http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/athletes/melissa-le-neve http://fiveten.com/athletes/melissa-le-neve I was born in Lyon, France and i have spend the most party of my life in a really flat land : Bordeaux. My family didn't know that climbing was a real sport. All my childhood, i have tried a lot of kind of sport. One day by chance, i discovered a really little climbing gym in the neighbor town and …. i started climbing like that! Then, all my life now is around my passion of this sport ! And i would to push my limit as extreme as possible and climb everything i can (outdoor/indoor ; boulder/routes/multipitch).... ]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:13:00 -0400 12977 2012-04-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12977_wiswedel-110830-256-1334856098.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12977_wiswedel-110830-365-1334856098.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12977_wiswedel-110830-374-1334856099.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12977_wiswedel-110830-746-1334856099.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12977_wiswedel-110830-239-1334856099.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12977_wiswedel-110830-992-1334856099.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12977_wiswedel-110830-968-1334856099.jpg http://fiveten.com/athletes/gerome-pouvreau http://fiveten.com/athletes/gerome-pouvreau I discovered and started climbing at the age of 8 years on the West Coast of France in La Rochelle. At 16 years old, I moved to Aix en Provence to climb the cliff around Aix, it was my dream. I do a lot of competitions climbing, I was 10 years in France team, which helped me to win the Senior World Championship to 17 year old and other international competitions. I travel a lot to discover new place to climb, and I love it, asia is my super playground I have always been dedicated to the cliff, it... ]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:05:00 -0400 12993 2012-04-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12993_rockland-245-2-1335215625.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12993_rockland-245-1335215625.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12993_p1010306-1335215625.JPG http://fiveten.com/athletes/guntram-jorg http://fiveten.com/athletes/guntram-jorg I was born on 23rd September 1988, in Bregenz and I started climbing in 2006 along with downhill biking and attending a high-level technical school for civil engineering. I soon realized that this wasn’t the lifestyle I wanted. I was locked into a society with its crazy rhythm of everyday life, when people spend most of their time in the office or sitting behind a school desk. If it had been up to me, I would have quit school in order to strictly focus on climbing. However, by the pressure of my family and friends and my internal consciousness,... ]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:15:55 -0400 13117 2012-06-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13117_pic-frank-kretschmann-schlonzigeswienerschmankerl-8a-chironico-gu-0006-1338827168.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13117_gu-norway-1338827169.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13117_big-paw-8c-chironico-1338827169.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13117_anam-cara-8bc-silvretta-mountains-1338827169.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13117_filming-for-welcome-to-the-hood-1338827169.jpg http://fiveten.com/athletes/barbara-zangerl http://fiveten.com/athletes/barbara-zangerl Barbara Zangerl, a 22 year old climber from Austria, is the first woman to ever climb an 8b boulder. Read more at Barbara's Blog ]]> Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 -0500 4248 1999-11-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4248_4248barbaraz01300470876_1314132360.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4248_barbaraz1_1300470876.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4248_barbaraz2_1300470876.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4248_barbaraz3_1300470876.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4248_barbaraz4_1300470876.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4248_barbaraz5_1300470876.jpg http://fiveten.com/athletes/gabriele-moroni http://fiveten.com/athletes/gabriele-moroni ]]> Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0500 4213 0000-00-00 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4213_gabrielemoroni0_1276884047.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4213_gabrielemoroni1_1276884047.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4213_gabrielemoroni2_1276884047.jpg http://fiveten.com/athletes/steve-mcclure http://fiveten.com/athletes/steve-mcclure Why do I climb? I’m not strong, I thrive on finding a way, a path through difficulties that don’t rely on strength. I live for the immersion that climbing can give, all thoughts cast aside with only pure movement remaining. I was born in North East England, and with both parents keen climbers there was no escape. I was on the cliff before I could walk! It was all trad climbing, so best taking it slow! I’m into it all now, big walls, trad, sport, bouldering… Sport took main stage for a while. My route ‘Overshadow’ at 9a+ is... ]]> Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 -0500 4104 1999-11-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4104_stevemcclure0_1283879154.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4104_stevemcclure01_1283879154.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4104_stevemcclure02_1283879154.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4104_10-7-dogs-dinner-2-1334605319.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4104_10-8-norway1-1334605319.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4104_15-poster-dsc-2650-low-res-1334605319.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4104_a-lesson-in-cool-1334605319.JPG http://fiveten.com/athletes/athlete-detail-europe/4135-nicolas-favresse http://fiveten.com/athletes/athlete-detail-europe/4135-nicolas-favresse Born and raised in flat country Belgium, I guess I wasn’t meant to be a rock climber. Usually people think I am either crazy or really lucky. It’s probably a bit of both. I am barley ever in my country and always gone to target some climbing destination around the world. My home is my van. My wife is a mandolin. I am doing what love and committed everything to be able to live fully my passion for rock-climbing. Whether it’s a one move boulder problem, a big wall in alpine environment or a fine tune on my mandolin... ]]> Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 -0500 4135 1999-11-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/4135_4135191288261719_1314724123.jpg http://fiveten.com/athletes/bernd-zangerl http://fiveten.com/athletes/bernd-zangerl Favorite 5.10 Shoe: Jet 7, Team 5.10 As a teenager in 1994, Bernd started climbing. The first years he was more an Alpine climber, doing the „big walls“ in the alps. When he was 16, he did the „Via Bonatti at the Grand Capucin“ ( Mt. Blanc; France),and was probaly the youngest person on top of this mountain at that time. Within a few years he was one of the strongest Austrian Climbers. At his first competion in 1998 he placed second and outside, on the real rock, he climbed his first routes in the grade 8c.... ]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:26:36 -0400 10039 2010-08-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10039_berndzangerl_1282066849.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10039_unknown5101_1298481472.jpg http://fiveten.com/athletes/enzo-oddo http://fiveten.com/athletes/enzo-oddo ]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:03:49 -0400 11066 2011-03-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/11066_enzo0_1300724167.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/11066_enzo1_1300724168.jpg