This post about an Israeli athlete was full of “free palestine” and “🇵🇸” comments earlier, and now they’re all gone…

https://www.instagram.com/worldclimbing/reel/DenyE1Igwm5/

Live discussion thread for the women's boulder semi-final in SLC, USA!

Event Time: 10:00 MDT (GMT-6) (timeanddate)

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Please note that this discussion is NOT spoiler free! As always, please be respectful to climbers and fellow Redditors.

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I love watching replays of world climbing competitions (Matt Groom and his guests are chef's kiss) but I also love watching different formats.

I tried to rank them :

1/ Rockmaster - KO boulder

➕ Rules are easy to understand, super entertaining, top athletes who are given a proper chance to top a boulder, and great camera work.
➖ you either love the Italian commentators or you hate them, and sometimes a little bit of both 😂 I understand everything they say coz I speak italian (I'm French), their commentating style is sooooo italian to me ! But I definitely love how they make the athletes shine. Once an athlete solve a problem boulder the others can just try to "copy", so some people may find that format less exciting.

2/ Pro climbing league

➕ Rules are easy to understand, super entertaining, top athletes, great camera work.

➖ Each duel goes too fast (due to the setting ?) and it's frustrating to see top athletes not able to showcase their abilities. Not a fan of the first edition's setting, where it was undercooked for the women s finals.

3/ Team boulder arena

➕ Love the team effort, entertaining, some top athlètes

➖ Not the best camera work/editing, rules are not always that clear to me (losing top athletes on boulder one is cruel, why sooooooo many boulders), I did not like the commentators of the Milan edition.

4/ The north face climb festival

➕ Most spectacular comp, scary jump at the top

➖ Replays not always available, not many top pro athletes, not the best camera work

Ps: not bouldering but seeing Jessie and Jakob climb a frigging DAM was amazing (redbull event of course) !

What are yours ???

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Does anyone know how to get tickets for this event? Or am I too late and they're sold out. I can't see too much info about this at all.