Olympic Climbing is Happening for the First Time Ever By Scott William Ladley In April of 2020, about a month into the reality of a worldwide pandemic and the possibility of a postponed Olympic games, CEC High Performance Director Andrew Wilson said to newly minted...
The fifth World Cup of the 2021 Season took place in Villars, SUI, on July 1-3, 2021. Due to the Government of Canada’s travel restrictions, CEC was unable to send a team to compete at the event. However, individual applications were accepted, and 4 Canadian...
Climbing Escalade Canada (CEC) is excited to adopt and implement a new Transgender Inclusion Policy. This policy was developed by the CEC Diversity and Inclusion Committee and is guided by the best practice recommendations outlined in the guidance document...
Connor Gearey CEC Profile June 2021 Written by Scott William Ladley Connor’s Road to Nationals Salt Lake City is over 1900 kilometers from northeast Texas. Roughly half the distance of the entire United States, this journey is THE road to US Paraclimbing Nationals for...
Arc’teryx will outfit the Canadian Climbing Team in custom, high-performance climbing uniforms and equipment NORTH VANCOUVER, Canada, June 16, 2021 – Arc’teryx Equipment, the global design company specializing in technical high-performance apparel and equipment,...
Climbing Escalade Canada stands with our Indigenous friends, partners, colleagues, and climbers to mourn the loss of the 215 children recently discovered at a formal residential school. We acknowledge the indignities experienced by the victims of the residential...
Climbing Escalade Canada unveils today the composition of the 2021 Board of Directors, following the 2021 Annual General Meeting, which took place virtually on Monday May 31, 2021. CEC is humble to introduce gender parity at the board level (4 womxn, 4 men). Michelle...
Climbing Escalade Canada (CEC) has made the very difficult decision to not send a team to, nor to endorse any Canadian athlete’s participation in, the 2021 IFSC Youth World Championships (YWC), which is scheduled to take place between August 21-31, in Voronezh,...
Due to the pandemic lockdown in effect in Ontario, Climbing Escalade Canada (CEC) is forced to announce the postponement of the first Canadian stop of the 2021 North American Cup Series (NACS), the Boulder event scheduled for July 17-18 in Kanata, Ontario. The...
The World Cup in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 28-30, 2021 saw four Canadians participating in the Speed and Boulder disciplines. As announced on April 12, only a few athletes were given the green light to attend this event, given the various states of lockdown in...
