Here is Squamish Climbing Magazine’s Luke Zimmerman making it look easy on The Method (v12).
Tour De Bloc 12: Edmonton Wrap-up
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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SCBC: Project Climbing Bouldering Competition Wrap-up
Thanks to Project Climbing and SCBC, a successful competition took place last weekend. Over 150 competitors registered for the most recent Sport Climbing BC-sanctioned competition, held at Project Climbing Centre (Abbotsford) last Saturday December 13. The local bouldering competition will contribute towards rankings for competitors wishing to compete at the National Bouldering Championships (February 2015 for Youth and March 2015 Open competitors).
photo by Shane Murdoch. ©
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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)
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TDB12: Edmonton Final Results
The final results for the Tour De Bloc Edmonton are finally in. Here they are:
Men’s Open
1. Holowach, Jason
2. Karaman, Dmitri
3. Eveleigh, Marc
4. Funk, Andrew
5. Alton-Tracy, Kieran
6. Yamamoto, Simon
7. Lucas, Matt
8. Hendsbee, Matt
Women’s Open
1. Weldon, Stacey
2. Weber, Alyssa
3. Thompson, Eva
4. Frangos, Becca Maria
5. Kennedy, Regan
6. Vest, Allison
7. Friesen, Kayla
8. Sinclair, Kate E
Squamish Climbing Magazine will have a wrap up review of the event tomorrowMonday. Stay tuned!
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SCBC Project Climbing Bouldering Competition Final Results
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!
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TDB12: Edmonton Results Update
Here are the results going into the finals for the Tour De Bloc: Edmonton. Finals start at 7pm using world cup rules.
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SCBC: Project Climb Boulder Competition Results Update
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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SCBC: Project Climb Bouldering Event
Another local bouldering competition is going on this Saturday in Abbotford, BC at Project Climbing Center.
Registration is closed for this event but word on the street is that a number of strong competitors will be there including Sean McColl.
For spectators, Finals begins at 645pm.
Squamish Climbing Magazine will post those who are headed into the finals here tomorrow and the results of the competition Saturday night.
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TDB12: Rumble in the Jungle in Edmonton, AB
This Saturday is the Tour De Bloc 12: Rumble in the Jungle in Edmonton, AB
Squamish Magazine will be giving updates on the results of the competition as well as a post event wrap up. We are also excited to announce that we have been in the process of interviewing Jason Holowach from Saskatoon and that interview should be up later today.
Photo coutersy of Pam Eveleigh. ©
Here are the details for those looking.
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