[Stubbs]

Go Pooch.

[Nibile]

Extra large dildo in each location, all adds up.

I don't understand why she should get a new one in each location. Can't she buy one good enough for the whole season?
 

[Pako]

What is in that can Nibs?

[Nibile]

That's the "can of worms" emoticon, that - depending on the topic - can also double as the "can of vibrating dildos" emoticon.
 

[Fiend]

Surely there are not THAT many locations that require the services of extra-large dildos....

[Grubes]

China, fuck knows cost of flight, a lot. As well as hotel and food for 2 wks.

flights booked in advance to china from the uk are roughly £800 going cheap routes (one or two changes) plus £100+ for a business/working visa. I would expect similar from USA. A decent hotel circa £70-£100 per night with breakfast. Evening meals in the hotel are circa £20 base on my experience. Lots of cheap places to eat out of the hotel.
You would also need a guide or a translator for outside the hotel. My experience is taxis do not speak english and you have to haggle about the price of everything.
internal flights are normally in the region of £100-200 depending on distance.

China could easily cost over £2000-3000 for 10-12 days

So $10000 (£6k?) does not sound like she is asking for a lot really for doing the full comp season.

[r-man]

The USA Climbing website advises its athletes:

Pick one specific goal you are trying to reach. Consider asking for $8,000 to pay for travel, training and fees for a certain series of competitions, for example. Or $4,500 to pay for new equipment. Think about doing two smaller Rallies a year versus one huge one.

So yeah, 10 grand for the world series seems fair enough.

[Durbs]

Can't work out the IFSC website, but possibly Innsbruck is now the first round on 15-16th May?

It's the European Championships, but I can't work out if it also counts as a World Cup event...
http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/component/ifsc/?view=event&WetId=1606

[Durbs]

Also - just in case you hadn't spotted this before making your prediction - SBC is entering all the world cups.
https://twitter.com/sierrablaircoyl/status/588717503540428800

Just to confirm - Pooch has to crowdsource, SBC doesn't.

[iwasmexican]

Also - just in case you hadn't spotted this before making your prediction - SBC is entering all the world cups.
https://twitter.com/sierrablaircoyl/status/588717503540428800

Just to confirm - Pooch has to crowdsource, SBC doesn't.

wow

[abarro81]

Innsbruck looks like just Euro boulder champs to me - where does it say anything about world cup?

[Durbs]

The IFSC website says something along the lines of "The season starts with..." but wouldn't make sense being a WC if it's Euro-only...

Unless it's an ABS style "You won, but didn't win" scenario

[petejh]

Also - just in case you hadn't spotted this before making your prediction - SBC is entering all the world cups.
https://twitter.com/sierrablaircoyl/status/588717503540428800

Just to confirm - Pooch has to crowdsource, SBC doesn't.

Is this for real? Is that because SBC's sponsors are paying her way, or the US climing are?

[Durbs]

[Speculation]
Sponsorship aside, I get the impression SBC comes from quite a wealthy family... Her recent instagram posts of her home climbing gym are immense:
https://instagram.com/p/02-ZQjsu0s/?taken-by=sierrablaircoyl
looks like a full squash/basketball court she's kitting out, which doesn't particularly suggest a penny-scrimping household.
[/speculation]

[Nibile]

I don't think it's her house. In some posts they're talking about building a gym in a new building, still not opened.
 

[Durbs]

Not sure - pretty certain it's their..ah racquetball court:
http://www.sierrabc.com/blog/2015/4/the-wall-blog-sbcgym

"The History

I have always wanted a climbing wall.  When I was 14, a wall was almost built in the space (racquetball court), but it ended up not being the right fit for me at the time.  I am so glad that I waited to build the wall, because it is exactly what I want and need right now!"

[rich d]

SBC and the Pooch could share a hotel room, that would reduce the costs. 

[Nibile]

SBC and the Pooch could share a hotel room, that would reduce the costs. 

This makes me think very bad things.

[Percy B]

 

[Nibile]

Which meaning do you give to the emoticon, of the two that I proposed before?

[Nibile]

"The History

I have always wanted a climbing wall.  When I was 14, a wall was almost built in the space (racquetball court), but it ended up not being the right fit for me at the time.  I am so glad that I waited to build the wall, because it is exactly what I want and need right now!"

[petejh]

Not sure - pretty certain it's their..ah racquetball court:
http://www.sierrabc.com/blog/2015/4/the-wall-blog-sbcgym

"The History
I have always wanted a climbing wall.  When I was 14, a wall was almost built in the space (racquetball court), but it ended up not being the right fit for me at the time.  I am so glad that I waited to build the wall, because it is exactly what I want and need right now!"

It'll be interesting to see whether her competing in a world cup season results in SBC colliding head-on and publicly with the reality of not being a particularly good climber just a highly marketable pair of tits/legs/arse; or whether she up's her level and proves she has some real substance by disproving her critics. The cynic in me thinks she could cash in big time if she does better than expected i.e. makes a couple of semi-finals. Then again she could completely embarrass herself and it probably wouldn't hurt her marketability. That says something about what we value.

If it's true about SBC going and a real contender like Puccio potentially missing out due to funding problems then that's disgraceful and makes the competition scene look like a bit of a joke.

[Stubbs]

If it's true about SBC going and a real contender like Puccio potentially missing out due to funding problems then that's disgraceful and makes the competition scene look like a bit of a joke.

I assume SBC would have had to qualify for the U.S. Team like they do in the UK? If she is going because her parents are rich but Pooch can't afford it, then that's a real shame but is a reflection on what you can do if you're rich!

[Percy B]

Which meaning do you give to the emoticon, of the two that I proposed before?

Guess!

[Doylo]

As long as SBC has some tiny shorts riding up her arse I doubt her sponsors will care where she places.