Most people who know me, are aware of my fears and dislikes of climbing competitions. I’m not sure why climbing comps aren't for me. I think it has partly to do with my athletics background. I used to compete a lot in athletics before I started climbing (at 21yrs of age). These comps programmed me to prepare for - and deal with the pressure of competitions in a certain way. A way which can’t be easily translated to climbing competitions (i.e. in athletics you know exactly what to expect of your performance, e.g. run a 100 m as fast as you can, jump as high as you can etc. Whereas in climbing competitions you can’t anticipate your performance. There are too many variables in climbing comps: type of holds, style of route setter, angle of the wall etc.). Which is why it’s so surprising I keep (being tricked into) doing climbing comps.
I won’t mention any names, a (very) strong) person asked me to join their team at the CWIF this year. Without thinking I said yes, and part of the ‘Kamikaze’ team I became.
To be fair, it wasn’t too bad this year. Yes, I was e]nervous and yes, I felt like making stupid mistakes non-stop. But I actually did enjoy it.
The organizers know (by now) that I only take part in the qualification round, no matter what position* I finish in (even though I know they would love me to participate in the semis).
Unfortunately we had to to home early today, so we won’t be able to see the semis or finals. Good luck to all those competing today. I admire your mindset.
Inspired by the problems in the CWIF I’ll be setting some nice new black problems tomorrow. And inspired by watching some people climb, I’ll train extra hard tomorrow.
*https://www.climbingworks.com/download/files/2012_CWIF/Full_Female_Qual.pdf
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