Gripped – August 2019

WILL GADD and

TIM EMMETT made

the first ascent of Spray On,

a 30-metre ice climb that’s

protected by bolts at

the Helmcken Falls, B.C.

They graded it WI10.

THOMASINA

PIDGEON climbs

The Butterpumper

in Hueco Tanks and

becomes the first

Canadian woman

to climb the grade

of a V12.

STEVE HOUSE and

VINCE ANDERSON

make the first winter ascent of

the north face of Mount Alberta

via The House/Anderson WI5+

M8 R/X 1,000 m.

TIM CLIFFORD

makes the first ascent

of the Room Project V14

in Squamish, one of

Canada’s hardest boulders.

SONNIE

TROTTER

makes the first

free ascent

of the much

attempted and

discussed

Cobra Crack

in Squamish

at 5.14.

CHRIS

SHARMA

makes the first

ascent of

Dreamcatcher,

one of Canada’s

first 5.14d routes

and the most

sought after.

JEFF

BEAULIEU

makes the first

free ascent

of La Zebree at

Val-David in

Quebec after

40 attempts

over a few years.

New alpine routes

in the Rockies,

including

HOWSE OF

CARDS VI

WI6X M7-

on Howse Peak

and RITES OF

PASSAGE IV

5.7 M5 WI7-

on Mount Kitchener.

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