Tour de Bloc 15: Karnis and Richardson Win Up the Bloc

On Feb. 10 there were six Tour de Blocs that took place across Canada. It was a fun and successful day and many of the provinces top climbers came out.

Comps were held at Seven Bays in Nova Scotia, Le Mouv in Quebec, Up the Bloc in Ontario, Vertical Adventures in Manitoba, Grip It in Saskatchewan and Boulder House in Victoria.

It was the most Tour de Blocs to ever take place on one day. With the Tour de Bloc not being the go-to comp circuit to build Provincial teams, there are fewer events this year than in the past.

Here are the Finals results for Up the Bloc.

Male/Female Results
1. Zach Richardson / Bronwen Karnis
2. Florent Balsez / Lia Wieckowski
3. Lucas Uchida / Bonnie de Bruijn
4. Dylan Barks / Mateja Vukojevic
5. Jon Brock / Alex Kuusela
6. Rahul Sapra / Charle Prosser

“What? I’m still hanging on?” ? It was one of those moments for sure! Congrats to all the finalists who put on a great show for that super awesome crowd ? Also great work @up_the_bloc for hosting this one! • • ?: big thanks to @nlewis23 @climbersrock #climbersrock #climbing #climbing_pictures_of_instagram #bouldering #competition #upthebloc #tourdebloc

A post shared by Zach Richardson (@zach_richardson_) on Feb 11, 2018 at 5:38am PST