A few videos from the finals of the Oceania Cup climbing comp. These are the difficulty finals, where competitors must lead climb a route they never seen before (they're kept in isolation up until their attempt), whoever gets further on it wins, as nobody was able to complete the entire route.
The men's route was Aus grade 28 (12d), women's 26 (12b), and they joined at the very top for 30+ section (mid 13).
Young Kiwi guy doing the first mini-crux of the men's route:
Same guy, running out of strength and ideas, followed by excellent airtime:
One of the better attempts, *awesome* no-hand rest in what looked like a very awkward position, only the wall smack looked a bit painful:
Women's winner, fantastic roof climbing technique and inhuman strength, in case orientation is hard to tell, look at the dangling chalk bag to see which way is down:
I have much to learn :)
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