Everyone who climbs. We mean it. If you climb VB to V10, you can come and participate at Lincoln Rocks!

When you register early, you’ll get:

• A discounted ticket price

• A free Climbing-themed pin

• A prize raffle ticket

PLEASE fill out the emailed form that will be sent to you after you purchase a ticket. This will ask you to select your difficulty category.

On the day of the event, Our setters aim for a normal distribution spread in scores for every category. Every category will have 8 total climbs that will count towards your final score. The climbs will often vary in style and test different skills so it helps to be well-rounded.

This is a modified redpoint competition.

Tip #1-3: Do not overthink training. Slowly increase training sessions or load, otherwise an injury is waiting to happen. This happens with any sport that you go too much too soon. Climbing Coach Siawn Ou once said that the best way to get better at climbing is to not get injured. Injuries make it much harder to progress not only physically but mentally. We cannot emphasize this point enough that it is literally in our top 3 tips.

Tip #4: Climbing is the best way to get better at climbing. For the vast majority of climbers, working on your least favorite style or moves, re-climbing routes using different beta, and challenging yourself on the wall is the best way to get better at climbing. Sure, short-term cross training might help a little, but doesn’t always translate to climbing movement.

Tip #5: WARM UP. Do not hop on any climbs in your category until your body AND fingers are warmed up. No matter your warm-up strategy, it should take at least 15 minutes. Do not be the first person to hop on a climb at the top end of your difficulty category. Watch other people warm up on it to take note of any tricky beta the setters might have hidden. Brushing every single hand and foot hold is also a good way to force yourself to take note of every hold available to you on the route AND forces you to pause and rest. Set your mental game up for success by making sure you start the comp with a good mindset - nothing gets us more bummed by starting out the comp with fall after fall.

Tip #6: On comp day, take breaks. After each attempt, take an assessment of your energy. Dynos may not drain your energy like a cave climb would after one attempt, so multiple attempts might not be that detrimental. However, think of your energy on comp day as a large battery. You only have so much battery for 3 hours of climbing and the best strategy is to spread your attempts across ALL 3 HOURS. Use every attempt wisely and intentionally. Many climbers will start in a full sprint only to realize they have no battery left to top the rest of the climbs. But you won’t, now that you know.

Tip #7: Remember that falling is OKAY. That was the goal of the setters (those goobers). The real test is whether you can get up, re-assess well, and give it another try. Using data from our previous competitions, the average person takes between 4-10 tries to TOP a climb at their upper limit.

Tip #8: You don't need to do something new for the comp. Keep as many things the same in your routine as possible. The more new things on your mind on comp day, the more stimulated and NOT CHILL you are.

• Do not get new shoes right before a comp. Brand new shoes need time to break in before you start to trust your footwork. The break-in time varies between shoes and people, but if we had to give a number, maybe no less than 8 climbing sessions are required.

• Don't make dramatic changes in diet on the week leading up to the event. An upset stomach does not climb well.

• Rest at least 2-3 days before the comp: training is DONE. The best thing to do now is to rest and relax or do low-impact activities (walking).

General

• ONLY boulders in a competitor’s Difficulty Category will count towards their final score.

• Climbers have A MAX OF 20 attempts per boulder.

• Climbers must start from the beginning at each attempt. Touching other holds or projecting the route will result in a score of 0 for that route.

  • Climbers may not climb up adjacent holds to "test out the holds" or add a chalk tick mark on a boulder.

• Climbers will write their scores down using the honor system. Any climber fabricating scores will be disqualified.

• Illegible scorecards will not be accepted. Please make it easy for scorekeepers to quickly discern your score.

• While cheering on fellow climbers is encouraged, spraying beta to a climber on the wall is prohibited.

• All volumes in the gym are “ON” (can be used) for any boulder.

• Aretes marked with black tape are “OFF” (cannot be used) for all boulders. Black tape is used to signal off-limits sections of the wall.

• Use of plastic Start, Zone, or Top tags to assist in climbing a boulder is prohibited.

• Send it. Sick sends must be high fived, fist bumped, and/or cheered.

Scoring

• To score on a route, climbers must demonstrate CONTROL on the tagged Start hold(s), Zone hold, and Top hold of a boulder.

  • At the start, your hands and feet (AKA "four points of contact") must be established on the wall BEFORE the climber makes the first move. Once all of points of contact leave the mat, your attempt begins - this includes dyno starts.

  • To achieve a zone, climbers must control AND make forward progress from the Zone on a boulder (e.g., moving off of the zone hold with a hand or moving a foot forward).

  • To achieve a TOP, you must control the top hold with both hands. All Tops require another climber to initial your scoresheet by the route to confirm they saw you finish the climb. Otherwise, the Top will not count.

• Scoring is based on the following (in order of importance):

  1. Total Number of Tops

  2. Total Number of Zones

  3. Total Number of Attempts to Top

  4. Total Number of Attempts to Zone

Technicals and Falls

• Technicals can be called for a variety of reasons and will result in no fall penalty for that attempt, including:

  1. A loose or spinning hold

  2. Interference from another climber

  3. Any other external event NOT in the climber's control

• The following situations will count as a Fall

  • The climber falls off of the route without controlling the Zone or Top hold

  • The climber touches other holds to "test them out" before starting the climb.

• The climber "dabs" or uses:

  1. A hold not part of the route

  2. The boulder mat after all points of contact leave the mat

More questions? Please remember them and ask them at the RULES MEETING 15 minutes before the start of your climbing session