Friday, May 29

divisional flights

DELTA AIRLINES
My departure flight leaves Billings Friday the 12th at 11:40am thru Salt Lake and arrive in Sacramento at 3:52pm.

My return flight leaves Sacramento Monday the 15th at 6:00am thru Salt Lake and arrives in Billings at 11:12am.

Tuesday, May 19

Divisonals

Competition Registration here.
sign up by wednesday may 20th

Hotel information here.
reserve by sunday may 24th

the team calendar (see link on right sidebar) has been updated with divisional practices.

Sunday, May 17

Regional Wrap Up

I was very impressed with how our team handled ourselves in the face of some stiff competition and some very stiff routes.  At the end of the day everyone was still smiling and I was proud of how everyone climbed.  Regionals is always a special event that celebrates our community of youth climbers and provides an opportunity to acknowledge significant efforts and successes made by our ever improving climbers.  I hope everyone gained something from the experience.

We had 15 climbers compete and we did some serious crushing!
8 climbers qualified for Divisionals in Sacramento June 13th-14th
6 climbers were medalists - Emily (3rd) Parker (3rd) Ben (3rd) Colton (3rd) Charlie (1st) Nate (1st)

Region MVP's - Charlie & Justin
Region Most Improved - Parker
Region most likely to be President - Carter
Regional Coordinator's Pick - Colton

Great Job and look to climb with Jim on the rims on Thursday nights this summer.  Also the Dirtfest at Zimmerman Park will be the weekend of June 6th.

For climbers attending Divisionals, practice is Tuesdays and Thursdays 6pm - 7:45pm.  Travel plans will be discussed at practice on the 19th.

Wednesday, May 13

BOISE REGIONALS

May 16 REGION FINALS - Boise Peak Fitness
The registration deadline is May 13 at 11:59 PM MST

AM Heat: MYA, MYJ, FYB, FYA, FYJ, MYD, MYC
8:00 AM-ISO opens
8:50 AM-ISO closes
9:00 competitor meeting
9:10 5 min preview
9:20 first climbers
NO PM HEAT CLIMBERS ARE ALLOWED IN THE GYM FOR THE AM HEAT

PM Heat: FYC, MYB, FYD
11:45 AM-ISO opens
12:35 PM-ISO closes
12:45 competitor meeting
12:55 5 minute preview
1:05 first climbers

The awards ceremony will be held as soon as possible following the PM heat-around 4PM
SPEED CLIMBING will immediately follow the awards ceremony

DO NOT MISS YOUR ISO CLOSING TIME!
See you all at the hotel, I'll be leaving Billings around 7:30am.

Tuesday, May 5

Team Photos and Hotel Web Registration

A team photo will be taken at 7:15pm thursday May 7th in the gym during the junior and senior team switch. Please be there on time with your steepteam shirt.

We are also looking for team photos taken from previous years. I recall photos being taken at Momentum Regionals in 07 and Bozeman Regionals in 08. If you have one of the digital files you can email it to me.

If you have not yet reserved a room in Boise you can now get our group rate through our own personal Doubletree web reservation portal located here. The $69 team rate is good if reservations are made by May 12th.

Sunday, May 3

Boise Registration

Climbers competing in the Regional Championship in Boise on May 16th need to register by May 13th.  Registration is only available online.  It is located here.  Do not miss the deadline.