SINGING ROCK Drytool at JAMES Meeting 2014
In the past years of the JAMES Mountaineering Meeting we prepared contests in climbing on a crack simulator, which had a great response. We decided for a change in the jubilee 90th year and true to the motto “when the winter asks what you did in the summer” we prepared a contest on a drytool training board with BANDIT ice axes. The contest was quite simple, we counted who can make it forth and back on a 3.2 m long board with holes for ice axes. It was interesting to watch how individual competitors opted for different tactics. Some of them only made their way with pull-ups, some were unable to hit the drilled holes, so they cut their own hole in the board, some tried a “bat”, and someone’s legs and hands got really entangled. But everyone tried really hard and despite initial technical problems they fought for the main prize, a couple of Bandit ice axes for mix and ice.
The main price was attractive, so it is not surprising that also girls took part. True, some of them had problems to “hang” in the ice axes but eventually all of them found their technique. The girls’ contest had the following results: 1st place Karolína Gelaticová from Alpin Club,2nd place Petra Škrovánková from HK Manín and 3rd place Petra Rummelová.
Among male climbers it first seemed that Maroš Körtvélyesi from HK Rozlomity Košice would win (in the end he was 3rd), who made it there and back and no one could outperform him. However, in the very end of the contest guys came back from bouldering and showed they had really strong arms. First, Pišta from ŠK JAMES Kežmarok gave it a try (he was second in the final order) and climbed over the board 5 times doing only pull-ups, which made him the leader for some time. However, after Pišta, Adi Zvara from HK ABC Bratislava went to the board and his 13 and a half boards brought him the victory in the 1st year of the SINGING ROCK DRYTOOL contest. At the same time, he set a record on the training board and we’re curious to see who can outperform him.Overall, the course of the contest was smooth and it was very attractive for the public, so we will repeat this context in other years of the traditional JAMES climbing week. So everyone who did not take part this year can train all year to win the main prize next year.
Thanks to the organizers of the 90th THT JAMES for the invitation and to all the contestants for their participation in the contest, and we look forward to meeting them soon again.
SINGING ROCK Team
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