YCS 2015 @ Glasgow Climbing Centre

Sorry couldn’t post this yesterday but the computer crashed.

 I woke up yesterday morning at 7.30am. I got up and had a hearty breakfast and got my kit packed for the day ahead. My mum made us a pack lunch. We packed the van and headed off for the Glasgow Climbing Centre where the first round of the YCS 2015 competition was being held.  We arrived at 9am and registered for the competition. It was good to see lots of familiar faces.  After meeting everyone we set of to find our routes. The first two were on the lead wall while the final route was on the big brown wall. After going over the route several times we headed downstairs to check out the white boulder problems. Our first boulder look fairly easy however the other two looked a lot more difficult. Not long afterwards we all gathered round and done a group warm up. I still felt cold so I headed downstairs with my friend Carla into the alcove and done some more warm ups and some stretches. I was feeling really excited and ready to start the competition.

 

Warming up.

Not long afterwards we all found our judge and belayer, our judge rushed away to find out what routes and boulders were free.  We went down stairs to tackle our first two boulders. I flashed the first and got half way on the second.  Hannah and Carla were the only one who managed to get to the top. Well done! We then went upstairs to do our second route (as our first route was occupied).  About half of the group topped the route, I was one of them.

Moving through the first problem.

We quickly moved over to our first route, most of us managed this one. It felt like it was only a 6a.

 

Route 1.

 

Afterwards when everybody had tried the route, we all went for lunch. I had 2 sandwiches one jam, and one chocolate. I really did enjoy them; I also had salt and vinegar chipsticks and a summer fruits capri-sun. I was thirty minutes early so I decided to go down stairs to the bouldering to do a few pinks and greens just to warm-up again.

Feeling refuelled after out lunch it was time for our final boulder problem.  Hannah was the only one to flash this problem.  Carla climbed well also nearly getting it, with me not far behind.

A few minutes later we all headed upstairs to try our final route.  Nobody managed to top this route.  However I managed to get second highest due to a heel hook that I tried. I was really pleased with my effort on this climb. 

 

Final Route.

 

The competition was over and it was a nervous wait to find out the results.  

Scott climbing well.

 

I was delighted to find out I had come third, as it was a tough comp, with some fabulous climbing from all competitors. 

3rd for me in group C.

3rd for Scott in Group D (Scott on right)

 

 Also it was great to hear that my little brother Scott , who had also moved up a category had managed to come third place as well.  We celebrated that night with a fab dinner and ice cream.

We are both now in training mode for our next round at Dundee. Looking forward to going as I have never been there before.

 

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