Today we are throwing all the way back to 1996 with the classic bouldering flick “The Real Thing”. If you missed out on this incredible bit of climbing history, it is time to catch up! From the intro featuring a shirtless Ben Moon pounding steel, the continuous comic relief provided by Jerry Moffat, Ben Moon sticking the iconic 1-5-9 campus, and tons of great footage of bouldering in Font, this movie is truly a classic. Enjoy!
Adam Ondra ‘Thoughts after Kranj’
Little clip from Patxi and Adam Ondra.
Lizzy Asher’s Highball Birthday Challenge
A great little video featuring Lizzy Asher climbing four classic Squamish highballs as birthday challenge:
TBT: A favorite Dave Macleod video
It’s TBT again at SCMag and I’d like to take the opportunity to share one of my favorite Dave Macleod videos. For those who don’t know, Dave is an incredibly inspiring dude. He flies a bit under the rader but is certainly one the world’s top all rounders. He has sent 14d sport, bouldered V15 and put up the worlds first E11. He has even free solo’ed up to 14b! What I find most interesting about Dave is he seems like a guy who isn’t coasting on his natural talents but someone who works really hard to achieve his goals. He also puts a lot of thought into training and is the author of my favorite training guide: 9 out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes. In this video he does some hard bouldering but more interesting is hearing his thoughts on trying things at your limits and what it takes to really make it as a climber. I hope you enjoy!
Video: Daniel Woods attempts the famous Gioia
A little video of Daniel Woods attempting the Christian Core test piece, Gioia, one of the hardest boulder problems in the world.
Sasha DiGiulian & Carlo Traversi climbing Magic Mushroom on the Eiger
Good post production video of Sasha and Carlo this summer on the Eiger.
Tedx Talk with Tommy Caldwell
Tommy Caldwell talks being held hostage in Kyrgyzstan. Worth a watch!
Vancouver Island update: Francis King Bouldering Wall
Close to Victoria (15 minute drive), there is a new little bouldering wall dubbed the ‘Francis King’ Bouldering Wall. See Reagan Daly show us a few of the problems.
Video: 2015 Squamish Ramage
Video wrap-up of this year’s 2015 Squamish Rampage. Worth a look!
IFSC World Youth Championship: Canadian Results and Live Feed
The IFSC World Youth Championships will come to an end this weekend. A congratulations goes out to all our Canadian athletes who gave it their best this week. Below are the Canadian results for all categories throughout the week. Although none of our athletes made finals, the experience was surely worth the trip and those who can will come back with more confidence next year.
Arco, Italy. Photo courtesy of Shane Murdoch ©
Here are the Canadian athlete results for Boulders and Lead. For Speed results, please visit the IFSC website here.