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Lakeland Climbing Centre, Kendal

The weekend of 12-13 Feb saw the Lakeland Climbing Centre at Kendal hosting an event. Friday night was popular, with a number of workshops, tasters and a masterclass being held, and these were repeated in the early part of Saturday. Participants in these were also able to take part in the competition heats, which then led to a final on Saturday evening. This was held on the large main wall, and saw 9 male and 4 female finalists face a fiercely overhanging route, including obstacles such as logs, tyres and chains. Winner Ewan Turner was the only person to reach the finishing hold, with a number of other male and female competitors very close behind. Plenty of support was given to competitors by each other as there was no isolation for the final, giving a really good atmosphere to the end of the event.
Prizes were again very kindly provided by Lyon Equipment.

Lakeland Climbing Centre Results: 13 Feb 2010
Male
1st - Ewan Turner
2nd - Dylan Johnston
3rd - John Foster

Female
1 Louise Humphries
2 Sarka Teskova
3 Crystal Crooks


Crystal Crooks making an unusual start to a qualifying problem!



Louise Humphries on the logs during the qualifiers.



The final route, showing how steep it is! The logs are just in shot, the finishing hold is higher.



Female winner Louise Humphries with Pete Hill, centre, and wall manager Mark, left.

Male winner Ewan Turner with Pete and Mark.