T&D 2013

2013 Thrash & Dangle Fest
April 20, 2013

Presented by the Phoenix Rock Gym
The comp was limited to the first 100 people, where we actually had 116 competitors total.
Also 95 Sponsors total. WOW!!
$45.00 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, 0-10, 11-14, 15-19, 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:
- Balance Beam ( Dakota Snider 5.2 seconds )
- Blindfold Route ( No award for time, just raffle ticket gained )
- Rope Climb ( Jesse Johnston 10.1 seconds )
- Blacksmith Route (Patrick Maclane 7.8 seconds )
- Black and Blue Route ( NEO 14.8 seconds )
- Spinner Route ( No award for time. Just 2 raffle tickets gained )
- Four Peaks Obstacle Course (Taylor Lais 16.5 seconds )
All competitors gain raffle tickets for attempting side events. Fastest time for timed side events received a prize and sometimes a trophy.
Side Event raffles only included the competitors that entered that individual side event.

Other prizes:
First to sign up: ( Byron Layhee )
Oldest - Golden Piton ( Wes Gross, age 63 )
Youngest - ( Phoebe Anderson, age 5 )
Lowest score - ( Christian Sulit )
Karabin Climbing Museum items guess -
   Actual 710 Tnuts- (NEO guessed 714 items )

Comp Director and Artwork - Marty Karabin
Comp Director and Master of Ceremonies - Robert Olson
Prizes - Robert Olson
   - Marty Karabin
   - Erin Orwig
   - Jeremy Cox
Music energy - Justian Productions

Course setters:
- Justin Wagner (lead course setter)
- Cody Abernathy
- Ian Renteria
- Harison Frawley
- Marty Karabin (side events)
134 boulder problems set

Sponsor booths at the Fest:
- Team Rock Phenoms
- Stone Crush Gear
- Dutch Brothers Coffee
- Thrive Climbing
- David Sampson

Singing the National Anthem - Simona Olson
Ribbon Girl - Katherine Martin
Catered food - Hungry Howies Pizza

T-Shirts and ribbons made by MK Productions
Media flyers made by MK Productions
Scorecard and graphs made by Justin Wagner
Wood Awards made by Paul Diefenderfer given to every First Place winner.

Raffle boulder problem sponsors:
- Zen Lizard Systems
- Three Ball Climbing
- Fit Zone
- Thrive Climbing
- Planetary Climbing
- Evolv Shoes ( 5.10- ) TR
Only the climbers that complete the sponsored boulder problems get into that individual raffle.

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.
$ 500.00 received total - divided by 2

Shout out for as many crash pads as we can get from people.
Ribbon Girl hands out ribbons to the winners at the award ceremony
Milk crates podium used for three step award ceremony.

Best overall score:
Male - Daniel Beall, age 24
Female - Hannah Tolson, age 15

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

Michelle Abshire - Just Fab Photography

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T&D 2013 COMP NOTES:
The 2013 T&D comp was totally awesome!!
- Rope Route now has a 1/2 way bonus so two raffle tickets it is now worth. In many of the comps competitors attempted to climb the 30’ tall rope but could not reach the top. So we decided to give a raffle ticket for 1/2 way, and a second ticket for the top.
- Spinner Route Side Event, now has 1/2 way bonus. Many

T&D 2013 photos

competitors love the spinner route but could not get to the top of the 30’ climb. So we added that for 1/2 way is worth a raffle ticket, and the top gains a second raffle ticket. The Spinner route was in the comp but there was no prize for the fastest time.
- New Side Event: Black And Blue Route: The 30’ tall roped route was a super fun challenge! The entire route was made up of black and blue climbing holds however the climbers hands could only use the blue taped holds and the climbers feet could only use the black taped holds. Some of the black holds had blue tape and some of the black holds had black tape just to add further confusion to the ascent. There were even pieces of black and blue tape on the wall with no holds even being there. So to successfully climb the route was a challenge in itself at the same time it was timed to see who could climb it the fastest. In the pre run of the set route I climbed the route faster than anybody in the comp, but I got creative and put blue tape on my hands and black tape on my feet so I could match up the colors as I ran the route. This is the only year we had the route since it was just as hard for the staff judges to keep track of the climber making sure they used the proper colored taped holds while climbing the route.
- For the Four Peaks Obstacle Course we used 18 beer kegs.
- Blindfold route was in the comp but was only worth one raffle ticket if the competitor got to the top. It was not a timed event.
- For the Balance Beam Side Event we got rid of the fabric frisbee midway toss and added a tennis ball discipline to the fun. Competitors had to balance a tennis ball on a wooden spoon while walking the two section balance beam. At the midway point put the tennis ball into the ball holder, then run back to the start box to stop the time. We also made the event worth two raffle tickets if the competitor could maintain two tennis balls with wooden spoons, one in each hand. My son Nicholas blew everybodys minds when he successfully walked the balance beam with two wooden spoons and the tennis balls …backwards.
- Dropped the Two Person Route

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T&D 2013 comp ribbons art

T&D 2013 comp ribbons fabric

The 2013 T&D ribbons were the same art design as the 2012 T&D ribbons. Only the year date changed.

T&D 2013 comp ribbons

T&D 2013 patch

T&D 2013 First Place plaque made by Paul Diefenderfer. Plaques given to every first place winner. Triangle wood with branded PRG logo and T&D wordage on white paper.
Desert Rat Forge.