Vikki Weldon

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Canadian Summer is Approaching!

April 30, 2010 - 2:16 am 1 Comment

A lovely sunny day here in good ol’ Van city. Don’t judge me that I’m sitting on my couch staring at this glowing screen. I have the best and oldest excuse in the book: “finals are a’comin!”
Yup, I’m just about finished Level 1 of my nursing degree. Only 5 more levels to go! (That’s 3 years in total for all you non-BCIT nursing students). But that doesn’t mean I’m on break for the summer. Oh no…I have 3 summer courses to take that are required for the program. Yummy. How does “Critical Reading and Writing” float your boat? No? “Applied Ethics”? Hmm..alright, I won’t bore you anymore with all that. The good news is I’m looking forward to a good number of days out in Squamish this summer! I have a few hard projects in mind, but mainly I’m extremely psyched to get up high in the sky up on the Chief.

But right now, I have a nagging shoulder injury that must be dealt with. I unfortunately tweaked the darn thing in February and it hasn’t quite healed yet. This may largely be in part do to my heinous studying posture.

Lower-right hand corner has my name written all over it..

Leading up to the summer, my goal is to regain my shoulder health and strength so I can dedicate myself to some crushing

That’s all for now. I’ve added the videos from last years TDB Nationals, which is being held this year in Toronto at the infamous Joe Rockhead’s May 22-23rd. This will be my second year not competing at the Canadian Nationals, and I know I’ll be missing one hell of a show once again.

So keep up the training ladies and gents! Loads of summer climbing ahead!

Love

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Tour de Bloc Regionals

April 5, 2010 - 7:49 pm No Comments

This past weekend was the Western Tour de Bloc Regionals!

Cliffside Climbing Gym in Kamloops, BC held the Open qualifiers, combined with a fun comp for youth and adults. This was the first competition held in Kamloops since I was a youngster, and I must say that Simon and Sabrina (the owners) did a pretty darn good job!

Beyond the Crux (Kelowna, BC) held a CEC sanctioned youth comp and citizen’s comp in the morning and put on a spectacular show for finals in the evening. With a bit of a nagging shoulder problem right now, I opted to keep two feet on the ground and watch my friends crush this weekend.

Finals at the Crux were incredible! Mike and April Shannon are the masters of fun, and they showed their true colours this weekend. Problem #3 (aka ‘The Shark Pit’) for both men and women was the showcase of the evening, with a massive blown up shark and pirhana with laser beams attached to their heads providing some motivation for climbers to stay on the wall. A big swing also started the climbers off. It was some good ol’ fashioned fun climbers and spectators alike. I have to say that whenever there is a comp in K-town, you are guaranteed a riot of a time!

The night ended with a suprise kidnapping of Gary Foster, the lucky unsuspecting birthday boy, who ended up with his hand and feet hog tied and a pillow case taped unnecessarily tight over his eyes. The kidnappers brought Gary to Mike and April’s house where his girlfriend, Karly, his parents and his friends were all waiting. It was a grand night, with a bonfire, Mike Shannon’s infamous ‘salty pork’ and tractor barrel racing.

Although I didn’t compete this weekend, I still had a fantastic time. I was also motivated to get over my injury and start climbing harder than ever!

Here are the results from the comp this weekend. Ryan came 3rd!!

Women’s Open
1. Tiffany Melius
2. Amanda Berezowski
3. Audrey Sniezek
4. Clarrie Lam
5. Elise Sethna
6. Sarah Austin
7. Maria Celkova
8. Regan Kennedy

Men’s Open
1. Sean McColl
2. Terry Paholek
3. Ryan Olson
4. Miles Adamson
5. Josh Muller
6. Jamie Chong
7. Pat Valade
8. Nate Woods

Enjoy some pics! They’re not in order and totally random, but they’re colorful and show the fun!