Bouldering meet in Bishop for American Access Fund

Over 400 climbers gathered in Bishop, California at the start of December in a highly successful three-day event designed to raise funds for the American Access Fund.

Planetmountain.com

December 2002

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Over 400 climbers gathered in Bishop, California at the start of December in a highly successful three-day event designed to raise funds for the American Access Fund. Climbers were awarded points for each problem climbed, and these were subsequently converted into US dollars. Some of the best boulderers in the world turned up to the event, including the likes of Chris Sharma, Pedro Pons, Mauro Calibani and Tony Lamiche.

Despite the intense cold some of Buttermilks’ hardest problems were sent, notably Sharma’s mythical Mandala V12 (Fb8a+), which saw an impressive seven ascents. Even more impressive though was Tony Lamiche’s effort – he succeeded in the first-ever flash, before adding a harder sit-down start, graded V13 (Fb8b).

The event, a stage of the Petzl Roc Trip World Tour, raised almost $8000 for the American Access Fund. Published below is the list of top ranked climbers and their equivalent Dollar earnings.

Men
1	Tony Lamiche	572 France
2	Chris Sharma	555 USA
3	Pedro Pons	305 Spain
4	Jerome Meyer	295 France
5	Mauro Calibani	240 Italy
6	Olivier Favresse	239 Belgium
7	Dave Graham	217 USA
8	Isaac Caldiero	212 USA
9	Kevin Jorgeson	210 USA
10	Greg Loh	196 USA

Women
1	Lisa Rand	138 USA
2	Tori Allen	97 USA
3	Natasha Barnes	92 USA
4	Emily Harrington	91 USA
5	Pauline Hseih	62 USA
6	Crista Hollenberg	37 USA
7	Amanda Bellina	24 Italy
8	Marea Palmer	18 USA
9	Tracy Wilson	18 USA
10	Isa Carrier	15 France

Tony Lamiche flashing The Mandala V12. Photo ©PatitucciPhoto.com For full photo report see
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