Giuliano Cameroni, a Ticino local and young crusher, has sent Dreamtime (v15). Below is the video of the ascent.

For those who have enjoyed our competition coverage, we will continue again next week for the Tour De Bloc: Elevation Place. For those competing or hoping to watch the event, information can be found here.

Simon Parton and Elan Jonas Mcrae, both local BC climbers, completed The Swarm V14 in Bishop, CA a few days ago. Nice work fellas!

Simon Parton on The Swarm v14. Photo courtesy of Alannah Yip.

Here is an update of climbing news from the past week.

Jakob Schubert has repeated Fight or Flight 9b. Source: UKclimbing

Guillaume Glairon-Mondet has repeated Jan Hojer’s Le Marathon de Buissy 8C in Fontainebleau. Source: 8a.nu

Ashima Shiraishi has had a huge trip in Bishop, CA, sending Maze of Death V12, Babeurre V12, and Blood Meridian V13. Source: 8a.nu and UKClimbing

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson continue to attempt the Dawn Wall and are taking a rest day today. Source: Twitter

Climbers from all over Alberta and its flatland provincial neighbor rolled into Edmonton this past weekend, vying for a chance to claim the title, cash and glory resulting from a Tour de Bloc victory. The usual suspects and some newer faces breezed through qualifiers to set the stage for an electrifying final. For the women, the future arrived once again, with Eva Thompson and Becca Frangos strolling into finals in first and second, with the old guard just behind, as Stacey Weldon entered as the third seed. For the men, Saskachatoonian Jason Holowach failed to, well fail, as he produced the only no-falls result in qualification. Edmonton local young guns Andrew Funk and Kieran Alton-Tracy made the city proud, as the second and third seeds, respectively.

Would it be out with the old and in with the new, or would 29 be the new 17? Would Jason continue his streak of no-falls? These questions rippled through the crowd as the finalists were introduced.

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Please to announce that Luke Zimmerman completed The Method (v12) today and Adolfo Guiteirez sent Muddy Waters (v10). For those who don’t know, Squamish Climbing Magazine will publish ascents that are important to local climbers so if you do know of a send or someone who has worked hard on a project, please let us know.

Here is a video of local climber Israel Cruces on the second ascent of Muddy Waters (v10) located in the Smoke Bluffs and below is a cool video of Jason Kehl on The Method (v12)

The bouldering competition at Project Climbing in Abbotsford, BC has finally come to an end and what a night to be there. Here are the results from the open competition:

Men’s Open

1. Sean McColl
2. Jesse Taplin
3. Kin Wah lai

Women’s Open

1. Celeste Wall
2. Alannah Yip
3. Maria Celkova

Sounds like a fantastic night. Again, special thanks to Gavin Johnson for keeping us updated. Squamish Magazine will have a review of the event tomorrow Monday. Stay tuned!

It seems as though the competition at Project Climbing in Abbottford this week is an exciting one! We have word on the ground that the problems were awesome! Here are the results of those climbers going into the finals. The top 8 climbers from Male and Female will move to Finals which will take place tonight at 645 pm.

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The November Sessions Competition at Climb Base 5 came and went this weekend. Here are the final results for Men and Women. Squamish Climbing Magazine is still looking for someone interested in covering these events on a regular basis. Please contact us at info@scmagazine.ca if you are interested.

Women’s Open Final

1. Allison Stewart-Patterson
2. Maria Celkova
3. Ayesha Khan
4. Alannah Yip
5. Hannah Block

Men’s Open Final

1. Jesse Taplin
2. Kin Wah Lai
3. Matt Keays
4. Brock Tilling
5. Tristen Gosselin