Tight Grip: Val Hooper of Carmel Valley works on a route during the 9th ABS climbing competition held at Sanctuary Rock Gym in Sand City.

Tight Grip: Val Hooper of Carmel Valley works on a route during the 9th ABS climbing competition held at Sanctuary Rock Gym in Sand City. Nic Coury

Rock On

Sanctuary Rock Gym hosts the ABS climbing competition for the ninth year.

With chalk on their hands and hard routes on their minds, climbers from all over the state drove to Sand City on Saturday, October 18 for the American Bouldering Series (ABS) climbing competition.

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