The weather over the past few weeks has been unbelievable in the sea to sky corridor and as it comes to a close, it is only appropriate to report what has been going on.
Two weeks ago, Marc Bourdon sent Nothing in Moderation (5.14a) in Murrin Park. This route was originally put up by Sonnie Trotter and graded 5.13c, but Marc’s ascent may be the first after crumbling holds.
The Squamish Chief has now reported that the remains of the body found in South Gully of the Stawamus Chief have now been returned by whoever took them. According to Chief reporter, the “Squamish RCMP report that the remains were related to a suspected suicide case from 2012”
For the full article, please click here.
South Gully showing Rock On and the Apron
Here are the final results for the Open National Bouldering Series at Joe Rockhead’s Climbing Gym yesterday. Not a lot of familiar but we have included a few fan favourites. for full results, please visit the Tour De Bloc website.
Women’s Open
1. Briggs, Kerry
2. Dunbar, Jelisa
3. Tweg, Esti
4. Jellema, Kristina
5. Wyett, Olivia
6. Vince, Beth
7. Gosselin, Veronique
8. Lam, Clarrie
11. Kelly Drager
Men’s Open
1 Gravelle, Yves
2 DiFelice, Andre
3 Lazure, Sébastien
4 Tiukuvaara, Samuel
5 Tiukuvaara, Ville
6 Moreau, Mathew
7 Balsez, Florent
8 Bourassa-Moreau, Julien
9 Johnson, Will
26. Andrew Staal
Thanks again to Kelly Drager for her interview yesterday and all those who make these events happen.
A number of years ago, I remember watching this film at the brew pub for some Squamish Climbing Festival. It was around the same time Scott Milton wrote this hilarious article about trying to fly back a boulder from Rocklands to Canada. Anyways, I don’t know how long this has been up but I am sure a few folks will enjoy it.
This weekend, Joe Rockhead’s Climbing Gym will host part four of The Open Boulder National Series, an event sanctioned by Climbing Escalade Canada. With the distance between events in Canada, it is often the case that those athletes from Western Canada are not able to attend events in the east due to time and money constraints. This weekend, however, we were lucky enough to track down Kelly Drager of the Calgary Climbing Centre who flew to Toronto yesterday.
Kelly has long been an active member of the Calgary climbing scene and has been a competitor numerous times at climbing events held in the lower mainland. She also works as a Sports Dietician at the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary. Here is what Kelly had to say about the event this weekend and the climbing scene in Calgary.
Kelly Drager at the Tour De Bloc. Photo Courtesy of Kelly Drager ©
Hi Kelly, how is it going? Getting reading to travel to Toronto?
Great! Yes…definitely looking forward to supporting Joe Rockhead’s National Series event.
This film was recently brought to our attention by Carlos Lastra of Chile Climbers.
Local climbing superstar and teacher Jeremy Blumel always has something interesting to say in his bi-monthly online column at The Squamish Chief. In his most recent article, he calls for the kids to climb. Let us know what you think!
‘Just outside of Victoria is the small community of Saanich, B.C It has small clusters of houses surrounded by rural farmland and narrow winding roads reminding you of that accidental trip off the highway where you took an exit just to explore, because you had a good feeling about it and it served you a little detour adventure.
A lot of anticipation with The Hive having a new location on the north shore. Here is a little video they recently put up.
We love a Three String Media short around here. Enjoy!
Youth Bouldering Nationals took place in Burlington, Ontario a few weeks ago. Here is the highlight reel of the event. Just a reminder, the Open Bouldering National Series will take place this weekend at Joe Rockheads. Stay tuned to SCM for coverage and results!
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