I received a call from USA Climbing just the other day with an invitation for the Canmore Bouldering World Cup. This was a great way to be woken up. This will be my first Bouldering World Cup and I am excited to be representing Team USA. I competed on Team USA one time prior to this event and that was for the 2008 Continental Championships. That competition was held in Montreal. This World Cup is going to be held in Canmore, which is just outside of Calgary. A few of my best climbing friends are flying out to compete and judge so I am styched!
The competition will be conducted in the bouldering World Cup format. This entails hot holds and tops for the scoring - one gets credit for a problem if one reaches the bonus hold (usually marked within a box) or is one finishes the problem by gaining control of the finishing hold. The number of falls it takes for one to reach the finishing hold and the bonus hold are taken into consideration when breaking ties and such. Essentially whoever tops the most problems will score the highest.
More to come with the results
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