Here is the latest trailer for the Banff Mountain Film Festival Tour.

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An early season solo ascent of The Sorcerer in the North Ghost River Valley, Alberta.

For those who spend a certain amount of time on the road, you may have once crossed paths with Phillip Schaal. I met him briefly during my time in Rocky Mountain National Park. Here is a portrait by the folks at Brooklyn Boulders.

The Boulder House in Victoria, Bc played host to it’s first ever Tour De Bloc yesterday, featuring many of our strong athletes from BC. Kin Wah Lai took first place for the third time this season with wins at the last two SCBC competitions. The BC competition season is stacked right now! Here are the final results.

Men’s Open

1. LAI, Kin Wah 4 T 7 / 4 B 7
2. JOHNSON, Gavin 3 T 8 / 4 B 12
3. STEWART-PATTERSON, Robert 2 T 3 / 2 B 2
4. DOYLE, Aidan 2 T 7 / 3 B 8
5. HOY, Ryder 2 T 11 / 4 B 13
6. FUNK, Andrew 1 T 8 / 3 B 10

Women’s Open

1. HROZOVA, Lucie 4 T 8 / 4 B 4 1,811
2. STEWART-PATTERSON, Alison 0 T 0 / 4 B 6 1,626
3. MILLER, Delaney 0 T 0 / 4 B 9 1,807
4. BEREZOWSKI, Amanda 0 T 0 / 4 B 14 1,706
5. WAGSTAFF, Claire 0 T 0 / 3 B 5 1,566
6. FRANGOS, Becca 0 T 0 / 2 B 3

Qualifiers are done @boulderhouse_victoria. Psyched for finals this evening. @hiveclimbing

A video posted by Gavin Johnson (@gavinj00) on Nov 26, 2016 at 3:01pm PST

This weekend, among three competitions that took place across Canada, Grip It Climbing Centre in Saskatoon played host to their annual Tour de Bloc. The competition was fierce but here are the results.

Men’s Open

1. SETHNA, Eric 4 T 8 / 4 B 6
2. EVELEIGH, Scott 2 T 2 / 3 B 3
3. MACMILLAN, Robin 2 T 6 / 4 B 10
4. DERKSEN, Mark 1 T 1 / 2 B 3
5. GUMPAC, Guian 1 T 2 / 3 B 5
6. DEAR, Mitch 1 T 4 / 3 B 6

Women’s Open

1. GOLDHOFF, Julia 4 T 4 / 4 B 4
2. THOMPSON, Eva 4 T 5 / 4 B 4
3. WEBER, Alyssa 3 T 3 / 3 B 3
4. KENNEDY, Regan 2 T 6 / 4 B 11
5. LI, Samantha 2 T 8 / 3 B 9
6. DICK, Annalisa 0 T 0 / 1 B 10

Live feed of the 2016t La Sportiva Legends Only competition from Sweden.

Watch Sean McColl in the semi-finals at the 2016 IFSC World Cup in Kranj.

Part two of 2016 La Sportiva Legend’s Only competition.

In Episode 2, we will get more of the talking between the competitors, how they help each other figure out the beta on the problems and which problems they find the hardest.

Awesome video featuring Jakob Schubert.

Having tested his limits in sport climbing with routes up to 9b, Jakob Schubert is keen to see what he can do in bouldering. In early 2015 he decides to lay his hands on Nalle Hukkataival’s test piece Bügeleisen Sit fb 8C. Considered one of the hardest boulder problems in the world, Jakob Schubert becomes the first to repeat the infamous 15 moves.

Sure, sure, it’s indoors but its awesome! Sharma reflecting on a year in Barcelona.