Happy New Year!

This has been a great year of making new friends and seeing and learning new things. I am looking forward to another great year of making more friends and having better friendships with current friends. I am excited about our ever growing team and watching the kids learn and grow on a weekly basis. I can't wait to go on more cool climbing trips and dominating more competitions (the kids, that is). Stay tuned. Coach Ty might get me a Tip of the Week

sometime, well.....next year :)

I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!

John Bachar, Peter Croft, Michael Reardon, and Derek Hersey are all known for being expert at a very dangerous style of climbing. What style of climbing is it and which of them are still alive? Which climber is famous for free-soloing Astroman in Yosemite?

Happy Holidays From Your Coaching Staff!

Coach Jeff's Tip of the Week

Flappers, splits, gobies - if anything is proof of effort in climbing, it's skin damage. If you're not at least trying hard enough to get sore skin during practice - bear down, get ugly, do more!

And the winner is....

Autumn!

I am posting Autumn's answer how she wrote it since she worked very hard to learn this information and didn't really get a chance to share it at practice on Wednesday.

Lynn Hill:

Lynn started climbing at the age of 14 and her first climb was on "lead". She had to use a "Swiss Seat" since harnesses did not exist back in 1975. Her brothers and sisters taught her how to climb. Lynn is only 5 feet 1 inch tall and was the first woman to climb a 5.14, which was Masse Critique (5.14a) in Cimai, France.

One reason that Lynn Hill is considered a top climber in the world, man or woman, is that in 1994, she freed The Nose on El Cap in less than 24 hours. This is an impressive feat because it takes the average climber 5 days to ascend the 31 pitch route.

The first time Lynn tried to ascend The Nose, she ran low on food, water and chalk, not to mention she was exhausted. She decided to come back another time and try again. Lynn returned in two weeks, this time with plenty of supplies and a more positive attitude and was able to ascend the climb in less than 24 hours.

Lynn was also John Long's girlfriend. John, in case you didn't know, is the author of the "How to Rock Climb" books.

BEAT THAT STEVEN!

This week's challenge is a multi-part question so make sure you read it carefully and answer all the questions. There are six pieces of information that are required:

• Who was the first woman to climb 14a? When was this-and where-and what was the name of the route? This same climber is, perhaps, even more well known for a climbing feat she accomplished in 1994. Describe that feat and what makes it so difficult.

Good luck!

Sam is 12 years old and is in 7th grade at Mountain Ridge Middle School. He loves to eat filet mignon and his favorite color is green. Sam has two brothers, Seth and Dax, and two sisters, Lauren and Zoe. He says that Dax is "the awesomest".

Sam joined Team Momentum about seven months ago. He started rock climbing because he thought it would be fun and his favorite part of climbing is taking lead falls.

Sam prefers sport climbing to bouldering and would someday like to climb in Anasazi, Mexico.

Besides rock climbing Sam loves to play guitar, ride dirt bikes, wake board, shoot airsoft guns, snowboard, watch monster trucks, and, um, blow up cars. (I'm not sure if he has actually done this last thing but I'm just writing what he told me.)

Oddly, Sam told me that, not only is Cole his best friend, but he is also Sam's pet. (Again, I just write this stuff.)

There are two people that Sam most looks up to. The first is his father and the second is Kirk Hammet, lead guitar player for Metallica.

Someday, Sam would like to be a Marine or a professional musician. No matter which one he eventually chooses, he wants to continue to rock climb.

Congratulations Sam! Thanks for being such a wonderful part of Team Momentum!

Looking for the Coach's Tip of the Week? Well, you found it. The tip is to come to the Climbing Team party this weekend!

Just in case you lost or deleted the email with the party info, I am posting it here:

• Saturday, December 13
• 6:00 pm
• Gateway Community Church, 584 E. 12300 S., Draper http://tinyurl.com/65dd28
  
• Please bring:

1. the food dish you were assigned
2. white elephant gift if you wish to participate
3. music and/or instruments if you wish to perform
4. money for raffle tickets for prizes to be given away
5. your ugliest holiday sweater, most festive hat, and/or craziest socks
6. Twister if you have it
7. a festive attitude

I have been told that there are even more prizes that have been added to the raffle giveaway. Coach Nate has generously thrown in a set of quick draws and some other climbing gear!

If you haven't had a chance to meet the new coaches and other climbing team parents, this is a great opportunity to do it!

And the winner is.....










Here's his answer:

1: Smith Rock-Traditional and aid climbing from the early sixties. In the 1970's Dean Fry bolted the first face route in the dihedrals, "Methusula's Column" (5.10a).

2: Red Rocks- began in the mid 80's

3: American Fork- Black Magic was climbed in the fall of 1988, Jeff Pedersen, Boone Speed, and Bill Boyle continued to develop routes.

4: VRG- Development began in 1989 by Jeff Pedersen, Vince Adams, Boone Speed, Tom Gilje, and Randy Leavitt.

5: Rifle- Richard Wright and Mark Tarrant put up the first route in Rifle called "Rumor has it," in 1991

6: Maple- Early 90's devlelopment began with Bill Boyle, Jeff Pedersen, Bill Ohran, Tim Hannig, Dan Snyder, with many others to follow.

Thanks for the history lesson!

The winner of last week's challenge was Sarah L. Well, she was the closest to the correct answer anyway. There were a few of you who answered one part of the question, but it was a three part question. The method of crack climbing is called Leavittation, created by Randy Leavitt, and the information I saw said it involves hand stacking. Jeff pointed out that that was incomplete. It involves the feet being above the hands, as well as hand stacking, in an overhanging crack. Hmmm, doesn't sound like something I am real eager to try, but if you had asked me three years ago if I would start rock climbing, my answer probably would have been, "why would anybody do that?".

This week's challenge is going to involve some research as well. You can find the information on the internet as well as in climbing guide books. Which books you may ask? I don't know, I just ask the questions. However, for the right price, you may be able to persuade a certain coach to spill that information :)

Here's the challenge:

Sport climbing has been developed in areas all over the western United States. Rank the following areas from oldest (developed first) to most recent (developed last):

• Rifle, Colorado
• Maple Canyon, Utah
• American Fork Canyon, Utah
• Smith Rock, Oregon (have you heard of that place before?)
• Red Rocks, Nevada
• Virgin River Gorge, Arizona

Post a comment to leave your answer but instead of just guessing, do some research first. The smoothie is worth it, I promise!

Keep your head down!

When you place your feet, you must keep your head down and your eyes on the hold until your foot is placed exactly the way you want it to be.

The best time to practice this is during warm-ups on easier routes.

Nathaniel is in charge of "special event" day for the team and he has declared that Wednesday, December 3, is "hat day". I guess this means that everyone should wear a hat to practice!

The winner of last week's challenge was.....it's hard to say. Coaches Ty and Steven both scored 80% on their first time taking the quiz but since this is supposed to be for the kids, I will just say "Congratulations! Nice job!" Cole and Weston teamed up and got 80% as well but it wasn't really supposed to be a team effort and once again, they pretty much get whatever they want in the cafe so I will bring more cupcakes for them. Palmer managed to get 70% his first time through the quiz which is the only score I'm counting so I am declaring him the winner of the free smoothie. Nice job Palmero!

Now, on to this week's challenge!

This challenge will require going to www.momentumclimbingschool.com to find the answer.

Here's the question:

Under "Crack Climbing", there is a climbing technique listed which is named after one of Coach Jeff's friends. The technique starts with the letter "L". What is the name of the technique, what does it involve, and who is the climber that invented it?

Good luck! Submit your answer by posting a comment.

A New Game to Usher in Winter

Coach Ty's

Weakest Link Principle

By that I mean that you are only as strong as your weakest area of climbing. If you don't like slopers and feel weak on slopey problems, you need to get out of your comfort zone and work more problems like that. Not only will you get better at them but you will become an overall better climber!

I've always found the traditional part of Thanksgiving to be a little lame to say the least. I don't find a great deal of excitement in sitting around watching a parade and waiting to eat a bunch of food just to feel sick and then having to clean up the mess. But, that's just me.

It took me a long time to realize that the real point of today's celebration goes much further than eating, sleeping, and watching football. (Although I don't mind the football part). My point is that, no matter who you are, where you are, and what you do or don't believe in, we truly have so much to be thankful for. These are a few things that I'm thankful for:

• an amazing, loving, healthy, hardworking family; both immediate and extended
  
• the best in-laws anyone could hope for
  
• a roof over my head
• a car to drive and gas prices that are once again reasonable
• that God is obviously a rock climber otherwise he wouldn't have created so many amazing crags for us to ascend :)
• that I get to live in such an incredibly beautiful place (especially when there's no inversion) where there are so many activities right in our backyard
• I live in a country where I can vote
  
• steak and dessert
  
• the best job in the whole world, that I was fortunate enough to stumble into, where I get to spend time getting to know your kids and watching them develop the talents that they possess. Thank you for sharing them with me!

Feel free to add your own things to my list by posting a comment.

Have a fantastic day!

Weekly Challenge Quiz

Okay my friends, here's the thing; the only score that is going to count is from the first time you take the quiz. It isn't fair if you see the answers and then take the quiz again. After you take the quiz, your scores will be emailed to me so I have a record of what your scores are but feel free to post them in the comments. If you want a better score, take the time to do the research first instead of just guessing.

All right, I concede. Weston is the Monkey Master of Shame with 27! Go Weston!

Current Master of Monkey Kick Off

The current leader in the Monkey Kick Off game is Cole with 5134 monkey meters!

The current low score leader is Missy but since she's not officially a member of the team, Weston is the still the Monkey of Shame leader with 62 monkey meters!

Stay tuned for the Weekly Challenge!

Let's see who's got the best "Monkey Kickoff"

Give it a try and then post your best score in the comments.




For some reason, I have to think Aspen might be good at this... :)

New Game

And the O's win! There's a surprise. Sarah gets to go first this time.

Sarah! Quit cheating!

Someone said O lower right and Sarah said X middle right.

Sarah said X in the upper left.

Okay, someone needs to be X's. Steven?

I've had some requests for a new game so, anyone up for tic tac toe? O's go first so leave a comment and tell me which square you'd like the O in.

Coach Jeff's

"Give it one more go!"

Many of you are trying your projects once or twice and then saying,

"I'll try it next practice."

In reality, there is no better time than the present. You are warmed up and tuned into the moves. Give it another go...today!

Answer to Weekly Challenge

Alright yo, here's the answer: Marianna drives (actually her mom does) the farthest.

They live in Tooele but love Team Momentum so much they drive all the way to Sandy to be a part of our team! It's approximately a 50 mile drive (45-60 minutes depending on traffic) eclipsing the close to 40 mile (35-45 minutes) drive that Kaden makes. Cole, Weston, and Sam W. also have a pretty good trek.

Thanks for all the good guesses and the highly entertaining battle of wits that went on between Autumn and Coach Steven last night, however, Queen Katie came up with the right answer and enjoyed her delicious smoothie made by the very talented Matt.

Keep smiling :)

This week I want to know which team member drives the farthest to get to the gym.

Breaking News

Katie Crowned Queen

Team Momentum had a small but mighty representation at The Quarry's annual King Komp on Saturday, November 15.

Katie S. not only took first place in her division but she also tied with two other women for the highest female score of the competition.

Congratulations Katie!

Her sister Ellise took third in her division and Andrew P. took third in his division as well. He was actually awarded sixth place but after all the awards were given out, realized the scorekeepers had forgotten to add in one of his scores which would have bumped him to third.

Nice job guys, you really rock! Thanks for representing us so well!

Coach Steven's

Build your Base!

Whether it's V10 or 5.14, you must have a solid base, or foundation of experience on easier climbs to achieve your goal. Grade skipping never works! Starting Monday, we will be using Coach Ty's route pyramids to help you track progress toward your ultimate ascension!

Ellise

Ellise is 9 years old and in the 4th grade at Grace Lutheran School. She loves to eat cheeseburgers and her favorite color is green. Ellise has one sister, Katie, who is also on the climbing team.

Ellise joined Team Momentum just over a year ago when it first began. She started rock climbing because she thought it was going to be fun and she found out that she was right. Ellise's favorite thing about climbing is going for a move and to her, the best part of being on the climbing team is that she has such great coaches that teach and challenger her.

Ellise loves to boulder and sport climb (she has recently learned to lead climb) and she competes in many competitions. Someday, she would love to climb The Grand Teton.

Besides rock climbing, Ellise loves to ski, hike, bicycle, and drink tons of water to keep her hydrated during all of her physical activity. She also does yoga with her sister and father.

Someday Ellise hopes to become a veterinarian.

Congratulations Ellise! Thanks for being such a wonderful part of Team Momentum!

Answer to Weekly Challenge

Alright, I will put everyone out of their misery and put a stop to the bickering.

Andrew guessed the answer to the very first image I posted in about 3 minutes through some very shrewd detective work. Yes, it was Palmer. However, since Andrew won last week's challenge, I asked him to concede to not winning again and posted another image.

There were a couple of good guesses but it didn't take Cole long to recognize his brother, Weston's, hat. I should have known that he would guess it easily. Also, Cole gets whatever he wants in the cafe anyway so I asked him to not say anything and let it ride a couple more days to see if anyone else could get it.



There were several more guesses (sorry Rich, there is no Jordan on our team) and then Monday evening, Nathaniel guessed Weston as well. He was, of course, correct. But, as Autumn so cleverly pointed out and after looking back at the comment posts, Nathaniel posted two guesses on Monday which was clearly a violation of the rules.

So now what do I do? We all know it's Weston but there has been no clear winner other than Andrew and Cole. We could let Cole buy everyone else who guessed, a smoothie, but I don't think that would make his dad too happy. How about I bring cupcakes to practice tonight and anyone who can guess whose birthday they are for gets to have a cupcake? :)

Thanks to everyone who posted a guess. I'm glad you're all getting the hang of this.

Weekly Challenge - November 9, 2008

Autumn is right Nathaniel, the rules clearly state that you can make only one guess per day, sorry.

This week's challenge is going to be a little different and there are going to be some rules. The challenge is like a puzzle. The image I post today is of a member of the climbing team but it is covered up except for one piece so you can't tell who it is. Tomorrow, I will post the image again but with another piece of it uncovered. Each day I will add back another piece until someone guesses who it is.

Here are the rules:

1) each team member can only make one guess each day

and

2) you have to guess by posting a comment on the blog.

Any guesses made at practice will be completely ignored. If you don't know how to post a comment on the blog, follow these instructions:

When you get to the end of this blog post, you will see a line. Directly below that line you will see two things, the date the post was made and next to that, the number of comments that have been made on the post. If you click on "comments -", it will take you to a new screen where you can post a comment.

Capisca? Bueno! Here's the first post of the image:



Good luck!

Dads of Rock Climbers

Dads of Team Momentum climbers, don't forget that tomorrow, November 10, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Momentum is your free climbing class with Jeff and Steven. You won't want to miss this opportunity to learn from the best and meet other dads.



Also, it's a good time to ask Steven where he gets his fantastic hair styling tips!

Coach Ty's Tip of the Week

This week's coaching tip is about gas. That's right, gas. Not gas you get from eating chili or $4.00 a gallon gas, but energy-for-routes gas! Three ways to conserve gas on a route are:

1. Breathe-most people tighten up when they do routes and don't breathe enough. Relax and breathe!
2. Shake out-let your arms hang down loosely, not at the same time of course, and shake them vigorously. Let the blood flow back into your arms and get the lactic acid out!
3. Rest on the route-look for ways to roll your weight over on your feet and legs; try to hang straight-armed letting your body go loose. Think of ways you can rest on the easier sections of the route and save gas for the harder sections.

I was pretty close with my Police lyrics :)

Winner of Weekly Challenge

The answer to this week's challenge is:

Amanda and Jeremy

Andrew was the first person to come up with the answer and therefore wins the smoothie. Furthermore, he figured out how to post a comment on the blog.

Congratulations Andrew!

Weekly Challenge-November 2, 2008

I am happy to announce that after my server being down for the last couple of days, it came back up in time for me to post a Weekly Challenge so here it is:

I need to know the names (first names only) of the brother and sister who tried out the team last Wednesday.

I was excited to see them at the gym on Saturday as well :)

Good luck everyone!

Remember, the winner gets a free smoothie in the cafe.

Women Experience Rock Climbing

Mothers of climbing team members:



Don't forget that this Tuesday, November 4, is the "Women Experience Rock Climbing" class from 7-9 p.m. You get to attend for free just because you have such great kids and we want you to be able to experience the same fun that your kids do! Make sure you sign up at the front desk so we know how many to expect.

See you there!

ps-it's at the gym in case you were wondering

Jeff's Tip of The Week

You be the Coach!

A great way to gain a better understanding of climbing movement is to watch
how others do it. For this next week, whether you are belaying or spotting,
try to observe your climbing partner's technique and offer some advice.

Don't forget, optional climbing practice this Saturday from 12:00-2:30ish. See you there!

Answer To This Week's Challenge

Once again I have messed up the Weekly Challenge. The answer to "whose middle name is Arnold?" is Steven, I mean Andrew. The answer to the second part is Taryn, only I put the wrong school in the question. She really goes to Willow Springs, not Sprucewood. Anyway, Aspen managed to figure it out so she won the free smoothie. Congratulations Aspen!



Stay tuned for this week's Coaches' Tip....

New Weekly Challenge

Okay, apparently this week's challenge was unfair because Reed was not going to be at climbing and he hasn't been for several weeks. Still, he did come a few times and he competed in the comp at the Quarry. So, happy birthday Jackson and Reed.

Now, on to a new Weekly Challenge:

Which team member's middle name is Arnold and which team member is a member of the Student Council at Sprucewood Elementary?

The first team member to successfully answer both these questions by posting a comment to this blog post will get a free smoothie in the cafe. Good luck!

Weekly Challenge

This is the first of what will hopefully be a long list of Weekly Challenges. The Weekly Challenge will be a trivia question, more often than not, about one or more of the Team Momentum climbers to encourage them to get to know one another better. Of course, being kids, that may not be enough of an incentive to find the answer to the question so the winner will receive a free smoothie in the Momentum Cafe.

So, here is how it will work: I will post the question and the first team member who correctly answers it by posting a comment to the blog post, will win. :)

With that said, here is this week's challenge:

Which team member celebrates their birthday today, October 26, and which team member celebrates their birthday tomorrow, October 27?


Photo © Rich Legg, All Rights Reserved

I'll give you a hint: it isn't any of the faces in this picture. Also, please post first names only in your answer since we are on the internet here.

Steven's Tip of the Week

Welcome to one of our new features, the Coaches' Tip of the Week. This is basically some technique tip that Jeff, Steven, or Ty give the team members to work on during the off days between Wednesday practices and Monday practices. The coaches feel strongly that if the kids really want to get stronger and improve their climbing skills, that they need to spend time outside of regular practice hours working on their climbing. This week's tip is:

Exaggerate Movements

If you don't know what this means, the team members should and they can explain it, or better yet, show you when they go to the gym for extra practice. :)

UEA Weekend Climbing Trip Recap

Jeff, Kat and Kevin figuring out the routes at Crawdad Canyon

We had a great turnout this past weekend for our climbing/camping trip in the St. George area. I think the owner of Outdoor Outlet in St. George just about had a heart attack when more than thirty people showed up in his parking lot first thing Friday morning. Six of them were Team Momentum members, one was a Team Quarry member and the rest were family members of the team kids, gym owners, and Momentum employees.


Conner on the way down after his climb

We all had one thing in common though, we were headed to Crawdad Canyon to climb and the nice man at Outdoor Outlet was the keeper of the key that would get us in the locked gate. (Okay, we all had to turn in waivers and pay a fee as well since it is private property that is closed for the season.)


Smeag being, well, Smeag

Crawdad Canyon is not what you would call a "hardcore climbers' paradise", but if you like to climb, like to camp, and have a family that likes to do the same, this is a beautiful and fun destination.


Happy Campers Kat, Missy, Sarah and Aspen

Friday evening, the crazy people of the group, drove out to a very remote corner of southwestern Utah. There was some discussion about which state we were actually in because Jeff's phone switched to Pacific Time. But after returning home and pulling up Black and Tan (the crag we went to) on Mountain Project (it shows you where the crag is on Google Maps), we could see that we were about a half to one mile north of the Arizona border and a couple miles east of the Nevada border. We camped on BLM land, which wasn't too bad until the wind kicked up at 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Of course, the Sanderson crew got the worst of it. When they went to set up their tent, they found they had no tent poles or stakes. Fortunately the wind died down by 9:00 Saturday morning.


Cole, hanging out at the base of a route waiting to climb

We met up with the rest of the party (the house dwellers) and spent the morning and part of the afternoon on Kelly's Wall. We spent the remainder of the afternoon on Black and Tan. Both these crags are limestone and extremely rough. Well, not rough exactly, more like climbing on thousands of tiny needles. It was an incredible experience though and everyone seemed to have a great time. I was a little disappointed that we didn't see any Mojave Green Rattle Snakes (I was promised that I would) but we did see a tarantula and the spine of some dead animal that Jeff claims he killed in order to protect us.


"Right-over-left, or was it left-over-right?"

Derek Larsen invited those of us that had been camping to spend Saturday night in the house he and his family had been staying in. After two long days climbing and the windy night we had spent on the desert, we all decided to take him up on his offer. So fourteen dirty, tired climbers/campers crashed on the floor of a vacant house with no hot water in Santa Clara. We were thrilled that the house had flushing toilets and no wind.


Friday night's campfire gang

Sunday morning we all loaded up our gear and pointed our vehicles northward. We figured we might run into a little bit of traffic heading home due to other people returning from deer hunting but the roads were fine until we hit Provo. All of a sudden the traffic backed up. Sadly, it wasn't due to an accident. People decided to slow down so they could watch the fascinating striping machine painting new lines on the highway!

It was a very exciting weekend! To see the rest of the pictures taken on the trip, click here.

Results of Logan Bouldering Comp

A big thanks to Trevor and his crew for hosting a fantastic bouldering competition this past weekend at the Rock Haus. Several team members, as well as our terrific coach Jeff, braved the adverse weather conditions (aka-snow) to make the drive to Logan.

Following are the results of the competition:

Male Youth A

Wells Martineau 1036

Male Youth B

Chas Rafiti 2597
Sam Tresco 2080
Matt Jorgensen 1655

Male Youth C

Nathaniel Coleman 2468
Orville Clark 2219
Ben Tresco 2139
Zach Berger 2138
Cole Bradburn 1958
True Knowlton 1383
Liam Ormond 1088

Male Youth D

Tavray Mae 1770
Connor LaFleur 1544
Axel Dillman 1090
Weston Bradburn 930

Male Adult

Chad Christensen 2158
Jared Stapp 2090

Male Junior

Josh Elgan 3280
Andrew Chen 2700
Alex Garrett 2288
Markus 2280

Male Open

Jeff Lehmkuhl 3381
Ben Montgomery 3000
Tim Jones 2525
Brody Leven 2317
McKay Montague 1639

Female Youth A

Erica Steppig 1890
Abby Herzberg 1240
Abby Stevens 1100

Female Youth C

Katie Shuman 1580
Gina Rafiti 1569
Sarah Legg 1100

Female Youth D

Ellise Shuman 1090

Female Open

Denise Strzempek 3150
Myranda Bair 200
Elizabeth Hasdwick 10

Sadly, our entire Female Youth B contingent decided to take the day off.

We are still working with Sam to teach him the difference between "bouldering" and "buildering". He is making progress...




To see more photos from the comp, click on the picture of Sam and you will be rerouted to Flickr.

The next comp is the Deadpoint comp on Saturday, October 25, at the Front in Salt Lake City. See the team calendar for times and a map. It is not an ABS sanctioned competition so it won't count towards the two necessary competitions in order to go to Regionals, but it should be a lot of fun and a great experience.

We're looking forward to a great time in St. George this weekend and hope to come back with some great photos as well as great stories.

A Little Bit of Rock Climbing History

You've got to love a climbing coach who gives his team homework, especially written homework. You should have heard the moans and groans as the papers were handed out. I figured that the kids would have to go online to find the answers and wanted to see if any of them look at the blog so I am posting the answers here.

Question 1: Who is Alan Watts? What was his great contribution to American rock climbing?

Answer: Alan Watts, the one climber most familiar with -- and responsible for -- Smith Rock's climb to prominence as an international sport climbing Mecca.

Alan's entire climbing career is inextricably entwined with the recent past of Smith Rock, the remote central Oregon crag that now ranks among the world's elite climbing destinations. It was Alan and other local climbers that spearheaded the events taking place over the last twenty years, the events that put Smith Rock on the map and created the entirely new classification of
sport climbing. (keep reading)

Question 2: Who is John Sherman? In what way has he influenced American bouldering?

Answer: John Sherman (born 1959), nicknamed Verm (short for "Vermin") is an American climber and a pioneering boulderer. He is also a writer and photographer. He is the originator of the V-scale for grading boulder problems. (keep reading)

Climbing Team Pricing/Payment Options

There was some discussion last Saturday at the parent meeting about pricing options. Instead of one option, the following choices are now available:

EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer billed on the 5th of each month.
PIF: Paid in Full

EFT Month to Month: $100 per month; $85 sibling discount.

(1 day per week rate: $60 per month; sibling discount $50.)

EFT Contract (12 mos): $90 per month; $75 per month sibling discount.
Cancellation fees would apply just like a membership contract for those who
end the contract early.

1 year PIF: $1,000; $700 sibling discount

In addition to EFT and paid in full options, any parent may opt to pay by
check or credit card month to month, at the same non-contract rates shown
above. Payments are due by the 5th of each month.

These prices are Climbing Team Dues and are in addition to Membership Fees. A membership at Momentum Climbing is required to be on the climbing team.

We want the parents of our climbing team members to be as knowledgeable as possible about the sport their children are involved in. Therefore, a bonus that we offer to our parents is, mothers of our team members are invited to participate in the monthly Women Experience Rock Climbing (W.E.R.C.) class for free. The normal cost on this is $25 for non gym members and $10 for gym members. In November, the W.E.R.C. class meets on November 4 from 7:00-9:00 pm. Starting in December 2008, it will meet the second Tuesday of each month from 7:00-9:00 pm.

We also offer a monthly climbing class for the fathers of our team members that is taught by Coach Jeff Pedersen and Coach Steven Jeffery for free. The fathers' climbing class will meet on November 10 from 6:30-8:00 pm and beginning in December 2008 will meet the first Monday of each month from 6:30-8:00 pm.

This is a fantastic opportunity that every parent should take advantage of!

Team Calendar

The team calendar is now active. It can be accessed by clicking on the calendar icon on the lower left side of any page on the blog. We will have all the team events kept up to date with the information on the calendar.

MoTown Bouldering Comp results-Youth Division

Here are the results of the comp held at Momentum Indoor Climbing on October 4th in Sandy Utah. Thanks to everyone who participated and made this a great event.

Male Youth B

Chas R. 2770
Palmer L. 2205
Andrew P. 1950
Sam T. 1905
Eric C. 1680
Matt J. 1640


Female Youth B

Kat H. 1740
Aspen S. 1560
Sarah W. 1315


Male Youth C

Nathaniel C. 2696
Orville C. 2270
Zack B. 1880
Ben T. 1495
Josh K. 983


Female Youth C

Sage K. 1455
Gina R. 1450
Katie S. 1410
Sarah L. 1235


Male Youth D

Tavre M. 2000(?)
Axel D. 1515
Conner L. 1360(?)


Female Youth D

Ellise S. 1275

Upcoming Events

Deadpoint Bouldering Comp
Saturday, October 25, 2008
10 a.m. registration
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. competition
The Front -1450 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT
frontslc.com


Parent Meeting/BBQ
Who: Team Momentum climbers' parents
When: Saturday, October 4, 4pm
Where: Larsen's home - please see email for address and link to map
What to bring: salad or dessert, money for steak or chicken, ideas, suggestions, comments, concerns


Bouldering Comp
When: Saturday, October 11
11am-2pm with registration starting at 10:30am
Where: Rock Haus
1780 N. 200 E.
Logan, UT 84341
(435) 713-0068
Cost: $20 for ABS member

Some families plan to spend the night in Logan Friday night, October 10, Hampton Inn

UEA Weekend Camping/Climbing Trip
When: October 16-20 (or any portion of those dates)
Where: Southern Utah around St. George
Who: Team Momentum members, their families, coaches, manager, dogs, etc.
Cost: Depends

The Great Samboni

Sam doing some strange warm up exercise before the start of the Quarry comp.

Maple Canyon Trip

maple canyon trip, originally uploaded by mplutah.

From left to right
Climbing: Kat, Smeag, Aspen, Conner

Standing: Sarah

Sitting: Ellise, Andrew, Nathaniel