Ouray Ice Fest Results
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Aljaz Anderle on the comp route. Photo by Zach Reynolds
Europeans dominated the 2004 Ouray Ice Festival competition in southwestern Colorado last weekend, although, as usual, the Canadians also made a strong showing. Swiss climber Simon Anthamatten won the men’s comp on a wild-looking mixed route with big blobs of ice pasted to an overhanging wall. German Ines Papert, climbing the same route, was the top female competitor and nearly stole the entire show — her performance placed her second overall. Anthamatten and Papert were the only climbers to complete the route, said to be very sustained and pumpy M9 or M10. Stephane Husson of France finished second in the men’s comp, only failing to flash the climb because he dropped one of his leashless tools on relatively easy ground near the top. Slovenian Aljaz Anderle was third. Canadian Rob Owens, second at the 2003 Ouray Ice Festival, was the top North American finisher, finishing fourth, and Coloradan Rich Purnell was the top U.S. climber, in sixth place. Notably, Canadian Raphael Slawinski, who won this competition in 2002 and 2003, did not come to Ouray this year. Abby Watkins, an Australian native living in the Canadian Rockies, finished second place among the women and 11th overall. American Kim Csizmazia, also living in Canada, was third.
Competition results from www.ourayicefestival.com
No.
Climbers Name
Time on route
Overall standing
Men’s standing
Women’s standing
1
Dale Remsberg
18:43
14
11
n/a
2
Margo Talbot
16:30
24
n/a
9
3
David Roetzel
16:46
15
12
n/a
4
Jared Ogden
21:00
10
9
n/a
5
Sue Nott
18:47
21
n/a
6
6
Mike Charbonneau
17:55
8
7
n/a
7
Marie Eve Cote
17:03
23
n/a
8
8
Louis Julienne Roy
13:47
17
13
n/a
9
Aljaz Anderjle
20:38
4
3
n/a
10
Rich Purnell
17:42
7
6
n/a
11
Shelly Huisman
12:30
22
n/a
7
12
Vince Anderson
14:57
19
15
n/a
13
Kim Czimazia
19:10
13
n/a
3
14
Ryan Nelson
15:56
9
8
n/a
15
Kristie Arend
17:29
16
n/a
4
16
Ben Firth
9:54
18
14
n/a
17
Audrey Gariepy
12:09
20
n/a
5
18
Simon Anthamatten
18:10
1
1
n/a
19
Abby Watkins
18:47
11
n/a
2
21
Sean Isaac
14:25
12
10
n/a
22
Rob Owens
15:07
5
4
n/a
23
Stefan Siegrest
11:37
6
5
n/a
24
Ines Papert
19:20
2
n/a
1
25
Stephane Husson
12:03
3
2
n/a
