Squamish's Steve Townshend and Utah's Lauren Lee leapt large to win the Flashed Dyno Competition at the Adventure Centre on Sunday (July 20).Townshend, 27, battled pain from a recent back injury to stick a hold 2.6 metres high on a wall built to meet World Cup specifications. Meanwhile, 28-year-old Lee held on to a record height of 1.95 metres.The competition helped close out five days of mountain adventure entertainment and activities organized by the 麻豆社国产Mountain Festival. A dyno, or dynamic, competition sets climbers up on foot and hand holds near the bottom of a 20-degree overhanging wall. The goal is to leap up and across the wall at a 45-degree angle and latch onto a jug.Much like a high jump pole, the jug moves progressively further up and away as the competition narrows the field.Townshend beat about 20 male participants to claim the highest reach despite a back injury caused by a mixture of a long drive from the Northwest Territories and heavy lifting. He traveled three days straight to 麻豆社国产from a climbing trip without turning off the car because the starter broke. After arriving in town he said he couldn't stay away from climbing and ended up tweaking his back by picking up a heavy pack."My back was completely jacked. I couldn't even stand up and I had a hard time even getting my shoes on and walking over to the wall."Nonetheless, experience and finely honed technique left Townshend hanging from the best height. He uses the dynamic technique developed by popular American climber Chris Sharma as part of his regular climbing, he said."Dynoing is my fort茅. I have a lot of routes that I've put up that are huge dynos and I've done a lot of dyno comps in the past," he said."It's just a fun way to do stuff, and you can save a lot of energy. A lot of people look to unlock sequences as statically as they can. "I'm the opposite. I always try to find how I can go dynamically and if I can't, then I have to settle for going statically." No doubt spending his days in a climbing gym while in high school helped build his arsenal of maneuvers. Townshend said he used to climb in the gym every day and finish with a big two-hour dyno session. On the other hand, female winner Lee pulls dynamic maneuvers only when she's out of options."Usually there's a solution where you can do the movements more static with a bit more control," she said.Lee came very close to the Guinness World Dyno Record of 2.05 metres recorded by England's Lily Fitzgibon just a week prior on July 12. The only other female participant, Audrey Sniezek, took second place. On the Men's side, Jeremy Smith and Gabriel Mock took second and third places respectively.Festival producer Ivan Hughes said the competition was a perfect ending to a successful event."I've been inspired at every level, whether it's been during a clinic or listening to one of the many speakers retell their climbing adventures, and I hope to take that feeling with me when I head out on my next climb, where ever that may be."
