The Climber’s Access Society of BC (CASBC) will be having their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday November 9th, 2016 at the Mountain Equipment Co-op Head Office starting at 7pm. This is a very important time for all British Columbian climbers to come together and show support for our primary organization that ensures access to our climbing areas. Be sure to come out and become a member if you are not!
This summer, Read Macadam and Tim Emmett made it their business to finish Sonnie Trotter’s route The Path (5.14r) at the Back of the Lake in Lake Louise, AB. Sending on the same day (Read’s birthday!), both Read and Tim saw the end to the project that they dedicated themselves to for the summer, making the 7th and 8th ascent respectively of this epic route. This is the video of those efforts.
Here are the words of Read Macadam to put this experience into perspective.
Tour De Bloc 14 kicked off this weekend with it’s first stop in the west and it did not disappoint!
Here are the final results.
Women’s Open:
1. WEBER Alyssa 4 T 4 / 4 B 4
2. LI Samantha 2 T 3 / 3 B 3
3. VAN DE PANNE, Lisa 2 T 3 / 3 B 3
4. IRWIN Remington 0 T 0 / 2 B 3
5. FRAYNE Ashleigh 0 T 0 / 2 B 4
Men’s Open:
1. HOLOWACH Jason 3 T 6 / 4 B 5 2
2. FRICKER Alex 1 T 2 / 3 B 6
3. EVELEIGH Scott 1 T 3 / 4 B 10
4. DERKSEN Mark 1 T 3 / 2 B 6
5. HENDSBEE Matt 0 T 0 / 4 B 6
6. BOKENFOHR Dylan 0 T 0 / 1 B 2
Awesome video featuring Keith Allen Peters on a new look in Squamish Bouldering. Keith Allen Peters (also known as Emma) has spent a ton of time over the years in Squamish and here he captures the beauty along with some pretty sick footage of a few hard classics.
Chris Sharma just released this rad video of him working on his epic project “Perfecto Mundo” a possible 9b+ in Margalef Spain. Check it out!
Nice feature out of Epic tv showcasing adam Ondra on the route Robin Ud (9b).
We are please to have local physiotherapist William Bateman as a guest contributor for this training article.
My last video introduced the concept of stability in the posterior chain. We used the bridge exercise as a means of training static stability in the posterior chain. As a refresher, static stability refers to stability around the joints of the body without movement around any other joint. When training core stability, we typically start with static stability and progress to dynamic. We used the push-up (please link) and pull-up (please link) as a means of training dynamic stability of the anterior chain.
This week we’ll progress the bridge exercise by making it into a dynamic stability exercise.
Beautifully shot clip featuring the trad climbing in Sedona, AZ.
Nice little feature of Said Belhaj and his journey as he tries to take down the infamous Papichulo (9a+).
Sport Climbing BC and The Edge Climbing Centre kicked off the first bouldering competition of the 2016 season this weekend. With a strong attendance from athletes across British Columbia and Alberta, the talent for this event was strong going into the weekend.
Jesse Taplin. Photo courtesy of Ken Chow ©
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