Update 08/03: Have no interest what-so-ever in "climbing competitions" on "artificial walls" - but gotta' admit - this was very cool, and was fun to watch 'ta boot - can only imagine 'Bob Prince' or 'Myron Cope' doin' the "play-by-play" - especially with the chicks (who "rocked the house" as they say now'days)... here's a link to the "moving pictures":
http://psicocomp.com/watch.php
Initial post: ... was cruisin' about - found this - check out this gorgeous artificial climbing wall built specifically for a "First-Ever USA Deep Water Soloing Competition" scheduled for this upcoming August 1 and 2 in Park City, Utah....
... pretty impressive - someone's always out there thinkin' - check out 'www.psicocomp.com' for more information - look here for more information and as always entertaining reaction/comments - 'http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2188556/Psicobloc-Masters-deep-water-soloing-competition'...
... don't know about "spectating" - but look's like a ton of fun to participate in...
... hey, were we slightly ahead of our time?... check out the last segment of the old 'Bouldering' video on the website, as well as the recent 'Way Cool Piers' blog entry... all early 1980's... definitely a "minority" back then - was always told "... that looks stupid... climbing is "serious business"... and you're not even (like us) dressed right!!!" - HA! - we were never more "serious" in our lives at the time - plus ya' could "ditch the rope" and "focus"...
... will need to drive out to Utah after the "competition" and make them a "purchase offer" for this thing while they're all still loaded and hungover - can just picture it overhanging the "lawn" out at South C'ville"....
... the "lawn" and a young Colby Fiesta...
... in the mean-time, we're workin' on a secret "waterproof climbing chalk" formula....
05/27: Found a few more photos...
... another angle - a few hard climbing routes on that short "bluff" over some deep water... those are the 'Way Cool Piers' off in the distance (took a guy paddling once and we stopped off and spent about a hour climbing and jumping off those things - all he kept saying was "Man - these are Way Cool!!!" - hence the name)...
... a young JJ Fiesta and a leap off 'Big Picnic' - part of the same rock outcrop... takes a pretty good run and jump to clear the shoreline...
... these are the 'Ledges' mentioned a while back in 'A Useful Map' (muscle girl Sarah paddling on a trip from 'Ohiopyle') ... no climbing on these things - water is only about a foot deep at normal flow with a solid rock bottom - pretty swift current at higher levels... pretty grainy (scanned) print - was photographed with a fixed aperture disposable camera... this is pretty much on the exact opposite side of 'Chestnut Ridge' as the above three photos, where the 'Loyalhanna Limestone' dips back underground...
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