Mammut Hyalite Ice Breaker Results

[b]Thank you for everyone that participated, volunteered, taught classes, didn't go off the road, or simply enjoyed the weekend. [/b]

I'm grateful beyond words to everyone that contributed to help make this the best ice festival yet. Thank you. Hyalite Provides!

Here are the results of the Thursday Invitational and Saturday Open Mammut Hyalite Ice Breaker Comps. Remember, the Open is open to anyone! Hope to see you next year.

Once again, the Thursday athletes ticked an impressive number of climbs, with some link ups never before completed. Men's Champions Pierre Darbellay and Alex Lussier (the 2007 Open Champion), not only broke trails to the remote routes [i]Kansas Cornfield[/i] and [i]Land of the Lost[/i], they ticked off [i]Cleo's[/i] while on their way to climbing 15 pitches total, and got to speak French all day to boot. This is two more pitches than the 2007 Champions Guy Lacelle and Ross Lynn. Whit Magro and Adam George showed everyone a new way to link up two of the absolute best, and hardest, routes in Hyalite by walking the ledge between [i]Zach Attack[/i] and [i]Upper Mummy Cooler[/i]. Pat Wolfe made first tracks of the year on [i]The Sceptre[/i] in freehanging-dagger, way-burly conditions. Meanwhile Kris Erickson and Juan Villagra came within "one more route" of the top prize by tearing it up in the [i]Genesis[/i] area when many other parties went for fewer, higher scoring routes.

Jen Olson defended her 2007 Championship, this time teamed up with fellow UIAGM guide and Canmoron;-), Lilla Molnar. This duo absolutely crushed it by scoring 3,000 points more than the nearest Women's team by climbing 11 pitches including two great harder routes, [i]Responsible Family Men[/i] (should be renamed ("Hard Canadian Chicks") and [i]The Matrix[/i], that no one else on the day climbed. In total, over 110 pitches were climbed on 48 different routes.

It's impossible to equally compare Thursday and Saturdays results since there was about a 35-40 degree difference in temperature and the ticks would have changed due to other parties, or not, on some of the routes that got climbed a bunch. Regardless, Nate Opp and Aaron Thrasher turned in one of the more impressive Hyalite days EVER in the Saturday Open event. They even made it back before 4 pm with time to spare. It was fitting, of course, since Nate was lined up for the Thursday Invitational but got skunked when his partner, Roger Strong, came down with the flu.

The other highlights from Saturday Open were a new WI 4 route by the Women's Champions Ashley Williams and Ashley Lehman. This is the 2nd year in a row the Ice Breaker Open has produced a new route. The Hardest Pitch award goes to Marc Beverly, a climbing guide from N.M., and his ascent of [i]Airborne Ranger[/i] in mixed conditions. This M9 or 10 sketchy-cobbles onto the free-hanging dagger was only the 2nd ascent ever. Some of you may remember this is the rig Alex rode when it snapped and careened over the head of Scott Backes and Bill Belcourt with Alex escaping with "only" 8 stitches. It normally is done as a full ice pillar and only Whit Magro has done it in full mixed conditions as Marc did this weekend. Kudos! Needless to say, Marc earned an invite to the Ice Breaker next year on that one. Here are the complete results:
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The 2nd Annual Mammut Hyalite Ice Breaker Invitational Results[/b]
Thursday, December  4th, 2008 : 7:00 am starting time, 4:00 pm finish.[i]
• 100 point time penalty for every 10 minutes (or fraction thereof) late.
• Competitors must complete at least one route in three of four areas: Genesis/Mummy Area, Unnamed Wall Area, Winter Dance/Dribbles Area, Twin Falls Area.
• Full point score for each route divided by total number of ascents.
Men’s & Women’s tallied separately.
• Men’s & Women’s Champions each received a new Mammut Rope plus their names inscribed on the Ice Breaker Golden Ice Axe Trophy.[/i]

[b]Men’s Invitational Standings:
1. Pierre Darbellay (Verbier, Switzerland) & Alex Lussier (Bozeman)[/b] – 7,750 points with no time penalty, 15 pitches.[i] Fat Chance, White Zombie, Thin Chance, Kansas Cornfield, Twin Falls Left, Twin Falls Right, Cleopatra’s Needle, Slot Corner, Land of the Lost, Pillar Right, Curtains, Over Easy.[/i]
[b]2. Kris Erickson (Livingston) & Juan Villagra (Argentina) [/b]– 7,367 points with no time penalty, 10 pitches.[i] Clump Tree, Genesis I Original, Genesis I Middle, Genesis I Right, Hang Over, Hang Over Mixed Variation, Genesis II, Elevator Shaft, Solstice I, Equinox.[/i]
[b]3. Bryan Schmitz (Portland) & John Frieh (Portland)[/b] – 6,775 points with no time penalty, 13 pitches. [i]Mummy I, Fat Chance, Crypt Orchid, Cave and Gully, Feeding the Cat, Magically Delish, Over Easy, The Western, Avalanche Gully Bottom, Dribbles.[/i]
[b]4. Whit Magro (Bozeman) & Adam George (Salt Lake City) [/b]– 6,583 points with no time penalty, 7 pitches. [i]Zach Attack I-III, Mummy III & IV, Good Looking One, Curtains.[/i]
[b]5. Mattieu Audibert (Quebec) & Ross Lynn (Bozeman)[/b] – 6,467 points with no time penalty, 14 pitches. [i]Thin Chance, Switchback Falls, Elevator Shaft, Fat One, Itchy & Scratchy, The Scrappy One, Thrill is Gone, Avalanche Bottom, Dribbles, Silken Falls.[/i]
[b]6. Pat Wolfe (Bozeman) & Stan Price (Billings) [/b]– 4,083 points with no time penalty, 9 pitches. [i]Mummy I, The Sceptre, Twin Falls Left, Twin Falls Right, Cleopatra’s Needle, Slot Corner II, Curtains, Over Easy.[/i]
[b]7. Mark Givens (Jackson) & Chris Hamilton (Bozeman) [/b]– 3,758 points with 100 point time penalty, 9 pitches. [i]Fat Chance, Elevator Shaft, Itchy & Scratchy, Twin Falls Left, Twin Falls Right, Cleopatra’s Needle, Ice Breaker, Equinox.[/i]

[b]Women’s Invitational Standings:
1. Jen Olson (Canmore) & Lilla Molnar (Canmore)[/b] – 6,933 points with 300 point penalty, 11 pitches. [i]Fat Chance, Thin Chance, Crypt Orchid, The Matrix, Cave and Gully, Feeding the Cat, Fat One, Over Easy, Responsible Family Men, Avalanche Bottom.[/i]
[b]2. Caroline George (Salt Lake City) & Sarah Hueniken (Canmore)[/b] – 3,933 points with 200 point penalty, 10 pitches. [i]Fat One, Avalanche Bottom, Dribbles, Silken Falls, Fat Chance, Switchback Falls.[/i]
[b]3. Audrey Gariepy (Quebec) & Amber Seyler (Bozeman) [/b]– 3,633 points with no time penalty, 7 pitches. [i]Fat Chance, Switchback Falls, Elevator Shaft, Fat One, Thrill is Gone, Curtains, Over Easy.[/i]
[b]4. Margo Talbot (Nelson, BC) & Althea Rogers (Bozeman)[/b] – 3,050 points with no time penalty, 4 pitches. [i]G1 Original, Twin Falls Left, Ice Breaker, Elevator Shaft.[/i]

[b]The 2nd Annual Mammut Hyalite Ice Breaker Open Results[/b]
Saturday, December 6th 2008 : 7:00 am starting time, 4:00 pm finish.[i]
• 100 point time penalty for every 10 minutes (or fraction thereof) late.
• Competitors must complete at least one route in three of five areas: Genesis Area, Mummy Area, Unnamed Wall Area, Winter Dance/Dribbles Area, Twin Falls Area.
• Full point score for each route divided by total number of ascents of all teams.[/i]

[b]Open Division Standings:
1. Nate Opp & Aaron Thrasher (Bozeman) [/b]– 9,933 points with no time penalty, 14 pitches. [i]Hang Over, Switchback, Desert Dance, Slot Corner, Land of the Lost, Winter Dance 1st pitch, Curtains, Over Easy, Responsible Family Men, Dribbles. [/i]Each winners of a new rope from Mammut and automatic invite to the 2009 Thursday Invitational.
[b]2. Tyler Nygard (Bozeman) & Hermes Lynn (Livingston)[/b] – 4,441 points with no time penalty. 11 pitches. [i]Elevator Shaft, The Fat One, Scrappy One, Upper Greensleeves, Hang Over, Hang Over Variation, Soprano, Mummy 1, Crypt Orchid, Cave n Gully, Feeding the Cat.[/i] 2nd Place Award for each, a one-month pass to Spire Climbing Center.
[b]3. Marc Beverly & Justin Spain (Albuquerque) [/b]– 3,793 points with a 200 point penalty. 6 pitches. [i]The Fat One, Sleeping Giant, Cleopatra’s Needle, Airborne Ranger. [/i]Winner of a Mammut Slack Line Kit for “Hardest Pitch Award” (Marc Beverly leading Airborne Ranger in mixed conditions, only the 2nd ascent.) Justin given a Mammut belay device.
[b]4. Justin Fric & Travis McAlpine (Jackson)[/b] – 2,926 points with no time penalty. 8 pitches. [i]Elevator Shaft, The Fat One, Itchy & Scratchy Show, Scrappy One, Thrill is Gone, Lower Greensleeves, Switchback Falls, Twin Falls Right.[/i]
[b]5. Mike Ochs & Thad Swant (Great Falls)[/b] – 2,726 points with no time penalty. 5 pitches. [i]Zach Attach first 3 pitches, The Fat One, Switchback Falls.[/i]
[b]6. Caleb Sunde (Portland) & Casey Ambrose (Bozeman)[/b] – 2,718 points with no time penalty. 7 pitches. [i]Fat One, Lower Greensleeves, Hang Over, Cleopatra’s Needle, Ice Breaker, Solstice 1.[/i]
[b]7. Colter Anderson & Mike Kellch (Bozeman) [/b]– 2,508 points with no time penalty. 6 pitches. [i]Elevator Shaft, Fat One, Scrappy One, Mummy 1, Solstice 1, Equinox. [/i]Winners of two signed copies (by all Invite Athletes) of Winter Dance for the “Best Costume Award.”
[b]8. Ashley Williams & Ashley Lehman (Missoula)[/b] – 2,433 points with no time penalty. 7 pitches. [i]Hang Over, Switchback Falls, Over Easy, The Western, Silken Falls, a new WI 4 route near The Western. [/i]Women’s Winners each taking home a new Mammut Rope and automatic invite to the 2009 Invitational, plus Ambler hats as a “New Route Award.”
[b]9. Mark Berreth & Eric Lower (Bozeman) [/b]– 2,415 points with no time penalty. 8 pitches. [i]Lower Greensleeves, Mummy Cooler 1, Over Easy, The Western, Avalanche Gulch Bottom, Silken Falls.[/i]
[b]10. Rich Searle (Bozeman) & Rhys Dubin (Los Angeles) [/b]– 2,365 points with no time penalty. 5 pitches. [i]Lower Greensleeves, Mummy Cooler 1, Twin Falls Left, Twin Falls Right, Ice Breaker. [/i]Rhys, age 16, was given a signed Bozeman Ice Festival Poster as the “Youngest Participant.”
[b]11. Seth Timpano & Mark Anderson (Bozeman)[/b] – 1,957 points with no time penalty. 7 pitches. [i]Sleeping Giant, Mummy Cooler 1, Switchback Falls, Crypt Orchid, Cave n Gully, Feeding the Cat, Over Easy.[/i]
[b]12. Jason Baker & Rich Bennett (Hayden Lake, Idaho) [/b]– 651 points with no time penalty. 4 pitches. [i]The Fat One, Scrappy One, Switchback Falls, The Western.[/i]
[b]13. Pat Odenbeck (Belgrade) & Kevin Brumbach (Bozeman) [/b]– 2,833 points with no time penalty but only climbed in two areas. 5 pitches. [i]Elevator Shaft, Good Looking One, Magically Delish, Crypt Orchid, Cave n Gully.[/i]