General Rules
All Competitors must sign a liability waiver. For climbers under the
age of 18, a parent or legal guardian must sign the liability waiver.
Climbers under the age of 16 must have parental or legal guardian
supervision while competing.
Previous climbing experience is required. No
climbing instruction will be given. Competitors must
provide their own climbing shoes and harness, and know how to
tie-in. A rewoven figure 8, with backup knot, is
required. No carabiner clip-in is allowed.
There are four skill levels for both Men's and Women's
divisions. You will be placed in a category based on
your top-roping ability, as indicated on the registration
form. If any category has fewer than four climbers on the day
of the event, it may be combined with the opposite sex
category at the same level. ClimbFest judges have the
final discretion on ability rating, falls and
disqualification and other matters regarding the competition
and competitors. Judges may reassign competitors
"self-rated" skill level if ability discrepancies
are apparent.
Time keepers will record the climb time. Belayers
will mark the score sheets. Climbers are responsible
for verifying their own time scores before moving on to other
climbs.
The competition is limited to a maximum of 35 contestants
in category 1-3 and 30 in category 4 (strictly enforced).
The judges reserve
the right to cancel the competition at any time on the day of
the ClimbFest. In such an event, all prizes will be
awarded in a random drawing to registered competitors.
Official Competition Rules
Each Climber will attempt three climbs in the comp level
chosen when registering or as assigned.
The Clock starts when the Climber's second foot leaves the
ground.
The time stops when the Climber has touched the clearly
marked to of the climb. Dynamic lunging, AKA leaping
for the top is NOT allowed.
The time keeper will call out the time and the Belayer
will record the time on the Climber's score card.
Failing to complete a climb will result in a
penalty. If you fail to complete a climb, you get the
slowest time for that climb in your category, plus eight (5)
seconds. If you cruise the other climbs, you still have
a shot to win, place or show, See Scoring below for why
this can happen.
Falls are allowed
and the time to get back on the wall will be added to the
total time on the climb. Belayers will make every
attempt to assist the climber in getting back on the wall, or
lower the climber tot he ground - whichever the climber
chooses. NO COMPLAINING about the time it takes to get
back on the climb or any loss of distance - HAVE A FUN
TIME.
Scoring
Scoring is based on the
total time for each climb, including penalty time. When
all competitors have completed the climbs, the time for each
climb is divided by the fastest time for each climb.
This results in a score of 1 for the fastest climber and a
fractional score for slower times. For example, say the
fastest time for climb A is 90 seconds, second fastest time
is 105 seconds. The score for the fastest climber is 1
(90/90) The score for the second fastest is 1.16
(105/90). The lowest total score for all three
climbs is the winner in that category. This scoring
method means you may not be the fastest climber for one, or
maybe two, of the three climbs, but if you have a good score
on the other climbs you can still win the category.
