RC.com Top Poster also Top Climber!

Chossmonkey (aka Nathan Kutcher) is a climber with a bad posting habit. Once rockclimbing.com's top poster he has proved that there's more to him than just a high post count.

It's been a dream for Chossy to apply for the Ouray Ice Fest climbing competition. This year he took the plunge and was accepted.

Chossmonkey has been working hard establishing the mixed climbing scene in Southern Ontario, operating in a virtual vacuum where this style is concerned. But when he got to test his metal against some of the best mixed climbers in North America and Europe he came out on top. Not only was he the first to top out the route at the Elite Mixed Climbing comp, he did it in the fastest time putting him in first place over all, proving once and for all that a high post count a high climbing skills can mix.

Top 5 Results:

1. NATHAN KUTCHER
2. ANDRES MARIN
3. SIMON DUVERNEY
4. BRYAN GILMORE
5. SAM ELIAS

To watch his send watch this video posted by the Denver Post: http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2012/01/ouray-ice-festival-winners/27194/

More info on his send here: http://www.alpinist.com/doc/_print/web12w/newswire-2012-ouray-ice-festival-results

Chossmonkey came out of no where and beat out the pros of the mixed scene. Here is the list of the final standing: http://ourayicepark.com/2012/01/07/2012-ouray-ice-festival-competition-results/

And to see some serious butthurt about the whole thing: http://rockandice.com/news/1767-tnb-the-dark-horse-of-ice