http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10206-back-to-school http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10206-back-to-school Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:35:00 -0400 10206 2010-09-17 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10205-neuer-trend-slacklining http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10205-neuer-trend-slacklining Slacken ist eine neue Trendsportart. Das funktioniert ähnlich wie das Seiltanzen, nur dass man auf einem kräftigen Gurt balanciert. Den kann man zwischen zwei Bäume spannen oder man kann auch übers Wasser gehen. Wie Slack-Profi Andreas Knaus.   ]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:21:00 -0400 10205 2010-09-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10205_Picture2_1284744080.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10204-moving-forwards http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10204-moving-forwards Some of you may have noticed that jamespearsonclimbing.com recently went on permanent vacation.  My website was always held just a little out of my reach by some friends back in the UK, which is part of the reason it had not seen an update for over 2 years!  It was looking tired, was well past its best, and finally... well lets just say it died. Hold back the tears, all is not lost, for out of the ashes a phoenix will rise! ]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:55:00 -0400 10204 2010-09-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10204_Picture2_1284737995.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10204_Picture3_1284737995.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10202-davin-bagdonas-reports-on-vedauwoo http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10202-davin-bagdonas-reports-on-vedauwoo News from the off-width capital of the world. Lots and lots of bouldering in the cool air has been the motivation lately. I've been working on several projects at once. One is The Project Project in the Vedauwoo area. Basically a few of us made a list of all the unclimbed lines and unrepeated lines in the greater Vedauwoo area and have been laying siege on them. It has been a bit warm at times, slowing down some progress as tips get too soft for the sharp holds here, but progress has been made. ]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:05:00 -0400 10202 2010-09-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10202_davin7_1284656753.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10202_davin6_1284656753.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10202_davin8_1284656753.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10201-back-in-colorado http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10201-back-in-colorado After a little over 4 weeks in Brazil, I'm finally back in Colorado. Brazil has been an incredible experience and one of those trips that you just never forget. Throughout the month I was able to see and climb at the areas, Sao Thome Das Letras, Sao Bento, Ubatuba, Serre de Piedade, Sabara, and Cocalzinho. This is one of the main reasons why I prefer traveling to staying year round at a home base. I feel there is so much more opportunity to learn, to meet people, to listen and speak foreign language, to climb... ]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:32:00 -0400 10201 2010-09-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10201_Amnesia_1284654763.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10201_HouseintheSkyV14FASerredePiedadeMuriloVargas_1284654763.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10201_Ubatuba_1284654763.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10201_JonCardwellIMG8933A_1284660425.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10200-chris-muench-spends-some-time-at-magic-wood http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10200-chris-muench-spends-some-time-at-magic-wood Good weather and the most limiting factor - my skin! Just back from a 5 days trip to Magic Wood! So good, bad weather only on the rest day. After a couple of "foot/hand-slippings" Sofa Surfer went down and I found out Son of a gun to be a really cool problem on crimps! The rest of the trip rather looked like trying everything a bit like Electro Boogie, one of my favourites, Body Count and Riverbed, but none o them was willing to let me get up and I did a couple of 7b+ and 7c problems, enjoying... ]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:30:00 -0400 10200 2010-09-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10200_defaultnoimage_1284653338.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10199-climbing-in-the-red http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10199-climbing-in-the-red Climbing trip to the Red River Gorge - A few weeks ago my friend Joe Mohan and I went to the Red and did a few really fun routes. We did a fun climb called roadside attaction, we watched the sun set from the top, the rapped down into the darkness. The next day we went to the crag Mariba Fork, it has a pretty cool approach, a lot of just walking on no apparant trail into the woods. We got to a river right before the cliff, the water was very nice, maybe someplace the Allman... ]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:10:00 -0400 10199 2010-09-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10199_defaultnoimage_1284653182.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10198-alex-johnson-shares-a-few-words-about-her-recent-trip-to-california http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10198-alex-johnson-shares-a-few-words-about-her-recent-trip-to-california An excerpt from "Westward Escape" by Alex Johnson"There’s something magical about Yosemite’s beauty. It doesn’t make you forget your troubles entirely, but it sure takes your mind off them for a while. Inspired by recent events, I had a deep desire to do everything when I arrived. No way was I going to keep my feet close to the ground this time. I needed to go up, as high as I could, to be nearer to the stars. The first thing we did was summit Cathedral Peak in Tuolumne. It’s about eleven thousand feet high, and six pitches of... ]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:45:00 -0400 10198 2010-09-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10198_Picture3_1284590751.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10197-paul-robinson-checks-in-from-switzerland http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10197-paul-robinson-checks-in-from-switzerland Being back in Switzerland is a dream come true for me.  It has been 2 years since my first trip here. I unfortunately left this amazing country with a cast on my left foot. My first trip was bitter-sweet as I was only able to climb for a couple of weeks before injuring myself severely  enough that I had to fly back to the States two months before my scheduled departure. ]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:18:00 -0400 10197 2010-09-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10197_probmtnsmall1of1_1284589132.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10196-climb-for-life-and-raise-awareness-and-funds-for-cancer-research http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10196-climb-for-life-and-raise-awareness-and-funds-for-cancer-research Next weekend, join FiveTen® pro athlete Rocco Bocchicchio in raising funds for ovarian cancer while spending a weekend climbing in Utah’s majestic Wastach Mountains. Register today for the 9th Annual Salt Lake City, UT Climb 4 Life! ]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:58:00 -0400 10196 2010-09-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10196_Picture2_1284587886.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10195-common-misconception-by-peter-whittaker http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10195-common-misconception-by-peter-whittaker New route climbed at Stanage. Yesterday afternoon, i managed to climb another new grit route. I was pretty psyched doing this route as it was at Stanage, and it always has to be a privilage to climb a new route on one of the most famous gritstone edges. It also made it better because this one was infact excellent, and thats hard to find on Stanage where almost every inch of rock has been climbed! ]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:45:00 -0400 10195 2010-09-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10195_defaultnoimage_1284583403.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10194-pool-of-bethesda-by-david-mason http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10194-pool-of-bethesda-by-david-mason Five hours drive for one problem.... In the last 8 weeks I can count the times I have touched rock on one hand! I have been locked away indoors, pulling on small bits of wood and plastic in preparation for going on a ten week trip to Fontainebleau and Switzerland. The relentless rain and humid conditions also make it difficult to muster up the motivation to head outside. However last Thursday three of us decided to head to North Wales for the day. The destination of choice was the Llanberis Pass and more specifically the... ]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:34:00 -0400 10194 2010-09-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10194_PoolofBethesdasmall_1284546849.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10193-red-bull-5000-images-from-reb-bull-photofiles http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10193-red-bull-5000-images-from-reb-bull-photofiles The Karver shares some Red Bull images of the Red Bull 5000 Down ]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:36:00 -0400 10193 2010-09-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10193_Picture1_1284489388.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10193_Picture3_1284489388.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10193_Picture4_1284489388.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10193_Picture5_1284489389.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10192-chris-sinatra-checking-in-from-san-diego http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10192-chris-sinatra-checking-in-from-san-diego I've made the move back West and started settling into the 9-5 lifestyle. I'm relishing the chance to get back into shape now that I have some free time and a multitude of rock to explore.  I started up a membership at the local gym and had a chance to check out one of the smaller bouldering areas just outside town. It had some good sized granite eggs a la Bishop, though more on the slabby side. It was a great opportunity to get my footwork dialed in on some micro-edges. ]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:00:00 -0400 10192 2010-09-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10192_defaultnoimage_1284487219.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10191-phillip-schaals-trip-to-australia http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10191-phillip-schaals-trip-to-australia "Over all my trip was one of the best trips I’ve had. At first things were a bit grim in the Gramps. 10+ days of rain will get anyone down. But as soon as I was back in Sydney the sun was out and I climbed almost every day for the next 2 and a half weeks. Well I still had to put in some rest days but not that many. I needed to make up for time spent waiting to see it the rain would stop." ]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:49:00 -0400 10191 2010-09-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10191_DSC00501_1284486550.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10191_DSC00502_1284486550.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10190-summertrip-2010-us-and-canada http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10190-summertrip-2010-us-and-canada I’m just back in Belgium from the US. I’ve been in two different climbing areas, Squamish (Canada) and Rifle (Colorado). In January 2010 I bought my flight to the US and Canada and I decided to go on a climbing trip of two months on my own. This was the best decision I made in a long time. On the 7th of July it was time to go, I packed my stuff and jumped on the plane. After a long flight I stayed in Seattle for one night, the day after I went to Squamish by... ]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:22:00 -0400 10190 2010-09-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10190_Splitpilar_1284474161.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10190_P8010285_1284474161.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10190_P1000311_1284474162.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10189-seans-roof http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10189-seans-roof Sean's Roof - Peak District This tiny route was put up waaay back when lycra was still acceptable (the 90s) by Jerry Moffatt. Since then is has seen a few repeats, but over the last 10 years it has basically never dried out, therefore never had any real attention. Originally it was given french 8c til Malc Smith crushed it and said 8b+ maximum. Apparently it has lost some holds since then, making it a bit harder. Whatever, the climbing is brilliant, technical, sustained and horizontal! ]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:46:00 -0400 10189 2010-09-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10189_Picture2_1284408867.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10189_Picture3_1284408867.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10189_Picture4_1284408899.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10189_Picture5_1284409469.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10189_Picture6_1284409529.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10187-2010-labuche-kang-expedition http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10187-2010-labuche-kang-expedition Follow Mug’s Stump/Shipton-Tillman Grant winners, Dave Gottlieb and Joe Puryear on their 2010 Labuche Kang Expedition at the Climb Tibet blog. We’ll keep you updated on these awesome alpinists. ]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:22:00 -0400 10187 2010-09-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10187_defaultnoimage_1284402151.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10186-norwegian-rockmaster http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10186-norwegian-rockmaster We arrived well in Oslo! But there was still a long way to go. We had to wait 1,5h to get a rented car. At the airport we met Daila Ojeda and we drove 6 hours till we reached the meeting point which was only 290km away.  Finally we arrived at 2 am and met the rest of the German team, Jule Wurm, Jan Hojer, Christian Popien and Jeremias Groß and got a very nice fishsoop. ]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:29:00 -0400 10186 2010-09-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10186_DSC9153_1284402765.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10186_DSC9212_1284402765.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10186_DSC9180_1284402765.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10186_DSC9159_1284402765.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10186_DSC9158_1284402765.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10185-humboldt-classic-3rd-annual-slackline-comp http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10185-humboldt-classic-3rd-annual-slackline-comp Catalystic Productions hosts the 3rd Annual Humboldt Classic Slackline Competition. Join them for Raffles, prizes and live music on October 9, 2010. ]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:18:00 -0400 10185 2010-09-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10185_2010flier_1284394734.jpg