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Adult Bouldering League - Season 4 Recap

With the last season being roughly 5 years ago, members in The Boulder Field community were ready for something new. You could think of the program as a structured session with old and new friends, paired with friendly competition. Previous staff and current management laid a great foundation for how we run the league. The program is ingrained with the idea of building our community. We meet two days per week for 2 hours a day, all together, training and competing and having fun all together. It’s a great opportunity to meet new friends, and be a part of an awesome group of climbers of all skill levels. Our core principles of the league: Fun, motivation, and respect! These 3 words helped usher us into having a great comeback season! We combined a few new concepts with the old ones set in place during previous seasons.

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Halloween 2022

Halloween 2022 has come and gone and it was great to see everyone in the gym showing off their awesome costumes. Check out the gallery below for some images of a fun night of festive climbing:

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Global Climbing Day @ The Boulder Field

Global Climbing Day was a resounding success! We really enjoyed opening the gym up to the greater community and allowing everyone a chance to climb in celebration of this wonderful activity. Check out the gallery below for a selection of images by Verbal Adam.

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The Infamous Route Setting Question of the Decade

After a certain number of years, any full-time setter will inevitably face the infamous question:

“Hey broski! How do you come up with them rock paths? Do you have a lil’ program that tells you where to plug in all the bits?”

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TBF Masters Comp #3: The Modern Climber

The Boulder Field hosted its 2019 season ender in the first week of December with the Modern Climber: a dramatic culmination to the Master Series that once again put a twist on the finals format.

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TBF Masters Comp #2: The Force Majeure

In an era where climbers typically have four minutes to solve complex coordination combos and the counterintuitive intricacies of the latest dual-tex labyrinth, it seems that pure power has taken a backseat. However, on September 21st, The Boulder Field hosted its second event of the Masters Series, The Force Majeure, a throw-back to the grip-and-rip PCA days…

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What Exactly Is This Climbing Community?

Parents are often drawn to climbing as a good activity for their kids based on the characteristics of the community they observe in action when they visit a gym.  As someone famous (yes, I know who) once said, it takes a village to raise a child…

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