Touchstone Bouldering Series

Touchstone Climbing will once again host the Touchstone Bouldering Series, now in its third season. With the opening of the Great Western Power Co. in Oakland, the series will expand to seven comps this year, that will be held on Friday evenings, one at each of the Touchstone locations. All events will include a red point Bouldering comp as well as refreshments, games and prizes. Points will be award for each comp with overall winners being announced after the final comp. The first event will be held in October in Concord and will conclude this year at Berkeley Ironworks.

These comps are FREE for Touchstone Members

You can see pictures from the the current TBS season now in our online photo gallery.

Points will be standardized for each comp. This means that a v3 problem in San Jose will be worth close to the same as a V3 problem at Pipeworks. The point system will be as follows:
V0       1-999
V1       1000-1999
V2       2000-2999
V3       3000-3999
Etc.
These will be self scoring comps. Your score will be the total of your five best completed problems.

There will be three levels of competitions for both men and women.

Beginner V0-V2 V0-V1

Intermediate V3-V5 V2-V4

Advanced V6+ V5+

Your top 4 scores out of the 6 possible scores will be used to calculate your final standings. Once the season starts you will be able to see your current standings online.

*If you average above your current level, there is a possibility that you may be bumped to the next level for final standings.

In the spirit of fun for all, prizes available will be raffled randomly at each event, so just try, and you could win something.

The current standings for TBS3 can be found here.

A special thanks to those who have contributied prizes to the TBS.