{"id":3130,"date":"2016-07-14T16:57:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T15:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=3130"},"modified":"2016-07-14T16:57:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T15:57:15","slug":"ifsc-climbing-world-cup-villars-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/ifsc-climbing-world-cup-villars-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"IFSC Climbing World Cup Villars 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>I will be present at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifsc-climbing.org\/\">IFSC Climbing World Cup Villars<\/a> tomorrow. For me climbing has always been an active rather than a passive sport. It has been a sport where the landscape is nice and the crowds are small. Tomorrow will be the first time that I go and watch as other people climb.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RWUc-hXAoIE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t watch people climb. Between climbing gyms, bouldering gyms, via ferrata and Rock climbing it is a sport that I have explored in depth. What I haven&#8217;t explored in depth is climbing with an audience, climbing as an event, climbing as a competition.<\/p>\n<h2>Program<\/h2>\n<p>Friday 15th July<br \/>\n9.00 &#8211; 16.00 Men &amp; Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lead qualifications<br \/>\n17.00 &#8211; 19.00 Men &amp; Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s speed qualifications<br \/>\n21.00 Speed Finals Women &amp; Men (LIVE)<br \/>\n22.00 Award Ceremony (LIVE)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 16th July<br \/>\n10.00 &#8211; 12.30 Lead Semi-Finals Men &amp; Women (LIVE)<br \/>\n20.00 Men lead Finals (LIVE)<br \/>\n21.00 Women lead Finals (LIVE)<br \/>\n22.00 Award Ceremony (LIVE)<\/p>\n<p>Instinct tells me that lead climbing should be the more interesting discipline as it relates directly to the climbing I do. Speed climbing could be fun and interesting to watch but it has less practical applications in ordinary climbing life. If I want to be lazy then I could go up on Saturday and stop asking questions.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday from 1300 to 1600\u00c2\u00a0there is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1202263526474162\/permalink\/1232580300109151\/\">concours populaire<\/a>, That&#8217;s when amateurs can\u00c2\u00a0try their hand at speed climbing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3131\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13613568_1292008807483461_2607470429189968694_o.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3131\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13613568_1292008807483461_2607470429189968694_o-736x1024.jpg?resize=660%2C918\" alt=\"Program of the event\" width=\"660\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13613568_1292008807483461_2607470429189968694_o.jpg?resize=736%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13613568_1292008807483461_2607470429189968694_o.jpg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13613568_1292008807483461_2607470429189968694_o.jpg?resize=768%2C1069&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13613568_1292008807483461_2607470429189968694_o.jpg?resize=1104%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1104w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13613568_1292008807483461_2607470429189968694_o.jpg?resize=150%2C209&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13613568_1292008807483461_2607470429189968694_o.jpg?resize=200%2C278&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13613568_1292008807483461_2607470429189968694_o.jpg?resize=780%2C1085&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13613568_1292008807483461_2607470429189968694_o.jpg?w=1472&amp;ssl=1 1472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Program of the event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Villars Sur Ollon is a place that I have visited a number of times but for once we should be welcomed by summer rather than winter temperatures. It will also be for climbing rather than skiing, hiking or apr\u00c3\u00a8s ski. I will take pictures and let you know what the experience is like. It&#8217;s nice after organising satellite distribution for sporting events finally to go on location. We&#8217;ll see how energetic the crowd is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>I will be present at the IFSC Climbing World Cup Villars tomorrow. For me climbing has always been an active rather than a passive sport. It has been a sport where the landscape is nice and the crowds are small. Tomorrow will be the first time that I go and watch as other people climb. 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