On May 22-27, 2023, the KPIskala Bravely Week bouldering festival was held at the KPIskala climbing wall in the KPI Polytechnic Sports Complex. In addition to the competitions, the festival aimed to popularize climbing among young people and raise donations to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The competitions were held according to a system of ranking the participants according to the difficulty of the routes they had climbed - the higher the number, the more difficult the route. In this way, beginners (climbing category up to 6B inclusive), amateurs (climbing category up to 7A inclusive) and pros who could take part outside the competition as a training session were identified. All participants registered in seven groups, each of which had the opportunity to climb for two hours. The first five groups were distributed over the days of performances, and two groups performed on the last day of the festival. The team of route setters prepared 25 brand new bouldering routes of varying difficulty.
In total, about 130 climbers took part in the competition. Most of the participants were students, graduates and employees of our university, as well as athletes from other climbing centers in Kyiv and from different parts of Ukraine. We were glad to see representatives of several schools and teachers at the festival, and organized separate groups for them.
We should also mention the festival's partners. Among them is FA gear, which produces equipment for mountaineering, rock climbing, caving, mountain tourism, and work at height. A lot of this brand's equipment - carabiners, sleeping bags, compasses, gas burners, thermal cookware and more - is now helping our Armed Forces. Thank you for your support!
And the winners of the festival are: 7
Men:
1st place - Yuriy Sadovsky
2nd place - Pavlo Petrovanchuk
3rd place - Serhiy Palin
Women:
1st place - Yulia Sivkova
2nd place - Marina Shevchuk
3rd place - Alina Bobokhina
The winners among beginners were also determined.
Men:
1st place - Yevhen Tatskyi (graduate, now KPI employee)
2nd place - Vitalii Zharovskyi
3rd place - Oleksandr Bocharov
Women:
1st place - Maria Dubinina
2nd place - Vladyslava Dolynna
3rd place - Yulia Nikolaeva.
All the participants and winners of KPIskala Bravely Week were awarded prizes from our partners, as well as our themed cups. The winners of the festival also received useful gifts - climbing attributes.
Another important outcome of the festival was UAH 10 thousand, which was transferred to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
For reference: bouldering (sometimes bouldering, from the English word bouldering) is a type of climbing on low rock formations or artificial stands without ropes and a safety system.