The Edge Climbing Centre hosted the 2015 SCBC Fall Classic last night and it did not disappoint. Going into finals, three female competitors, Maria Celkova, Tiffany Melius, and Alannah Yip were tied for first in what was expected to be a battle royal between these strong climbers.

Sophie Buitedyk. Photo by Michelle Yalowega ©

In the end, it was Sophie Buitendyk, after four tops in eight tries, blew the competition out of the water to land on top of the podium followed by Sidney Trinidad and Alannah Yip. According to witnesses, Sophie was ‘climbing like a boss’ during the final round.

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This weekend, The Edge Climbing Centre hosts the 2015 SCBC Fall Classic and the semi-final results are in! Be sure to get out and cheer your favourite competitors on as doors open for spectators at 630pm and it should be a blast.

Semi-final Results

Women’s Open

1. Maria Celkova
1. Tiffany Melius
1. Alannah Yip
2. Sydney Trinidad
3. Sophie Buitendyk
4. Allison Vest
5. Allison Stewart-Patterson
6. Julia Massulo

Men’s Open

1. Alex Fritz
2. Kyle Murdoch
3. Tristen Gosselin
4. Jesse Taplin
5. Ivan Luo
6. Evan Waugh
7. Kin Wah Lai
8. Sean Beaudoin

Female highlights from 2015 TDB Rock Jungle.

Two really nice clips from Pirmin Bertle.

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On Saturday, November 21st, 2015, local climber Tucker Webb will be trying his newest high ball project via livestream on the internet. Tucker has recently had the idea that climbing lacks live performance in media and he wants to try to bring this new medium of live-performance climbing to the greater climbing community.

Tucker Webb trying The Method. Photo courtesy of Tucker Webb ©

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Been a little while since the last Dave Graham flick.

Really fun trailer of Alex Honnold and his adventures in Angola.

Well quality video featuring bouldering in Japan.

This weekend, The Edge Climbing Centre will host the 2015 SCBC Fall Classic. This is a new addition to the SCBC calendar and is surely not to be missed. According to Sport Climbing BC, there are 140 participants signed up for this event. Finals for this event is open to the public and doors will open for spectators at 630 pm on Saturday November, 21st, 2015.

Head Routesetter getting ready for the 2015 Fall Classic. Photo courtesy of SCBC

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A sports documentary on rock climbing in the Sierra Madres near Monterrey, Mexico. Often climbers hear rumors of massive potential and perfect Mexican limestone, but are scared because of the media blowing the drug cartel war out of proportion. The film takes us to the source of all the rumors, Alex Catlin.