Location & Date: HarroWall, Saturday 01-Nov-2025
For directions to the HarroWall centre, please visit their website.
To Enter:
1. Donate £10 (or more) to Climbing Out Of Depression (COOD)
2. Register via the entry form
Format:
Participants can choose from 2 categories:
Fun – Social Quest climbing games for fun prizes
Open – Points-based Qualifiers + comp-style Finals
Open – Qualifiers
The first round will consist of 3 hours to climb boulders picked by the comp organisers. All climbers will have this time to climb as many problems as they can, with each send counting towards the participant’s score*.
Open – Finals
The second round will have top 3 highest scorers (for each gender) compete head-to-head on pre-determined boulder problems. Finalists will have 4 minutes to attempt/top each problem.
Fun – Social Quests
For those taking part in the Fun category, we will introduce various fun climbing-related games* for small prizes. These games will take place at the same time as Open – Qualifiers.
*Scoring (Open Qualifiers):
During the Qualifiers round, climbers will score based on the 1,000-point system. This means each bloc will be worth 1,000 points, but those points will be divided/shared by all the climbers who send it. So if you are the only person to send the problem, you get the entire 1,000 points. If 10 climbers send the same problem, each person will get 100 points. The highest scores will go into the finals. We’ll keep track via scoresheets and a Google Sheet!
*Social Quests (Fun climbing games):
Happening at the same time as Open Qualifiers, climbers will be given a list of “Quests” that they can complete to win prizes. These Quests are still being finalised, but will include games such as “Collect all the Slabs to win ‘Prince/Princess of Slabs’” and “Find a partner to help you climb a boulder, blind-folded!”.
Prizes
This year, we are partnering with several brands and shops to provide t-shirts and accessories as prizes for participants. Please see our Sponsors page for more details!
Programme**:
11:00 – 11:30 : Registration + Warm-ups
11:30 – 14:30 : Fun Social Quests + Open Qualifiers
14:30 – 15:00 : A chat with COOD’s founder, Coach Be!
15:00 – 15:05 : Announce Open finalists
15:15 – 16:00 : Open Finals
16:00 – 16:30 : Awards Ceremony
For those interested in lunch (and are worried about becoming hangry), we will order pizzas and bring homemade food/snacks for the group in the afternoon (maybe around 1pm)! Climbers are welcome to enjoy the food whilst climbing Social Quests and Qualifiers.
**Please note the comp format may change subject to factors such as the number of participants and to ensure inclusiveness.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments!
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