Hilarious spoof on climbing. Well done!

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A fantastic competition over the weekend put on by Sport Climbing BC, Simon Parton, and the team at The Edge Climbing Centre.

Here are your final results.

Men’s Open

1. JJ Mah
2. Kindar McNamee
3. Derek Runions

Women’s Open

1. Chloe Earle
2. Christy Spurrell
3. Tiffany Melius

Paul Robinson on First Ascent of La Plancha (v14).

Here are the results for the 2017 Winter Classic Climbing Competition at the Edge Climbing Centre in North Vancouver, BC. Finals starts at 5pm.

Women’s Open

1.Earle, Chloe
2. Melius, Tiffany
3. Chow, Stephanie
4. Spurrell, Christy
5. Zacharias, Brielle
6. Pratt, Jaylene

Men’s Open

1. Doyle, Aidan
2. McNamee, Kindar
3. Mah, Jason
4. Hoy, Ryder
5. Newman, Ben
6. McNamee, Guy

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This weekend, the Edge Climbing Centre in North Vancouver, BC, will be hosting its first Olympic Style climbing competition featuring three disciplines (Bouldering, Speed, Difficulty) and podium placement based on performance in all three categories.

On the men’s side, young guns Guy and Kinder McNamee will be vying for the top of the podium alongside vertran competitors JJ Mah, Ryder Hoy, and Michael Weldon. Notably absent is Jesse Taplin, who has placed in the top three in every bouldering competition this season.

On the women’s side, the Olympic Format has brought out Tiffany Melius and Christy Spurrell to compete. Again, notably absent is this years heavy hitters including Allison Vest, Sophie Buitendyk, and Alannah Yip.

The results of this weekend will play a large impact on the overall ranking of these athletes in the province. Open finals will consist of the top six qualifying athletes competing in Speed, Boulder and Difficulty.Open Finals
Top 6 overall Open Male & top 6 Overall Open Women will compete in an Olympic format final consisting of Speed, Boulder & Difficulty. Competitors will have one run on each speed route, three boulder problems, and one onsight route to determine their overall placement.

Open Finals will take place on Sunday, Jan. 13th @5pm.

Beautifully shot and written segment on route development and the love for climbing.

Perhaps because I haven’t seen real rock in three weeks but this video got us very psyched. Waterval Boven, South Africa’s sport climbing mecca!

Stubbled upon this footage of Margo Hayes sending Biographie. Raw footage is always the best!

For all the fans of the “Strange Heroes” miniseries, a special Christmas present is coming: after meeting Jacopo Larcher and Patxi Usobianga, get ready to know the fears and motivation that drive the top climber Babsi Zangerl to constantly push beyond limits.

One of the highlights of 2017 was Steve McClure climbing Britain’s first 9b: Rainman at Malham. In November 2017, Adam Ondra paid a flying visit to the UK to speak at Kendal Film Festival. The very next day, he dragged Steve down to Malham to have a go on this epic new route.