Nice video of Dave Macleod climbing Shallow Water to Riverbed (8b+) What an amazing looking boulder. I don’t know about that chalk bag dab though…

The 2016 IFSC World Cup Bouldering season is well on its way and we have a number of Canadian climbers joining the Japan leg of the schedule. Joining Sean McColl, Alannah Yip and Elise Sethna, who are already on the tour, we have Celeste Wall on the Women’s side and Kin Wah Lai and Eric Sethna on the Men’s side. All of these competitors have been very successful nationally and it will be great to see what they got for the international crowd. Although technically not on the Canadian team, we also have Maria Celkova joining the Slovakian team. Good luck everyone!

Below is the live stream for qualifiers, which starts at 530pm pacific.

Another Sharma flick!

This winter, my good friend Joe Kinder and I checked out the beautiful cave in Figols. We heard of a classics route David Gambus put up some years back ad were keen to see what it was all about. More than anything though, it was a great day to get out and climb with a good friend in a beautiful place.

Dave Mai is an independent music and film producer from the Okanagan. He started to get into film making about the same time he discovered rock climbing. He became passionate about both disciplines very quickly.

Dave has pitched a web series called “The Bluffs” to Telus Story Hive. Story Hive is STORYHIVE is a community-powered funding program for emerging content creators in BC and Alberta. This series will feature the Skaha Bluffs in Penticton, one of Canada’s best sport climbing destinations. The web series will feature some well known locals and classic climbs, while exploring what it takes for a community to come together to keep the Bluffs sustainable for future use.

To help Dave out, please visit the Storyhive website and vote for his series.

We are pleased to announce that Neil Dyer made the first ascent of ‘The B-side’ (5.13d) yesterday in Paradise Valley. Under the wire, Neil made it to the top minutes before having to leave to Vancouver to catch a flight to Wales, UK. There is a little confusion regarding the name as we have heard reports of both ‘Before We Fly’ and ‘The B-side’. We have chatted with Neil and he said ‘The B-side. Fantastic!

Neil on his rig. Photo courtesy of Thomas Burden ©

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New Mexico Bouldering by Owen Summerscales is set to release later this week and here at Squamish Climbing Magazine we couldn’t be more excited. The new guidebook, featuring the Land of Enchantment, covers the recently discovered huge quartzite and sandstone areas of the Ortega Mountains and Roy in northern New Mexico. The author, Owen Summerscales, has put a lot of time into this book, including an emphasis on beautiful pictures and layout. The book itself features over 1000 problems, 80% of which were previously undocumented. Squamish Climbing Magazine had a chance to catch up with Owen to chat about the experience of finding such a new area, his process writing the guidebook and how the local community hopes to manage impact to such a new area. Here is what he said.

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The final two episodes of Riders on the Storm

Episode 4

The first lead competition at Ground Up Climbing Centre finished up last night with a bang. Special thanks to all the volunteers and the staff at the climbing gym who make these events possible.

For full results, please visit the Sport Climbing BC website.

Here is the live feed for 2016 IFSC Climbing World Cup – Meiringen.

The youtube feed does not seem to be working but you can find a lesser quality stream here.

We are pleased to announce that both Alannah Yip and Sean McColl are moving on to semi-finals tomorrow at the IFSC World Cup in Meiringen, Switzerland Alannah currently sits in 16th place and Sean sits in 7th. For full results, please click here.

Here is the live feed for tomorrow