The Touchstone Climbing Series visits all 11 Touchstone Climbing locations, bringing with it a gym filled with new routes, beer, pizza, a T-shirt and more fun than you can shake a stick at. TCS is the largest indoor climbing competition in the world, with over 2000 competitors from all over the country in attendance. After […]
It’s no secret that the Touchstone Climbing Series is legendary. 11 locations. 11 Competitions. One amazing community to rule them all! This month’s comp is bringing the community together at Diablo Rock Gym in Concord, Ca. Here are some handy tips to prepare for Friday’s party – er – competition. Pre-Competition Prep: Carbo-loading is only half of […]
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 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 […]
