From: j_elison@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Elison)
Newsgroups: rec.climbing
Subject: Horsetooth Hang results
Date: 25 Sep 92 19:13:42 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA



                    SECOND ANNUAL HORSETOOTH HANG RESULTS


     The second annual Horsetooth Hang Bouldering Contest was held in
     Ft. Collins, CO this past Sunday.  Over 200 climbers competed for
     $3500 cash (elite) and $6000 worth of merchandise.  80 volunteers
     helped out.  Here are the results and some observations.

     IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA NEXT YEAR (Sept. 1993) DON'T MISS IT!!!!!

     ORGANIZATION:  Incredible!!  These guys did a fantastic job last
        year and this year was substantially better!  They had 200 (!!!)
        problems from easy to unrepeated, including 2 plastic routes.  
        The plastic routes were used to sort out the best of the Elite
        and it worked.  Only the first and second place men succeeded
        on both plastic routes.  Only the first place woman succeeded
        on both of the women's version.

     SCORING:  Routes were given points based on technical difficulty,
        pump factor, and obscurity.  Routes ranged from 28 to 160 points.
        The total of your 10 highest scores was used.  Five hours were
        allowed.

     CATEGORIES:  There were 16 categories: beginner, intermediate, expert,
        and elite for men, women, local, and out-of-town.  A local was
        defined to be anyone who had bouldered here more than 6 times.
        To downplay the competitive tones, and benefit more climbers, prizes
        were spread widely across the categories.

     HISTORY:  Horsetooth has been called "one of the best bouldering areas
        in the country".  I sure wouldn't argue with this.  It is home to
        many of the famous Gill B1 and B2 problems.  Many of these were put
        up in the 1960's.  Since then people like John Long, John Bacher,
        Steve Mammen, and Mark Wilford have added their touch to the area.
        Even Ben Moon left his mark recently with one of the 100 point
        problems, "the Moon Route"; still unrepeated.
     
     RESULTS:
                 LOCAL                          OUT-OF-TOWN
                -------                        -------------
           MEN           WOMEN               MEN                 WOMEN
          -----         -------             -----               -------
                                    ELITE (no out-of-town separation)
                                   -------
 1. Jim Karn           1135       Bobbie Bensman  1078
 2. Scott Franklin     1116       Mia Axon         951
 3. Gary Ryan          1111       Hillary Harris   919
 4. John Arran         1111       Jennifer Whaley  916
 5. Christian Griffith 1067       Nancy Feagin     900
 6. Hank Caylor        1055       Sarah Spaulding  821
 7. Kurt Smith         1029       Sarah Alexander  710
 8. Jeff Elison        1022       Diane French     517
 9. Ric Geiman         1019
10. Eric Aldrich        999
11. Mike McCarron       992
12. Jeff Achey          975
13. Ryan Fields         954
14. Paul Lembeck        888
15. Dave Twinam         882
16. Mark Milligan       881
17. Mitsuru Kitagawa    831
18. BC Haney            817
19. Ian Powell          812
20. Calvin Fidler       713
21. Derek Hersey        687
22. Rob DeConto         488
    Will Gadd           DNF
    Pat Adams           DNF


                                    EXPERT
                                   --------
Sam Naffziger   886  L. Parcell   728   Shad Yon        905  Annie Whitehouse782
Jim Brink       883  Audry Oberlin688   Jonathon Sheehan901  Cal McCullough 747
Brad Johnson    874  Chris French 660   Aijiro Suzuki   884  Glenda Lanis   734

                                   ADVANCED
                                  ----------
Eric Lombardi   796  N/A                Jody Berta      874  N/A
Mike Klecker    788                     Gary Neptune    872
TS Richards     764                     Scott Hubbard   872

                                 INTERMEDIATE
                                --------------
Pete Schaller   722  Gretchen Vogt628   John Brooks     819  Sandy Mailliard701
Marc Emmons     685  Steph Graham 599   Robert Stucker  793  Kathy Pattison 655
Todd Witten     675  Jodi Peterson546   Mitch Hersh     755  Kelly Carignan 653

                                   BEGINNER
                                  ----------
Timothy Bachman 564  Judy Lopez   635   Eric Crain      653  Joy Kor        515
Greg Wachsteter 516  Kit Cohan    519   Jeff Grodin     572  Pat Peressini  508
John Russell    393  Karen Deutsch450   Drew Stepke     566  Chris Brunner  505


     GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: 

        - Two things were done to help out-of-towners.  The first was the
          separate categories for locals.  The second was the "obscurity"
          factor in the ratings.  The heinous classics that all the locals
          have wired were not given the same points as an equally heinous
          obscure problem.

        - The field was much more competitive this year, especially the elite
          category.

        - I would guess that the HT Hang was second only to Phoenix for 
          largest and most competitive field among bouldering contests
          this year.
  
        - Everyone had a great time!

don't miss it next year,
Mort
Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA