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World Climbing Championship 2018 Recap

By Perfect Descent / October 12, 2018 / Comments Off on World Climbing Championship 2018 Recap

After 10 days of competitions among six of the top-scoring men and women athletes, the Combined finals came to an end with the athletes facing off in a Bouldering, Lead, and Speed Climbing showdown for the Combined world title. The six women finalist went head-to-head in Speed Climbing with a bracket-style elimination, Miho Nonaka of…

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Sean McColl Professional Climber

Finding my Apex – Sean McColl

By Perfect Descent / September 10, 2018 / Comments Off on Finding my Apex – Sean McColl

By: Guest Writer, Sean McColl With my path now firmly set on the 2020 Olympic Games, training for speed climbing becomes more and more important. My time needs to get faster and to do this I need more repetitions, more consistency, and more time on the competition Speed wall. I am the only competitor in…

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Why We’re Always Going to Be at the Climbing Wall Association Summit 

By Perfect Descent / July 3, 2018 / Comments Off on Why We’re Always Going to Be at the Climbing Wall Association Summit 

  The CWA Summit Doesn’t Disappoint Perfect Descent is a proud sponsor of the annual Climbing Wall Association Summit. We strongly support the mission of the Climbing Wall Association and contribute through direct sponsorship and the donation of Perfect Descent auto belays for the CWA raffle and silent auction.  For the last several years, Perfect…

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USA Climbing Changes Rules to Include Auto Belays in Speed Climbing Competition

By Perfect Descent / June 1, 2018 / Comments Off on USA Climbing Changes Rules to Include Auto Belays in Speed Climbing Competition

Released June 1st, 2018 USA Climbing has amended a rule in their Speed Climbing Rules Handbook (Rule 7.2.1) to “eliminate the requirement that speed climbing routes are to be belayed from the ground”. Historically, the USAC has only approved team belays for Speed Climbing competitions. This change will now allow all USAC Speed Climbing Host…

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