The boulders on the high walls of ARC Climbing and Fitness are like vertical puzzles just waiting for Sabine Bouchard and Brittany Culbertson to solve. Article content

Bouchard and Culbertson finished first and second, respectively, in the women’s experienced division at the recent ARC Flash Bouldering event last Friday. Article content Article content

Climbing the routes is like solving a puzzle, Bouchard said.

“It’s quite fun. These competitions always bring the community together. You get to try new puzzles. That’s how I see it. You’re trying to piece together the routes. They’re brand new. There’s so many of them. You get to tax your physical, but also your mental limits.”

For Culbertson, climbing has been a definite mental test of the limits. She has worked to overcome a fear

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