I noticed via a friend's Facebook feed that the IFSC World Cup Bouldering is happening in Canmore, Alberta right now.  Elise Sethna is a young star climber that has been representing Canada at the international level for a few years now, and without a doubt in her home town of Canmore this weekend! So I thought it was fitting to put up a few photos of her I shot a couple years ago. Good luck Elise!

Tags: alberta, banff, bouldering, canada, canmore, climber, climbing, cup, Elise, photos of, Sethna, world.

The December 2010/January 2011 issue of Gripped Climbing Magazine has a couple of my pretty pictures running it. The climber in both is my good buddy Dale Sood who managed to string a couple sentences together (and very beautifully so) and craft a great article about training toward goals in your climbing. Have a look/read. It should be on the stands now.

Here are the photos:

Also, here's a link to Dale article which you can ready online on Gripped site:

http://gripped.com/2010/12/sections/articles/think-and-climb-hard-the-five-habits-of-successful-climbers/

Good job Dale! Let's work more together!

Kam

Tags: bc, clients, climbing, Dale Sood, gripped, magazine, published work, squamish.

Words won't do justice to how fun Squamish can be when you get a few good friends together. We've dubbed it "summer camp for adults." With a slight chance of rain looming in the forecast, the chance was played and the crag was hiked to. We left Peter's house and about an hour later we arrived at Fern Hill, a small sport climbing crag behind Valleycliffe in Squamish. A touch of rain drizzle didn't faze us, and we spent the day hanging out, shooting photos, and trying new routes.

The crag has a wide range of routes for most climbing skill levels, but tends to focus on the intermediate and higher grades.

Here are some photos from the day with commentary where appropriate. (Click to enlarge, Esc to get out).

A bit humid on the approach.Right, Guido Vettoretti?

Long walks bring out the most atrocious ideas in men. They will not be mentioned here.

Walking through the humid fern forest of... Fern Hill.

Dale Sood racking up. Style points for the button-down.

Taking it simple and easy.

Scotty Winston in his very proper belay stance. Rep-ing heavy for patagonia.

If only we knew what he was thinking. If we did, I would not be able to write it here.

Guido Vettoretti on a new route at Fern Hill called Hot Chaude / Yellow Fever. 5.12 hard.

The creator of said route (Hot Chaude / Yellow Fever 5.12 hard) Dale Sood says, "do it right ! is easy! eat yo vetables!"The dude, takin'er eas'.

Dale Sood on upper crux of Hot Chaude / Yellow Fever. Still takin'er eas'.

Guido's whipped with slack in-hand. A touch scary.

Guido Vettoretti back on it (Hot Chaude / Yellow Fever). Workin out the sequences.

Yes! Tastes so good. Guido on the upper cruxes of Hot Chaude / Yellow Fever at Fern Hill.

Thanks to some reggae music, the clouds went away, and the sun came out for the great hike back, and beers at the Shady Tree.

Thanks to the gang (left to right, hiking out): Guido Vettoretti, Dale Sood, Scotty Winston, and Jen Mansour for a good time.

Like the photos? Drop me a line: contact@kamilbialous.com - I'm always interested in hooking up with new people to photograph.

Kamil

Tags: active lifestyle, bc, fern hill, hanging out outdoors, hiking, patagonia, petzl, rock climbing, sport, squamish.

I'm so excited to be living in Vancouver, and checking out all the potential for outdoor adventures in the area. It has been almost a year since I've been in Squamish, and I was super excited to head back up there and shoot some sport climbing at Fern Hill. Good people, good area, and in the shade for a good part of the day. Squamish sport climbing seems to be an untapped gem, although perhaps also oxymoronic to some, and the people developing new areas talk about them with genuine enthusiasm.

Anyway, here are some photos from Fern Hill. Squamish local Peter Winter at home at Fern Hill, on Burning the Coil 12d (or harder depending on who you ask).

And Dale Sood developing a new route at the same crag amidst a cloud of lichen dust.

(Click on the photo to enlarge.)

See you in Squamish this summer!

Kam

Tags: climbing, dale soond, fern hill, peter winter, photography, sport, squamish.