Korto Circuito

The Korto Circuito is a series of 4 bouldering events, each one held in a different city. I had wanted to compete for some time so I was very excited when the first event drew near. It was to be held in Genoa at the Sciorba climbing gym. I drove down from Milan with Adam who would be doubling up as my personal trainer and John Dunne look a like.

We arrived for the afternoon heat. I was soon relaxed when I saw that it was not at all as formal as I was expecting. I registered and initiated some warm ups.

My preparation was hardly focussed, but I had at least been doing a little stretching and I think this was valuable. The heat began at 2.30 running to 5.30 with 25 problems to complete. Chalk was banned in favour of liquid chalk, a weird substance that I hope I never use again. There were 5 catorories of climbs: white, green, yellow, red and black. I started on the whites, some of which were easy and others harder. There seemed to be a considerable overlap between the colours, the harder whites being more difficult than the easy greens. I managed to complete the whites, all but one green and three yellows. The reds were out of bounds for me requiring a considerable step up in performance but I was very pleased, finishing 37 out of 96.