On Saturday I went to Awesome Walls Stockport for their Summer Psyche bouldering comp. It was pretty perfect timing for some comp practice before the senior BBC's next weekend and it would be a good opportunity to sort out when to climb the week before and eating on the day, which I always find difficult during a comp.
The comp had a pretty standard format of 25 qualifying problems and a 4 min + final with 4 problems.
I got 213 points in qualifiers which I was pretty happy with, mainly because I flashed all but two of the problems I topped, which is normally a weakness of mine. One of the two was a weird slab so I was pleased to make it to the top at all.
I finished qualifiers in first place so was through to the final with 4 others.
We had a couple of hours to wait so I bought a new brush as I'd got a bit angry with one problem. But now I have a pink one !
The final was pretty chilled with us just turning round while other competitors climbed but I got a bit nervous as I'd put the pressure on myself to flash all the problems, this meant I ended up using way too much liquid chalk just so I had something to do while I waited .
But I did manage to flash them all to win the comp so now I'm well psyched for the BBC's.
I had a great time at the comp and the prizes were awesome too so I hope it happens again next year!
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| first problem in finals |
