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Video Friday – 2/4/2011

Narc — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:45:52 +0000

In last week’s Video Friday post I mentioned how excited I was to be competing in the 12th edition of Quick on the Draw at my local climbing gym. This was my 11th QotD, but only the 3rd or 4th in which I’d actually be competing. A bit of a novice then when it comes to the whole climbing aspect of a climbing competition, I was a bit nervous as things got underway early Saturday afternoon.

Despite picking up an early pump that never would abate, I managed to fill out my scorecard with a fairly respectable set of scores before the 3.5 hour climbing time evaporated into thin air. I ended up just missing the cutoff for finals which was probably for the best since I could barely use my arms after the comp. Overall it was a memorable day of climbing fun routes with some great people. What more could one ask for??

You can download full results of the most popular Quick on the Draw ever by clicking here. Some pictures are here.

Alex sticking the crowd-pleasing jump-start to the Men’s Open finals route

Photo: Matt Kuehl

On to this week’s slate of videos we have a nice sampling of videos to get you psyched for your weekend:

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Quick On The Draw X Results & Pictures

Narc — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:22:49 +0000

In case you haven’t seen them in the other locations I posted them, I added pictures from last weekend’s Quick On The Draw X climbing competition to my pictures page. You can download the full results from the event by clicking here.

Thanks to everyone that has taken the time to provide positive feedback about the pictures, it definitely helps make the 8 hours I spent processing them seem worthwhile! Here are a few of my favorites:

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Quick On The Draw X

Narc — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:50:39 +0000

On Saturday a record crowd descended on my local gym, Adventure Rock, for the 10th Annual Quick On The Draw competition. I have had the pleasure of attending the last 9 QotD’s and they are always a good time with this year being no exception.

Afraid of getting shown up by a bunch of climbers in Men’s Open who are younger, stronger and better looking with their shirts off I chose to instead help setup for the comp. Despite my competitive urges, I find the prep work to be more fun and rewarding anyhow. The day of the comp I wandered around catching up with people from out of town I don’t see that often, snapping the occasional picture. Here are a few I took of the winners in finals (apologies to Sarah and Annaleah who flashed Women’s Advanced on a line I couldn’t really see). More pictures to come…

Greg campusing his way across the SoIll phone holds

on his way to 1st place in Men’s Open

Michaela Kiersch impressively flashing her way to 1st place in Women’s Open

Papa Smurf on his way to winning Men’s Advanced

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Ancient History: Narc Rock Climbing

Narc — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:11:01 +0000

Sorry for the lower quality photos…the technology back when I used to climb isn’t what it is today…

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Thanks to Dan for hooking up these long lost pictures from Red Rocks 2003 – The 1st picture is of one of my more classic ascents – The Pearl (v4 or 5)

Wild Iowa – Circa Fall 2002/3?

Quick on the Draw 2004 – Battle of the Ages

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Quick on the Draw Results & Photos

Narc — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:56:02 +0000

This morning I uploaded 340 raw pictures from this past weekend’s Quick on the Draw comp that was held at Adventure Rock. You can view them in galleries separated by sessions at the pictures page. Please be patient as the photos load, it might take a while. If you would like me to email you higher resolution originals or you have any other comments, please contact me via my contact page.

I also have final results for all the divisions available for download in a PDF format. You can view the results by clicking here.

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Quick on the Draw 9

Narc — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:01:42 +0000

This past weekend was the 9th Annual Quick on the Draw comp at Adventure Rock. The event saw a record number of participants and was incredibly fun to be a part of. Please check back later this week for more pictures and full results.

In the meantime, it is anyone’s guess how the costumes worn by the two open division winners pictured below fit in with this year’s pirate theme…

Men’s Open Winner Tyler Haack	Women’s Open Winner Kasia Pietras

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