This one made us think of Peter Michaux and Alex ‘Dirty Bird’ Border Evans.

Nice little flick by Black Diamond on The Movie Screen Project in The New River Gorge.

We are very psyched to release the uncut video of Alex Megos sending Dreamcatcher today! The video is not of the highest quality (as we were trying to watch with our eyes during the event!) but worth it nonetheless!

Enjoy!

We are very pleased to announce that Alex Megos has made a one day ascent of Dreamcatcher (5.14d), located at the Grand Wall Boulders in Squamish, BC. With the rain potentially setting in tomorrow, Alex made his flash attempt this morning on the route only to fall on the slab at the beginning. After quickly working the route and completing the rest of the moves, Alex lowered only to fall on the slab again and again throughout the day until finally, late in the day, Alex made it through the slab and completed the rest of the route with pure control and style. Congratulations to our visiting guest! It was truly a treat to see the send!

Alex Megos takes down Dreamcatcher (5.14d) in a day! The slab gave him some trouble this morning but he prevailed late in the day! #climbing #climberslife #scm #squamish #tenacity photo by @yalowega

A photo posted by Tim Schaufele (@squamish_climbing_mag) on Aug 27, 2016 at 6:19pm PDT

Alex Megos on Dreamcatcher (5.14d). Photo courtesy of Michelle Yalowega ©

Alex Megos and crew made it to Squamish on Monday and didn’t stop to take a breath! Heading right to The Big Show in Chek Canyon, Alex made an attempt to on-sight the hardest route on the wall, Superman (5.14c), only to fall on the last move! Alex then went on to complete that route second try, using dyno beta at the end. Going back the next wall, Alex completed all the link ups on the wall, essentially ticking the entire Big Show in two days.

Tonight at @patagoniavancouver come hear the wonder kid @alexandermegos talk and share stories of his travels in the US and Rocklands. It's a hilarious show full of pics and videos. Doors open at 7! Good times for sure! Hope to see y'all there! Image- Alex nabbing the swing on Superman 5.14c here in Squamish. @patagonia_climb

A photo posted by Ken Etzel (@ken_etzel) on Aug 25, 2016 at 11:30am PDT

Tonight, Alex will be putting on a free slide show at Patagonia Vancouver (starting at the time of this post). Talking to Alex today in the boulders after he finished checking out Dreamcatcher, he said that he had never experienced holds like the ones on The Big Show and was worried they were going to give him trouble. I guess not!

As temperatures cool, I am sure we will see more Megos action!

Nice little flick featuring Dave MacLeod and getting into development.

Check out this nice little flick featuring some classic local boulders. Squamish is a truly beautiful place and this video does a great job of capturing that natural beauty.

We are pleased to announce that Marc Eveleigh sent Leviathan (5.14a) at Acephale today marking his first of the grade. Marc sent on his second go of the day as conditions were primed this afternoon. Marc had been working on the route for only a few weeks. Recently, Marc has taken a lead role in developing the Bow valley’s bouldering scene. Congratulations! More to come from this young climber.

All smiles up at acephale today!! @marceveleigh sent his first 5.14, leviathan and Adolfo sent sweet thing!! Amazing temps!!

A photo posted by reganmkennedy (@reganmkennedy) on Aug 19, 2016 at 8:34pm PDT

We are pleased to release the topo of a new wall found in Chek Canyon through the hard work of Toby Foord-Kelcey. The Wall features a good selection of overhanging routes from 5.10 to 5.13. Toby recently finished the test-piece of the wall, Incandescence (5.13a), in which he had to train specifically to complete. Special thanks to Toby for his efforts along with CASBC for the bolts!

The cliff can be found at the beginning of the Conroy Creek Service Rd. Park at the yellow gate and walk two minutes up a super mellow road in a clear cut! For topo, please download here.

We are very pleased to announce that Alexander Megos flashed The Path (5.14r) on his last day in the Canadian Rockies yesterday. After rolling up to the route, Sonnie Trotter needed to call a friend to confirm a few gear placements and then Alex dispatched the route with ease. Talk about capping off an amazing trip. Megos and co are off to Squamish over the next few days despite some hot temps.

Yesterday Alex Megos (@alexandermegos) FLASHED Sonnie Trotter's (@sonnietrotter) The Path 5.14r. At the base of the route, we had to teach him how to place a cam. With Sonnie belaying and relaying beta, Alex embarked on the most inspiring piece of rock climbing I've ever seen. Over the next 40 minutes he calmly ticked his way through each of the bouldery cruxes, at times being 20-30ft run out over C3's, which hopefully were placed correctly. Pulling v10 over a suspect 000 absolutely blows my mind. Alex is not just a sport climber or a boulderer, he's a world class ROCK CLIMBER who will change the face of our sport. Hold on tight folks, the next decade is going to be a wild ride!!! @patagonia_climb #ThePath #BackOfTheLake #lakelouise

A photo posted by Ken Etzel (@ken_etzel) on Aug 17, 2016 at 1:52pm PDT

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