Don’t let the name fool you, these images are actually from the semi-finals and finals, but that would have made for a crappy title. Here are my best action photos from the World Cup crush fest, and after this I’ll be doing one more post on the lifestyle, behind the scenes and emotions of the Teva Mountain Games. Then it’s time to move on. I don’t really have much to say, other than the fact that all of the World Cup competitors all did awesome jobs and the climbing action was non-stop, so I’ll just let the images speak for themselves. Enjoy!
Hit the jump for the rest of the images!
For those of you wanting more info about how the Bouldering comp went down, here are a few places that have done better jobs of reporting than I could do if I felt like trying:
The Spot Route Setting Blog and ClimbingNarc
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Looks like that remote camera worked out pretty well. Nice job man.
that’s insane! i love it!
Yeah, the remote camera sure worked out great. Good times. But it’s a little nerve racking to be down on the ground, gettin’ jiggy all over this little remote, and having no idea if anything is even happening. That’s why I was always shooting with another camera from the ground. That’s why God gave us two hands. For shooting the World Cup.
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