The 2006 season came to a close in Dec with a white fury. A blizzard shut down the city but it didnt stop a hardcore crew from showing up at Ground Zero and laying the smack down. Climbers had to wrap thier heads and arms around some huge new holds from StoneAge. And the general feeling was that these were the best problems set to date for the NSBL.Thankyou to Stoneage for making this huge sickness and thanks to Chris Richardson for helping to set the killer problems. This season saw the title change hands(barely) from last years champ Andy Fraser to Ben Smith of no fixed address. Things were tight and Andy worked himself to try and over take Ben in the last two rounds. It seems perseverance pays off though as Lance Thruster chugged his way thru each round to end up a respectable 4th place. Paul Rockwell crushed his way into 3rd. And Scott Richardson rounded out the top five.
The Womens category was once again dominated by youngster Beth Shaefenburg who had enough points to easily win the womens cat and also place top 10 in the mens cat. This was Beths last season with us as she is moving out West to climb some real mountains so if you see her wish her good luck. She inspired a lot of us to pull really hard and will be missed i'm sure. Andrea Makkay got second by a substantial margin. The real battle was for 3rd and that was taken by Jenn Prescott. With little regard for personal safety and supreme flexability Jenn cranked hard all season long. Kudos!
So take a break everyone, eat some turkey, drink some eggnog, let your injuries heal(princess im talking to you) and we will see everyone in Feb 2007!
WOOOOORRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Sean T NSBL Grand Poo-bah
Mens final 2006
1.Ben Smith 27,900
2.Andy Fraser 25,550
3.Paul Rockwell 22,100
4.Lance Thruster 18,500!!!boyaaaaa
5.Scott Richardson 16,950
6.Conan Baker 16,600
7.Jason Kenney 16,200
8.Sean Pentz 15,150
9.Steve Rahey 15,000
10.El Contorto 14,600
11.Mike B & Mike K both 11,950
12.Cassinator 11,000
13.Mark B 8,650
14.Marc “monkey boy” R 8,100
15.Hank Swank 6,900
16.Cody Nemo 6,350
17.Angry Gnome 4,250
18. Rob Grandy 4,000
19.Craig P 3,600
20.Ryan C 3,550
21.Trevor S 2,850
Women
1.Beth Shaefenburg 16,000
2.Andrea Makkay 13,600
3.Jenn Prescot 9,000
4.Jackie M 7,900
5.Jamsie C 6,850
6.Chanda M 5,200
7.Emily R 4,900
8.Tori K 4050
9.The Fear 1650
10.Nicole F 1,500
11.Alia B 950