2014 Quick on the Draw

Saturday, January 25 was the Quick on the Draw at Adventure Rock. I have been training and building up for this day for a little over three months. I have been working on routes that are not my style of climbing or are slightly above my ability. Saturday came around and I took pictures for the categories in the morning. It was my turn to climb and I decided to do the bouldering first so I didnt have to do that when I was tired. I did pretty good considering I knew the grades for them were going to be just a bit out my reach. I finished my bouldering and I was pretty happy with it. I started my climbs and I was really nervous on my first route because I didnt want to take a fall.After my first route I felt better and started to climb like my self. My second route I didnt like the start to it but once I got out of it I got up a little bit further. I was a little nervous about going for the next hold because I was only at my 3rd draw. I went for it anyways and just it and tried to get my second hand to it and my feet popped off. After that I was ok about falling and it didn't bother that much. My third route was a higher point and a long line. I had an idea of how to do the route and where I needed to clip my draws. I gave it a shot and made it to about the 3rd draw and was not able to clip my next draw. Everytime I would try to clip it I would start falling backwards. I tried a few more times to move and and fall in the process. This route was made of rock candy's power dome pinch holds. Those holds are really cool and I love climbing on them. I was more relaxed and was able to build up for the hardest problem. I tried my other routes before it and I was able to get to about the 3rd draw on each. I tried the hardest route and messed up the move going up right before te draw. Since no one seemed to be on the route yet, I decided to try the route right across the way.  This route was made up of carbonyte holds. They are a little sharp but are very tacky. The spot I got Stuck at was moving out of a Gaston move off a small edge hold. The next hold had one sweet spot and if you missed it you weren't holding it. I tried it again and made it three holds further which was nice because I needed to get higher otherwise I wouldn't have a chance at making finals. After I tried the hardest route again and was able to stick the move I previously. I moved past it and up to the third draw and moved up to a small crimp and slipped right off it. Most of the routes were sledges which was ok because I like those holds. I was really happy with how I did because the boulders were a little out of my reach. I managed and worked with how I was feeling and the route. I ended up taking 9th place out of 17 missing finals by 4 spots. I was really happy with how I did.

All of the photos and videos are loaded to Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr. Check them out because there are a ton of really cool pictures from the main comp and from finals. A big shout out for FiveTen Climbing, BlueWater Ropes, Kiasers Pizza and Pub, Rock Candy and KASK Helmets.