Climbers of all ages took on a special challenge for Leap Day this year. Campbell River’s On the Rocks Climbing Gym hosted a fun bouldering event called Look Before You Leap.
The 30 competitors tried to complete a set route without falling or making any mistakes. The routes, known as problems were numbered 1 through 30, with number 1 being the easiest and number 30 the hardest. If a climber was attempting problem 30, their first try would be worth 300 points, but if they fell or made a mistake (like use a hold that’s not part of the problem they were on) their attempt was done and the next time they tried it, it was worth one less point. In this case, 299. Each climber could try problems as many times as they wanted, time permitting, but their prospective score on any given problem could never fall below 10 tries. So for that problem number 30, the lowest score you could get if you successfully completed it was 290.
Following the competition, scores were totalled up for the final results:
Youth Male Recreational
Nico Schum 620
Wyatt Komick 619
Kai Hutchinson 523
Youth Female Recreational
Shayla Bell 349
Drea Sumner 300
Annika Pesicka 177
Youth Male Experienced
Wren Wilson 981
Oliver Girard-Diedrichs 875
Jack Sprott 807
Sam Schum 749
Nolan Field 747
Shea Berkey 745
Youth Female Experienced
Abigail Higgin 747
Natalie Field 737
Piper Darcy 681
Tegan Havas 619
Sophia Higgin 615
Adult Female Recreational
Anna McCarthy 647
Kayla Gargus 568
Adult Male Experienced
Dylan Wood 997
Gene Berkey 989
Nick Komick 848
Mike Woods 719
Adult Female Open
Nicole Berns 822
Adult Male Open
Rowen Berkey 1,204
Brandon Doherty 1,139
Rhys Bennett 1,137
Dan Toonders 1,104
Jordan Kirchner 1,031
Chris Perreault 1,005
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