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Tour de Bloc and Banff Film Fest This Weekend

The Tour de Bloc will be having its third and fourth events of the season and the Banff Mountain Fest will be wrapping up its 10 days of epicness.

The first Tour de Bloc comp will be taking place at Joe Rockhead’s in Toronto on Nov. 7, where registration will be open at 8 a.m. The second will be starting a few hours later in Canmore at Elevation Place. For more information, visit here.

The 40th Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival is currently taking place in the Rockies. Gripped has been on hand for all of the events leading into this final weekend.

From interviews with Tommy Caldwell and Jules Lines, to taking in Radical Reels and Alex Honnold’s arm wrestle with Greg Child. We will have a full report from the event on Monday.

There are lots of great shows to catch this weekend and the grand prize will be announced on Sunday night. For more info on the event, visit here.

Alex Honnold arm wrestling Greg Child on stage at the 40th Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. Photo The Banff Centre
Alex Honnold arm wrestling Greg Child on stage at the 40th Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. Photo The Banff Centre

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