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Competition Overlook - Week 2

Week 2 started out by pushing the league member's endurance. Five Boulder Problems were set up and for the men, two of them were categorized as "HARD". The women had one extra shared problem to climb. It was a good thing they did because problem B kicked them for a loop in Week 2. The men's side boulder problem "D" saw most sending the problem on their first try and others sending on second or third tries. Overall, it showed no match for the members. And problem "E" proved the same with most of the league members sending on their first try and others on second or third tries. Even problem "F" saw 12 out of 14 ascents!!! The men are putting these problems to shame. Problem "G" was an exception with only two asents, none by the way of on-sight. And problem "H" being the killer for many, but some found their way through the hard start, but then pumped out on the stout ending of the problem. Overall the men did pretty impressive for the amount of problems this week. Also many changes occurred in the race for first, second, third, & fourth. It's still close but there are no ties.

Week 2 proved to be a tough one for the women. In all actuality though, they did quite well. Problem's "D" & "C" were completed by most but not on-sighted by many. Overall, on those two problems, the women kicked butt! Then comes Problem "E" the extra problem... To be continued...

Competition Overlook - Week 1
By: Michael Pezzuto

For the women, Judy came out in the lead, mainly because she on-sighted every problem for the first week. Unreal Job! We'll see if she can stay on top with another outstanding performance. Finishing a close second is Jess, only 25 points behind Judy. That's a really close race between first place and second place! Keep up the great work, Jess! In third place is Kathleen, only 20 points behind second, and 45 points behind first place. This determined climber was pushing herself all week and for good reason. Nice job, Kathleen! In fourth place is a new comer to the sport but a fast learner, Corinne. Corinne is only 100 points behind 3rd place, which is not a huge gap at the end of week one. Nice job, Corinne! Keep working hard because all the women are going to do the same. In fifth place is Julia, with a stout score of 1485, she climbed hard to place fifth and finds herself only 140 points behind 4th place, another close race. Keep it up Julia! Sixth place belongs to Nicole, a strong climber, only hurt this week by the lack of climbing time in her schedule. Watch out ladies; this one could be a sleeper who comes from behind in the weeks to come. Nicole is working hard and built a solid score of 1375 points, closely trailing fifth place. Everyone put a their best foot forward! Awesome job! Good luck to everyone as we move forward into Week 2. Keep it fun and climb hard!

Things are going crazy for the men, with a tie for first, and just a 110 point difference between the tied climbers and third place. In the first place tie we have Josh and Rob. Both strong climbers, they sent all of the problems in the first week with two on-sights. Close behind, in third place, is Zack who was the only man to send Problem E in week 1! So with just a send on Problem G he would have been in the lead. Unfortunately, after many attempts, he fell just short. He is likely to be the of the top contenders every week, but only time will tell. Fourth place is another tie, with Stephen & Matt neck in neck with 1460 points, just 65 points behind third place. The competition for the top spots is fierce! Keep checking in every week to see what happens! In 6th place is Jim. A real stubborn hard headed climber that just doesn't give up, and it shows. For all his hard work he finds himself only 115 points behind 4th place. Mike is in seventh place, only 50 points behind sixth place and only 165 points behind fourth place. He is a good prospect for jumping up in the standings with a good week so watch out. Howie finds himself only 10 points behind seventh place, 60 points behind sixth place, and 175 points behind 4th place. When these scores are all so close, anything could happen in one week. There's no telling what can happen by the end of the league. With three weeks left everyone is pushing a little harder, I hope you are to. Michael M. finds himself in eighth place, just 60 points behind his arch rival, Howie. A little note to Howie: If you want a raise this isn't the way to go about getting it. (haha) Glenn holds down tenth place with a score of 1210 points. Only 15 points out of 9th and with a well rested foot no one knows what Glenn could do. Erich will be another one to come on as weeks go by. Paul was slumped with waiver forms so with no time to climb week 1 proved hard for him. John didn't turn in all his scores yet!

Problem Overlook From Week One
By: Michael Pezzuto

WOMEN
The women showed up to climb this first week of the bouldering league, posting a higher average overall than the men! Problem D proved no problem for any of the women; it saw seven ascents, all by way of on-sight! Nice job to the women on that! Problem C saw a total of six ascents, with three being completed on-sight. A tricky last move had one of the women wanting just one more hold. When it was all said and done, a good statement for the women on that problem. Problem B, a traverse under the roof into a technical highball finish, had some women fearing for their lives. Despite the difficulty factors, the problem still saw 4 sends, with one on-sight! Overall, this was another good performance by the women as they averaged 443 points out of a possible 500. Last but not least, the double mantle Problem A. This was a unique problem featuring a low mantle just after the start, and the highball mantle at about 12 feet off the ground! Two amazing on-sights were performed with two more ascents coming after a bit more work! Awesome job! So the word is "The women showed up to climb this week." Will the problems next week kick them for a loop, or will it be a repeat of the first week with a good overall performance by the women? Week two brings five new problems for the men & women, so only time will tell.

MEN
Problems from week one proved to be fun and very tricky. Problem D was a royal flush for both the men and women, with everyone sending it by the way of on-sight! Nice! Problem E, down stairs, was labeled "Tricky" and was well featured; a really nice line with bouldery moves the whole way through. The men finished this problem in different ways, with not one ascent being repeated the same way by other members. Overall, it received five ascents, with one on-sight! Nice job, Zack! Although it didn't see many ascents the average came out to 213 points out of a total of 300. That's a pretty good job guys, but I know you worked for it. Next up we have Problem F, upstairs, on a steep wall with rather good holds and it was set to kick some people. But it did just the opposite, seeing thirteen ascents, ten by way of on-sight! Overall, the men did a real job on Problem F. Problem G proved very interesting with two ascents overall, none by way of on-sight. Some fell just below the roof, some at the middle crux, and some in the beginning roof moves. Overall, the men got a 248-point average out of a possible 500 points. Not too bad. Well that's the word on the problems for week one. Good luck with week two.