This past fall Michaela Kiersch climbed The Golden Ticket (14c) in the RRG. Here is the video:

Climb and Conquer, an organization dedicated to supporting at-risk youth build leadership skills through rock climbing mentorships is expanding this summer. The following is an excerpt from the Squamish Chief.

The group’s goal is to expand its programs to get more vulnerable youth out into the backcountry and ascending and rappelling Squamish rock faces.

At a budget workshop just prior to the Christmas holidays, leaders from the non-profit The Climb and Conquer Project appeared before mayor and council for the first time to present their plans and request grant in aid support.

“We bring youth out climbing and do a lot of one-on-one mentorship,” Climb and Conquer’s spokesperson, Joseph Wong, told The Squamish Chief.

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WoGü is one of the best known multi-pitch routes in Europe: not only for its difficulty but because it also carries a little bit of history with it. Beat Kammerlander bolted it in 1997 in honor of Wolfgang Güllich after he died in a car accident. That´s why it bears his initials, WoGü. It is considered one of the most difficult multi-pitch lines at the moment.

Nice cinematography capturing a little Heuco Tanks, TX.

Before the end of December, a business proposal was put forward to Squamish city council to consider the installation of an Aerial Rope Course that would take up at minimum 50% of the parking lot capacity at the Squamish Adventure Centre parking lot. Despite objection from members of the climbing community who attended this meeting, the council voted in favour of moving forward on this proposal, which is now in a period of public comment until January 10th, 2017.

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We are excited to announce that despite ice in the forest, Jamie Finlayson made a quick ascent of The Deputy (v12) in the North Walls. This line, first put up by Jimmy Webb and given v12 has been sought by many but has seen few ascents. In his instagram post, Jamie suggests the grade v13 may be more appropriate. Congratulations!

Early bird gets the worm. Conditions were prime this morning. It ended up being a lot warmer than forecasted, which was awesome. I managed to take down The Deputy. To me this problem seemed just as hard as its neighbour, I Shot The Sheriff. It was given V12 by Jimmy Webb, who did the FA, but I feel it's closer to V13 personally. 3rd ascent I think. Psyched! #petzlgram #frictionlabs #chalkmatters #evolv #climbingrevolution #bouldering #squamishbouldering #squamish #dawnpatrol

A photo posted by Jamie Finlayson (@jamiefinlayson) on Jan 4, 2017 at 1:15pm PST

With only eight days left in his trip, Evan Hau has sent the route Seleccio Natural (9a) in Santa Linya, Spain. Evan has been slowly creating an impressive list of ticks over the past few years as his focus has now turned to completing as many 14d’s as he can as well as getting stronger for his projects in the Bow Valley. Cannot wait for more to come from Evan this year. It also looks like Evan is getting engaged! Congratulations!

Evan on Seleccion Natural (9a) yesterday. Photo courtesy of @firnenburgbrothers

A few days in La Comarca with Chris Sharma.

Professional climber Alex Luger made his dream come true: After two years of hard training and preparation he redpointed the route “The Gift” in one day. With a difficulty of 11- (8c) and 7 pitches, the route is one of the most difficult multi-pitch routes in the Austrian Rätikon mountain range.

“Climbing forces me to escape and think of life minute by minute, hold by hold.” – Suzu Jeffery