2011 Bouldering World Cup Vail!

The 2011 Vail Bouldering World Cup was a blast!  The Bouldering portion kicked off with the opening ceremonies on the 2^nd of June.  It was fun to mingle with the fellow competitors.  The next day started off with the 35+ female climbers all vying for their spot into semi-finals, followed by the men.  We had only five problems for qualifiers.  

Problem #1

Problem #2

Problem #3

Problem #4

Problem #5

 I did not have the best of days but that has just given me more motivation to come back next year even more focused.  The US ended up with an impressive 14 climbers in the Semi-Finals with the two young Superstars Julian Bautista and Dana Riddle both placing 9th overall.  Could not have asked for much more in finals with Kilian Fischhuber of Austria making it look  easy with the flash of all four Finals problems. Alex Puccio had a very impressive day in finals ending up in 2nd without even getting a bonus on on the problems.  Angie Payne of USA also had an impressive finish of 6th place.  

Triangle Rock Gym

After my amazing experience at the Dominion River Rock Bouldering Bash, I went on over to Triangle Rock Club to hang out the team kids and to do a private clinic with a few of the members on going big!  I had a wonderful time with all the team kids there.  So freaking strong they are!  I wish them GOOD LUCK on their upcoming endeavors.  :)

Special Thank To TRC for flying me out to North Carolina to hang with them.  If you are ever in the area please check them out.  Great gym!  http://trianglerockclub.com/

Dominion River Rock Comp "Bat Hang" Climb

Semi-Finals Climb

Thanks pigsalreadyfly for the video!