The South Sound Keeps Pulling Down

Last weekend was the fourth annual South Sound Pull Down at the warehouse rock gym in Olympia. It was a hugely successful competition, with more entrants than ever before, and tons of awesome prizes. A big thanks goes to everyone at the WRG who put it on especially Fawn, Sierra and Jimmy.

Having claimed the title of best Olympia climber in 07, 08, and 09. I really wanted to keep up my streak, but I also knew that I hadn’t been bouldering as much as I had in the past and I was up against some really strong competitors, so I wasn’t too disappointed when I didn’t win. I finished in 3rd place in the Men’s Advanced category just two points (one fall) behind Eric and Olcay who tied for first. But I was also beaten by a few who entered Men’s Open, including Micah and Nathan. I was happy with my performance though, and I got a sweet prize. Laura did awesome as usual and easily won her category. This comp has got me excited for climbing indoors now, and I think I’m going to enter the Seattle competition this year as well. Check out Micah’s write up about the comp for a much more interesting report.

Laura sending her hardest problem of the competition.
Photo Credit: http://www.patrickpenoyar.com/