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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 26, 1995 St. Paul, Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
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Allison Vest (born June 26, 1995) is a Canadian rock climber known for competition climbing, bouldering and sport climbing. She won the Canadian Bouldering Nationals in 2018[1] and 2020.[2] She also came first in Canadian Lead Nationals in 2019,[1] and placed 10th in the World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar in 2019.[3] In August 2019, Vest became the first female Canadian climber to a conquer a V13 (8B) graded boulder, with The Terminator, in Squamish, British Columbia. This feat was documented in the 2020 film The Terminator, which premiered at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival on March 1, 2020.
In February of 2022, after taking an extended break from competition climbing, Vest became the first Canadian woman to climb a V14 (8B+) graded boulder, "Show Your Scars", in Ogden, Utah.[4]
- ^ a b "Results and Rankings". Climbing Escalade Canada. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ "The Final Round of the Canadian Boulder Nationals 2020". Gripped Magazine. 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ "AWBG 2019". BORNAN. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ Walker, Noah (2022-02-06). "Allison Vest Becomes First Canadian Woman to Climb V14". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-10.