Scottish Dry Tooling series round 2

This weekend saw round two of the Scottish Tooling Series take place, this time hosted by EICA Ratho. On the way down, Ash, Suzana and I (Anna) stopped off at Dundee to take part in their bouldering comp. Well, unfortunately Ashley was unable to put a climbing shoe on as he had “accidently” kicked a piece of wood (three times). There was a strong Aberdeen contingent, with about ten Aberdonians taking part. The routes were fun and varied, including some swinging logs that got us psyched for the tooling on Saturday! I managed to bag 1st place, and we all managed to leave feeling slightly stiffer than we would have liked! Results were in; Ashley was joint 2nd with Robert Mackenzie, and therefore through to the finals! An awesome effort given that there were 23 strong competitors in his category! I also made it through to the finals in 1st place, for the first time ever ahead of Fiona Murray! The final route involved a no hands start which was a true test of balance. The route went left via some swinging logs, and then up the wall to the right of ratho’s “Sardinian pillar”. It was a fun-filled day, and an exhausting weekend! We are looking forward to the next round already :) (big thanks to Katherine for taking all the photos).
Words by Anna Wells