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Tour de Bloc 17 Kicks Off at Seven Bays Bouldering

There was a big turnout for the first Tour de Bloc of the year

Published December 5, 2019

Tour de Bloc kicks off it’s 17th season at Seven Bays Bouldering on the East Coast. The bouldering series was once Canada’s number one comp circuit, but doesn’t take place as much as it once did.

There’s no available schedule for Tour de Bloc comps this season, but we’ll keep you up to date with the next event as soon as it’s announced.

Results Women/Men

1. Andrea Giles / Falco Filott
2. Chloe Colbo / Josh Pereira
3. Carlie Dunbar / Rob Grandy

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✨Anything is possible! This past Saturday was the Tour de Bloc bouldering competition @sevenbays . ?Would you believe it if I told you that a 38-year old woman with rheumatoid arthritis won the women’s competition? . ?And she won it by jumping and catching holds and running across volumes to catch more holds?! . That’s what happened! . ?I’m so filled with gratitude for my coaches @gilesmagic and @quantum.aligned.design for helping me get to this point! . ?This shows you what can happen when you fix your mindset, work through your ? and take messy, inspired action to get what you want! . ?Thank you to @sevenbays for putting together yet another amazing competition. Huge thanks to the route setters for setting fun things and forcing me to to face my fears of jumping and running in the name of bouldering ? @denzclimb @gilesmagic @natashakreid @2_crates @b_withthetrees . ?Thank you to volunteers who spend the day judging, organizing, babysitting and running up and down the stairs a million times to escort us to the washroom! . ??‍♀️Thanks to the event sponsors for making the event possible: @thenorthface @climbnovascotia @goodrobit @movementfactory —special thank you for keeping my hands dry with their incredible chalk: Chalkfactory . ?Most importantly, thank you to the all of the people who came out to watch and cheer us all on. The energy was electric and I could feel them lifting me right up the walls! . Huge shout out to all of the athletes who came out and made it such a fun competition. It was an amazing honour to compete alongside you ? . ▶️Swipe to watch the videos of the women’s finals problems. ? by @gilesmagic . . #bouldering #climbingcompetition #rawarrior #grateful #myheartisfull #imexhausted

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