The 1st Ever Dierkes Clean & Crank on May 14th, 2011 was a success! We had 38 volunteers show up for the clean-up which started at 9:30am. People were surprised at the amount of trash that was found amongst our crag areas. By noon all of the trash had been gathered and people began registering for the bouldering competition. We had 37 competitors pull down on boulder problems ranging from v0- to undone projects suspected to push the double-digit range. 26 of the competitors volunteered in the clean-up earlier that morning. There were no casualties during the event beside a few sprained ankles and some pulled tendons.
Weather was on our side for most of the day, temperatures soared up to 80 degrees by mid-afternoon and by 2pm a thunderstorm rolled in forcing competitors to take refuge under whatever they could find. The competition format was more endurance-based; boulder problems were divided into five categories of difficulty with point values of 10-50, respectively. Climbers were encouraged to climb as many problems as possible, and in the end we tallied all problems completed with their top three counting double.
River and Adventure Toys, our local climbing shop, came through and shuttled all of our staging equipment across the lake, which allowed us to set up right in the bouldering area. The City of Twin Falls was excited about the event and supported us fully. We had a total of 35 companies donate to the pile of swag allowing everyone present to walk away with at least one item if not a couple. Examples of what was donated were 2 pairs of Mad Rock shoes, 1 pair of La Sportiva, 2- $100 to Rock On, ENO Double Nest hammock, 5 pack of draws, GSI cook sets, Sender films, box full of wool Sherpa beanies, t-shirts out the ears, Asana bags, 4 Petzl headlamps, 2 pair Mountain Khakis, Smith glasses, and 4 Kershaw knifes.
With the great success of this 1st ever event we have decided to make this an annual happening. In 2012 we are looking to move the event to October in hopes of better weather and temps. Everyone watch for this event next fall! It will be even bigger and better than this year’s!
Here is the results:
| Winners | |
| <16 | Cameron Bingham |
| Wmns Beg | Renee Freeman |
| Mens Beg | William Edwards |
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| Wmns Int. | Molly Meyers |
| Mens Int. | Paul Yelda |
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| Wmns Adv. | Steff Carter |
| Mens Adv. | Uriah Holloway |
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| Advance | |
| Uriah Holloway | 1960 |
| Beau Stuart | 1220 |
| Steff Carter | 900 |
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| Intermediate | |
| Paul Yelda | 1740 |
| Shawn Deitrick | 1540 |
| Dustin Ransom | 1460 |
| Kris Zigich | 1430 |
| Ian Jameson | 1360 |
| Torrey Hendry | 1060 |
| Jordan Ansley | 1020 |
| Dylan Welcome | 980 |
| Molly Meyers | 950 |
| Jessie Holt | 940 |
| Nathan Turner | 650 |
| Noah Koski | 940 |
| Ross Cooper | 420 |
| Cameron Conn | 400 |
| Nic Heuser | 390 |
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| Beginner | |
| John Richards | 1480 |
| Thayne Rolf | 1260 |
| William Edwards | 1000 |
| Dave Frank | 590 |
| Bryse Holyoak | 520 |
| Mitch Steinman | 510 |
| Renee Freeman | 480 |
| Corey Myers | 380 |
| Rachel Reimann | 360 |
| Bob Mollineaux | 350 |
| Tai Child | 230 |
| Jenna Capuano | 230 |
