It's one of those times I sit and stare at the screen trying to remember what all happened. I lost track of time 3 days before the hprocks climbing/music festival started...
Hprocks, or as we all know it as Sloperfest, is not your normal climbing event. It's a laid back time hanging out with friends and hearing the different bands echoing through the boulder field. As soon as you fall off problem in comp mode and your cuss words start flying, you can't help but laugh at the guy who slept by the stage and woke up drinking. It's that kinda event.
The comp started at 10:00 A.M. with the format being all the problems you can do in your category. Open was v7 and up.
I had a good day comparable to last year, but a bad day comparable to what I should have done. But like I mentioned before. It's just not one of those comps. It really puts climbing events into perspective when you attend a sloperfest. Not to mention we had some bullet weather. Sunny and high 50's.
After the comp was called off at 5:00 P.M. the fun really started. First Ave Rocks was selling Good People high gravity beer for dirt cheap. The music still playing through out the park. Everyone came over to grab a BBQ sandwich and a beer. It seemed like no one was talking about the comp... at all. It was all positive, fun conversations among a group of friends and family.
We had thrown the idea around to raise cash for the Alabama Bouldering Fund by soliciting something. I had decided to use my bushy Jew fro as a donation. I got the macgyver Joe Ortega to pull out his handy knife and make the better than bought box for donations. We had 6 different hair cuts to choose from. They where each drawn up and posted next to the slot on the box. The money stayed separated inside the box, and the one with the most money in the end, was cut onstage that night.
At first, people were skeptical. I had a few quarters and many laughs. After the high gravs kicked in and the speeches got better, I ended up raising around $55.00 cash money.
And the embarrassment began, the hair cut that won by a land slide. Was just the front bangs staying.
I ended up taking third in Open.
The problems I fell off at the top is bigger than the my actual tick list.
Sadly this is all I did.
Short Long v7
Ghetto Super Star v8
Chattanooga Plow v7
Hugs And Kisses V8
Megatron v8
Slabalicous Low V8
Slush Puppy Low v7
Litz Pocket v7
Cuts like a Knife Low v7
Boomslang Low v7
Slider v9
kiss v7
Don't rock the boat v7
I am bald.
Can't wait till next year.
Willcutt
Nice pic....
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