Comments on: News & Notes – 02/10/2010

By: Narc

Narc — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:57:16 +0000

I would agree that it’s a great event for kids and their families to go to. I was referring more to the college demographic that seems to make up most of the Adult comp field. I could probably have made that a bit more clear.

By: professor

professor — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:28:27 +0000

Our family has traveled to Salt Lake, Boulder (2), San Francisco, and now DC for USA Climbing comps. It’s been a sacrifice financially but I have no regrets. Our family has had so many great experiences that it was definitely worth it. It’s not about the 20 minutes of climbing it’s about doing something together as a family that you love. If you have kids you’ll understand…

By: awg

awg — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:50:40 +0000

I’m not excited about getting on a plane and heading to VA in these conditions. Flying into Baltimore (all flights canceled today) tomorrow – we’ll probably be stuck at the airport due to lack of transportation means from there. I guess there’s no way to cancel the show – but a lot of people are not going to risk traveling out there. Why not pick a southern state for winter months comps?

By: philip

philip — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:33:03 +0000

The bouldering in Alexandria just got completely redone.. so unless you have been there recently it’s probably different than you remember.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:53:33 +0000

I’m pretty surprised to hear about ABS Nats being held in Alexandria, it’s a nice gym for bouldering, but there are certainly better…. hmm…

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:24:48 +0000

Cool Big wall climb in Brazil. The video is interesting since it seems they got a bunch of "normal" media attention. Too bad I can't understand portuguese.

By: Mic

Mic — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:02:28 +0000

I cant see the Messner docu because im not in the US. Anyone know where if I can see it elsewhere?

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:37:44 +0000

Man I think that weather report made my morning. A must watch for the psyched weatherman. Glad we don’t have a snowpocalypse in Cali. I might have to move to mexico…

I’ve been to Nationals twice, once when it was in MD and I lived there. Once in boulder because Lizzy’s aister was competing. Both times I participated in the Citizens comp which had fairly low attendance but was pretty fun.

I have a few friends who are unhappy with USAC for the really high prices per the amount of climbing time. It was pretty strange in 2008 where someone was charging people to climb the finals problems after nationals was over…

By: Sid

Sid — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:40:44 +0000

I ordered Dave Macleod’s book they day it came out and I gotta say its damn good! I bought it from his site and it had flat rate shipping, including to the USA.