In August 2018, a handful of The North Face climbers travelled into the spectacular Japanese wilderness to dive into the realm of ‘Sawanobori’ – the revered art of scaling mountain streams, despite Mother Nature doing all she can to push them back. Powering through conditions that rendered traditional climbing shoes completely useless, this was unlike any adventure the team had done before.
Italian Rampage with Niky Ceria | Videos
Niky Ceria recently traveled through his homeland of Italy from North to South. Over 3 months, Niccolo hit main bouldering zones along with those less traveled.
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Rock Fall off Squamish Chief near Rock On and South Gully | Recent News
Stewart Hughes (or Welsh Stu!) recently reported on the Squamish Rock Climbing Forum that a large chunk of rock has come off The Stawamus Chief approximately 40 metres left of Mushy Peas, leaving a significant scar. Those in the area of South Gully or Rock On should be aware of the potential instability above that area.
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Elan Jonas McCrae sends Terminator (v13) | Recent News
Lots of happenings in Squamish right now. Elan Jonas McCrae has made an ascent of Terminator (v13). The line completes Squaminator by topping out via Squaminator Traverse (v9). In other news, Ivan Lou sent Squaminator (v12), his first of the grade. The climb was also sent by young gun Brennan Doyle. This area is getting a lot of attention right now!
Other happenings in the forest include Danny Martin sending The Egg (v11) Tyson Braun sending Black Council (v11) and Gabriel Moch putting up a new highball above Krishna Cave.
Videos below!
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Bouldering in the Valias, Switzerland featuring Shawn Raboutou and Giuliano Cameroni | Videos
Shawn Raboutou and Giuliano Cameroni have a mellow 10 days in Valais, Switzerland.
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Adam Ondra goes To Tokyo | Videos
Bouldering on the competitions is getting more and more different compared to outdoor climbing or “old school” competition style and it is getting progressively more difficult to train for it. I set on a pilgrimage to a city where some of the best “new school” boulderers live and train – Tokyo.
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2019 Alberta Climbing Association – Elevation Place Difficulty Final Results
Elevation Place in Canmore, AB played host to the 2019 ACA Difficulty Local this weekend. Here are the results below.
Men’s Open
1. HOLOWACH, Jason
2. MARTINO, Tyson
3. EVELEIGH, Scott
4. GAUK, Marko
5. WHITE, Tyler
6. SOMJI, Ethan
Women’s Open
1. WEBER, Alyssa
2. BOKLASCHUK, Paige
3. SUTLEY, Amy
4. TROTTIER, Lily
5. SLATER, Jennifer
6. DYACK, Ali
For full results, please see compseason.com
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2019 SCBC 2 Fast 2 Flash @ SFU Recreation Final Results
Simon Fraser University Reacreation played host to the 2019 Sport Climbing BC 2 Fast 2 Flash Difficulty and Speed Competition last weekend. Below are the final results.
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Blood on the Crack featuring Jacob Cook and Kevin Jorgenson | Videos
First featured at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, Blood on the Crack features Jacob Cook and Kevin Jorgenson on Will Stanhope’s Tom Egan Memorial Route in the Bugaboos, BC.
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Jernej Kruder and Julija Kruder DWS in Mallorca | Videos
Watch Jernej Kruder and Julija Kruder DWS in Mallorca.
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