NACC coming to Montreal

The countdown is on to North American Climbing Championships held in Montreal early December. It should be very interesting for Canadian climbers.

There have been hardly no rope comps in Canada at an adult level in the past few years leaving a very inexperienced field to represent Canada. It will be mostly familiar bouldering comp faces who decide to pick up a rope and try it out. Many of our team have a lot of bouldering experience so hopefully the power will translate over to the rope.

I am anxious to see how the logistics of the comp turn out. I heard absolutely nothing about western regional qualifiers but attended the eastern qualifiers. We in Canada are at a bit of a disadvantage since our country is so large. Funny it seems but what it means is there is little annual crossover between east and west in the way of passing on hard earned experience with things like comp organization, route setting and logistics. This is hopefully something the CEC will be able to help with over the next while.

Anyway it turns out it will be good for the comp scene to hold such a big event here in Canada. I am hoping for the best!

Anyway you slice it the Canadians will be the Best Dressed Team, just look at those Uniforms. Sharp eh?