What is Sufferfest?

In teams of two, you’ll have 8 hours to climb as much as you can! A grade multiplier weighs harder climbs with more points – but there will be prizes for the most points and the most climbs, so pick your tactic – either way don’t have to climb 8a to win, you just have to climb a lot!

This year, we’re proud to support Climbers Against Cancer and Avon and Somerset Search and Rescue – £8from every booking will go directly to them.

The Rules:

• Routes must be climbed cleanly, without weighting the rope

• Onsight / Flash / Redpoint are scored the same. A clean ascent is what counts

• No auto belays or boulder traverses this year, so bring a good belay buddy!

• One scorecard per team (submitted via Google Form, paper copies available for tallying – we’ll make bigger ones than last year, as some of your tallies were incredible!)

• All climbers must be registered to rope climb with us.

• Safe belaying and lowering at all times!

Categories:

This is an open competition – age and gender don’t matter. Grab a partner and get climbing!

Prizes:

Ropes, chalk, head torches and more are being supplied by our friends at Dick’s Climbing and Taunton Leisure. Prizes for the overall highest-scoring team, the team that climbed the most (regardless of score), plus a few otherchances to win and freebies!

Thirst will be quenched by the wonderful folk at Tenzing! (please note, you cannot drink alcohol and climb, so let’s stick to the Tenzing and other soft drinks until 19:00!)

Scoring:

Scoring is based on each completed route. Each grade is scored 20% higher than the last.

Grade 4 = 1 point

Grade 4+ = 1.2 points

Grade 5 = 1.4 points

Grade 5+ = 1.7 points

all the way up to

Grade 8a = 18.5 points

Timings:

Registration: 10:00-10:30

“Comp”: 10:30-18:30

Prize Givings: 19:00

Afters (if we’ve got any beans left): 19:00 – 22:00

To get hyped, check out 24 Hours in Horseshoe Hell, the event that inspired us: WATCH HERE📺