This year’s Rock Master was very different from previous years. Rock Master 2018, the 8th year running, moved away from the regular “Lead Climbing only” format, to embrace the new Olympic format, which includes three disciplines – Speed, Boulder and Lead.
Helped by an unusually cold spell, the squad embarked on an 8 day onslaught of the beautiful Dolomite Crags at Oudtshoorn.
This was a ‘Flash For Cash’ comp with the rule’s kept simple it was left to the climbers to get as high as they could on the route.
The first ever deep water solo competition, in Africa, took place at Wilgerpoort, South Africa.
