We are super pleased to announce that Kelly Franz put Black Hole (left exit; v11) to bed today! Kelly has been trying this problem for the last two years and has probably tried it over 150 times. On Friday, Kelly came agonizingly close, falling on the cross over move at the end. Today, he sent it before 2pm. Congratulations Kelly!
Kelly on Black Hole. Photo courtesy of Jamie Finlayson ©
In front of a crowd of 170+, the Tour De Bloc took place at the Calgary Climbing Centre last night. With a strong contingent of Alberta climbers, the stage was set, with Eric Sethna as the favoured frontrunner on the Men’s side and a tough field with now clear frontrunner on the Women’s side.
Competitors at CCC. Photo courtesy of Calgary Climbing Centre ©
The blank canvas set for competition. Photo courtesy of CCC ©
Tour De Bloc 13 kicks off in Calgary, AB today at the Calgary Climbing Centre. Sure to be an awesome competition, the team at CCC have also come up with an innovative idea to give insight into beta for the final problems as well as live streaming the finals starting at 615pm Mountain time. So get out in the sun and come back to watch finals live on the link below.
Pete Woods explaing the process here.
For those of you who follow Sean McColl on Instagram, he has been making some pretty steady progress on Lucid Dreaming (v15) over the past few days.
Since arriving in Bishop, Sean has managed to send The Buttermilker (v12), Direct North (v14), Evilution (v12), and Rastaman Vibrations (v12).
Lucid Dreaming, originally put up by Paul Robinson, has been sent by Alex Megos, who took 14 days and Daniel Woods, who worked on the rig throughout multiple trips. Sean seems to be making good progress. Let’s see what happens as the good temps hit Southern California!
We had the pleasure of witnessing Patrick Humphries today on his ascent of The Method (v12). Pat had started trying this rig last year until temperatures got unbearable and finally put it to rest this afternoon. The send was impressive, with Pat giving his best on each move and finally reaching the top. Congratulations Pat!
Pat working The Method (v12) a few days ago. Photo courtesy of Oskar Michalak ©
A friend of the magazine brought our attention to a new brush coming out of the UK by Wideboy, Tom Randall.
The new brush, produced by Sublime Climbing looks pretty great and here is an excerpt from Tom’s website.
Tomorrow, November 27th, 2015, is the last day of Mo’dynos at The Hive Vancouver and Hive North Shore locations. From 5pm to 11pm, both locations will be offering 1/2 price off admission in support Movember Canada and prostate cancer research.
Wow! Very excited to share that Kim House has sent Kaleidoscope (5.13c) in the Red River Gorge. As the season winds down, Kim has been climbing stronger and stronger with her hardest ascent to date.
Kim House of Kaleidoscope (5.13c). Photo by Kyle ©
Both Kim and her partner Graham McGrenere have been travelling around North America over the past year, getting stronger and stronger. Congratulations Kim!
For those of you looking for a good time tonight, head out to Valhalla Pure in Squamish, BC and see some of Will Stanhope’s exploits, as he talks about his recent first ascent in the Bugaboos. All proceeds will go to the Squamish Access Society
Admission is $10 dollars. Doors open at 7pm with the show starting at 730pm
Today, Thursday, November 26th, 2015, Climb Base5 has teamed up with Movember Foundation Canada to raise cash for cancer.
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