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Tournament Of All Things Climbing

In 2008, ClimbingNarc ran a March Madness-style bracket tournament pitting climbing gear, moves, crags, and icons against each other — with readers voting round by round. All eight posts from the bracket, start to finish.

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March 23, 2008

The 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing

Ruined NCAA Tournament bracket have you feeling down?? Perhaps your ego is bruised after another crushing defeat for Duke in the early rounds. Inspired by the NCAA Tournament brack...

March 31, 2008

Let The Voting Begin...

Last week I launched the 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament of all Things Climbing and the response was awesome. We had around 50 brackets returned for a chance to win either MVM Vol...

April 4, 2008

Round 2 Voting Begins

Thanks to everyone for the over 3000 votes that were cast in Round 1 . The closest matchup was Alex Honnold eking out a win over Dean Potter by 1 vote! Here are the links to get st...

April 9, 2008

Tournament Round 3 Voting

After another successful round of voting in the 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing we are on to Round 3 and the final 16. No major surprises in Round 2 except...

April 13, 2008

Regional Finals Voting Begins

After almost 6,000 votes, we are down to the Regional Finals of the 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing . Dave Graham came the closest to pulling off an upset i...

April 17, 2008

Final Four Voting

The 2008 Tournament Of All Things Climbing is down to the Final Four! It looks like Sharma and Yosemite are on a collision course for the finals as many of you predicted. Voting fo...

April 21, 2008

Final Round Of 2008 Tournament Of All Things Climbing

As I expected, round 5 was not exactly close and the two favorites, Chris Sharma and Yosemite, have made it to the final round. Final round voting will end Wednesday night . On Thu...

April 24, 2008

2008 Tournament Of All Things Climbing Winner

After nearly 6,500 votes, a champion has been crowned in the 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing!  The final round between pre-tournament favorites Chris S...

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