Saturday was Middlebury's intercollegiate climbing competition. It was also the weekend of their winter carnival. I don't know how our ski-team fared in the inclement weather. But the conditions inside their field house were ideal for Dartmouth to flex a little climbing muscle.

We brought up a contigent of 17 people including recent alums, Med Students, Thayer Students and a huge posse of undergrads to overwhelm the competition.

It was basically a long, exhausting, crowded, climby orgy that Middlebury hosted with top-ropes, a lead route, and lots of boulder problems.

After the comp was over and they began announcing the finalists it sounded like Dartmouth roll-call.

Winner of the Dyno Comp: James Joslin, Dartmouth

Women's Advanced:
1st: Cheryl Shannon, Dartmouth
2nd: Nina somebody from somewhere.
3rd: Robin Batha, Dartmouth

Men's Advanced:
1st: Tim Kemple, UNH
2nd: Gabriel Martinez, Dartmouth
3rd: Ben Miller, Dartmouth
4th: Michael Golub, Dartmouth
5th: James Joslin, Dartmouth

Women's Intermediate:
1st: Laura Case, Dartmouth

Men's Intermediate:
1st: Nick Somebody I think.
2nd: Mike Pirozzi, Dartmouth
3rd: Justin Goodman, Dartmouth

Men's Recreational:
1st: Luke Evans, Dartmouth
2nd: JP Dedam, Dartmouth

Sorry I don't remember all the places of all the other competitors from the other schools.

It was a day of domination I would say considering that 3/4 of the top 3 spots were filled with people from Dartmouth. There were also several other climbers cranking down hard that somehow didn't make it into the top spots:

Christine Balaz
Barry Hashimoto
David Quaid
Lisa Borowsky

Thanks to everyone who came out, congratulations to everyone who climbed so well. Hopefully Dartmouth can do it again next year.

wa
hooo.