Bring Your Own Beta (BYOB) Bouldering Competition

Sunday, November 9, 2025
8:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students

Our 27th Annual Climbing Competition at GVSU! This competition is as much, if not more about having some good times with friends and the climbing community as anything else. It's a great event for those who are new to competing. Competitors may register for one of 2, 2-hour blocks for open climbing. The event will cap at 70 participants, 35 per block. Our competition follows a redpoint format where problems must be climbed from start to finish without falling. As many attempts as desired can be made on each climb but a point deduction will be factored into your score for each fall. The harder the climb, the more points you get for completing it. At the end of your 2-hour block, scores for the 4 hardest climbs completed will be tallied to determine the top 3 competitors in each category.

All competitors who register by October 31 are guaranteed a competition t-shirt (we'll order a few extras, but no guarantees we'll have something in your size).

Categories for 2025:

Recreational (V0-V2),
Intermediate 1 (V2-V4),
Intermediate 2 (V4-V6)
Advanced (V6+)

Finals Round: The top 4 competitors in the Intermediate 2 and Advanced categories will compete in a finals round. Each finalist will climb 3 routes instead of the usual 1.

Cost: $22-$25 based on affiliation; Spectators are welcome to attend free of charge.

Date: Sunday, November 9 (Yes, it's really on a Sunday this year)

Anticipated Timeline:

8:15-8:45 Group 1 check-in
8:45-9:00 Group 1 competitor rules meeting
9:00-11:00 Group 1 climbing
10:15-10:45 Group 2 check-in
10:45-11:00 Group 2 competitors meeting
11:00-1:00  Group 2 climbing
1:00-2:00  Break (scoring & finals round setup)
2:00-2:15 Finalist rules meeting (only top 3 in Int 2 & Adv)
2:15-3:30 Finals round climbing
Prizes & awards to follow

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Location Information

Climbing Center
Fieldhouse B170

Download parking map for the Allendale Campus

Contact Information

Climbing Center; [email protected]; 616.331.3226

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This event was added to the calendar by Joseph Bitely (bitelyj@gvsu.edu) on Thursday, October 3, 2024 and was last updated on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 11:36 a.m.

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