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Lactic Factory Bouldering Series 06 -Round 2 15-May-2006 At 6:30:47 PM Rat Man

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On 10/05/2006 obsessedclimber wrote:
>...It is hard to make sure people are where they should be category wise.
>For example, someone may not think that they are "good enough" for Open,
>and compete in Intermediate and smoke the rest of the field, which is unfair
>to Intermediate competitors.
I put up guidelines for people to use to determine which category they are in. I think most people are honest in following them.

>.....If in doubt people show go UP a category, instead of sandbagging. Perhaps
>"It is better to be average amongst champions, then to be a champion amongst
>average" is applicable here...
I agree and also encouraged people into open if they were borderline. but some people just feel embarassed to be in open. Particularly when climbing against the James Kassays of the world.