As rain hammered the West coast, a number of BC athletes headed across the border to compete in this weekend’s Northwest Boulderfest held at Seattle Bouldering Project. With a strong showing in semi-finals, Jesse Taplin, Tiffany Melius, and Alannah Yip all made finals despite a large contingent of professional climbers left over from the Portland Boulder Rally. All three of these climbers are a part of the new Climb Base5 Open Competition Team and it looks like the intensive training that they have been going through over the past six weeks has really paid off.

Below are the results of FINALS. BC Athletes are in red.

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Beautiful little flick on the process of redpointing and enjoying the moment featuring Neil Gresham.

A couple Brit flix to keep you motivated tonight despite the weather.

A fun video from some visiting climbers.

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Every year around this time, climbers from all over the Lower Mainland and Sea to Sky Corridor pack into a small theatre and cheer on their favourite climbers battling it out on the big screen. It is a time to see old friends, grab a beer, and celebrate the climbing community. Reel Rock 10 sets down in Vancouver this Wednesday, October 14th at The Rio Theatre and then on Friday, October 16th at the Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver.

Reel Rock 10 features five films that capture the spirit of our sport and the community that surrounds it, from the places we go to the characters that it creates. Here is what we thought about the films.

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Once again, The Hive is teaming up with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to host We Love Jugs month For the fourth year in a row, both the Hive Vancouver and the North Shore Hive invite all ladies to come and climb for ½ price every Friday* night in October from 5pm-close!

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We are pleased to announce that Vikki Weldon sent Dinosaur Highway (5.14a) today at Horne Lake. Vikki and Tom have been on a tear lately and it seems like their psych has continued to produce results. Vikki started trying the route last year but never made it to the island enough to put it to rest. She came close last week and went over today to send the rig. This is her third 5.14a. Congratulations Vikki!

Vikki Weldon on Dinosaur Highway (5.14a). Photo courtesy of Rich Wheater ©

In other news, Luke Zimmerman has made an ascent of Permanent Waves (5.13d) after a two year hiatus from climbing routes. Luke reported that he had a lot of endurance left over from some of his boulder projects as of late and sent the rig after five tries over two days. Looks like that training regime has really paid off!

Check out this great short of David Lama climbing in Lebanon.

For the full story, please visit the website of Corey Rich.

The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) has added a showing of Meru for tomorrow night at The Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver.

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I moved to Lethbridge just over three years ago. In that time I have spent well over 100 days bouldering at the sprawl of limestone blocks that is Frank Slide. The proximity of Lethbridge to the boulders of the Crowsnest Pass is, in fact, one of the reasons I moved to the area, and the days I have spent there have had three important effects.

Adam Currie on Albatross (V4). Photo courtesy of Evan Erickson ©

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