The past year started with the Dawn Wall send that was heard around the world, which was followed by the Niagara Falls climb and continued with major climbing achievements throughout 2015. This year’s great climbs included Marc-Andre Leclerc’s impressive solos in Patagonia, Sachi Amma and Alex Megos’s historic 5.15 sends, Daniel Woods and Ashima Shiraishi’s groundbreaking bouldering sends to new 5.14s in four Canadian provinces, the first free ascents of old aid routes in B.C. and climbers setting Canadian records on the international competitive scene. Looking forward to the next year, what will happen in Canadian and international climbing? There are more extreme ice and alpine climbers and 5.15 and V15 senders than ever before. Will we see the first 5.15d or 5.16a?
Here at Gripped, we are excited about…