http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10153-conde-de-choc-9a514d http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10153-conde-de-choc-9a514d 2nd Ascent of a very nice bouldery route in the granite crag of Entraygues, France!!... ]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:13:00 -0400 10153 2010-09-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10153_defaultnoimage_1283873969.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10151-three-weeks-in-frankenjura-by-jonbe-agirre http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10151-three-weeks-in-frankenjura-by-jonbe-agirre This August I spent three weeks in the mecca of climbing, Frankenjura! Without doubt, the best climbing trip I've ever done. ]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:29:00 -0400 10151 2010-09-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10151_franken2_1283765344.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10151_franken1_1283765344.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10151_franken3_1283765345.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10151_franken4_1283765346.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10151_franken5_1283765347.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10150-cantina-boy-13b-rifle-co http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10150-cantina-boy-13b-rifle-co Here's some older footage of me climbing my first 8a. Good times! ]]> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:49:00 -0400 10150 2010-09-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10150_Picture3_1283873746.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10130-summer-in-alaska-by-jessie-palomino http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10130-summer-in-alaska-by-jessie-palomino As summer comes to an end and fall begins it’s a good time to reminisce on the past accomplishments of a short Alaskan summer. Here in Juneau it rains over 220 days a year so when I say short I mean really short. This past summer has been possibly the most productive summer of climbing that Juneau has ever seen. In all there were probably 70 new boulder problems added to the small number of already existing problems. ]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:19:42 -0400 10130 2010-09-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10130_powder1_1283529411.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10130_powder2_1283529411.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10130_specialsandwich3_1283529411.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10130_specialsandwich4_1283529411.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10130_specialsandwich2_1283529411.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10129-brand-new-shoes-bring-success http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10129-brand-new-shoes-bring-success Last Monday morning a box covered by squares of many languages was delivered to my door. Unable to wait, I parted with my oatmeal to slip on the new Anasazis. While ‘slipping’ might have been a bit of an understatement, quickdraws did the trick leaving my feet snugly surrounded by problem crushing performance.   ]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:10:00 -0400 10129 2010-09-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10129_PicsfromthelastmonthBasicallyJuly2010040_1283494259.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10112-rock-and-ice-reviews-the-newton http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10112-rock-and-ice-reviews-the-newton Rock & Ice reviews the Five Ten® Newton for the 'Field Tested' section of the October 2010 issue. "The Newton looks old school, and is billed as an all-dayer for cracks and slabs, but when the rubber hits the rock it performs...I never felt shorted, except on foot pain...the padded tongue, stretch-resistant uppers and "S-lacing" system on the Newton allowed me to pack my foot into the shoe and resulted in a secure fit that has lasted for months...This is a good choice for climbers looking for a shoe that will get you up everything from multi-pitch... ]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:18:00 -0400 10112 2010-09-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10112_Picture12_1283447921.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10111-latest-news-from-greenland http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10111-latest-news-from-greenland Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:05:00 -0400 10111 2010-09-02 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10110-norwegian-rock-master-steve-mcclure http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10110-norwegian-rock-master-steve-mcclure The Nordic countries are awesome, and the people are always super nice. I was invited to the Norwegian Rock Masters competition and just had to go for the crack, not really for the comp. As it turned out the comp was great too, I ended up 2nd. ]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:17:00 -0400 10110 2010-09-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10110_108norway1_1283901448.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10109-windham-world-cup-2010 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10109-windham-world-cup-2010 The last round of the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup was held at Windham in New York where Jess achieved her best World Cup finals result so far. I’ve never been to America before let alone going to New York! I was very excited about the whole trip and couldn’t wait to get riding at Windham. We arrived quite late on the Monday evening but I had a good 12hrs sleep! We spent Tuesday playing my first ever game of mini-golf. It was great speaking to the locals in Windham, this is the first... ]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:35:00 -0400 10109 2010-09-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10109_GetAttachment_1283438108.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10108-sequoia-national-park http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10108-sequoia-national-park It is hard to find a climbing place during the summer in California that isn't uncomfortably hot. My brother and I headed towards the beautiful mountains of Sequoia National Park in search of new climbs and cooler temps. There were no boulders near the campsites but just 3 miles up the trail to Eagle Lake we found ourselves amidst a boulder field. The temps were perfect because the hike up to Eagle Lake placed us at around 10,000 feet. In the surrounding area of Eagle Lake were large granite boulders slightly polished by the snow, which was still lightly... ]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:03:00 -0400 10108 2010-09-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10108_IMG8984_1283407437.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10108_IMG9055_1283407437.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10108_IMG9061_1283407437.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10108_IMG9066_1283407437.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10108_IMG9072_1283407437.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10108_IMG9081_1283407437.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10108_IMG9091_1283407437.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10088-khs-video-from-windham-world-cup http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10088-khs-video-from-windham-world-cup ]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:01:00 -0400 10088 2010-09-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10088_Picture10_1283374908.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10088_Picture11_1283374908.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10087-boulder-climbing-video-with-brion-voges-and-jimmy-webb-from-deadpoint http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10087-boulder-climbing-video-with-brion-voges-and-jimmy-webb-from-deadpoint Check out this video from Deadpoint Magazine where Jimmy Webb and Brion Voges talk about the South's Strongest.  DPMtv. ]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:33:00 -0400 10087 2010-09-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10087_Picture6_1283373239.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10087_Picture7_1283373239.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10087_Picture8_1283373240.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10087_Picture9_1283373240.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10086-brian-bittner-gets-back-into-gear http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10086-brian-bittner-gets-back-into-gear This blog post is a bit overdue and for that I apologize to all you avid readers out there. I got back to my beautiful home state of Vermont almost two weeks ago. My girlfriend, Jenny and I were driving with ambition the first day heading home, driving 22 of the first 24 hours. To start we were not far in front of Max Zolowhatitcan and eventually well behind the man whose last name I couldn't tell you how to spell. As we neared the Eastern states I realized (I actually knew this all along) there was plently of... ]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:43:00 -0400 10086 2010-09-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10086_blog1_1283309007.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10086_blog2_1283309007.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10086_blog32_1283309008.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10086_blog4_1283309008.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10086_Blog5_1283309008.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10085-guide-tennies-with-crampons-check-it-out http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10085-guide-tennies-with-crampons-check-it-out The Smileys reports in from the field (the ice field, of course)" It is 6:30pm, we are hiding just below the summit ridge of Mt Temple. The charged atmosphere is causing my hair to stand up even thought it is damped from the unrelenting hail. Our ice axes, crampons, and all other metal objects, including my sterling silver earrings, are buzzing. The thunder started just as we overcame the crumbling black towers. The black towers were the final rock section before reaching the glacier. The rock below the towers was relatively solid but not the towers. The... ]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:28:00 -0400 10085 2010-08-31 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10085_Picture1_1283283049.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10085_Picture3_1283283049.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10085_Picture4_1283283329.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10085_Picture5_1283283329.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10085_Picture6_1283283329.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10084-brion-voges-article-on-deadpoint http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10084-brion-voges-article-on-deadpoint "With snow melting and temps nearly perfect in the high altitude zones of Colorado hard sends should follow and they have. First, the boys from the south continue to have their way with every boulder problem in RMNP. Brion Voges, who had recently hit a wall in his climbing about a week ago has found some renewed psyche. Brion was able to dispatch Don’t Get to Greedy V13 and Top Notch V13 rather quickly. ]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:12:00 -0400 10084 2010-08-31 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10084_Picture1_1283271120.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10082-rokazbloc-report-from-jon-cardwell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10082-rokazbloc-report-from-jon-cardwell The RokazBloc was this weekend. I was very impressed with the event the gym produced. It was very easy to have a good time, almost 100 climbers competed for 3 hours in a 'redpoint' format to qualify for a chance at Finals. In the end 8 climbers in each gender passed into the finals. I wasn't expecting much as I haven't been climbing at all in gym in the last month, let alone not much at all in the last year! Anyway, the focus was set on having a good time and it seemed... ]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:31:00 -0400 10082 2010-08-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10082_RocazBloc01_1283203882.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10082_RocazBloc02_1283203882.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10082_RocazBloc03_1283203882.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10082_RocazBloc04_1283203882.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10082_RocazBloc05_1283203882.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10082_RocazBloc06_1283203882.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10081-shasta-boyz-update-from-shon-bollock http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10081-shasta-boyz-update-from-shon-bollock Five Ten Paddling Athlete Shon Bollock tells us the latest with the Shasta Boyz. Well with the start of school things are a little silent up here in Mt. Shasta but we found some time to go and surf at the School House wave on the Klamath off I-96. Myself, Ben Stookesberry, Chris Korbulic, and Chiseki rallied out for an afternoon surf. ]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:10:00 -0400 10081 2010-08-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10081_Picture28_1283188248.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10081_Picture29_1283188249.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10081_Picture30_1283188250.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10081_Picture31_1283188250.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10081_Picture33_1283188251.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10080-brion-voges-interview http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10080-brion-voges-interview Brion Voges sat down with UKClimbing.com for an interview. ]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:01:00 -0400 10080 2010-08-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10080_Picture27_1283187710.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10079-rocky-season http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10079-rocky-season Climbing is unique in the sense that there is a competitive side, but also a relaxed side to it as well. For me climbing incorporates every aspect of that, being way up in the Rockies where not many people enjoy the rock the same way “us climbers” do, to the energy/psych the comp scene brings; new problems, the crowds, food, and fun what’s not to love? ]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:17:00 -0400 10079 2010-08-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10079_defaultnoimage_1283187027.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10078-summer-recap http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10078-summer-recap Squamish, then to the Alpine... Summer seems to be the season that pass quickest for me. July and August, in particular, zip by. Guiding, climbing, and barbeques… it’s over before I know it. Things are cooling down here in Squamish. Soon the rains will come, it’ll be time to leave. ]]> Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:27:00 -0400 10078 2010-08-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10078_turret_1283120864.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10078_linkup005_1283120864.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10078_5xs_1283120864.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10078_hazelbugs_1283120864.jpg