Comments on: 2009 ABS 10 Nationals Adult Finals Wrap Up

By: Austin

Austin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:03:27 +0000

“Julian Bautista walked into isolation with a bucket because he had food poisoning. Julian finished 5th with no warm up, and with his bucket of puke in hand. Julian’s brother Michael was quoted as saying, “This stinks, he throws up between each problem and still beats me!””

Honestly this is the most beast thing I’ve seen him pull off. I’m supprised not many people saw this. I’ve know Julian for a little while, and he’s always been a super beast. This kid was bouldering v10 from a young age and just recently turned 16. He has been getting awsome results in comps all over the place. He finished 5th in the SLC Mammut comp…He wasn’t sick then. Big ‘ol props to both the brothers.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:47:58 +0000

This explanation is makes a great deal of sense. In my experience with this system, the placement of the bonus is really quite important and even more so when the field spans a large range of abilities (as is often the case in championship qualifications). But as with most things, practice builds confidence and I’m sure that the setters and organisers will take the experience forward to Vail…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:07:03 +0000

Adult Qualifiers results and video are still posted on http://www.boulderdiaries.com although I can’t seem to find any results for the Youth Qualies or Finals. The running order for the categories is posted at http://www.absnationals.org/images/youthfinalsrunningorder.pdf and my understanding was the running order is usually the reverse of the qualifying order. On the ABS Nationals page it says Adult and Youth Qualifier results should be posted to there soon.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:16:14 +0000

Inside scoop from a reliable source who knows Daniel well puts the boulder around 200 lbs. Anywhere in that range though would probably not feel to good, just a guess.

By: Narc

Narc — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:39:20 +0000

I don’t believe the full results from qualifiers are posted anymore. It would be nice if they were.

The difficulties that Jon talked about during qualifiers were perhaps a combination of the routesetting and the rules for the comp. A lot of people commented that it was really hard to get to the bonus hold and then quite easy to get to the top from there. This would explain why many of the competitors had a hard time getting any points.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:34:17 +0000

I’ve read Jon & Sean’s blogs…
Are the full results for ABS10 available anywhere – I’ve only found the Finals results on the USAC Website and Jon’s blog seems to point at difficulties in the Qualification Round.
Regardless as to the merits and demerits of the system, it will be used at the various World Cups in 2009/2010 and its better to go into a comp having experience of the rules than not, so I think good call by the organisers in this case