Jon Adamson on Welsford Rendezvous 2019 Schedule and Event Info
Friday, September 6 - Come set up your tent for the weekend and hang out in the pit for an informal social/bbq.
Saturday, September 7
9 am - Ascent New Brunswick Annual General Meeting, Clinic and Comp Registration
10 am - Comps and random climbing begins at Cochrane Lane and Sunnyside
11 am - Gym to Crag and Climbing Movement Clinic at Border Wall
2 pm - Trad Climbing Clinic at Border Wall
5 pm - Activities in the gravel pit begin (BBQ, T-Shirt/Hat sales, Gear Swap)
6 pm - Pull Up Comp
7 pm - Comp winners announced and prizes awarded
8 pm - Camp Fire Social
Sunday, September 8
9 am - Trail Day and Crag Clean Up
New for 2019 - AGM/Elections will be held on Saturday morning. We are giving out prizes just for showing up!
Gear Swap! Anyone who would like to buy, sell or trade outdoor clothing or gear can bring their stuff and we will facilitate.
Trail Day at Cochrane Lane on Sunday. This will be held on Sunday with the UNB Rock and Ice Club providing support for the event. We are excited to partner up with the club to help make improve CL trails. Come help us improve our most treasured climbing area.
We have made some slight adjustments to the comps for this year's Rendezvous. We think that these new changes will serve all climbers very well and spread out the prizes nicely to all disciplines and skill levels.
Sunnyside Throwdown - exactly the same as last year. Two partners climb as many routes as possible in the time allotted. Both must send the route clean. No skipping bolts. Second may lead or follow. Last year's winners climbed 26 routes!
Cochrane Lane Classics - climb as many of the selected 13 routes from Colin Bell's original guidebook. To do all 13 is quite an undertaking so this is where we are adding something quite unique. Three of the routes will have a prize voucher attached to the anchor. If you climb the route and find the voucher take it back to party central to redeem your prize. Cool huh? To make it slightly easier to narrow down the field we will give clues as to which 3 routes have been selected as we get closer to the Rendezvous.
Cochrane Lane Points Challenge - climb up to 12 routes of your choice, anywhere in Welsford, and collect as many points as you can following the table below. Teams of 2 climb together and submit the sum of their individual routes climbed. Most points wins!
📷Along with prizes for comp winners there will also be a prize for the climbing team that has the best costume.
What does everything cost?
There is a $20 admission fee for the event. This includes admission to the comps, clinics and food at the bbq (must be a member of Ascent New Brunswick).
Ascent T-shirts and hats are $10 each.
Memberships are $40 or $20 for anyone who is also a member of UNB Rock and Ice, Fit Rocks or FBC.