Eh Yo!

I’ma new kind of tired this morning.  Our 4th, and best MEC Tour De Bloc event wrapped up last night.  We had 100 competitors represented from Winnepeg to North Vancouver.  The top 10 men and women came out to a crowd of 200 spectators.  Here are the unnoficial results from the Open Finals:

Women:

1) Thirza Carpenter - flashed everything for 4800 points! E-town!
2) Vikki Weldon / 3240 / Calgary
3) Heather Sawitsky / 2780 / Edmonton
4) Noella Nykyforuk / 2395 / N. Vancouver
5) Samantha Li / 1680 (14 attempts) / Calgary
6) Krystal Merrels / 1680 (23 attempts) / Winnipeg
7) Jelisa Dunbar / 1555 (17 attempts) / Calgary
Robyn Larsen / 1555 (26 attempts) / Saskatoon
9) Selena Wong / 1455 / Edmonton
10) Tanya Karaman / 1050 / Calgary

Men:

1) Patrick Lucas / 3380 pts / Edmonton! (yes Knut, he still cranks)
2) Marshal German / 3370 / Edmonton
3) Dan Archambault / 3290 / Edmonton
4) Terry Paholek / 3025 / Edmonton
5) Justin ‘can only move up’ Jones / 2890 / Winnipeg
6) Jireh Climaco / 2685 / Edmonton
7) Seth Mason / 2595 / Edmonton
Mark Stirling / 2230 / Calgary
9) Michael Weldon / 2195 / Calgary
10) Alex ‘where did you get those shorts’ Quiring / 2195 / Calgary

Official, and full results will be sent to the TDB and CEC. 

Thanks to everyone who helped out (staff, volunteers, friends and fam), I had an amazing weekend with all of you.  Much love.

Hope everyone gets home safe (Edmonton is in full blizzard mode). 

From here on out it’s non-stop to Nationals!

Signing off,

Alex Faid
Urban Uprising Climbing Complex,
Univerity of Alberta

Fun comp!
Congrats to my Team Teknik homies, you guys did great. Way to represent Alberta at the TDB!
I put a photo of the Team as well as a little video from the comp on our blog, chekkit out. http://www.teknikhandholds.com/tekkies/

Zoe