A lot of news in the climbing community these days.

Adam Ondra won the La Sportiva Legends Competition.

Alex Megos sent Montecore 8C and Riot Act, 8b+ . Source: UKClimbing

Stefano Ghisolfi sent Southern Smoke Direct 9a in the Red River Gorge. Source: 8a

Angy Eiter recently climbed Big Hammer 9a and Nostalgischer Bastard 8c+, both in Austria. Source: UkClimbing

Great turn out yesterday at the Squamish Bouldering Co-op Competition! The new format of three different heats worked well and was much less crowded than last year. Larger turn out that last year, with 75+ people showing up for the competition and even more for the after-party. Thanks to all those who organized the competition. What a great event for climbing community.

The results of the competition are a wash but here they are anyways.

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A lot of things are happening this weekend, including dry rock and the coop competition. Here is a link to live La Sportiva Legends which should start just before 11am Pacific Time.

Some important information regarding the Squamish Bouldering Cooperative competition and membership drive this weekend.

Due to the insane number of people that were in the Co-Op at one time we are limiting each round to 25 people, if you come for the 12 O’clock round and there is already 25 people in the gym at that time you will be put on a list to join the 2 or 4 O’clock round.
his year we will be having 3 distinct “heats”.
The times for these heats are

12pm to 2pm
2pm to 4pm
4pm to 6pm

We suggest you come early to guarantee a space to climb!

We understand that this will likely inconvenience some people, but it has been decided that having too many people in the gym at one time is not worth the insurance risk to the Co-Op. If anything, this gives you an excuse to go out and support some of the great local businesses we have in Squamish!

Bring some cash to buy a sweet t-shirt and don’t miss the after party!

-Squamish Climbing Magazine

Alex Honnold wrote a letter to the New york Times regarding the recent debacle with Clif Bar. The article can be found here.

Jimmy Webb repeated Defying Gravity 8C in Thunder Ridge first put up by Daniel Woods. Source: 8a

Exposure II by Chuck Fryberger comes out today and is on sale here.