Vid: New West Coast Boulder Problem

With a warmer-than-usual winter, Canada’s West Coast has had plenty of route development.

Watch as local Israel Cruces climbs sends a fun and committing route he called The Birth of Tragedy.

“Scariest first ascent I have ever done by myself. If you fall mantling the lip (just above the crack) you would fly over the pads into another lower section, Cruces wrote on Youtube. “A total of 10 metres.”