Born of Fire features Oregon Bouldering at it’s finest. It ain’t just Smith Rock!

This week, Project Climb in Abottsford played host to an SCBC local bouldering competition. With the new facility and routesetting by Simon Parton, this event did not disappoint.

After everything was left on the table, we once we had Jesse Taplin, Guy McNamee and Eric Sethna all sitting on the podium but this time Abbotsford local Jesse Taplin was standing at the top. On the Women’s side, it was a close call for first place that landed Sophie Buitendyk back on top.

Women’s Open

1. Buitendyk, Sophie
2. Mandley, Alexandra
3. Earle, Chloe
4. Spurrell, Christy
5. Rabinovitch, Lola

Men’s Open

1. Taplin, Jesse
2. McNamee, Guy
3. Sethna, Eric
4. Doyle, Aidan
5. McNamee, Kindar
6. Waugh, Evan

Special thanks to all that made this comp possible. Full results available here.

Alex Honnold gets animated about life, death, climbing and the elusive El Cap mouse people.

Daniel Woods on the second ascent of Beyond the Wall of Sleep, a highball V13/14 in El Dorado Canyon.

“It’s that I haven’t seen any boundaries… So I don’t know where the limits are,” says Megan, as she takes us inside and outside to appreciate all sides of the climbing spectrum.

I f***ing hate The Stovelegs,” Brad panted as he clipped a sling to our anchor and dropped off the far side of Dolt Tower. “So brutal.” “They’re pretty fun if you clip gear,” Mike joked, to an abbreviated chuckle. Four minutes later Brad was almost two pitches up climbing 5.9 fists faster than I’ve ever seen someone crack climb. He was clearly in the zone, and he still hadn’t placed any gear since clipping our anchor 150 feet earlier.

Chris Sharma and Tommy Caldwell on leaning tower project and Chris makes second ascent of Everything is Karate.

Daniel Woods + Paul Robinson – A Few Cold Days Bouldering In Joe’s Valley.

Fantastic competition put on by the crew and volunteers at Boulder House in Victoria, BC. Riding high off a podium win at Bolder Climbing in Calgary a few weeks ago, Eric Sethna takes first place followed by Jesse Tapin and Guy MacNamee who are having a great start to the season. On the women’s side, Alyssa Weber continues to climb stronger than ever, beating out friend and competitor Allison Vest.

Final Results

Men’s Open

1. Eric Sethna
2. Jesse Taplin
3. Guy McNamee
4. Ivan Luo (FN)
5. Aidan Doyle
6. Ryder Hoy
7. Evan Waugh
8. Kin Wah Lai

Women’s Open

1. – Alyssa Weber
2. – Allison Vest
3. – Sally Kim (FN)
4. – Becca Frangos
5. – Mika Hosoi
6. – Jani Zoraj
7. – Gill Haigh
8. – Christy Spurrell