Going to Font!

Woohoo, leaving on a jet plane (carbon footprint++) this evening. My wrist seems to have recovered, sadly I'm not as fit as I'd like to have been. Dunno what my approach to font is going to be, will I do circuits or will I just pick a couple of problems and work them? Probably depends on what the group are going to do. Either way the sun's going to shine on Saturday and Sunday, the temperatures or around 7ºC, perfect conditions so it'll be great.

I'll post the better photos next week and may even get myself an online web album for the lot. Not picasa though, google are tring to take over the world. (Yes I know this is blogger.com but that kinda highlights my point)

Competition Photos

As promised, although a week late, here are some photos of the competition in Galway. I apologise for the poor quality, my little camera isn't the best when in adrenalin shook hands. My wrist is still sore after the competition but nearly recovered, it should be alright for my trip to font (1 week to go!).


 



 

Bouldering Competition

The first round of the Irish Bouldering League was on Saturday in Galway City. This year the organisers have introduced a new scoring system (outlined here) and it was a great success. The basics of the system are that each problem has its A variant and its B variant, B being easier with additional holds but fewer points. Now this way you could try B, score points on it and then try the A variant and score more points. This really encouraged people to try all the problems as scoring points on B meant you had nothing to loose and everything to gain trying the A version. There was a good turn out on the day with over 100 competitors.

The problems themselves were excellent and I scored points on all of them. Personally I think it was the best IBL round I've been too. Sadly I injured myself again by spraining my wrist which scuppered my plans for going to Doolin the next day. This is a bit shit as I was looking forward to the meet in Doolin more than the competition. Still though, with my trip to Font set for three weeks time its better if a rest and heal so I can be in good shape, although my fitness will be affected. It’s been a couple of weeks since I was outdoors and I've only two weekends left to get out, well one actually: Myself and Jenny are spending next weekend at a luxury spa in Co Wexford. We have mud baths booked.

The IBL is an amateur competition so there were no guest star appearances from Dave Graham or anyone. Although the after competition slide-show did have an interesting movie staring Marcin Ostasz and his hula-hoop. It was ás gaeilge too, apparently.

I'll upload photos of the competition later.

To Hell and Back petition

Dave MacLeod's new route 'To Hell and Back' (E10) was on BBC2 Scotland last week. There was a great response in the blogosphere so now Dave is spearheading a drive to get the programme shown on BBC2 National. This means we'll get it in Ireland amoungst other places

If this sounds like a good thing to you then leave a comment on Dave's blog.