Tosh and Tula Sherkat have made their film about West Kootenay Bouldering public. The brother sister combo have been trying to bring more attention to the BLM movement in the climbing community.

They have also turned their focus to an ongoing petition online calling for signs that promote Black Lives being placed back into BC parks.

On the weekend of July 24th, Garibaldi Provincial Park Rangers took the courageous step of installing racial justice and inclusivity signs at all trailheads in the park. These welcoming signs acknowledge that the park is unceded Indigenous land, assert that diversity and inclusion make us stronger, demands that parks must be accepting and safe spaces for everyone, and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

By the beginning of the next week, all these signs had been taken down and this a step backwards in our collective journey towards inclusivity and justice. We believe it is important for our parks to show solidarity with the global awakening surrounding Black Lives Matter, social justice, equity and inclusion.

Please see the petition here.

We are very psyched to announce that Ben Harnden an Neil Dyer have both sent one of their long-term projects named Channel surfer (No Grade Given). The line has been described as ‘futuristic climbing’ and a true feat for Squamish climbing!

We are very pleased to announce that Emilie Pellerin, after a quick trip to Squamish, has sent the famous Zebra Crack (5.14a) in Val-David, Quebec.

Photo by Witek Slusarczyk @ Val-David, Quebec

Climbing Magazine recently came out with an article indicating promising research into liquid chalk and COVID-19.

A team at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus tested 80-percent ethanol liquid chalk on SARS-CoV-2 and found that it cleared 100-percent of the virus within five minutes

See article here

The Squamish Access Society has been advised by a local climber of recent rock fall activity and remaining overhead hazard in the North North Gully. Please exercise caution. Parks has been notified. Approximate location is 49.686436,-123.135478. Please notify SAS and BC Parks if any further hazards in this area of the Chief are observed.

20+ new routes at the University Wall. There are now three main walls: University Wall, Alumni Wall and The Faculty. The Faculty is past the Chockstone, put up by Matt Hendsbee and Adam Mileson put up the routes there. Some of the old projects on the University Wall (bolted by Ross Suchy, Mark Fraser, Craigh Hyslop and Jeff Relf) have now been sent. Along with that, lots of new routes on the main wall as well!

Topo is available here.

The Balkan Dream with Seb Bouin. Awesome feature!

Nathaniel Coleman and Drew Ruana on the first Ascent of The Grand Illusion (V16)./

Miles Adamson on Imposter Syndrome (5.14d).

Charles Albert and Seb Bouin on Sharma’s Céüse Project.