Climb for Wilderness 2014
Results
Prize Winners
Mural Competition: Please see the Mural Competition Page for winners.
Easter Egg Counting Contest: Kristin Pillage
Barbara Sherrington Memorial Prize for Best Wild AB Expo Display: Sustainable Alberta Association: Commuter Challenge
Louise Guy Poetry Prize for Best Entry in the C4W Poetry Contest: Betty Millham “Wild Synergy”
Ward Neale Memorial Prize for Top Fundraiser over $2700: Richard Guy ($4,160.00 and counting…)
Top Fundraising Youth: Abigail Hadden ($2,211.00 and counting…)
Random Draw Prize Winner — $100-$250 level: David Pugh
Fastest Racer – Male: Matthew Lewis (9 min, 57 sec)
Fastest Racer – Female: Joelle Barrette (12 min, 11 sec)
Oldest Racer: Nessie Hollicky (83 years: 25 min, 34 sec)
Youngest Racer: Avery Lewis (4 years: 27 min, 34 sec)
Most Climbs Elite – Male: Jonathan Heinz (28 climbs) & Ammon Piepgrass (28 climbs)
Most Climbs Elite – Female: Shannon Magee (22 climbs)
Most Climbs Adult – Male: James Haston (18 climbs)
Most Climbs Adult – Female: Hikari Nitta (19 climbs)
Most Climbs Youth 15-18 – Female: Megan Bankes (19 climbs)
Most Climbs Youth 14 and under – Male: Aidan Grogan (14 climbs) & Billy Sadowski (14 climbs)
Most Climbs Youth 14 and under – Female: Bronwyn Tieleman (8 climbs) & Sierra Vongrad (8 climbs)
Phyllis Hart Prize for Most Climbs Senior 75 and over – Female: Hilda Lawson (87 years: 2 climbs)
Richard Guy Prize for Most Climbs Senior 75 and over – Male: Elek Szabo (95 years: 1 climb)
Youngest Climber: To be determined — check back soon!
Top Fundraising Team: Cenovus Energy Team A: Kirsten Pugh, Monica Ludwig, Erin Madro, Cindy Bakala (with $2,180.00)
Most Climbs by a Team: Markit Lynx: Mike Cullingham, Chuck Herr, Ian Graham, Matthew Moore (49 climbs)
Team Spirit Award: Markit Cougars: Janice Ward, Liyang Lu, Lisa Spurrell, Krithika Kasi
Youth Team Spirit Award: Pink Panthers: Jasdeep Sandhu, Balijot Parmar, Harmeen Mander, Harsimran Sandhu
Outstanding Family Award (presenting sponsor: Jerry and Margaret Hall): Liz and Tony Fricke and Family
Top Fundraising Family Award: Bill, Sam and Alex Overend and Patti Dibski (with $12,467.50!)
Will Farrington Memorial Prize for Outstanding Volunteer: Sue Verbeek
Race Results
| # | Name | Bib | Age | Sex | State/ Prov |
Time | Affiliation |
| 1 | Matthew Lewis | 51 | 28 | M | AB | 09:57 | MEC |
| 2 | Garry Beer | 52 | 42 | M | AB | 10:06 | MEC |
| 3 | Alejandro Adames | 73 | 16 | M | AB | 10:10 | Madeleine d’Houet |
| 4 | Mitchell Smith | 80 | 21 | M | AB | 10:11 | |
| 5 | Ron Janz | 11 | 52 | M | AB | 10:41 | |
| 6 | Larry Greer | 15 | 46 | M | AB | 10:49 | Ernst & Young LLP |
| 7 | Pablo Adames | 77 | 48 | M | AB | 10:54 | Madeleine d’Houet |
| 8 | Mike Hassel | 81 | 43 | M | AB | 11:13 | |
| 9 | Ryan Jackson | 18 | 41 | M | AB | 11:36 | Ernst & Young LLP |
| 10 | Michael Heuchert | 54 | 32 | M | AB | 11:47 | MEC |
| 11 | Mervin Smith | 78 | 49 | M | AB | 11:49 | |
| 12 | Khris Proud | 53 | 32 | M | AB | 12:06 | MEC |
| 13 | Joelle Barrette | 36 | 29 | F | 12:11 | ||
| 14 | Holly Greer | 12 | 15 | F | AB | 12:13 | |
| 15 | Wade Lahring | 92 | M | AB | 12:15 | ||
| 16 | Grant Lahring | 93 | 20 | M | AB | 12:18 | |
| 17 | Nick Purich | 22 | 25 | M | AB | 12:19 | Ernst & Young LLP |
| 18 | Ronil Shivji | 69 | 40 | M | AB | 12:24 | |
| 19 | Alison Jackson | 19 | 40 | F | AB | 12:26 | Ernst & Young LLP |
| 20 | Gurdev Singh | 24 | 23 | M | AB | 12:43 | Ernst & Young LLP |
| 21 | Angela Ficht | 47 | 49 | F | AB | 12:47 | |
| 22 | Patricia Cormier | 71 | 51 | F | AB | 12:48 | |
| 23 | Zachary Green | 87 | 15 | M | AB | 12:49 | |
| 24 | Ian Morrison | 62 | 51 | M | AB | 13:00 | |
| 25 | Sophie Greer | 13 | 13 | F | AB | 13:09 | |
| 26 | Ryan Stagg | 33 | 27 | M | AB | 13:54 | |
| 27 | Sheldon Anderson | 82 | 8 | M | AB | 14:02 | |
| 28 | Cara Bell | 63 | 36 | F | AB | 14:25 | |
| 29 | Nancy Richard | 14 | F | AB | 14:44 | Ernst & Young LLP | |
| 30 | Hannes Jordaan | 23 | 42 | M | AB | 14:47 | Ernst & Young LLP |
| 31 | Joan Nevard | 65 | 62 | F | AB | 14:52 | |
| 32 | Rafael Linares | 35 | 40 | M | AB | 14:55 | |
| 33 | Gordon Stronach | 74 | 52 | M | AB | 15:20 | |
| 34 | Holly Norman | 76 | 53 | F | AB | 15:24 | |
| 35 | Ethan Anderson | 83 | 11 | M | AB | 15:26 | |
| 36 | Mike Surbey | 91 | 29 | M | AB | 15:36 | |
| 37 | Chris Nightingale | 67 | 43 | M | AB | 15:38 | |
| 38 | Thomas Ficht | 46 | 18 | M | AB | 15:48 | |
| 39 | Britta Valeske | 8 | 33 | F | AB | 16:12 | |
| 40 | Tricia Kershaw | 59 | 56 | F | AB | 16:14 | |
| 41 | Sean Tremblay | 10 | 27 | M | AB | 16:19 | |
| 42 | Genevieve Gendron-Meek | 37 | 34 | F | AB | 16:29 | |
| 43 | Silvia Koso | 5 | 40 | F | AB | 16:38 | |
| 44 | Csilla Kiss Morrison | 61 | 33 | F | AB | 16:48 | |
| 45 | Helene Faucher | 38 | 26 | F | AB | 17:30 | |
| 46 | Malinda Tremblay | 9 | 26 | F | AB | 18:02 | |
| 47 | Natashya Stronach | 75 | 41 | F | AB | 18:22 | |
| 48 | Yao Xi Zhang | 79 | 18 | M | AB | 18:24 | |
| 49 | Katherine Mallet | 3 | 32 | F | AB | 18:31 | |
| 50 | Mandy Mutch | 2 | 41 | F | AB | 18:44 | |
| 51 | Josephine Tse | 25 | 24 | F | AB | 18:46 | Ernst & Young LLP |
| 52 | Tara Tremel | 88 | 33 | F | AB | 19:01 | |
| 53 | Judy Stasiuk | 49 | 49 | F | AB | 19:19 | |
| 54 | Evelyn Adams | 50 | 50 | F | AB | 19:21 | |
| 55 | Laura Martinez Garcia | 58 | 28 | F | AB | 19:32 | |
| 56 | Maeghan Clancy | 72 | 29 | F | AB | 19:34 | |
| 57 | Craig Anderson | 85 | 40 | M | AB | 19:46 | |
| 58 | Kenneth Nevard | 66 | 65 | M | AB | 19:58 | |
| 59 | Rhonda Pelletier | 64 | 53 | F | AB | 20:15 | |
| 60 | Giacomo Sacchet | 45 | 29 | M | Italy | 20:41 | |
| 61 | Clara Gianetti | 44 | 25 | F | Italy | 20:42 | |
| 62 | Nisha Valckx | 7 | 24 | F | AB | 21:00 | |
| 63 | Jonas Marshall | 4 | 42 | M | AB | 21:12 | |
| 64 | Sharon Barnett | 60 | 49 | F | AB | 21:19 | ARC Resources |
| 65 | Abigail Beswick | 16 | 5 | F | AB | 21:22 | Ernst & Young LLP |
| 66 | Byron Beswick | 17 | 39 | M | AB | 21:23 | Ernst & Young LLP |
| 67 | Danielle Anderson | 84 | 39 | F | AB | 21:49 | |
| 68 | Anita Withers | 57 | 28 | F | AB | 23:10 | |
| 69 | Odete Pacheco | 48 | 42 | F | AB | 23:31 | |
| 70 | Raaid Gilani | 21 | M | AB | 24:26 | Ernst & Young LLP | |
| 71 | Adam Heighes | 90 | M | AB | 24:48 | ||
| 72 | Nessie Hollicky | 1 | 82 | F | AB | 25:34 | |
| 73 | Spencer Ball | 29 | 6 | M | AB | 27:30 | |
| 74 | Avery Lewis | 30 | 4 | M | AB | 27:34 | |
| 75 | Jennifer Sullivan | 32 | 39 | F | AB | 27:36 | |
| 76 | Cassidy Ball | 28 | 9 | F | AB | 27:41 | |
| 77 | Nancy Ball | 27 | 37 | F | AB | 27:46 | |
| 78 | Tom Ball | 26 | 41 | M | AB | 27:48 | |
| 79 | David Swann | 56 | 64 | M | AB | 28:02 | |
| 80 | Maria Merchan | 89 | 23 | F | AB | 30:15 | |
| 81 | Yibing Zhu | 6 | 22 | M | AB | 30:17 |
Climb Results – Elite
Name Sex Climbs =========================== === ====== 07. Jonathan Heinz M 28 12. Ammon Piepgrass M 28 01. Terry Bremner M 25 02. Michael Caviston M 25 11. Shannon Magee F 22 14. Andrew Wade M 22 09. Salena Labine F 21 13. Paul Seo M 20 10. Ross Lindsay M 19 15. Zivadin Zivkovic M 19 06. Evan Gibbard M 16 03. Graeme Fricke M 15 04. Liz Fricke F 15 05. Ben Gibbard M 11
Climb Results – Individual
Name Category Sex Climbs ======================= =========== === ====== Hikari Nitta Adult F 19 Joanne Schmidt Adult F 14 Sheri McKay Adult F 13 Mary-Jane Gray Adult F 11 Linda Cruttenden Adult F 10 Patti Dibski Adult F 9 Jessica Hill Adult F 7 Rebecca Margel Adult F 7 Debbie Martin Adult F 7 Cathy Scott Adult F 7 Evelyn Adams Adult F 6 Stephanie Carrobourg Adult F 6 Aimee Gabriel Adult F 6 Ofelia Rempillo Adult F 6 Judy Stasiuk Adult F 6 Mary Duthie Adult F 5 Brooke Gillies Adult F 5 Jenny Hilton Adult F 5 Rachel Newman Adult F 5 Christine Pelto Adult F 5 Margaret Pelto Adult F 5 Linda Sobuliak Adult F 5 Saida Vuk Adult F 5 Kendra Zilla Adult F 5 Nicole Lange Adult F 4 Fay Roman Adult F 4 Aurore Alcolei Adult F 3 Stephanie Golding Adult F 3 Sara Jordan-McLachlan Adult F 3 Kiyoko Miyanishi Adult F 3 Erica Pelletier Adult F 3 Elizabeth Sanderson Adult F 3 Shelagh Senger Adult F 3 Jill Vhanney Adult F 3 Marietta Bowie Adult F 2 Nora Brittain Adult F 2 Miranda Burns-Gavelin Adult F 2 Melanie Gogol Adult F 2 Christina Kang Adult F 2 Christine Kincel Adult F 2 Gloria Moore Adult F 2 Janice Moore Adult F 2 Cara Olynyk Adult F 2 Kristin Pillage Adult F 2 Heather Pylatiuk Adult F 2 Connie Vanderbyl Adult F 2 Kathy Austin Adult F 1 Novelyn Banatao Adult F 1 Diane Crowley Adult F 1 Katelyn Frehlich Adult F 1 Clara Gianetti Adult F 1 Mernie Greenwood Adult F 1 Susan Juke Adult F 1 Polly Knowlton Cockett Adult F 1 Louisa Krile Adult F 1 Leona Lau Adult F 1 Tara Little-Pettifor Adult F 1 Anitra Mamen Adult F 1 Lynnann Mason Adult F 1 Pat Mealey Adult F 1 Katie Noble Adult F 1 Odete Pacheco Adult F 1 Shannon Payne Adult F 1 Olivia Pietras Adult F 1 Julie Ridley Adult F 1 Robin Rootes Adult F 1 Penny Smith Adult F 1 Taya Tahir Adult F 1 Britta Valeske Adult F 1 Name Category Sex Climbs ======================= =========== === ====== James Haston Adult M 18 Bill Overend Adult M 14 Glenn Anderson Adult M 11 Viktor Antonyuk Adult M 10 Darwin Babb Adult M 10 Bob Willson Adult M 10 Chuck Young Adult M 10 Grant Lahring Adult M 9 Masten Brolsma Adult M 7 Stephen Cheung Adult M 7 Kas Eccles Adult M 7 Trevor Ference Adult M 7 Marcel Durand Adult M 6 Marc Ereshefsky Adult M 6 Wes McLachlan Adult M 6 Barry Moore Adult M 6 Alex Schumacher Adult M 6 Amit Udeshi Adult M 6 John Pelto Adult M 5 Muhammad Rasheed Adult M 5 Nelson Berlin Adult M 4 Randall Berlin Adult M 4 Torsten Buchholz Adult M 4 Gord Hobbins Adult M 4 David Smith Adult M 4 Ron Zdrill Adult M 4 Morten Basboll Adult M 3 Jim Campbell Adult M 3 Andrew Hakes Adult M 3 Jason Kang Adult M 3 Mike McIntosh Adult M 3 Ken Payne Adult M 3 David Pugh Adult M 3 Fernando Digirolamo Adult M 2 Doug Engh Adult M 2 Tony Fricke Adult M 2 Jerry Gliwinski Adult M 2 Randy Henderson Adult M 2 Tim Hungate Adult M 2 Ian Jackson Adult M 2 Ryder McRitchie Adult M 2 Adam Moore Adult M 2 Robin Cockett Adult M 1 Paul Crowley Adult M 1 Robert Hadden Adult M 1 Gerard Lazorko Adult M 1 Mick Lerch Adult M 1 Giacomo Sacchet Adult M 1 Shane Vegelis Adult M 1 Name Category Sex Climbs ======================= =========== === ====== Richard Guy Senior M 2 Hilda Lawson Senior F 2 Margaret Markotic Senior F 1 Bob McPherson Senior M 1 Olive Jean Zawalsky Senior F 1 Name Category Sex Climbs ======================= =========== === ====== Man Bronwyntiele Youth 0-14 F 8 Sierra Vongrad Youth 0-14 F 8 Ailsa Hobbins Youth 0-14 F 6 Jaydyn Roenicke Youth 0-14 F 4 Althea Brolsma Youth 0-14 F 3 Tegan Brolsma Youth 0-14 F 3 Sara Hakes Youth 0-14 F 3 Charlotte Heida Youth 0-14 F 3 Rebecca Jackson Youth 0-14 F 2 Cecilia Lerch Youth 0-14 F 2 Annika Pugh Youth 0-14 F 2 Raya Pylatiuk Youth 0-14 F 2 Cecelia Bowie Youth 0-14 F 1 Abigail Hadden Youth 0-14 F 1 Kristina Lazorko Youth 0-14 F 1 Name Category Sex Climbs ======================= =========== === ====== Aidan Grogan Youth 0-14 M 14 Billy Sadowski Youth 0-14 M 14 Rohan Ede Youth 0-14 M 10 Alex Overend Youth 0-14 M 10 Sam Overend Youth 0-14 M 10 Jacob Ereshefsky Youth 0-14 M 7 Isaac Sherwood Youth 0-14 M 7 Gareth Hobbins Youth 0-14 M 6 Max Roudenko Youth 0-14 M 5 Gavin Brocklebank Youth 0-14 M 4 Noah Cramer Youth 0-14 M 4 Joseph Lerch Youth 0-14 M 4 Mattias Basboll Youth 0-14 M 3 Gareth Eyre Youth 0-14 M 3 Benjamin Graham Youth 0-14 M 3 Ethan Hilton Youth 0-14 M 3 Michael Pugh Youth 0-14 M 3 Skylar Roenicke Youth 0-14 M 3 Matthias Deobald Youth 0-14 M 2 Owen McIntosh Youth 0-14 M 2 Dane Pylatiuk Youth 0-14 M 2 Ethan Ashby Youth 0-14 M 1 Mason Juke Youth 0-14 M 1 Name Category Sex Climbs ======================= =========== === ====== Megan Bankes Youth 15-18 F 19 Elyse Ewert Youth 15-18 F 10 Kyra McRitchie Youth 15-18 F 10 Kirk Mealey Youth 15-18 M 1
Climb Results – Team
Team Climbs ======================================== ====== Markit Lynx 49 Mike Cullingham - 14 Chuck Herr - 14 Ian Graham - 12 Matthew Moore - 9 Lee Specialties Team 1 38 Ed Ho - 11 Zaheer Syed - 9 Mike Dahl - 6 Tonia Neis - 12 The Go Go Goji Stairclimbers 33 David Gale - 10 Tannis Troyer - 9 Andrea Roach - 7 Nichole Baczynski - 7 The Swift Bears 32 Hannah Slomp - 6 Jasmine Sidhu - 10 John Hasegawa - 6 Sara Rendell - 10 Markit Cougars 28 Janice Ward - 6 Liyang Lu - 10 Lisa Spurrell - 6 Krithika Kasi - 6 Nowhere but Up 26 Mihiri De Silva - 10 Bodhi Waduwawatte - 5 Simon Martin - 5 Peter Olmsted - 6 Hydro 1 24 Kelsey Hammond - 4 Samantha Murphy - 7 Kimberly Taschuk - 7 Kim Harrer - 6 Huff N Puff 23 Rachelle Holmes - 6 Rebecca Gustafson - 4 Cassandra Bergland - 4 Gayle Fontaine - 9 Wild Women 23 Lucille Rayner - 8 Kelly Hanks - 11 Tasheena Dunn - 3 Katie Bauder - 1 Lee Specialties Team 2 21 Candace Fudge - 6 Luke Harasymiw - 9 Shelley Routly - 6 Suncor Energy - Foothills 21 John Kerkhoven - 6 Tammy Manz - 6 Greg Hundseth - 6 Jan Rasmussen - 3 Tetra Tech Calgary 21 Sean Buckles - 5 Florence Manalo Hum - 7 Jeff Strashok - 5 Fred Wildeman - 4 Pink Panthers 20 Jasdeep Sandhu - 5 Balijot Parmar - 5 Harmeen Mander - 5 Harsimran Sandhu - 5 Boot Camp Babes 19 Marnie Darroch - 5 Jilene Sauve - 5 Lori Bossert - 4 Sheala Konecsni - 5 Boot Camp Buddies 19 Tyler Hodgson - 3 Kurt Frederick - 10 Rob McManus - 4 Ross Conner - 2 Going Up 19 Paul Vink - 8 Maria Kudienko - 5 Cathy Zhang - 4 Laura Christmas - 2 Go Go Jets 16 Corinne Evans - 4 Kelley Thompson - 2 Beatrice Lamoureux - 10 Cenovus Energy Team D 14 Gary Pederson - 3 Jennifer Saunders - 1 Kristin Smith - 7 David - 3 Cenovus Energy Team B 13 Chris Saunders - 4 Justin Kangarloo - 5 Amos Ben-Zvi - 1 Adam Martinson - 3 Cenovus Energy Team C 13 Julia Turner - 3 Ada Fong - 5 David Butterwick - 3 Shirley Lo - 2 The Carbon Farmer 12 Brad Rabiey - 1 Birch Rabiey - 1 Klopp Richards & Associates Team 2 10 Dina Klopp - 2 Gabrielle Fiorini - 4 Evan Fiorini - 1 Suzanne Spanier - 3 Disco Queens 8 Liz Maier - 2 Paula Coady - 3 Rosa Urra - 3 Cenovus Energy Team A 7 Kirsten Pugh - 1 Monica Ludwig - 0 Erin Madro - 5 Cindy Bakala - 1 Cenovus Energy Team E 5 Kimberley Watson - 1 Georgia Watson - 1 Katelyn Watson - 1 Ella Watson - 2 Klopp Richards & Associates Team 1 2 Kelly Trotter - 1 Joel Campbell - 0 Alberta Wilderness Association 1 Carolyn Campbell - 1 Brittany Verbeek - 0 Sean Nichols - 0 Holly Shaw - 0
Mural Competition
Congratulations to all the winners and all the painters. Your murals are a lasting testament to the passion and concern we all share for keeping our wild spaces and wildlife wild. Thank you for taking a day to be part of this event and we hope to see you on the stairs on April 18, 2015 to enjoy the almost 200 murals gracing the Tallest Gallery in the West!
- Elementary School Winner — Landing 13A, left: “Nîtanisak — My Daughters” (Valley Creek School: T. Sharma)
- Junior High School Winner — Landing 16A, right: Woolly Oak(Westmount Charter School: R. Cormier and S. Kakumanu)
- Senior High School Winner — Landing 34A, right: Team CSMH (C. McEachern Hunt)
- Senior High School Honourable Mention — Landing 41A, left: Frosty Fishers (L. Fisher and A. Frost)
- Family Category Winner — Landing 36A, right: Rocky (S. and T. Thull)
- Adult Category Winner — Landing 00A: Alberta Wild (T. Polay and M. Reed)
