Climbing

Climbing compeition is on January 27th to 29th, the final starts at 19:30 and will be showed on RÚV.


The city of Reykjavik will, for the 17th time, welcome sports participants to a multisport competition in Laugardalur, the Valley of Sport, taking place January 26th to February 4th 2024. 
Athletes compete at a high level in various sports. The venue of the games will in most cases be the sports area of Laugardalur. Events will include athletics, swimming, fencing, crossfit, shooting, dance, table tennis, cycling, powerlifting, badminton, figure skating, karate, bowling, weightlifting, judo, taekwondo, chess, climbing, beach volleyball, darts and esports. Some are a part of international circuits and/or give points to world ranking lists. Reykjavik Sports Union is the organizer, supported by the city of Reykjavik and our proud sponsors. 
Lectures in collaboration with the local sport associations, and Reykjavik University have become an important part of the schedule. Closing ceremonies, among other things, will keep the athletes happy and entertained and they will also have the opportunity to visit Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland with all its sights and sounds. Hopefully they might also see the northern lights! 
We anticipate that the Games will draw around 3.000 participants including more than 1.000 foreigners from around 50 countries and many of them among the best in the world.

 

Competition Venue 
Klifurhúsið (owned by Reykjavik Climbing Club) 
Ármúli 23
108 Reykjavík

 

Laugardalshöll sport center 
Engjavegur 8
104 Reykjavík 

Routesetters 
Fabian Pensel, head routesetter 
Laufey Rún Þorsteinsdóttir
Elmar Orri Gunnarsson 
Alexander Ólafsson
Ágústa Gunnarsdóttir

 

Age's category:

  -  Open Women’s 
  -  Open Men’s
  -  U16 Women’s 
  -  U16 Men’s
  -  U14 Women’s 
  -  U14 Men’s

Competition format  
Open category 

Qualification: 25 routes (5 difficulty levels, 5 routes per level). Top 5 highest scoring routes count. Competitors are given 90 minutes to attempt the routes in any order they choose. Everyone can watch the others' attempts. The top 12 advance.

Semifinals: 4 routes. 4 min on/off + 15 sec. Climbed onsight (no observation time). The top 6 advance. 

Finals: 4 routes. 4 min per route (World cup finals format). onsight, 8 min observation time before the round.

 

Youth categories U14 and U16 
Qualification: 25 routes (5 difficulty levels, 5 routes per level). Top 5 highest scoring routes count. Competitors are given 90 minutes to attempt the routes in any order they choose. Everyone can watch the others' attempts. The top 6 advance. (If climbers in U16 participate in qualifications for open category they can use that score to advance to finals in U16).

 

Finals: 4 routes. 5 min on/off + 15 sec. Climbed in flash format with beta video.
Registration - No later than January 25th 20244

30 Euro per climber / Athletes can register themselves through our registration form.

Qualification and semifinals for open category 27th of January, location: Klifurhúsið

Travel & accommodation
By air you will arrive in Keflavík Airport. 
There are regular bus routes to Reykjavik Bus Terminal close to Central Reykjavik. Here are some options: 
Reykjavík Excursions
Airport Direct 
Public transport, bus nr. 55  

You can find plenty of accommodation in and around central Reykjvavík and close to Laugardalur which is only a 10-30 minute bus drive from the center. It is also close to our venue, Klifurhúsið.

Live stream and social media 
https://www.facebook.com/events/1085369422831665?ref=newsfeed
https://www.facebook.com/reykjavik.international.games
Please follow the Facebook event Climbing - Reykjavík International Games 2024 for updates and news from the event.

The event has been broadcasted on national television for the last three years. The year before that Reykjavik Climbing Club had their own live stream on Youtube.

News and photos will be uploaded on Klifurhúsið accounts on social media. You can find Klifurhúsið on Instagram and Facebook.

Sponsors

  • Merki Suzuki
  • Merki Mennta og menningarmálaráðuneytisins