Permin Bertle lets us check out Mediomalomania (8C), the hardest traverse in Switzerland. Got to love the throw back to Donnie Darko!

What resisted to my trying more than 35 days in 2013, worked out in 3 days this year (2015) as an intermediate project to Meiose (9b) in Charmey. (My baby girl wasn’t keen on rope climbing and this was the only spot she liked.) 30 moves on nice molasse sandstone with a 8B section in the beginning, a 8B traverse over the next 15 moves and a last redpoint crux on bad slopers (7B+).

Back on the Tour De Bloc Calendar, the folks at the University of Alberta climbing centre put on a pretty fantastic show yesterday. Being the last competition in the calendar for 2015, a few of the usual competitors were not in attendance but that certainly did not affect the level of energy brought from the competitors. Special thanks to Lloyd King for keeping us informed during the competition.

Finalists of the TDB13 Wall Brawl. Photo courtesy of Lloyd King ©

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Big things are happening at the University of Alberta today with the Tour De Bloc 13 stopping in town for the Wall Braw. We have a new live feed for the event below and results going into finals.

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Sweet little video of the final round at the Tour De Bloc 13 in Halifax, NS at Seven Bays Boulders (Nov. 21, 2015).

Video by Cold House Media of Sean McColl in Fontainbleau, France.

Big Paw Productions presents ZA, a new climbing film featuring Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Nina Williams, and Nalle Hukkataival. Shot entirely in South Africa, ZA follows the worlds strongest boulderers as they take down some of their hardest problems to date.

Tour De Bloc 13 will return to the University of Alberta this weekend on Dec. 12, 2015. This will be the first TDB competition held at the new facility and is surely not to be missed. Information for this event can be found at ualbertaclimb.ca

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Just outside the town of Mouriès, France, in the small Alpilles Mountains, sits a legendary iconic route from the 1980s called, “Magie Blanche” (White Magic). This twenty-meter-high dead-vertical wall of 8b+ (5.14a) has little in common with the routes typically scaled by today’s sport climbers. On October 16, the best among them took on the challenge. Here is the story of a truly unique encounter!

Ground Up has confirmed their Grand Opening for Saturday, December 12th, 2015 starting at 12pm Pacific. These folks have been hard at working getting their facility set and they are finally ready to show the outside world. Details below.

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