UA Rec Center to host 'T-Town Pull Down' rock climbing competition ...

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama ? The University of Alabama?s Outdoor Recreation department will host its annual T-Town Pull Down climbing competition on Feb. 2.

The event is a sanctioned Collegiate Climbing Series Event and will feature climbers from all over the Southeast to compete.

T-Town Pull Down will have two sessions with 25 climbers each, but there may be a third session depending on the amount of interest they receive.

The first session will be from 10:30 a.m. untll 12:30 p.m., and the second session will be from 1-3 p.m. with finals beginning at 3:30 p.m.

?This is a great opportunity for climbers to come out and compete on new routes, enter raffles that will benefit Hospital Boulders and meet other climbers from a variety of universities,? said Stephen Middleton, coordinator of Outdoor Recreation at UA.

The raffles will immediately follow the climbing sessions.

?We hope to not only bring climbers together but help develop local climbing areas so that the sport of climbing can continue to grow,? Middleton said.

Some people may be surprised to know that there are rock climbers here in Tuscaloosa. Tyler Smelley, marketing director of event sponsor Alabama Outdoors, told us about the many climbing areas in Alabama.

?Alabama has excellent bouldering,? Smelley said. ?Horse Pens 40 in Steele, Ala., is host to one third of the Triple Crown of Bouldering. Palisades and Sand Rock are also premiere bouldering locations, all in Alabama. The UAOR Climbing Wall gives many students their first experiences bouldering and climbing.?

The Friday before the climbing event, they will have a free screening of ?Reel Rocks 7? at 6:30 p.m. on the seventh floor of the Presidential Village on UA?s campus.

T-Town Pull Down is accepting early registration from now until Jan. 28. If you register early, the price is $30. But if you register after, it is $40. You must be 14 to enter.

For more information, call (205) 348-7045 or email outdoor.recreation@ua.edu.

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