Gripped – August 2019

SONNIE

TROTTER

jumps onto

the Canadian

climbing scene

with first ascents

of The Shaven

Yak 5.13c at

Metcalfe and

Bionic Space

Boy 5.13d at

Old Baldy, both

in Ontario.

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n the past 20 years, countless new hard routes have

been established in Canada and around the world, from

bouldering to sport and alpine. Canada now has 5. 15

routes, champion competition climbers and there are

more people than ever heading to the crags and mountains

to go climbing. Below are 20 years of Gripped magazine

covers and a list of 20 years of highlights.

BEN FIRTH makes

the first ascent of Where

Geezas Get Amongst It 5.13b

trad at Back of the Lake.

It added 20 metres to Where

Heathens Rage 5.12c trad.

West Coast climber

KATY HOLM

took first place in

the speed competition

at the third annual

Canmore International

Ice Festival.

WILL GADD

makes the first

ascent of Power

to Burn, Canada’s

first M9, in the

Waterfowl Gullies

in the Canadian

Rockies.

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vol. 1, issue 1

vol. 2, issue 1

vol. 3, issue 3

vol. 3, issue 6

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Two Decades of Progress

CANADIAN

YEARS OF CLIMBING

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