Festival Schedule |
Registration from the afternoon of October 31 to November 1
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Rock and Grill Restaurant, the festival's caterer, also served as
the registration center.
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Participants were encouranged to wear helmets before entering any festival climbing area.
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Preparing to welcome the first registrants.
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Registration began at 12p.m. Friday, October 31.
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An informal competitor briefing at the Yangshuo Sports Stadium on the evening of October 31 |
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Competitors gathered at the Sports Stadium for the briefing. The festival mission and goals were presented and the competition details were reviewed.
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Festival was officially kicked off at White Mountain on Saturday, November 1 |
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| The approach to the festival site |
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Opening ceremony at White Mountain |
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Opening speech |
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| The North Face® representative |
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Black Diamond team |
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| YSCA representative |
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Yangshuo Sports Bureau representative |
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All sponsors' tents were set up at the entrance of the festival. |
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The big slide show tent was surrounded by sponsors' posters.
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| The medical tent in the open area of White Mountain |
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Festival restroom |
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Coffee Stand |
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Local villagers were selling fruits, snacks, drinks and... |
Climbing Competition at White Mountain |
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Climbing Competition at Wine Bottle |
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Climbing Competition at The Egg |
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Spectators watching the competition |
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The North Face® and Black Diamond athletes conducting climbing seminars |
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Food |
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The grilled pork chop sub-Saturday's lunch.
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BBQ for Saturday's dinner.
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Roasted chicken-Saturday's dinner.
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| Participants lined up to grab chicken, salad, fried rice, fruits and drinks. |
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Enjoying dinner. |
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The North Face® and Black Diamond athletes giving slide shows |
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Back to town |
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Due to the rain on November 2, we continued activities at the Sports Stadium. |
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A brief review on Saturday's activities and announcement of Sunday's rearranged activities. |
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Festival sponsors' posters hanging in the Sports Stadium. |
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Plagues for Yangshuo government bureaus and YSCA for their support of the festival. |
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Liu Yongbang won the first prize in Men's Point Ranking Competition by finishing 17 routes on November 1.
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Polish girl Aleksandra Przybysz won the first prize in Women's Point Ranking Competition by finishing 13 routes on November 1.
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Scott Milton, runner-up of Men's Point Ranking Competition.
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Xiao Ting got the third prize of Women's Point Ranking Competition.
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Lucky draw |
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Too many gifts to give away.
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Jonathan lightened up the stadium atmosphere. |
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Shelly Zhao, Business Manager of Suunto and Antoine Richard, International Managing Director of Entre Prises helped hand out lucky draw gifts. |
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Product sale at the Festival |
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After the lucky draw and lunch, over 100 people braved the rain and headed out to White Mountain for the Hardest Route Competition. |
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Spectators watching the competition at White Mountain |
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Even in the rain, we were able to host the Hardest Route Competition due to White Mountain's overhanging main wall. |
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Abang once again won Men's Hardest Route Competition.
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Aleksandra once again won Women's Hardest Route Competition.
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Happy to celebrate the festival, but sad to say goodbye to all of the new friends we made.
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