Monday Motivation: Big Moves at Boulder Nationals

The 2020 Canadian Bouldering Nationals took place this past weekend in Ontario. B.C. climbers Guy McNamee and Allison Vest took home golds. Complete results here.

Below are some big moves and tricky problems that made their way onto social.

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What a RIDE 🤯 So stoked to take home the title tonight at the 2020 Bouldering National Championships! We have some badass, strong, and scrappy gals in this country. It’s exciting to compete in an event when it truly is anyone’s game. Turns out, sneaking into finals in 6th and being the first one out of iso lowered the pressure enough to make it all click for me today. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The night was made exponentially better by fellow @hiveclimbing athlete @guymcnamee (who I have the absolute pleasure of coaching) winning his first Open Bouldering title!! So proud of you Guy! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Finally, thanks to @corechristian and @jeffreywthomson for being the best coaches a girl could ask for and to everyone and anyone who makes events like these run. We so appreciate you. #liveclimbrepeat #hiveclimbing @blackdiamond @hiveclimbing And thanks for the vid @matt.chapman.17!!!

A post shared by ᗩᒪᒪIᔕOᑎ ᐯEᔕT (@allisonvest) on Jan 12, 2020 at 6:56pm PST

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@sophie_buitendyk making HARD boulders look EASY 😳😳😳 • Dang girl. • Sophie with the flash on boulder 2 and 3, and she earned her spot in Semi Finals! • @tula_sherkat in her first Open Bouldering Nationals turned some heads today as she also cruised to Semi Finals in 11th place! 💪💪💪 • Congrats to these two!!! • #openboulderingnationals #climb #climbing #strongwomen #strong #semifinals #competion #life #fitnessmotivation #training #always #results #congratulations

A post shared by M A T T C H A P M A N (@matt.chapman.17) on Jan 11, 2020 at 11:39am PST

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@guymcnamee and @allisonvest are the Open Bouldering National Champions! • What a phenomenal Nationals this year! Big shout out to @kalebcthomas and his crew for setting a great comp – and a difficult comp. I believe that the Canadian standard for climbing excellence needs to be raised, and that starts with the setters and the coaches. This was a really challenging Nationals, and the athletes rose to the occasion and put on a stellar show!!! • Thank you to @climbcanada , @altitudegym , and the volunteers and judges. • I’m really proud of the crew – @sophie_buitendyk @tula_sherkat @tosh_sherkat and @dylansaffery. I love working with you and I’m psyched to get back to training! • #Open #boulder #nationals #bouldering #climbing #competition #train #trainingmotivation #backtowork #strong #tryhard #2020

A post shared by M A T T C H A P M A N (@matt.chapman.17) on Jan 12, 2020 at 8:23pm PST

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Gonna fight for it tonight @climbersrock

A post shared by Zach Richardson (@zach_richardson_) on Jan 12, 2020 at 10:39am PST

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Tonight was pretty unreal !!! So stoked I had the chance to climb in Open Nationals Finals. • • Very thankful for the amazing community we have, so many friends both in the crowd and on the wall, and of course @boulderhouse_victoria providing an amazing training facility and good vibes!!! Super psyched working with @palmerlarsen as my coach this season. Vid: @bea.evans And of course “coach” @hayden_jones_10

A post shared by Finn Battersby (@finn_battersby) on Jan 12, 2020 at 4:41pm PST

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Good qualifier round this morning at @climbcanada boulder nationals! Right now I’m in fourth place. Still feeling fresh so hopefully I can take it up a notch in semis 🔥 📹 @thedaddydanshow #teamaltitudegym @altitudegym

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