Adam Ondra to Compete at Toronto World Cup

Bouldering Canada announced today that Adam Ondra will be travelling to North America for the Toronto and likely the Vail World Cup.

Ondra was recently in Canada for the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival in February. He attempted to onsight-flash Dreamcatcher 5.14d (watch the video), but fell halfway.

He then spent time at the IFSC climbing camp in Saanich, B.C. as one of the many coaches.

Ondra recently finished in second place at the European World Championships, results here. Last year, he competed at most lead and bouldering events on the world stage and finished 2014 as the lead and bouldering world champion.

At the 2013 Toronto World Cup, it was climbing couple Anna Stohr and Kilian Fischhuber who took home the golds. See here for full results.

At the 2014 Toronto World Cup, Guillaume Mondet and Akiyo Noguchi won finished in first place. See here for full results.

The Toronto World Cup is the result of countless people’s dedication and hardwork, but one of the leading people who makes it happen is  Luigi Montilla.

This year will be the third year the IFSC World Cup circuit will be coming to Toronto. After 2013 wrapped up, Montilla said, “I have invested two years of my life into this project… I am just happy it all went smoothly.” When asked for his personal highlights of the weekend, Montilla answered, “Definitely when the doors opened to the first spectators in the morning and then when the very first climber stepped onto the wall.”

Last week, the Canadian National Championships took place in Saanich, B.C and the winners went on to be part of the 2015 Canadian team who will be competing at the Toronto World Cup. See here for results.

On May 28, meet and get your photo taken with the members of the Canadian national team at Joe Rockhead’s (29 Fraser Ave in Toronto) at 6 p.m. For more info on that and other details of the upcoming world cup, visit Bouldering Canada here.

Highlights from the 2013 Toronto World Cup: