Pacific Edge BLOC Party
Citizen’s Bouldering Comp, Costume Contest, and After Party
Saturday October 26th, 2024
Registration: 2pm Competition: 3pm-6pm Award Ceremony/After Party: 6:30pm
Everyone is welcome to participate!!!! This is a Bouldering only competiton
Cost:$40 Members;$50NOn-Members
Pacific Edge is hosting its third annual Bloc Party bouldering competition on October 26th. Competitors will tackle the boulders and vie for a chance to stand on the podium and win! Everyone who competes will receive a comp t-shirt, a raffle ticket and be able to join the after party for free. Spectators can pony up 10 bucks to eat and drink. Everyone is welcome to buy raffle tickets for the prizes. Money from the raffle will go to the access fund to help preserve and protect our outdoor spaces.
Pacific Edge is first and foremost a community of dedicated climbers who are passionate about the craft. This won’t be your typical bouldering competition with flying nun-chuck toe hooks and triple paddle dynos. Come try your hand on our humbling blocs, and get ready to cheer on your fiercest sand-bagging competitor who is definitely not a “V5” climber. There will be no gendered categories at this competition. There is only Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Open with awards going to the top 3 in each category. This year we are also having a Halloween costume competition with prizes to the top 3. Everyone will vote on their favorite costume! The purpose of the event is to build our community, show our appreciation to everyone who chooses to climb at Pacific Edge, and to have an awesome time! Click on the link below to log in or create an account, sign our waiver, and register!
What Category do I Belong in???
This is the age old question for everyone who wants to compete but not Sandbag their fellow competitors and misrepresent their climbing skills. You will assign your category based on your skill level, but are welcome to change it. Remember, it is all for fun and glory. After all, it is just pebble wrestling and we all know you are just here for the food, beer, prizes, sweet sweet boulders, and t-shirt. ;) Please refer to the following guide to determine your category:
Beginner: You are a psyched climber who is eager to learn and grow your skills. You are currently projecting V1’s and 2’s, but are eyeing up those V3’s and may have sent one. Technical or Powerful V3’s still seem a bit out of reach.
Intermediate: You are starting to flex your skills. V3, 4’s and 5’s can still pose a problem, but in general you can put them to bed with some real work.
Advanced: V5’s no longer flummox you, although you don’t flash them all. Your bread and butter is really in the V6’s and the occasional V7.
Open: Everyone else!
Climbing is the great equalizer. If you use this metric to assign your category then no one should have a big advantage. Sandbagging is strongly discouraged. If competition judges see that you are plainly in the wrong category we will bump you. :) Don’t be that person. Please fill out this short registration form, and click on the schedule link below to register for the Bloc Party! If you are new to the gym, fill out a waiver and then you can click on the link below to register. If you are a member or have been here before, click on the link below to register! We hope to see you there!