Introduction

My name is Jake Tiger. I was born and raised in Toronto, ON and lived there until I was 26. I am 33 now and I live in Squamish, BC. I started climbing in gyms when I was 13 and never stopped climbing, even until this day. The act of climbing and being at heights has absolved not only my personal time but also my work life. The majority of my career has been working at heights and with ropes. I started competing in 2015 the same year I made the reserve national climbing team. I did 4 IFSC Bouldering World Cups in the years 2015 and 2017. I stopped competing just before Covid and was very motivated to move towards the mountains to chase actual rocks. I learned a new trade, to become an arborist, and got a job cutting trees in Calgary, where I discovered the love for developing boulders. I stayed one year, mostly developing at the Skyline crag, then found a job in Squamish. I moved to Squamish in February 2022 and it was the best decision of my life. I spent my first year doing all the classic and underrated boulders I could find. I didn’t really look at the guidebook ever, just went to the common areas and climbed everything that looked good to me. I quickly got the yearning taste for highballs as I found these lines the most attractive. When I started running out of already established highballs I wanted to do, finding and establishing my own was a natural next step. I am fostering my love for adventure and discovery whilst finding new lines, especially when they are of the highest quality. This will be a page for me to document and describe my experience on my various first ascents.