Vikki Weldon Sends Squamish 5.14a
Vikki Weldon repeated her partner Tom Wright’s Paradise Valley route, Spirit of the West 5.14a in Squamish. Weldon said after the climb, “Three years of obsession, progress, failure, doubt and hope all came to a head today. The wind blew, the rock was sticky and the crew was all time. Still wrapping my head around it, but my heart is full and my face hurts from smiling.” First climbed by Wright in 2015, it was repeated in 2016 by Ben Harnden and Jon Siegrist and again in 2018 by Sonnie Trotter. “Just sent one of the best routes in Western Canada,” Trotter said after his send. “Yes, that’s a bold statement, but it’s truly that good. Thank you, Tom Wright, for bringing this granite masterpiece…
