Alex Honnold wrote a letter to the New york Times regarding the recent debacle with Clif Bar. The article can be found here.
Jimmy Webb repeated Defying Gravity 8C in Thunder Ridge first put up by Daniel Woods. Source: 8a
Exposure II by Chuck Fryberger comes out today and is on sale here.
For those of you who follow international competition climbing, Sean McColl needs no introduction. Sean is a professional rock climber from North Vancouver, BC with deep roots to the North Shore climbing scene. Over the past few years, Sean’s focus has been on competition climbing, as Sean lives and trains in Chambery, France for most of the year. Sean may be best known for his ascent of Dreamcatcher, where rumour has it that Sean did the route a second time for the camera, but Sean continues to push himself outside, with ascents of Meadowlark Leon Sit (v14), Top Sirloin (v14), and Too Many Martinis (v14) this year as well as onsighting his first 5.14a. During the recent 2014 World Cup season, Sean ended up on the podium eight times and ended the season 2nd overall. Squamish Climbing Magazine had a chance to catch up with Sean before he takes a well deserved break from his training regime.
Tommy Caldwell has redpointed the hardest pitch on the Dawn Wall meaning all pitches have been sent individually. Source: Facebook
The final World Cup was held in Kranj over the weekend. Local boy Sean McColl took 2nd in the competition and 2nd overall for the season! Congratulations Sean!
Here is the video of the Final
The November Sessions Competition at Climb Base 5 came and went this weekend. Here are the final results for Men and Women. Squamish Climbing Magazine is still looking for someone interested in covering these events on a regular basis. Please contact us at info@scmagazine.ca if you are interested.
Women’s Open Final
Men’s Open Final
Here is the latest video from Sonnie Trotter. Great to see a video of Skaha. Maybe we can catch up with Sonnie with some questions!
Local climber Jesse Warren has managed a rare ascent of Shelter, V13. This extremely aesthetic problem was originally established by Tim Clifford and adds a very hard sequence into Sharma’s cave, a stout V11 in its own right. Jesse is having an impressive fall, having also recently redpointed Silient Menace (aka Smell the Glove), 14c.
Jesse is also the creator of one of my favourite Squamish bouldering videos. Check it out below:
In the boulders, local residents are making the most of these amazing November conditions. Mat Pouliot recently took down The Method and Summoning Sit, both V12. Matt Keays sent Sushi Special, also V12, and Kaleb Thomas sent his “dream project”, the quintessential Squamish classic: The Egg (V11). Conditions are prime out there. Get after it!
Clif Bar released a statement today (here) regarding their dismissal of top athletes who participate in extreme sports like base jumping and soloing.
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