Men's Lead Meishan - Cute moment in podium

5 comment(s) · Apr 12, 2026, 7:47 PM

Cute moment with Shion, Sorato and Neo posing with their flowers [https://www.youtube.com/live/PgyStgBLEXc?si=ekaritrPG330OX8H&t=11592](https://www.youtube.com/live/PgyStgBLEXc?si=ekaritrPG330OX8H&t=11592)

Deutschland-Cup Munich finals live now

0 comment(s) · Apr 11, 2026, 12:16 PM

Any luck with LA28 Olympic tickets?

26 comment(s) · Apr 10, 2026, 7:02 AM

Did anyone manage to snag Olympic tickets? I know the allotment sold out after the first day of locals presale but I've only seen like two people say they actually got em. I'm trying to gauge our odds for the next drop. anyone know what the capacity of the Long Beach climbing venue will be? Google ai search says 8000 but the source seems unreliable

2026 Japan Lead Team Announced

11 comment(s) · Apr 8, 2026, 7:25 PM

Following up on the bouldering team post, here is the [article](https://www.climbers-web.jp/news/20260317-2/) for lead. To summarize: * 22 athletes (12 men, 10 women) total will be eligible to participate in international competitions including the World Climbing Series (formerly IFSC World Cups). This is a decrease from 25 last year (14 men, 11 women qualified last year). * The lists are ranked by priority: 1. Athletes ranked in the top 10 of the 2025 World Rankings 2. Athletes who have been selected for the 20th Asian Games 3. Top finishers in the domestic selection competition (LJC2026) 4. Athletes who have been selected for the 2026 Asian Championships * The men's team is headlined by Satone, Sorato, Neo, and Shion. There are a lot of new faces to the team this year. The 2026 team is the first selection for Hiroto Nishio, Manato Kurashiki, Ryusei Hamada, Haru Funaki, and Rikuto Inohana. Taisei Homma, Shuta Tanaka, Masahiro Higuchi, Tomoa Narasaki, Hareru Nagamori, Yuta Imaizumi, and Yuji Fujiwaki will not be returning. * The women's team is headlined by Mei. That's it. Mashiro Kuzuu, Natsumi Hirano, Kohana Mugishima, and Sana Ogura are not returning from last year's team. They are replaced by Hana Koike (veteran, last selection in 2023), Mia Aoyagi (first lead only selection), and Yuno Harigae (first selection). * That's all. * jk Ai Mori is returning. **Men** 1-1 Satone Yoshida 1-2 Sorato Anraku 1-3 Neo Suzuki 1-4 Shion Omata 3-1 Zento Murashita 3-2 Ao Yurikusa 3-3 Hiroto Nishio 3-4 Manato Kurashiki 3-5 Ryusei Hamada 3-6 Haru Funaki 3-7 Rikuto Inohana 3-8 Hiroto Shimizu **Women** 1-1 Mei Kotake 3-1 Ai Mori 3-2 Miho Nonaka 3-3 Hana Koike 3-4 Natsumi Oda 3-5 Ryu Nakagawa 3-6 Mia Aoyagi 3-7 Yuno Harigae 3-8 Mai Kobayashi 4-1 Natsuki Tanii

2026 Japan Bouldering Team Announced

12 comment(s) · Apr 8, 2026, 6:44 PM

This [article](https://www.climbers-web.jp/news/20260317-1/) is a few weeks old, but I don't think it's been posted yet. To summarize: * 24 athletes (12 men, 12 women) total will be eligible to participate in international competitions including the World Climbing Series (formerly IFSC World Cups). This is an increase from 23 last year (only 11 women qualified last year). * The lists are ranked by priority: 1. Athletes ranked in the top 10 of the 2025 World Rankings 2. Athletes who have been selected for the 20th Asian Games 3. Top finishers in the domestic selection competition (BJC2026) 4. Athletes who have been selected for the 2026 Asian Championships * The men's team is headlined by the same 4 names from last year (Sorato, Sohta, Meichi, and Tomoa). Many other names are also returning minus Yuji Fujiwaki, Rei Sugimoto, and Ritsu Kayotani (focusing on outdoors). They are replaced by Aki Shinozawa (first selection), Kodai Yamada (second selection, first in 2024), and Yoshiyuki Ogata (THE RETURN :)). * The women's team is headlined by Mao, Melody, Miho, and Anon. Unlike last year, Melody is now in the highest priority tier. Mashiro Kuzuu and Miku Ishii are not returning from last year's team. They are replaced by Mia Aoyagi (third selection, last selection in 2023), Nanako Kura (veteran, last selection in 2023), Akane Matsuura (first selection). * For the Ai Mori fans, she's returning. **Men** 1-1 Sorato Anraku 1-2 Sohta Amagasa 1-3 Tomoa Narasaki 1-4 Meichi Narasaki 3-1 Keita Dohi 3-2 Rei Kawamata 3-3 Daiki Sano 3-4 Yusuke Sugimoto 3-5 Aki Shinozawa 3-6 Kento Yamaguchi 3-7 Kodai Yamada 3-8 Yoshiyuki Ogata **Women** 1-1 Mao Nakamura 1-2 Melody Sekikawa 1-3 Miho Nonaka 1-4 Anon Matsufuji 3-1 Futaba Ito 3-2 Ai Mori 3-3 Mia Aoyagi 3-4 Nanako Kura 3-5 Manami Yama 3-6 Yui Suezawa 3-7 Kaho Murakoshi 3-8 Akane Matsuura

Lost by 0.005 seconds at the USA Climbing Elite Open Yeti National Championships 🙃

7 comment(s) · Apr 8, 2026, 11:32 AM

This was back on February 13th and I ended up getting 4th at this comp as the race you see in this video was the small finals race for the bronze medal (I was on the right lane). Losing a chance for a medal by 0.005 def hurts but that's the nature of speed climbing haha. The link for the livestream: [https://www.youtube.com/live/PZmGHNS88fQ?si=wVngT3rIMgTYJ7Pl](https://www.youtube.com/live/PZmGHNS88fQ?si=wVngT3rIMgTYJ7Pl)

World Climbing Asia Championship Meishan 2026

84 comment(s) · Apr 7, 2026, 6:59 AM

Asian Championships start tomorrow. The winners of each discipline will earn a quota place for the next World Climbing Championship. This event also serves as one of the qualification events for the Asian Games in Nagoya this September. **Schedule (UTC +8)** The events will be livestreamed on [World Climbing Asia's Youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@worldclimbingasia), [CMA's official livestream](https://www.sport.org.cn/zt/2026asiapyjbs/), CMA's wechat channel (中国登山协会), and possibly other chinese video streaming sites (please leave a comment if you know of alternative web livestreams). **EDIT: The boulder finals have been rescheduled to an earlier time. The competition schedule for 12 April has also been updated.** |Date/Time|Event| |:-|:-| |8 April, 0930|Boulder Q - Women| |8 April, 1600|Boulder Q - Men| |9 April, 0930|Speed Q| |9 April, 1530|[Boulder Semifinal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrdIsxJA_7o)| |9 April, 2000|[Speed Final](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKAC--acVJw)| |10 April, 1400|[Boulder Final - Women](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhXONbTNJWE)| |10 April, 1730|[Boulder Final - Men](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kol1_z3ZFnQ)| |11 April, 1300|[Lead Q](https://www.pdnews.cn/live/20000025275) (thanks, u/kikobri)| |12 April, 1030|[Lead Semifinal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYf6d3OidG4)| |12 April, 1730|[Lead Final](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgyStgBLEXc) (Women followed by Men)| Additional livestream for [boulder semifinals](https://www.pdnews.cn/livebook/20000025237) [Startlist and Live Results](https://ifsc.results.info/event/1515/)

Wotcher now includes podcasts

0 comment(s) · Apr 5, 2026, 5:37 PM

Hi all, I just added support for podcast episodes, in addition to videos, to Wotcher. For example, I included the *That's Not Real Climbing* episode with Jackie Hueftle that was posted here and a *Careless Talk* episode where Sam and Aidan talk about the Pro Climbing League in the PCL collection: [https://wotcher.org/comp-climbing/c/pro-climbing-league-pcl](https://wotcher.org/comp-climbing/c/pro-climbing-league-pcl) The Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast links should open the episode in their respective apps. If you have any problems, please post a comment or report a bug, using the "Bug" button at the top right of the page.

Janja’s 2026 world cup calendar and other things in her plan

34 comment(s) · Apr 4, 2026, 8:36 PM

A Slovenian sport media posted Janja’s 2026 calendar last week, and published an interview with her this week. [https://siol.net/sportal/drugi-sporti/janja-garnbret-intervju-688176](https://siol.net/sportal/drugi-sporti/janja-garnbret-intervju-688176) They are in Slovene, google translate seemed to work well with it;) Basically Janja’s big project this year will be Bibliographie and house building. She’s even willing to miss Innsbruck if she needs the time for Bibliographie. Also sounds like she’s arranging some climbing marathon in Slovenia, maybe not as long as the 24hr event last year but similar? BTW if anyone’s counting, Janja’s first gold this year will be her 50th.

Pro Climbing League Routesetting Interview

15 comment(s) · Apr 3, 2026, 8:24 PM

Saw quite a lot of discussion on here about PCL/the setting there so figured some of you might be interested in hearing more about the behind the scenes of setting it! This was with Jackie Hueftle, who was the routesetting director (and also co-owner of Kilter!), and she talks about whether the setting was too soft, goes into the specific difficulties of setting for female comp climbers, and talks about some ways it could be changed in the future.

French Bouldering Champs by Sam Richard and Boulder World Cup Simulation by Toby Roberts

0 comment(s) · Apr 2, 2026, 1:47 PM

[Get inside my team for the French Bouldering Championships 🇫🇷](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Bcq93oioc) (Sam Richard) [ Inside a Boulder World Cup Simulation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgHYDs6HAGs) (Toby Roberts)

Erin McNeice climbs in every Depot gym in one day

5 comment(s) · Mar 30, 2026, 3:07 PM

How to get tickets to USA Climbing NACS event.

8 comment(s) · Mar 29, 2026, 11:26 AM

I recently learned that there's a North America Cup event a short drive from Philly where I live (Bridgeport). Anyone know how one goes to spectate? Do I need a ticket? Can't find any info of USA climbing or the gym's website​

Fantasy climbing league

9 comment(s) · Mar 29, 2026, 6:55 AM

Emil Abrahamsson just launched a fantasy climbing league (in open beta for the next few hours only) : Original post on YouTube communities : http://youtube.com/post/UgkxSzJ08fqrDYW9GyWaWdHhlmWtOe20Zr7e?si=ozM6QN\_wtmedhLrj Link to the website : https://fantasyclimbingleague.com/

German Bouldering Championship - Live right now

10 comment(s) · Mar 28, 2026, 2:35 PM

Stream: https://www.sportschau.de/mehr-sport/deutsche-meisterschaft-im-bouldern,livestream-boulder-dm-100.html (may require a german VPN/proxy) Live results: https://dav.results.info/event/2060/ The Women's Final is going on right now. The men will follow afterwards. It's great to see that the national public broadcaster is hosting the livestream even if that means the quality is garbage.

Ex-World Cup Climber VS Poland's Biggest Competition

1 comment(s) · Mar 27, 2026, 1:39 PM

Filmed a mate, and pretty strong climber, at Mood Masters. The level of competition is getting higher and higher at it, really cool to see at a local comp

Hamish McArthur announced retirement from comp climbing

26 comment(s) · Mar 25, 2026, 3:44 PM

[https://www.instagram.com/p/DWTrCCyCNy4/](https://www.instagram.com/p/DWTrCCyCNy4/) >With smiling eyes, it’s time to announce my retirement from competition. This decision has been making itself for the past few years, but I’m finally ready to honour it. My roots, once firmly fixed in the chase of gold, have spread their tendrils deep into the earth and found healthier soil. I see a lot more gold in nature, anyways. To all my friends on the circuit: Thank you. You were the real reason I showed up. To anyone following my journey: This is the beginning of a whole new chapter. I can feel it’s charged with incredible potential. Let’s see what happens together.

Seo Chaehyun getting double gold at Korean National Championship after a skull injury

13 comment(s) · Mar 25, 2026, 6:08 AM

CWIF 2026

19 comment(s) · Mar 21, 2026, 12:07 PM

The final Climbing Works International Festival (CWIF) is held this weekend :( Live streams of semi-final and final will be on YouTube. [Results and start list](https://comp-os.app/events/438da385-e195-4ae7-bb7d-74d3d41108ee) (the results of the qualifications should be on soon) [Semi-Final](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR3PKGTVBHs) 11:45 GMT [Final](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VujOPDmkNc4) 17:45 GMT [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/climbingworks/), [Official page](https://www.climbingworks.com/)

Klimb Masters 2026 and Delfts Bleau International Youth Open 2026

8 comment(s) · Mar 15, 2026, 4:26 AM

# Klimb Masters 2026 Spanish comp with international climbers. Qualifications were yesterday, semi-finals and finals are today. Looks like only the finals will be streamed on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8a_KovIcdc) from 18:00 (it's already scheduled). I couldn't find results, but they post on at least on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/klimb_zarautz/). Semi-Finalists: https://preview.redd.it/u3ey5gvw46pg1.png?width=681&format=png&auto=webp&s=0c69fb954754fde9d2234f526335ef39f2f37de9 https://preview.redd.it/l4wvyns056pg1.png?width=684&format=png&auto=webp&s=5824e91fb5c27b942127f0c7a9e778af93bde655 # Delfts Bleau International Youth Open 2026 It's comp in Netherlands, live on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apfZHo-sCxI), starts in about 45 minutes. Matt Groom will be commenting, so you can hang out with him for couple of hours :) [Results](https://www.delftsbleau.nl/dbiyo/resultaten/)

Attention climbing gym owners who need climbing holds

1 comment(s) · Mar 13, 2026, 11:44 AM

ACA (Alberta Canada) Youth bouldering provincials this weekend

0 comment(s) · Mar 13, 2026, 7:49 AM

Hi everyone, we're hosting the Alberta Climbing Association Youth B/A/Jr bouldering provincial championship on YouTube this weekend. http://www.youtube.com/@albertaclimbingassociation We streamed the younger D/C bouldering provincials last weekend, and will also stream the lead / top rope provincials in April. We're able to offer this on a shoestring budget. It has gone over very well for our members and their families. Feel free to check it out this weekend, or browse previous live streams if you're interested. I'm happy to share technical details if anyone is interested. With a little bit of equipment, some minor software licensing, and a lot of enthusiasm... It's within reach for any organization to share their competitions.

Nordic Boulder Championship on Youtube

6 comment(s) · Mar 13, 2026, 1:45 AM

havent seen it mentioned here yet. streamed 4 days ago [https://youtu.be/5Q8LbbMv7VI](https://youtu.be/5Q8LbbMv7VI)

New comp livestream notifications

18 comment(s) · Mar 12, 2026, 1:04 AM

Last week, I shared the site that I built to find comp livestreams in one place. Thanks so much for the warm response. It occurred to me that it would be nice to get notified when a new video is posted, instead of having to go see what's new. So I added a feature to get notifications by email or Discord. You can sign up on the main page: [https://wotcher.org/comp-climbing](https://wotcher.org/comp-climbing) (I won't spam you or sell your email address if you sign up.) I also added a feedback button in the top right corner of the page (look for the bug icon) if you run into any issues or have a suggestion.

How to see all national + international bouldering competitions and who's competing?

12 comment(s) · Mar 11, 2026, 12:33 PM

Hello! I have been wanting to attend a professional bouldering event for a while. I have a kid and a demanding job, so this would probably be a once in a lifetime opportunity. This is why I'd love to attend one where some of the top athletes are competing, just so I can see them in real life at least once! (Natalia Grossman, Oriane Bertone, Brooke Raboutou, Janja Garnbret, Tomoa Narasaki, Ai Mori, Sorato Anraku, the list goes on and on). But I cannot for the life of me figure out what the schedule is, or where/when events are happening. And even less who will be competing. Do you buy tickets to attend? Is it first come first serve? I already know about the World Climbing schedule online, but I'd also like to know what other competitions these climbers are planning to be in, either in the USA or in France (I will be in both countries this year). Is there a climbing event schedule that covers all of them and shows who has registered so far?

Ai Mori's post-LJC 2026 interview (spoiler free)

23 comment(s) · Mar 10, 2026, 1:32 PM

Ai Mori spoke to Climbers magazine after the Lead Japan Cup final this weekend and I thought there were some interesting bits worth sharing. I'll leave out anything to do with the comp result or performance to avoid spoilers, but [here's the full article](https://www.climbers-web.jp/news/20260310-1/). Although she did say the final route was the most difficult one she'd faced in the LJC, she said she was less worried about winning the competition or the pressure of a seventh straight title, and she focused on competing at the world stage instead. (please excuse my rough translation) * Why she's doing both lead and boulders when many athletes are specializing: *"I'm more focused on lead, but I incorporate bouldering into my lead training. Making the final of BJC and the national team was more luck than ability, but I think I had luck on my side because of the effort I've put in and only doing lead might stop me from bouldering more. I'll keep doing both, but I want to compete in lead at LA 2028"* * On her plans after graduating university this spring: *"I won't go to graduate school and I plan to just be an athlete for the next year. I won't do the full World Climbing Series because I'm not comfortable overseas. I'll keep tabs on my physical condition and will compete to the extent that it's enjoyable and keep working toward my primary goal, the next Olympics."* * So she's going pro?: *"It's more like removing "student" from my title. I'd like to be 'X and climber', so I'm trying out things to do outside of climbing."* I know she's bit of a mystery to a lot of non-Japanese fans, but I think this gives a nice window into her motivations and how she approaches training/comps.

Round two of US Team Trials Bouldering starting now, streaming free on Youtube

41 comment(s) · Mar 8, 2026, 12:00 PM

Here's the streaming link. Brooke Raboutou, Natalia Grossman, Melina Costanza, and Colin Duffy will all be climbing: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5dW5RyFlVs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5dW5RyFlVs)

Austrian Boulder Championships 2026

1 comment(s) · Mar 7, 2026, 1:31 PM

[Starting in about 45 minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEJCYz8PQPc) Semi-finals were early [today](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqvIfSN4mIw) [Results](https://data.austriaclimbing.com/Event/3607)

French Team Selection

3 comment(s) · Mar 7, 2026, 8:47 AM

Sam Richard's current instagram reel says the French selection comp is on this weekend. Does anyone know if this is streamable somewhere? [Link](https://www.instagram.com/stories/saam.richard/3846896863517925145/)

Lead Japan Cup (LJC) 2026

7 comment(s) · Mar 6, 2026, 11:18 PM

The qualification round is happening right now and there is a [livestream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvqC_Jb61Wo). Tomorrow (8 March) will be [semifinals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q7p_bWudaw) (0930 UTC +9) and [finals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BahyPDXebxs) (1500 UTC +9). Live results can be found [here](https://result.jma-climbing.org/event/ljc2026/1/1/result). Click on JA in the top right corner to change the interface to English. \--- The results of this competition will determine who gets into Japan's lead climbing team. For lead, the athletes who get to attend the first **four** world series comps are: * Those in the top 10 Lead CUWR last year (as of 31 Dec 2025), subject to a max 3 per gender. * Men: Satone Yoshida, Sorato Anraku, Neo Suzuki * Women: None * The remaining quota (Japan gets 6 per gender) will be filled in order of LJC rank The athletes who will attend the 5th and 6th world series comps are: * Those in the top 10 Lead CUWR last year but didn't attend the first 4 comps. * Men: Shion Omata * Women: None * Athletes qualified for Asian Games (Lead), max 1 per gender * Athletes who got 6th place and better in the first four world series comps (max 3, including Shion Omata if he attends) * The remaining quota (Japan gets 6 per gender) will be filled in order of LJC rank, excluding those who already took part in the first 4 comps

Tired of hunting for comp livestreams on YouTube, so I built a free site to make it easier

41 comment(s) · Mar 6, 2026, 7:22 PM

Hi, long time fan of comp climbing, first time poster. I find it hard to find comp livestreams on YouTube, even when I know what I'm looking for, so I built a website (free to use, free of ads) that puts them all in one place. Instead of relying on the YouTube algorithm to show you new comps, you can browse comps in reverse chronological order and immediately see what’s new. You can also search and filter comps by category: country, series (World Cup, etc.), discipline, round, and gender. The site includes livestreams not on YouTube, like the PCL, too. It's a work in progress, so any feedback is welcome. Also, it's curated by a human (me), so it's not comprehensive, but I think I've got all recent comps going back to the start of last year's World Cup season. Now that the 2026 comp season is underway, I thought it would be a good time to share it: [https://wotcher.org/comp-climbing](https://wotcher.org/comp-climbing)

After watching PCL, I am convinced speed should not be part of bouldering. Ever.

31 comment(s) · Mar 6, 2026, 5:45 PM

They can keep the two boulders you climb side by side, if they want. But they have to figure out a ruleset where being faster doesn't mean you win. Being *first* can mean you win, like it essentially always has. Based on attempts. If they keep *'be faster'* a part of it, then World Climbing has to change exactly 0 things for me to prefer it as the more serious and honest boulder competition. I don't know how they want to solve this. Maybe just make it attempts, it is the most reasonable thing I can think of. Imagine a scenario where McSpeedster pulls on the wall 3 times to get to hold number 4, and Annie gets there later but on her first attempt, then I am naturally more impressed by Annie. That is what bouldering is. Take the speed out of it. Have a giant counter on each side on the wall so the audience knows which attempt they are on or whatever.

US National Team Trials, March 3-8

41 comment(s) · Mar 5, 2026, 10:39 PM

I didn't see a post on the US National Team Trials, so thought I would make one. It's going on right now. Results: [https://usac.results.info/event/448/](https://usac.results.info/event/448/) Live stream: [https://www.youtube.com/@OutsideWatch/streams](https://www.youtube.com/@OutsideWatch/streams) Event details: [https://usaclimbing.org/national-team-trials/](https://usaclimbing.org/national-team-trials/) Since there isn't a separate live post going for this, feel free to discuss spoilers in the comments, I spoiler tagged the post.

Large climbing study on burnout + mental health: participants needed (18+)!

5 comment(s) · Mar 4, 2026, 4:52 AM

Hi everyone, I've been volunteering as a research assistant for the past year, and I'd love to invite you to take part in a study that means a lot to our climbing community. While the initial aim was to look at World Climbing (IFSC) athletes only, they have recently extended their scope to gather data from \*all\* climbers! There is also the possibility of receiving a complimentary 1:1 session with a sports psychologist at the end. By participating, you’ll help us better understand how stress, emotions, and uncertainty shape performance and well-being across different climbing contexts. If you're happy to take part, or know any other climbers who might be interested in doing so, you can do so through here: [https://unibuc.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?tt=T/9YT60gbdYECHrPeIW9eQ%3D%3D](https://unibuc.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?tt=T/9YT60gbdYECHrPeIW9eQ%3D%3D) (should be the same link as the QR code in the attached photo). Let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for the support 🙏🏼 Please feel free to share the photo / link with more people. https://preview.redd.it/zjtcbzcy20ng1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=52d0444e246dc422d453644f4b63b242f070cb89

My Favourite Shots from Canadian Bouldering Nationals

0 comment(s) · Mar 3, 2026, 2:37 PM

Climbers vs non-climbers watching comps

41 comment(s) · Mar 1, 2026, 9:32 PM

There has always been the talk about if climbing comps are appealing/easy-to-follow to non-climbers. But did we set our priorities wrong? The mismatch between people who climbs and people who watch comps is huge. Shouldn’t there be more efforts on attracting climbers to watch the comps and not worry too much about how to make a comp easier to understand for non-climbers? I have many (so many) climber friends who don’t find comps interesting to watch and I don‘t often see people coming up with ideas to solve that. On the other hand, non-climbers usually get into watching because they have heard about climbing from their climbing friends/family and may even try climbing some time in the future. I remember back in the days commentators explaining things to people who might be browsing TV channels and running into a world cup broadcast, but it’s hardly the case anymore, right? Edit: one other thing just came to mind - I feel like the scoring system and basic rules are never hard to understand in climbing comps, and there are tons of popular sports with complicated rules. But the technical details are much harder to understand and appreciate in climbing compared to other sports where you can just see someone runs really fast or jumps really high. In lead and boulder it’s often hard to tell what the hard move is if you don’t climb. And I don’t know how much better the commentators can do to explain that, sometimes it sounded like “we don’t know how to convince you it’s a hard move you’d just have to trust us”.

The last women boulder is not that simple

18 comment(s) · Mar 1, 2026, 6:33 PM

I don’t know why my previous post got censored? What’s going on? we can’t take climbing seriously here?

Shout out to Louis Parkinson!

8 comment(s) · Mar 1, 2026, 6:48 AM

Just wanted to give a shout-out to Louis who was the MC of the PCL event last night for those of us who attended in person. He did a fantastic job, light hearted, fun and an absolute great MC to keep the crowd engaged in the down time, he was clutch in trying to keep it fun and exciting! He was engaged with the crowd, trying to get everyone involved, and got the event organizers to water us after asking, absolute legend really appreciate him and the work he does. Hope to see him at even more evnts in the future doing more mcing or commentary!

The North Face Cup Finals streaming now

7 comment(s) · Mar 1, 2026, 2:30 AM

live results: https://tnfc.moosey.jp/result/2026/?category=10 WD1 Finalists: Futaba Ito Melody Sekikawa Oceana Mackenzie Zhang Yuetong Yuno Tokutake Hatsune Takeishi MD1 Finalists: Kodai Yamada Rei Kawamata Yusuke Sugimoto Sohta Amagasa Meichi Narasaki Yoshiyuki Ogata

Constructive Criticism/Reflection on the Pro Climbing League

136 comment(s) · Mar 1, 2026, 12:24 AM

I thought someone else would have made this already but since there isn't one up yet, here's a thread where we can all post feedback, pros, cons, suggestions for improvement, and criticisms of the Pro Climbing League. While I think a lot of us (including me) thought it was pretty good for a first attempt, obviously it wasn't perfect. But let's try to keep this constructive and not super whiny. Really looking forward to the next edition of the league to see if they make some improvements! My thoughts on it: Pros * Some great exciting moments and tops. Obviously mens final. But the Mejdi/Max faceoff was awesome as a whole. The Mejdi/Toby flash race was sweet. Was stoked to see Colin do well. * Fairly good commentary and use of downtime, even though there was too much. I enjoyed the feature about the routesetters preparation for the event, the interviews, and the views of isolation. * The scoring system/premise of the comp clearly has some merit. The athletes just having to 1-up the other by one hold is great fun to see and great motivation for the athletes. * Loved seeing some of the athletes chat/discuss in the preview and even during the climbing time sometimes. Cons * The women's boulders were too soft. This was obvious to everyone who watched and was the main consensus point in the live thread. And several athletes mentioned it. I hope this is a pretty easy fix for PCL for next time. * Not enough climbing overall for the athletes, especially those who lost 0-2 in the first rounds. Climbing half of two boulders is not worth the trip, or that interesting for spectators. I'm not sure what the improvement here could be. Maybe a double-elim bracket (assuming you can speed up the changeover time between boulders/sets). Misc. * One idea/suggestion: have 4 walls instead of 3, and then redo setting on 2 walls while the other 2 are in use. That way the resetting is overlapping with the climbing and thus less downtime. * Overall, the harder boulders were more interesting to watch than the flash races. Seeing multiple attempts was great and just more climbing. * A round being potentially decided on who pulls on the wall faster is just dumb, need to make sure that isn't actually a possibility. * Final really ought to be best of 3 I think. Or even a best of 5 if that was somehow logistically possible. Like most competitive sports/esports with sets, it is better to do Bo1s earlier in the event, and finish the event with Bo3/o5 to really prove who is the best across different boulders in the format.

If you're interested in comparing how RedBull is handling another new competition format in a different sport, Week 3 of Redbull's brand new PSL (Professional Skateboarding League) is on now!

4 comment(s) · Feb 28, 2026, 9:11 PM

*Hi to the mods! This is obviously somewhat off-topic but hope this is okay to post given the inaugural PCL today and concerns about the format that many voiced.* While I'm a long-time climber and have watched almost every climbing completion possible (from IFSC to olympics to country championships to streamed local comps) I was, well, underwhelmed by the PCL today (I ended up doing chores with it on in the background since there was so much downtime). My disappointment was also high partly because I happened to tune into the PSL (new Redbull-sponsored skateboarding competition) a few weeks ago and actually found it super watchable, even to a non-skater, I think it was more successful as a format than the PCL in my opinion (though I did appreciate the PCL's production quality a lot-- that part was a big improvement!). Anyways, I thought I would post about the PSL here since there's obvious comparisons to draw with both sports getting new Redbull sponsored comps at the same time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vj2wXVqZKU.

I don’t get the hate!

79 comment(s) · Feb 28, 2026, 8:43 PM

I don’t understand why the hate. We literally got to watch a FREE comp with way better production quality . No camera BS, no regional stream block. With the best rivals we can expect. This is by far the most exciting comp I have ever witnessed. Why always blame setters? Especially for the first time. Yes, Janja deserved a better problem. But can’t we just treat it as a deepwatersolo comp? pls downvote me as hard as you can!

Pro Climbing League Live Thread

573 comment(s) · Feb 28, 2026, 1:55 PM

Reddit removed live chats unfortunately, so this is the replacement :( Pro Climbing League [info](https://www.redbull.com/us-en/events/pro-climbing-league) Live stream on [redbull.com](https://www.redbull.com/int-en/events/pro-climbing-league) [Start list and results](https://www.proclimbing.com/results-london-28-02-26)

Pro Climbing League stream question

4 comment(s) · Feb 28, 2026, 12:31 PM

Does anyone know if we'll be able to start the stream late and watch from the start (or pause, rewind etc.)? Got my son's bedtime to deal with right when it starts so won't be able to start until about an hour after the comp begins

PCL: which match are you most looking forward to?

7 comment(s) · Feb 28, 2026, 10:03 AM

Based on current matches: where are you looking forward to? Personally love to see ma vs Yannick because of the special superpowers of both: flow vs power.

Predictions for PCL winners 6 hours before start

9 comment(s) · Feb 28, 2026, 8:43 AM

How to buy tickets to events in China?

4 comment(s) · Feb 27, 2026, 8:08 PM

Couldn’t find any information about ticketing for events in China. Does anyone know?

Time for Pro Climbing League Predictions!

23 comment(s) · Feb 27, 2026, 4:12 PM

The resultats of the seedings are in and it's hard to watch on the mens side! If you wanna join in on the fun of making predictions for the main event you're more than welcome to! 😁🙌

Pro Climbing League Ticket Megathread

3 comment(s) · Feb 27, 2026, 11:55 AM

Here is the place to buy/sell/swap tickets for Pro Climbing League (PCL) events. PLEASE BE CAREFUL. The r/CompetitionClimbing mod team is not responsible for vetting posters or managing transactions.

PCL tix wanted

1 comment(s) · Feb 27, 2026, 11:15 AM

Hi, does anyone have an extra tix to the PCL tmrw? Thank you. I rarely post on reddit and unsure what a megathread is sorry.