I’m sitting in the Saskatoon airport on my way home from the Canadian Youth National Championships. The Edge Climbing Team had great success and I’m excited to coach these young rock stars in preparation for the World Youth Championships in Valence, France in August this year. I’m planning a trip to Europe for the end of July and all of August, so I’ll be able to attend this event to help coach the Canadian Team.
Other exciting comp news is Sean McColl‘s 2nd place finish in Vienna, Austria this weekend. This is Sean’s best performance to date on the World stage. It is also Canada’s best finish in a World Cup ever. Sean told me a little bit about finals in an email he sent me yesterday:
Actually it was problem number 2 that was hard, only me and the guy that won did it, i fucked up on problem 3 by tagging the last hold, but managed to flash the last one to get second place…
Sean also sent me a text that said, “2nd is pretty good, right?”, which by reading between the line tells me how excited he is about this result.
The Euros are definitely going to be following Sean closely this season. He is eager to clench a 1st place finish. There are still another handfull of World Cup bouldering and roped events that Sean will be competing in over the next few months. It’s not hard to imagine Sean attaining his goal this competition season.
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I was wondering where you were this weekend. It was nice here… though 30 degrees.