World Cup (Read 12710 times)

dobbin · November 28, 2003, 09:45:51 am

Next week sees the final of the world cup at Ratho in Edinburgh, the comp is on for four days (thursday 4.12 - sunday 7.12) and theres a strong international field expected. The bouldering qualifiers are on Friday at 13:00 then the final is on Sunday. You can watch on t'interweb at :

http://ssl.sportev.com/extreme/?CLIENT=EXTV

and theres more info at Ratho's site here:

http://www.adventurescotland.com/worldcup/index.htm

I will be upholding the UKB flag as I show Johnny Foreigner how its done! :roll:

Bubba · November 28, 2003, 09:47:55 am

Go Dobbin! Go Dobbin!

must get them goddam t-shirts sorted....

Adam Lincoln · November 28, 2003, 09:48:55 am

Quote from: "dobbin"

Next week sees the final of the world cup at Ratho in Edinburgh, the comp is on for four days (thursday 4.12 - sunday 7.12) and theres a strong international field expected. The bouldering qualifiers are on Friday at 13:00 then the final is on Sunday. You can watch on t'interweb at :

http://ssl.sportev.com/extreme/?CLIENT=EXTV

and theres more info at Ratho's site here:

http://www.adventurescotland.com/worldcup/index.htm

I will be upholding the UKB flag as I show Johnny Foreigner how its done! :roll:

See you up there then! We are going for the party! Oh and to cheer Mr Baxter on ;-)

dobbin · November 28, 2003, 09:50:02 am

I fully expect to come last but it will be awesome to see the likes of Christian Core and Mauro Calibani do there thing...

tc · December 02, 2003, 05:11:50 pm

Quote from: "dobbin"

I fully expect to come last but it will be awesome to see the likes of Christian Core and Mauro Calibani do there thing...

Fifty quid in readily negotiable coins of the realm stashed behind the cistern in the men's bogs and I'll look away when you're on my problems. :twisted:
tc, judge of death
ps: good luck!

dobbin · December 02, 2003, 08:16:57 pm

Have I said what nice kind people judges at comps are?

tc · December 02, 2003, 10:24:44 pm

Nah, man. Bunch of bitter, disillusioned old has-beens who can't cut it any more on the bouldering scene and instead have to bask in reflected glory, that's us. :evil:
tc

Adam Lincoln · December 03, 2003, 10:21:05 am

Quote from: "dobbin"

Have I said what nice kind people judges at comps are?

didnt realise anyone could enter?

Whats the crack then?

dobbin · December 03, 2003, 10:37:21 am

Don't think anyone can enter, I mean I asked GA if I could enter as a wildcard and he said yes. You'd be ok Adam, call Graeme if you fancy your chances...

Adam Lincoln · December 03, 2003, 10:41:12 am

Quote from: "dobbin"

Don't think anyone can enter, I mean I asked GA if I could enter as a wildcard and he said yes. You'd be ok Adam, call Graeme if you fancy your chances...

Hell! They cant be any harder than that comp in Blackburn! ;-)

dobbin · December 03, 2003, 10:59:55 am

Apparently the problems are likely to be as hard as BBC final problems! (v8/9 - v12) EEEEK!

Adam Lincoln · December 04, 2003, 05:29:24 pm

Our homeboy Mr Baxter is through to the Semi's

Come on Ade!!!

squeek · December 05, 2003, 02:21:12 pm

Aye, an Mr MacClure aint doing too bad either! Are the bouldering results out anywhere yet? (I'm presuming the bouldering comp is today).

dobbin · December 05, 2003, 11:59:47 pm

it was. very hard. very very hard. I almost succeeded but then completely didn't on two, could have done a third if I'd had all day :wink: but hey, it doesn't work like that. Saw Sandrine Levet and some chuffing strang japanese dudes, learnt that isolation is boring and that Solvenians have no sense of humour.

Videos on the way...

dobbin · December 07, 2003, 03:25:42 pm

Malc, Gaz, Mark and Katherine all got through to the finals. More as it breaks folks....

squeek · December 07, 2003, 06:12:14 pm

does anyone know who won (and how the home talent did)? In the leading as well as the bouldering?

squeek · December 07, 2003, 06:33:25 pm

Graeme's posted the results on planetfear and UKC. How close were the bouldering finals, were gaz and malc close to the winner?

mark · December 07, 2003, 07:42:22 pm

What did you think of Ratho, dobbin? Were you climbing on the walls/boulders that will be open to the public? Worth a visit next rainy day I'm visiting family up there?

Congratulations on kicking Blaz Rant's ass! He may have come last but he has the best name.

dobbin · December 07, 2003, 08:14:31 pm

I can't believe I wasn't last!!!! get in!

Mark: Ratho is awesome, the boulders that you can climb on normally were not used in the comp but I had a good look around, and they do look good, its certainly worth a visit for them, theres also a room which was used for isolation which has a great big board in it, this is quality too. Ratho is an awesome venue, the scale of it is quite over facing at first, certainly whilst I was sat waiting for one of my goes I was amazed at how big the wall is. The real rock stuff there looks very old school and really adds to its overall ambience.

What a cool place! the Qualifying problems captured here on video:

Bubba · December 08, 2003, 07:06:15 pm

Congratulations Dobbin :D

Must be a lot of pressure at an event like that - scary!

Good vids too, the problems look nails - about how hard are the qualifing problems?

dobbin · December 08, 2003, 08:56:10 pm

Reckon the easiest (problem1) was about v8 - 7b, 7b+, hardest about v10. I was petrified! its the isolation that does it, its an ideal place to work yourself up into a frenzy! a bit of the fear is good, but too much puts you off!

People like Gaz and Malc just seem to jump on and do it, and they seem to be able to work out how to use everything to their advantage, wheras I seem to think too linearly, i.e. use the holds in the order they appear, no use of anything else or matching. Watch Malc's ascent of problem 2 and then compare it to mine, he matches the hold whilst I'm trying to do it without matching! clearly, he's much stronger than me but he's prepared to use everything to get to the top, reckon this is the product of experience.

dave · December 08, 2003, 09:10:59 pm

i bet you were using "no thumbs" or "no egyptians", you big foundry-type pimp you...... :wink:

dobbin · December 09, 2003, 10:27:38 am

Yeah, that and "no matching cos its for gays" and also the holds were all different colours, so I got lost. :wink: not forgetting the no flags rule!

squeek · December 09, 2003, 05:24:06 pm

Nice videos, i especially like the comedy comments.

dave · December 09, 2003, 07:17:29 pm

that commentary is so whack!

dobbin · December 10, 2003, 09:35:02 am

The commentator was the most irritating man there, he would regularly reinforce his lack of climbing knowledge by such pearly comments as 'a beautiful double dyno there' and reading out how Malcolm was doing despite that competitors were not supposed to know!

dave · December 10, 2003, 09:38:26 am

reminded me of the kind of shite innane commentary you get on the national lottery.

or even alan partride on sport desk on The day today.

"yes yes yes yes yes yes yes, that...was a goal - he must have a foot like a traction engine...".

dobbin · December 10, 2003, 09:44:32 am

There was one point were Malc and I had been sat waiting to be taken to the next problem and we heard him going on and on about his wrist, then at the next rest stop he was bleating on about it again - SHUT UP DUDE!

squeek · December 10, 2003, 12:57:44 pm

I was on about the comedy comments in the text of the videos, I watched the clips with the sound turned off, which sounds like it was a good idea! :D

dobbin · December 10, 2003, 09:19:03 pm

My comments! glad you liked em!

btw - Mark, I said earlier that we weren't climbing on the boulders at the world cup - we weren't on the boulders, but were on the boards which are under the shop bit as you go in. These are ace and rival Blackburn!

Bubba · December 30, 2003, 09:33:19 am

Nice pics from the comp at PlanetFear

http://www.planetfear.com/climbing/gallery/ratho2003/images.htm

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