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Thrash & Dangle Fest 2008

2008 Thrash & Dangle Fest
May 31, 2008

Presented by Phoenix Rock Gym & AZ Cliff Hanger

The comp was limited to the first 100 people, where we actually had 78  competitors total. 
Also 57 Sponsors total.
$25.00 to enter

Categories:
Thrashers: (Elite) cash prizes
Male and female, 1st $200, 2nd $100, 3rd $50
Danglers (Age) mfg prizes
Age breakdown: male and female, 0-13, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50+

3 hour competition: 6pm - 9pm Saturday
Award ceremony: 9pm - 10pm

Top 7 boulder problems for score

Competitors receive competitor packets filled with tons of coupons, stickers and mfg schwag when they first register for the comp on comp day.
T-Shirts were made but just for the comp staff.

Side Events:
- Spinner Route ( Eric Ebele 40.25 seconds )
- One Arm Climbing ( Patrick Luther 13.5 seconds )
- One Leg Climbing ( Patrick Luther 11.53 seconds )
- Rope climb ( Joe Czerwinski 6.63 seconds )
- Blindfold ( Patrick Luther 9.97 seconds )
- Slackline ( Mick Coluccio 3.85 seconds )
- Balance Beam ( Steve Shaffer 6.28 seconds )
All competitors gain raffle tickets for completing the side events. Fastest time for each side event received a prize and sometimes a trophy.
Side Event raffles only included the competitors that entered that individual side event. 

Other prizes:
Oldest - Golden Piton ( Debra Rinaudo )
Youngest - ( Cailen Baumgartner )
Worst score - ( Jessica Skumlien )
Heaviest - ( Giorgio Mosesso )

Comp Director and Artwork - Marty Karabin
Sponsors - Marty Karabin
​Master of Ceremonies - Robert Olson
Prize distribution - Justin Wagner
Music energy - Josh Whitliff

Course setters:
- Justin Wagner (lead course setter)
- Marty Karabin (side events)
- Greg Caruso
- Paul Phelps
- Will Haeberle
- Robert Olson
92 boulder problems set

Sponsor booths at the Fest:
- Fusion Water
- Klime Clothing

Massage tables - Rainstar University
Catered food - Samurai Sams

T-Shirts and ribbons made by MK Productions
Media flyers made by MK Productions
Score card and graphs made by Justin Wagner
Metal plates as gifts to sponsors made by Paul Diefenderfer

Cash Pad Raffle - 1/2 monies and crash pad goes to the raffle ticket winner, 1/2 monies goes to the Access Fund. This raffle is allowed for everybody who attended the comp, not just the competitors.
$ ….. received total - divided by 2

Shout out for as many crash pads as we can get from people. Thanks Climbmax Gym for letting us borrow their crash pads.
Milk crates podium used for three step award ceremony.

Best overall score:
Male - Patrick Luther, age 20
Female - Sierra Blair Coyle, age 14

For the award ceremony tons of hats, chalk bags, stickers, shirts etc were thrown out to the competitors.

Huge thanks to the staff and volunteers that helped make this event totally awesome!!!
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Comp advertisement for the AMC Newsletter

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T&D 2008 COMP NOTES:
The 2008 T&D comp was totally awesome!!
- We noticed a smaller turnout of competitors than we expected. Possibly due to the comp date being at the beginning of summer where schools are out and people are traveling for the summer.
- Comp cost increase to $25.00
2008 T&D - photos
Side Events:
- One Leg Climbing Side Event - For this comp we included a new side event which was located in the Beginner canyon on the orientation wall which is already filled with big holds. 30’ roped climb where the climber can only use one foot to ascend the wall with. The climber was able to choose what foot to use but could not switch feet at any time during the climb. Fastest time wins a prize. 
- Balance Beam Side Event - I built a 5 piece balance beam, three platforms and two 12’ beams, which could be used at the gym to train on. The Balance Beam was perfect to put in the comp but yet it still seemed to easy. So we added a element that once down at the low end of the beam the competitor had to throw a PRG fabric frisbee into a box, then run back to the start of the balance beam to stop the timer. Fastest time wins a prize. 
- Dropped the Three Leg Side Event

Brian May and Erin Orwig set one boulder problem each.
Thanks Michelle Aubert and Erin Orwig for their extra help with the comp.

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2008 T&D scorecard made by Justin Wagner,
​Planetary Climbing
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2008 T&D Sponsor list
​Many thanks again to the Sponsors!!!

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2008 T&D ribbon art and ribbons, MK Productions Of Course!

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Dief created a few, I think it was 12 of them, metal plates with manufacturer sponsor logos on them. The plates were sent to the sponsors as a way of thanking the sponsors for sponsoring the T&D event. This plate shows the Prana logo. Blacksmith method of using 12 volt electric current on the metal while soaking in water with washing soda. This gives the metal a pitted antique look. The flat unpitted areas were protected by a thick sticker while soaking. Desert Rat Forge.
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The Elite category received cash for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placements plus a comp ribbon

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​2008 T&D T-shirt art for t-shirt front and back. Design by MK Productions Of Course! Screen printed by Klime Clothing.
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2008 T&D comp results
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2008 T&D boulder problem stats

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Pre comp wall signage for gym customers
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Difficulty verses ascents charts
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Boulder problem locator chart. 2008 T&D

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Side Event volunteer sheets to log times in for the competitors that completed the side events

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