We came, we saw, he conquered. Unsurprising to few, Stephen Meinhold took home the gold in the expert bouldering and expert sport climbing competitions. The man is ridiculous with a pretty stellar climbing background, he left the competition in his wake this weekend with an incredible 23,100 points in the expert sport climbing comp ( the closest competitor had a meager 8,292 points--that is a 14,808 point deficit). Stephen put up 5 5.13 routes and 5 5.12 routes to come up with that reduncyafunct score. In the expert bouldering comp, Stephen sent 3 v10's to clinch the title with a score of 2,291 points which crushed all of the other climbers by at least 733 points. When asked about his performance the guy casually shrugged off the accomplishment and chalked it up to having a good day. Stephen Meinhold really showed us little people what climbing hard is all about. Let's not forget the guy has a heart as well, after receiving his winnings from both of the competitions, Stephen grabbed a hundred dollar bill from his earnings and dared someone to match the amount in a donation to the Access Fund. This man is special, this man is inspiring, thanks Stephen for killing us this weekend.
Stephen says:
thanks a lot, i was just out doing what i love to do... rock climbing, just like everyone else, it just happend that at the end of the day i had bigger numbers, doesnt really matter. what matters is that over 1200 climbers got together had a great time and raised over $10,000. i think we should thank nrac and the new river local climbing community, they're the ones who all worked way harder than i did, putting on such a huge event. so thank you maura, gene, kenny, wendy, dave, kirk, heather, and all of the other new river locals, i could go on for a while.
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