2011 EDGEWORKS HALLOWEEN BLACKLIGHT COMP!

Our region's annual Halloween Blacklight comp was this past 29th at Edgeworks Climbing Gym. There are really only two opinions that people have of this comp, they either hate it or they love it. Sidney and I are in the "love it" camp but I can understand why some people don't like it. Mainly because it's different to climb in the dark and it can get pretty warm in the gym with everything having to be sealed up so it will stay dark. It's tradition that she always wears a costume. One year she wore all black and was covered with neon painted climbing holds. It looked like part of the wall was climbing the routes.

Sidney dressed as a climbing wall in 2008. (Photo courtesy of Sydney McNair)


Last year, she paid homage to Vertical World Head Coach, Tyson. She was hesitant to look bald but did it anyway. It took some work to get her bald wig to look good but it was worth it. Her costume ended up looking great and it got a lot of laughs.

Sidney dressed as Tyson. (Photo courtesy of unknown)


This year, her and Melina went as the Dynamic Duo, Batman & Robin.

Batman (Sidney) & Robin (Melina) showing off their huge muscles. (Photo courtesy of me)


Sidney always does well at this comp and this year was no exception. There were close to 140 youth competitors in her session which made it very crowded with long lines. This put a premium on flashing your routes to get good scores and Sidney is great at that. An hour into the comp she had already bagged 5 solid routes so she was cruising and she actually flashed her highest route in the last 20 minutes of the session. In the end, Sidney had the highest score of all the Female youth competitors and by a healthy margin. To top it all off, she won a 5 pack of Petzl Ange quickdraws in the raffle. Score!

Even after climbing for 3 hours, Sidney and Melina had the energy to fight crime! Their alter egos, Batman & Robin, took down the Joker (Makenna) and the Riddler (Cierra) in the gym parking lot.

HOLY V7, BATMAN! WHAM! BAM! POW! (Photo courtesy of Robyn Graham)


Good once again triumphs over evil! Alas, the Joker and the Riddler later escaped from prison AGAIN and are believed to be hiding out in Poulsbo, WA.