Ogden Climbing Festival 5 Recap

Here are some pictures from the 5th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival held over the weekend.  Other pictures of the event can be found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/GEAR30/238664089522909

GEAR:30 was at the Gear Demo for their public debut.

Many vendors showed up with gear to demo, including Mad Rock, Scarpa, Black Diamond, Red Chili, and Revv NRG.  It was a fun time.

At the Boulder Comp the next morning.  

We had a strong female showing.  There weren't necessarily a lot of females that climbed, but they were all strong.

Curt and Denver helped organize and judge the comp.  Curt is a huge help every year, marking all the routes on each of the boulders with chalk.  This year it rained over night, so he had to remark each of the routes early Saturday morning.

Eric Zschiesche cruising routes that few others seemed to get up

Sawyer Wylie, a friend of mine and blogger at http://wasatchtales.blogspot.com/. 

Shane Bryson.  This traverse is rated at a V8 or so.  Shane went on to take first place in the comp for the open category.

Eric Zsciesche came in 2nd place in the open category.  He always brings a lot of positive energy to these events.

Staff from The Front Ogden climbing gym taught a children's bouldering clinic.

Peter Croft taught a climbing clinic/Q&A session.

It was super fun to have Peter out.  Later that night he gave a slideshow presentation and told some great stories.  It was a really good time.

Peter signing posters before his presentation.

For more (and better) pictures of the Festival, check out the OgdenOutdoorAdventure Facebook page here and the GEAR:30 Facebook page here

5th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival update

The 5th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival is winding down, with just one more event tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning there will be a boulder field clean up and trail maintenance.

There was a good turnout to yesterday's gear demo and today's boulder comp, bbq, climbing clinic, Peter Croft presentation, and after party at The Front climbing gym.  I took a lot of pictures, but I left my SD card in a camera that currently isn't in my possession, so I can't download any of the pictures.  They will be coming, probably on Monday.

We had a pretty good turnout at the Redpoint Boulder Comp, but not as many as in years past, unfortunately.  I guess some people don't love bouldering on our Quartzite.  We did have a few really strong climbers show up, however, with Shane Bryson taking first place in the Open category.  Eric Zschiesche came in second place.

I don't remember the results for the other categories, unfortunately, but I hope to get them in the next day or two so I can post them.

The climbing clinic with Peter Croft was a lot of fun.  We were able to ask questions and pick his brain about all things climbing.  I was lucky enough to talk to him for about 15 or 20 minutes after we had cleaned everything up and got some beta on the Evolution Traverse in the Sierras, a climb that has been on my "to do" list for quite a while now.  Peter was a super friendly guy and it was a real pleasure getting to know him a little bit.

Peter's presentation tonight was great.  He shared some amazing pictures and funny stories with us.  He told a story of climbing the Nose with Eric Zschiesche, and Ogden local.  A lot of people in Ogden know Eric for his eccentric, happy-go-lucky personality and friendliness, but I think it was a bit of an eye opener to learn that Ogden has a climbing legend in our midst (other than Jeff Lowe).  I often see Eric while out climbing and he is cranking as hard as ever.  He's climbed multiple 5.13s here in Ogden in recent months.  Super cool guy.  Anyway, it was a really fun night hearing all those stories

I hope to have some pictures of the events posted within the next day or two.

Ogden Climbing Festival this weekend

The 5th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival will be going on this weekend, April 25-29.  Some of the activities that will be going on during the festival are as follows:

April 25-27 - AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course

April 27 - Free Gear Demo from 5-9pm at the Weber State Weber Rocks Climbing Gym

April 28 - 10am-12:30pm Red Point Boulder Comp outside (weather permitting) at the Ogden boulder    field 

                 12-1pm Free Red Bull BBQ

                 1-3:30pm Free Climbing Clinics, including a clinic from Peter Croft

                 6:30 Peter Croft Keynote Presentation

                 8:30-11 Event After Party at the Front Ogden Climbing Club with free food and beverage provided by Roosters

April 29 - Boulder Field Cleanup and Trail Maintenance

Come Join us.  It is always a good time!

Here are some pictures of the 2010 and 2011 OCF.  2010 Pics are outside, 2011 are inside due to snow.  These photos are courtesy of Ogden Outdoor Adventure.  www.ogdenoutdooradventure.com

Maggie pulling the crux move

Will Gadd came out to boulder with us for the day and then gave a presentation that evening.  What an awesome guy! 

The Gear Demo at Weber State.  Black Diamond, Petzl, Evolv, The Front Ogden, and a bunch of other sponsors showed up with their gear for people to try out.

Ogden Outdoor Adventure proprietor and radio host Brandon Long with Beth Rodden.  Beth came and taught us how to make salsa.  The baby is a little star struck.  She gave a great presentation the next night.

2011 climbing comp was inside at The Front Ogden due to snowy weather.  There was a good turnout.  Hannah here was one of the many hard women to compete.

Jed Lowe showing the rest how steep climbing is done.  Don't remember if he won or not.  He usually does.

Here's a video of last year's climbing festival:

http://www.standard.net/media/video?clipId=5740418&topVideoCatNo=112028&autoStart=true

For more detailed info on the climbing festival check out this website:

http://www.weber.edu/outdoor/Ogden_Climbing_Festival_2012.html

Daniel, Tim, and the rest of the Weber State Outdoor Program always organize a great festival and with help from a lot of sponsors, this year should be better than ever.