WCISA TCC Results!

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The results are in. The 2 competitors going on to St Louis are:

Jared Abrojena & Jessica Petrini

Congratulations you guys!!! And congrats to everyone this weekend. The performances were incredible. I learned so much and had such a awesome time with you all.

Here's an article about the competition in the Sacramento Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/elkgrove/story/1014538.html

I'll try and get a hold of the actual results to post them.
 
Thanks Eric. You never know how those things will turn out, but I thought it showed us all very well. The reporters were really into it. They noticed how supportive of each other we all were and they said you don't see that in many other sports.

Here's a pic of the three women competitors. Lori K, Rhonda W & Jessica P.
 

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The ladies 1st event of the day was the throw line. Jessica's 1st event ever and she nailed it!!! Great job Jessica!! Here's an action shot of her.
 

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Here's Lori rescuing our poor stuffed climber. Lori didn't let anything stop her to get this guy down. Great job Lori!!!
 

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Here's a shot of Jesse Sanchez ready to make his way on the Footlock. He gave me some great tips on making the rope stay together. THanks Jesse!
 

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2006 & 2007 WCISA Champ Chad Brey goes for a station on his Master's climb. Great job Chad!!! It was fun as always to watch you climb!!
 

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Here's a pic of me attempting to do the Master's Climb after the show was all over. I helped retrieve all the flags and bells out of the tree along with Jesse Huffman.

The one thing I learned is that it pays to set your line up really high in the tree. I set it lower than I should and I sure had a tough time getting to all the ends of those limbs. They really do make the Master's worthy of the best.

Now I know what to shoot for in my training.
 

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Rhonda

You were robbed at the discretion of the judges.

You as I understand it, you dropped a piece of the tree not a piece of equipment. It should have been a three point deduction not a disqualification. It was a raw deal, they should have consulted with the head judge before making their ruling. You should file a protest next time.

If you were disqualified at the limb toss station then why were you allowed to continue your climb?

Now lets get to the real issue and that was your exit of the tree to the landing station. OH MY. What a near disaster. The fact that you didn't injury yourself is a miracle. It was my observation that you had little if any controll with your friction hitch on your descent to the landing station. Please enlighten me of what exactly happened in that momment.

I personally, strongly oppose the forced landing station and wish that before their is a serious incident that the committee in charge change the rules and abolish the foolish act. It is an unreal representation of actual work site practice and is only included because of the need to gear the event towards a spectator sport. Time and time again I have visited the trash can after the work climb only to find several split tails tossed away. If this is what we as a profession are trying to profess as an exceptable practice then we are setting ourselves up for an eventual injury or worst yet a fatality.

I'm not trying to single you out just trying to call attention to the practice of burning out of a tree to satisfy the crowd for a trilling exit. We need to do what comes natural not what the rules dictate.

All in all you did a great job of handleing the decision that was handed out and I personally feel that you were wronged and the judge who made the decision to disqualify you was in error and should have asked for help just like the umpires do in baseball. They should ask for assistance if they are in question of a rule and or its interpretation.

Rhonda, you should be very proud and also know that you were the winner hands down in my book. No ofense to the winner but you were head and shoulders above the competition and it was the judges discretion that lost it for you not your earnest effort.

Congradulations on your bruises I share your pain in so many ways I wish you the best in your future competitions and hope the judges will get it together next time....
 
It sure is. "Quercus Lobata" What a wonderful park to have a competition in. Nice job on the selection. Luckily the temperature was perfect. The day before was 97 and unpleasant.
 
Wow Robert,

You totally brought tears to my eyes on that one. Thanks for the kind words and thoughts. I definitely learned some lessons on that climb.

1st of all you are right on the landing. I was not in control and it took the impact for me to realize just how fast I was going.

Some where in the micro second that I had to think about it, I thought I can stick that landing, so I made the decision to keep going, knowing that if I slowed down, it would jerk me back and I wouldn't make the target.

It did surprise me though when I hit the ground with all my weight on my left foot. I've never done that before so I had no idea that the speed I was going would result in that.

Don't we have built in shock absorption? Just kidding.

It really isn't funny because I was very lucky. I'm extremely grateful that it didn't result in disaster. I think I have someone watching over me.

Agreed though that anyone like myself who is a new competitor and doesn't practice carefully zipping down to a specific target, could definately become very injured. It felt like I fell out of the tree when I landed.

What I've learned is basically I need more practice to do this and that it's not worth risking my life over to put on a good show.

I'll post more about the limb toss ruling in a moment.

Thanks again Robert for your concern and I do hope that this is given some thought so that this kind of thing is less likely to happen.

If they just made it a more realistic landing location instead of that few feet out that causes you to really swing and descend fast, that might be the best of both worlds.

Of course, I could be the only dumb one that has to prove myself all the time. Most people would have said heck with that and landed safely.
 
Okay, now part 2, the limb toss ruling...

I learned a second thing on that climb is to know the rules and when something doesn't sound right, question it.

John T said he would check in to clarifying the fallen 3rd stick so that kind of ruling mistake doesn't happen again.

They stopped timing and judging me after that station, so it would have been hard to recall it. My thought on that is they should always keep judging and timing, since there is always a possiblility of a miss ruling and a protest that follows. Unless of course it is totally obvious or a safety concern and then they should let the climber know right away.

Another thing is that I had to go ask what my time was and that is when I found out. Had I not asked, I would have never known, which would have made it pretty impossible for me to file a protest within the hour you are give to file.

Lots of learnings from this climb, but in my mind that is just going to make me a better competitor.

I think it was basically meant to be that this happened. If it weren't for the DQ of the limb toss, they surely might have DQ'd my landing.

Jessica is a great competitor and has a great heart and determination to compete, so I know we all will benefit from having her represent us in St Louis.

Now the competition is really on for next year. Training starts NOW!!!
 
Rhonda ,

What friction hitch did you incorperate in your climbing system for the work climb event?

Yes it did look like you were falling from the angle I had. It was as if you didn't even have any friction control at all on your descent.

Scary.. You are correct in saying the landing should be more realistic.
 
So, you didn't know that you had been disqualified until you came down out of the tree?
I agree with you they should not stop recording the score because things do happen and their is know recourse. It isn't the first time the judges have made a hasty decision to stop scoring.

I said it once and I'll say it again you were ROBBED...

Be prepared just in case Jessica can't make it. Stranger things have happened...

My advice to Jessica is to go out and practice footlock climbing every single day up until St. Louis. After her struggle in Elk Grove she could use a little help in that department. I felt so bad for her but I had my own difficulty in that event barely keeping it under 60 seconds. Shows you how often I footlock anymore.(the rope was a little glazed by the time I got to it) With so many other methods and means to get up a rope, footlocking has lost its place in my climbing techniques. Can still do it but prefer mechanical advantage.

Oh and by the way you had me crying when you dang near broke your ankle/leg/foot anything. Not to mention when the results were announced and you were not the winner. I feel your agony....I have placed second to a good many climbers through the years, in fact nine times that I can remember. Know body ever can remember who placed second unless you followed Rocco Mediate this weekend in the US Open. He will be remembered for his 91 holes of golf and losing to Tiger Woods. Name sound the same. Woods...Get it?
 
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I personally, strongly oppose the forced landing station

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I do not believe competitors are "required" to try for the target. Additional points if you make it, but not necessary to complete the event.
 
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