By Maxine Speier On Saturday, November 21st, Dogpatch Boulders hosted the final Touchstone Climbing Series competition of 2015. Climbers from across California and from all of the Touchstone gyms gathered in San Francisco to take part in the bouldering comp and to witness the cash-prize finale showdown. The competition, which was open to climbers of […]
The Touchstone Climbing Series is the largest climbing competition in the world! So far this year, the series has visited 8 of our gyms, bringing with it brand new competition routes and boulder problems. “Our TCS events are the perfect excuse for people to check out other Touchstone Climbing Gyms,” said Marketing Director Lauryn […]
From routesetters to desk staff, climbers to pizza makers – SO much work goes into putting on a Touchstone Climbing Series Competition. This Richmond Youth Media helped us capture a bit of the chaos in this awesome video. Check it out!
It’s Tuesday, which means if you look hard enough… Friday is almost in sight! But how will you make the most of your precious weekend? How will you really TGIF this F? May we introduce to you, the Touchstone Climbing Series. Know simply at #TCS2015 to it’s friends, the Touchstone Climbing Series is the largest indoor […]
If you attended the Touchstone Climbing Series bouldering competition at Berkeley Ironworks and thought to yourself, ‘Jeeze, this had got to be the biggest comp I’ve ever been to…’ You were right! The TCS2015 competition had over 750 competitors! We’re especially psyched that we were also able to help raise over $3,500 for the Bay Area Climbers Coalition through […]
The Touchstone Climbing Series, known among friends as TCS2015, is the largest climbing competition in the country. The series visits all 9 Touchstone Climbing gyms, bringing with it brand new climbs, pizza, beer, prizes, t-shirts, and memories that will last a lifetime. Rope Finale at Mission Cliffs Last month marked the half way point in […]
The 2015 Touchstone Climbing Series is almost half way through – which means it’s rope finale time! Our members and guests have climbed at MetalMark Climbing in Fresno, Diablo Rock Gym in Concord, The Studio Climbing in San Jose and Great Western Power Co in Oakland. On Saturday, June 27th, competitors will come together to […]
What’s Going On This Weekend? This Saturday, June 27th will be the fifth and final competition in the 2015 Touchstone Climbing Series for Roped Climbing. Nearly 1000 individual climbers turned up for the four competitions that took place earlier this year at Touchstone gyms in Fresno, Concord, San Jose, and Oakland. On Saturday, the competition […]
Last Friday the 2015 Touchstone Climbing Series at Great Western Power Company brought over 375 climbers and spectators to the gym, making it the largest turn out for a competition in Oakland to date! “Another year another record!” said GWPC manager Jeremy Yee. “We had a terrific turn out, and even though it as an […]
Last Friday the 2015 season of the Touchstone Climbing Series continued at Diablo Rock Gym in Concord. We had 273 climbers turn in score cards, and many more came out to cheer on their fellow competitors and enjoy the atmosphere of the comp. As is customary at TCS comps, we had pizza for all […]
