Silence Teaser featuring Adam Ondra.

Over the past weekend, Climb Base 5 played host to the 2017 November Sessions Bouldering Competition. Each year, the team at Climb Base 5 put on a great show and this year was no different. On the Men’s side, Jesse Taplin continues to dominate the competition with Guy McNamee pushing him to try harder and harder. On the Women’s side, the new story is Jani Zoraj, who is into her second year competing in the OPEN category.

Results

Andrew Funk. Photo courtesy of Ken Chow ©

Men’s Open

1. Taplin, Jesse
2. McNamee, Guy
3. Waugh, Evan
4. Thomson, Hamish
5. Wong, Devin
6. Funk, Andrew

Jani Zoraj. Photo courtesy of Ken Chow ©

Women’s Open

1. Zoraj,Jani
2. Kim,Sally
3. Frangos,Rebecca
4. Junior1 Hosoi,Mika
5. Stewart-Patterson, Alison
6. Buitendyk, Sophie

For full results, please visit here.

Alison Stewart-Patterson. Photo Courtesy of Ken Chow ©

Special thanks to all those who made this event possible including those who volunteered their time and thanks to Ken Chow for the photos.

While some consider the monsoon conditions of November to be soul crushing, there may be no time better time to get outdoors and find more rock climbing. However, it takes a hell of a lot of gumption and good rain gear to suit up for the weather and get after it. It may just be the case that the Arcteryx Alpha FL Jacket is the answer to your problems.

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Awesome little flick featuring the first ascent of Quoi de Neuf (8c) by Jan Hojer.

My Process featuring Toru Nakajima.

The story of Gord McArthur’s ascent of Storm Giant (D16), the hardest mixed climbing route in the world.

Adam Ondra has been posting some awesome videos about his climbing exploits and this one is pretty awesome.

Tom bouldert Zerberus (8b) im Frankenjura welche von Werner Thon 1997 erstbegangen wurde.

Nice video featuring the history of The Bügeleisen, first climbed by Klem Loskot.

We are very excited to have 2017 Sport Climbing BC competition season underway, with the first bouldering competition of the year taking place at Gneiss Climbing in Kelowna, BC.

Special congratulations to Kelowna-local Staci White for taking first in the Women’s Open and Jess Taplin for beating out the young guys for a first place finish in Men’s Open.

Here are the full results: