In reply to Ramon Marin:
>Perhaps this event would be more popular with the public if they allowed spectators and open to more climbers and not just an elite.
If they're going to have people doing speed climbing competitions on lead with protection in chalk I'd have thought restricting the competitors pretty much to the elite was a good idea.
Anyway, frankly the less popular with the public this kind of crap is the better. I thought we'd decided we weren't going to have climbing competitions outdoors?
jcm