Visual topo of the classic route Diedre (5.8) on The Apron, Squamish Chief, Squamish, BC.

Stefano Ghisolfi doing the 4th ascent of Gancho Prefecto, 10 years after Chris Sharma and Ramonet, and 7 years after Adam Ondra.

Very excited to announce that Graham McGrenere sent The Method (v12) last weekend, putting together the project rather quickly. Here is the video of his ascent.

Take Steve McClure (Britain’s top sport climber) and Neil Mawson (E10-conquering dark horse). Throw them into the dizzying Verdon Gorge then stir well with the film-making skills of Rich Heap and Ben Pritchard. Attempting a spectacular multi-pitch route, the duo find themselves way off route and have to dig deep to find success.

We are excited to announce that Andrew Funk has made an ascent of Squaminator (v12), marking his first of the grade. Andrew made quick work of this powerful line having spent only one other day on the problem. “(I) had to fight so much harder on this thing than any other climb I’ve ever done,” said Andrew about Squaminator, “this was a big jump for me! Very stoked to have put this down.”

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The Deep Water Solo Comp returns to Tuck Fest with a $15,000 cash purse up for grabs on the world’s first Deep Water Solo climbing complex, located at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The fastest climber to the top of the wall will advance in each head-to-head round until a #TuckFest Deep Water Solo champion is crowned. Women’s Finals will be going down at 5:30 pm EST, and Men’s Finals will follow soon after at 7:30 pm EST.

After a few days of attempts, Jimmy successfully completed the first ascent of Yayali (V14) in Cosumnes River Gorge.

Live Feed of the first IFSC Bouldering World Cup in Moscow since 2010.

A bolt fund for local developers has been developed by Peter Winter.

The objective of this fund is to raise up to $3500 to offset the purchase of bolts,hangers and anchors for ongoing development of routes and entire crags that span the entire grade spectrum from 5.6 to 5.13, trad and sport. 1000 bolts have already been purchased and we would like to buy 1000 hangers as well as anchors.

To visit the fund, please click here.

Special thanks to Chris Small who has released the topo of his latest crag. The name of the crag is Cereal Killers and is located West of Petrifying Wall in Murrin Park, Squamish, BC.

This new area is approximately 50 m west of the lower sector of Petwall on the Petwall/ Rainbows and Unicorns/ Up Among the Firs Loop trail just west of Murrin Park (see photo above). The 18 climbs (link up variations included) are an eclectic mix of styles and grades with everything from easy to moderate trad and sport to very technical vertical sport slab represented. The grade range is 5.6 to 5.12 with the majority in the 9 – 11 range. A standard Squamish rack comprised of small wires to 4” cams will be adequate for protection. An additional 4 projects right of the Marc of Excellence are part of a dedicated area to the memory of Marc Andre Leclerc have are cleaned but are awaiting sending by close family and friends. Please respect these projects.

Cereal Killers topo