A Good Start

Yesterday's competition was a blast. We had 218 competitors, and the energy in the place was buzzing all day. Thanks to Luigi for staging a great comp, to the setting crew of Jody Miall, Kellan, Dustin, Stephen and Luigi for setting a great slate of problems, and to all our sponsors for providing a great array of prizes, and contributing to a large cash prize pool for the Open category winners. Laura from the Toronto School of Circus Arts (among our very cool neighbours at the Downsview Park Sports Centre) blew everyone away with her half time silk performance. I'd go on, but I need to get some breakfast and get ready for another exciting day: our first day open to the public for all kinds of climbing.

Several people asked yesterday whether they could lead climb today, and the answer is: yes, of course! We will be conducting top rope belay tests and lead tests for all who need them. Please be patient as we are expecting a large crowd, and it may be a challenge to keep up with those at first.

Come join us and check out the new gym. A reminder that all annual and continuing monthly EFT memberships come with your choice of a free TNCI T shirt or water bottle, for a limited time only!

Live Blog of Today's Tour de Bloc Competition

If the above doesn't update live, you can also follow today's live blog at
http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/Beta__True_North_Tour_de_Bloc

This is It

Ten months of planning (and years of dreaming before that) have brought us to today, when we open our doors to the public for the first time for our inaugural Tour de Bloc bouldering competition. We have surpassed our goal of 200 competitors (we were a little over 210 last night, with a few more expected to sign up at the door today), making this the largest Tour de Bloc debut turnout (but not the largest turnout ever at one of these comps). Much more important, our team has done a fantastic job and we are ready (though a lot of important stuff happened yesterday!). Come join us this weekend to see what we have built. We're proud of it, and we hope you like it.

This is It!

Free Stuff

We have two special offers as we kick off life at our new climbing gym:

1. Climbing will be free on Sunday March 28th. We will be open from 10am - 6pm that day. We're closing earlier than usual to help us recover from an intense week of preparation for our Tour de Bloc competition the previous day, and general craziness as we put all the finishing touches on the gym!
2. For a limited time only, all new annual and EFT monthly memberships will include your choice of a True North Climbing T shirt or water bottle. This offer will last until our Grand Opening Celebration on April 17th, or while supplies last (whichever comes first). This offer does not apply to monthly prepaid admission.