The Washington Area Interscholastic Climbing League provides a competitive climbing program for high school students in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. Both teams and individual climbers are welcome to participate.
Current Teams:
Episcopal High School
National Cathedral School
St. Alban's School
Woodberry Forest School
Individual Climbers from:
Churchill
Georgetown Day School
Holton Arms
Landon School
Sidwell Friends School
Meet Format
Current Teams:
Episcopal High School
National Cathedral School
St. Alban's School
Woodberry Forest School
Individual Climbers from:
Churchill
Georgetown Day School
Holton Arms
Landon School
Sidwell Friends School
Meet Format
Event format for standard meets is as follows:
- A meet may be held at any public or private climbing wall using top-rope routes
- All climbers must follow all of the safety guidelines set by the Gym
- Each team may determine the number of climbers on their team
- Climbers will divide into climbing groups of two or three climbers (climber/belayer, climber/belayer/back belayer or judge)
- Each climbing group is responsible for setting their climb/switch format
- Standard meet time-frame is one and a half hours (1.5 hours). All climbs must be completed in the set time-frame for the meet. Teams may start together or each team may start their time-frame independantly. Alternate time-frames may be set for a meet, but must be determined at the beginning of the meet and must be equal for all teams competing
- Only top-rope climbs completed in "red-point" style will be scored. Red-point is defined as: starting on the prescibed start of the climb, within the bounds of the route, finishing "in control" on the final hold of the route, without weighting the rope. "in control" means hold for a count of three, at least, then let go. Holding a tight belay, as well as falling, is considered "weighting the rope"
- If an "off route" hold is touched during the course of a climb and the climber does not gain progress or rest on the hold, the climber may continue. If an "off route" hold is used during the course of a climb, the climber must return to the start of the climb and red-point the route to earn points. There is no "no hands rest" protocol in WAICL meets
- The cumulative point total for the best two (2) scored climbs for each climber will be that climber's final meet score
- Final meet score for each climber will be recorded at the conclusion of the formal meet scoring period
Meet Scoring Top Roping
The following table will be used to convert the Yosemite Decimal System (YDS) to a point system for scoring purposes. This scoring method will be used for all WAICL meets and events.
5.5
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= 1pts
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5.10a, 5.10-
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= 8pts
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5.11+, 5.11d
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= 15pts
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5.6
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= 2pts
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5.10, 5.10b
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= 9pts
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5.12-, 5.12a
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= 16pts
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5.7
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= 3pts
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5.10c
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= 10pts
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5.12, 5.12b
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= 17pts
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5.8
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= 4pts
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5.10+, 5.10d
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= 11pts
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5.12c
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= 18pts
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5.8+
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= 5pts
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5.11-, 5.11a
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= 12pts
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5.12+, 5.12d
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= 19pts
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5.9
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= 6pts
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5.11, 5.11b
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= 13pts
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5.13-, 5.13a
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= 20pts
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5.9+
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= 7pts
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5.11c
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= 14pts
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5.13, 5.13b
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= 21pts
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NOTE:
- Routes rated (a/b),(b/c), or (c/d) will be given the higher point total. Example: 5.11a/b = 5.11b = 13 points.
- At the discretion of the coaches, gyms that have route areas of two distinct heights will have the shorter area scored using the table and the higher area will have (0.5) added to the point value. Example(s):
- At Earth Treks (Columbia) - the shorter top-rope routes (upstairs on the mezzanine at Columbia, teaching areas at Timmoniun and Rockville) are scored .5 points (one half point) less than the table.
Meet Scoring Bouldering
E5, E6 = 1
V0 =2
V1 = 3
V2-, V2 = 4
V2+ = 5
V3-, V3 = 6
V3+ = 7
V4- , V4 = 8
V4+ = 9
V5-, V5 = 10
V5+ = 11
V6-,V6 = 12
