
When you arrive, you will join our SteepScores (phone app) competition where you will select your division and category.
JAZZ: V1-V4 | consistently sends purple circuit (V1-V3), often sends yellow circuit (V2-V4), works on blue circuit (V3-V5)
ROCK 'N' ROLL: V3-V6 | consistently sends blue circuit (V3-V5), often sends orange circuit (V4-V6), works on pink circuit (V5-V7)
CLASSICAL: V5-V8+ | consistently sends pink circuit (V5-V7), often sends red circuit (V6-V8), works on white circuit (V7-V9)
CATEGORIES
Competitors will self-identify into the following categories:
WTNB [Women, Trans, Non-Binary]
MTNB [Men, Trans, Non-Binary]
*While ASCEND recognizes that gender is not a binary system, for this competition we are asking that competitors self-select into either the WTNB or MTNB categories. Thank you for your understanding.
ACCOLADES
Awards for Jazz, Rock 'n' Roll, and Classical divisions will happen shortly after 7p!
All competitors will receive a competition poster! We encourage you to get your fellow competitors signatures and written words of encouragement!
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers in the respective divisions and categories will receive prizes from ASCEND.