For those who missed Jeremy Blumel’s article in the Chief last week, we thought we would post it here. One of Jeremy’s previous articles got a lot of attention on Google News and also was published in the printed edition of the Squamish Chief. This column focuses on the los
This week’s column is a little departure from the big questions banging around within the topic of climbing, and instead focuses on my own climbing and the idea of community spirit gone awry.
This video features Nate Woods from the Lower Mainland doing the first ascent at Elbow Lake. According to Marco, this problem is similar to No Troblems but with 30+ ft of climbing. Nate added a hard sit start to an old classic, Suspension of Disbelief V10. Not sure of the new rating but it definitely V10+. Filmed and edited by Marco Lefebvre.
Warming up properly is essential to any climber, whether they are getting ready for competition or going outside. A poor warm up schedule can lead to an early pump, a negative performance, and even injury. Here is what Sean and Domen had to say about their warm up during competition. Again, these videos are quite detailed but I think everyone could take something away from what these competitors had to say.
Alison Stewart-Patterson cutting her feet. Photo courtesy of Shane Murdoch ©
Here are the results for this weekends Rock and Rope difficulty and speed competition held at The Rock Wall in Maple Ridge, BC this weekend.
Open Women
1. Tiffany Melius
2. Christie Spurrell
3. Mika Hosoi
4. Alison Stewart-Patterson
5. Hannah Block
6. Julia Massulo
7. Jaylene Pratt
8. Taylor Forsyth
Open Men
1. Jesse Taplin
2. Kyle Murdoch
3. Tristen Gosselin
4. Scott Williams
5. Conner Shellenburg
6. Hayden Jones
7. Ivan Luo
8. Jake Forsyth
We will post full results tomorrow! Congratulations everyone!
Ground Up climbing just released a limited Membership drive to help with their fundraising event scheduled on April 10th at the Squamish Academy of Music starting at 630pm. This event will be full of fun activities including the unveiling of the wall plans for the gym.
SCS Nationals took place at Central Rock Gym in Boston, Massachussetts this weekend. Kia Lightner and Delaney Miller were the first place winners on Saturday. Final results are listed below.
This weekend, the Rock Wall in Maple Ridge will be hosting The Rock and Rope Difficulty and Speed competition sanctioned by Sport Climbing BC. The event will take place on Saturday starting at 9am and the finals for the open category will take place at 5:45 pm for all spectators.
For a running list of difficulty competitors, click here.
For a running list of speed competitors, click here.
Well, Ashima sending Ciudad del Dios today is a great excuse to put up the video by Joe Kinder featuring Tom Bolger on the same route. This video is as good as it gets!
Raw footage of Jason Holowach during finals at the Canadian National Bouldering Championship. Worth a look! Footage taken by Ben Fenton via Josh Muller. Thanks guys!
Here are the final results of the 2015 Canadian National Open Bouldering Championships. We will post full results as they become available.
Men’s Open
1. Sean McColl
2. Josh Larson
3. Sebastian Lazure
4. Jason Holowach
5. Michael O’Rourke
6. Julian Bourrassa-Moreau
7. Eyves Gravelle
8. Eric Sethna
Women’s Open
1. Hung Yin Lee
2. Elise Sethna
3. Catherine Laflamme
4. Elisa Weber
5. Allison Vest
6. Becca Frangos
7. Maria Celkova
8. Jelisa Dunbar
These results are not official at time of posting but will be official pending no reviews.
Results of the citizen competition can be found here.
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