Corner Climbing, The best strategy of 2013?

[nicholsjj]

I'm going to throw a shout out to team 1421's climbing concept. Their scissor lift inside climb with the dump in around 25-30 seconds was arguably the most reliable climb at champs. The best part about their climb was that they could extend their lift during the match to block quite a few fcs. I believe a corner climber had an advantage of being able to cycle better due to it usually being able to climb at a faster rate than the side climbers. My strongest point on corner climbing being the best way to climb for 30 is the teams that decided on corner climbing, 67, 71, 217, and 1114 + many other great teams. If those four elite level inspirational teams all decided to climb the corner over the side, then how can I argue that it wasn't the premier climbing option. Yes you can argue that three of these teams didn't make it to Einstein due to mechanical problems from their climbers( 217, 1114 both had problems and 67's partner 1918 had a few issues from their memorable "pyramid dive"sorry for bringing it back up) but as far as strategy goes I think it's a solid choice. It also says something that the only 30 pt. climb on Einstein was by team 1640, who had a corner climb.