Not to spill worms all over the floor, and I didn't see bro's slideshow, but...
Is it just me or does the idea of an alpine speed climbing comp. seem silly?
I know this russian thing is a tradition and all and lots of rad climbers have done it, even Henry Barber, but give me a break. Comp climbing for a lack of a better word, is fucking GEH. Isn't the point of climbing in the mountains to not compete at all, except maybe against yourself. I think the whole thing is really self-contradictory as alpine climbing implies freedom, self-expression, rebellion, and in the abstract -a complete dissonant lack of formal structure. All of which, competitions are inherently the opposite.
Anyway, that's what I think.