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BOULDER BASH ‘SEE NO EVIL ROUTES, HEAR NO EVIL BETA, SPEAK NO NEGATIVITY’ By Zane Bray AUCKLAND’S BOULDERING SCENE IS BLOWING UP! Auckland’s seeing a massive resurgence in social boulder competitions this year in the post covid environment, with the Auckland Boulder series leading the charge, building up to the National Indoor Boulder Series, and culminating in the phenomenal next level annual Northern Rocks Boulder Bash. On 2nd July Northern Rocks opened their doors to the Boulder Bash community competition. The stoke was high, the boulders were fresh and the prize pool was over stacked. It was a perfect storm of super awesomeness. Sarah Hay, Northern Rocks Director and General Manager was the main instigator and team leader, managing juggling a runaway dog, hungry baby and hundreds of people scrambling over the walls with aplomb. The MC’ing went to Zahnay (Zane Bray) the word maker with more energy than Red bull, V and Monster energy put together. Zane brought high energy to the MC role, couldn’t read his own handwriting, talked so much the PA system died, and delivered the hype. Zane represents the Aotearoa Climbing Access Trust (ACAT) events team. ACAT.org.nz is a not for profit trust set up to help gain, maintain, and sustain access to our amazing outdoor climbing areas with some massive wins lately that would not have happened if it weren’t for the support of our sponsors recurring donors in the climbing community, signing up to support ACAT with as little as $5 a month (more would be better!) goes a long way to ensure they can keep going. Northern Rocks is proud to be ACAT’s first corporate sponsor and looks forward to working together with ACAT this year on events and initiatives to keep NZ crags open. Before kicking things off, Zane had competitors put a hand on their heart and recite the boulderers pledge from the Castle hill climbing guide bible, with words along the lines of ‘I will See no evil routes, hear no evil beta, speak no negativity’ or was it ‘Lo, though I walk through the valley of boulders, I shall fear no route…’ Then it was GO time, participants rushed off to get in the first send of the day, DJ dynamic duo Movr&Shkr and Almita dropped the phat beats, everyone racing to get scores on their sheets, people were climbing, boogieing, shouting support, sharing beta, making friends, shredding skin and falling all over the mats. There were fist bumps, laughter, worn skin, fails and many sends. The boulders the Northern Rocks team delivered were not all straight forward, there was a lot of skill required to wrestle and wrangle your way through the world class setting from the Northern Rocks setting team, with James FM and Wiz Fineron creating some stellar magic on the finals routes. Check out @northernrocks.climbing on Instagram to see their time lapse video of the comp and some of the rad routes on tap. As always, Eddie Fowke, world class photographer from the Circuit climbing was there, snapping all the amazing pictures you see here. None of this would be possible without the help of our fantastic sponsors, Rab Equipment, Mountain <strong>Adventure</strong>, Southern Approach, Bivouac Outdoor, Musashi, Off Piste, Bootleg Jerky, Fergs Kayaks Auckland, <strong>Adventure</strong> Magazine, Cx3 Chalk Bags and Northern Rocks. “Northern Rocks is an indoor bouldering facility, we foster community, growth and positive experiences for people of all backgrounds, ages and abilities.” World Class Indoor Climbing First visit $25* then free for a week! Fantastic community, beginners welcome, boulder classes for all ages and abilities, inquire now. * Discounts for youths and own gear Student Mondays, entry $15 www.northernrocks.co.nz @northernrocks.climbing Unit 17, 101-111 Diana Drive, Wairau Valley, Auckland | 09 278 2363
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Page 6 and 7: BEHIND THE COVER... SCALING EVEREST
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Page 10 and 11: The founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chou
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