http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13719-finals-regionals-and-an-old-classic-matt-lubar http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13719-finals-regionals-and-an-old-classic-matt-lubar The last two weeks have been pretty insane. I've always thought that I do more schoolwork in the last two weeks of the semester than I do all year, and this year it felt no different. Studying for finals, writing papers, starting (and finishing) projects the night before they're due, it all gets pretty exhausting. Somehow though I've made it through, but not before coming down with an evil little cold. Luckily I've got a couple weeks to kick back, relax, and recover through Mom's delicious Christmas cookies. ]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:27:00 -0500 13719 2012-12-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0281-1356301678.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0283-1356301678.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0285-1356301678.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13718-hueco-bro-part-1-of-2-emily-dudley http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13718-hueco-bro-part-1-of-2-emily-dudley Over Thanksgiving I decided to forgo football and over-eating to go to the desert and climb in Hueco Tanks, TX. Paul and I packed up the Prius and drove down, stopping on the way at the Hard Rock Casino to eat lunch and gamble. Let me just put it out there, I don’t like camping on a climbing trip. I like camping but only for about two days. Any longer and I feel achy, tired, dirty, and just plain gross. Thus I was relieved when we pulled into the Hueco Hacienda. ( http://www.huecohacienda.com/) The Hacienda is... ]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:31:00 -0500 13718 2012-12-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hueco-think-tank-1356294706.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13714-bozeman-ice-fest-andres-marin http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13714-bozeman-ice-fest-andres-marin I juts came back from the Bozeman Ice fest. It was an incredible event with tons of people. I got to teach a clinic on how to climb steep ice. We all had a great time swinging and kicking. On Saturday the speed comp and the elite mixed climbing took place in down town. The structure was very cool just like the ones that you see in Europe for the world cup. The goal with this event it is to help make more presence in the mixed climbing comps in the US and keep promoting the sport.... ]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:17:00 -0500 13714 2012-12-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2535-1356117468.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13713-back-to-my-roots-olivia-brumwell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13713-back-to-my-roots-olivia-brumwell I was the little baby with the tie-dye beanie sitting in the sand at the base of The Galley, popping little red stones into my mouth 3 at a time. I loved the way the tasted. They way the rubbed against my gums. My parents never intervened when i was "tasting" nature. They always told me it would "strengthen" my immune system. Like most 1 year olds I didn't know what an Immune System was, I just liked the rocks. ]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:25:00 -0500 13713 2012-12-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dscn2060-1356107159.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13712-winter-building-part-1-of-2-logan-peat http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13712-winter-building-part-1-of-2-logan-peat With the rain and snow, comes the offseason for mountain biking. Although, you can ride year round on the Sunshine Coast, in the winter months, my focus changes to building, this year more than ever. As a featured rider in the upcoming new Coastal Crew movie, there is a lot of work to be done for my segment. ]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:52:00 -0500 13712 2012-12-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1968-1355975532.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2031-1355975534.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4040-1355975535.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4286-1355975537.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4292-1355975539.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4389-1355975540.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13711-female-wolfpack-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13711-female-wolfpack-suz-graham Introducing the FemaleWolfpack. I’ve been helping her on this project and couldn’t be more excited. Basically, it’s a website that is meant to do one thing and one thing only. Showcase chicks out there getting radical. Skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, climbing, BASE jumping, kayakaing, surfing, skateboarding…. ANYTHING. It’s a media platform to get footage out there and main stream of girls essentially killing it. It’s for professional athletes and up and coming shredders alike. Check out the teaser below. You may recognize a certain skier/BASE jumper making a few appearances. Aaaannndddddd, (drumroll) lucky you… here is a... ]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:34:00 -0500 13711 2012-12-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13711_-screen-shot-2012-09-30-at-7-09-50-pm-1352503818-1356024404.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fwp-1355960040.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13710-510-dome-mid-colette-mcinerney http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13710-510-dome-mid-colette-mcinerney My second solo attempt at video making. I still had a little help with this one. Hope you like! ]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:33:00 -0500 13710 2012-12-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13710_dome-mid-1356022627.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13709-mayan-smith-gobat-times-of-change http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13709-mayan-smith-gobat-times-of-change The Mayan Calendar ends on the 21st Dec 2012… It is a little unclear exactly what will happen. As far as I can see their prophecy was not for the end of the world, but rather a time of renewal – A new error. One prophecy speaks of the return of Kukulkan (the snake deity), which they claim will bring about an age of spiritual enlightenment. The shaman, Miguel Angel Vergara said ‘Kukulkan shines in the infinite. Kukulkan is the sacred energy beating in every atom. Kukulkan is the feathered serpent living in your heart forever.” ... ]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:54:00 -0500 13709 2012-12-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2259-1355849673.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2329-1355849673.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2406-1355849673.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2265-1355849674.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2373-1355849674.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13708-mirko-caballero-pum-fests-slabs-and-knobs http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13708-mirko-caballero-pum-fests-slabs-and-knobs From Red River Gorge Overhang Pumpfests... to scary Smith Rock Slabs... to the knobby walls of Pinnacles National Monument... or the story of My Climbing Adventures during the fall of 2012. Red River Gorge (November 9-12, Veteran's Day) After two two-hour flights and a two-hour drive we were finally back in Kentucky. The psych was high and I was ready to get to work! I had less than 4 days to climb, so the next morning we were up at 7:00 am... on a weekend (I know, crazy right?) to go climbing at the Bob... ]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:00:00 -0500 13708 2012-12-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ubermensch1-1355817619.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_rudeboys-1355817619.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_melissa-mirko-jacopo-1355817620.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_smith-rock-1355817620.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_50-words-1355817620.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_scarface1-1355817621.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_kingsofrap-1355817621.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13707-route-setting-at-climb-soill-jon-cardwell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13707-route-setting-at-climb-soill-jon-cardwell In the last year I have had the opportunity to visit and set in Climb Soill. David Chancellor and crew invited me over, with Jamie Emerson to begin the initial setting for the grand opening of this awesome gym back in March. We learned a lot as a team, and helped spread our knowledge to the eager setters in St. Louis. Awesome and motivated crew, by the way! Anyway, I visited a couple more times throughout the year and St. Louis and climb Soill will always my on my list while traveling through or simply wanting... ]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:19:00 -0500 13707 2012-12-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_climb-soill-1-1355771963.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13706-bouldering-in-varazze-and-donnas-ita-niccolo-ceria http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13706-bouldering-in-varazze-and-donnas-ita-niccolo-ceria Hi there! After a month and over my blog reborn with new words about my bouldering adventures. The main topic is about the first half of December, since in November no important things happened. In fact November was a month of training except some little rock times with poor results. I had three weeks really full of mixed training sessions, with 6/7 sessions per week, by using different kind of trainings like fingerboard, pan gullich, climbing gym, a bit of rock and in addition of these things also three or four hours of stretching per week. After this period... ]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:33:00 -0500 13706 2012-12-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_alphacentauri-8a-varazze-3-fileminimizer-1355668387.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_klettermachine-8a-donnas-foto-max-buovli-2-fileminimizer-1355668387.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_klettermachine-8a-donnas-foto-max-buovli-4-fileminimizer-1355668388.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_niccol-ceria-raptor-standing-start-8a-varazze-f-c-core02-fileminimizer-1355668388.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_niccol-ceria-raptor-standing-start-8a-varazze-f-c-core01-fileminimizer-1355668388.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13705-the-year-of-2012-tina-johnsen-hafsaas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13705-the-year-of-2012-tina-johnsen-hafsaas Quite some time since my last update here, which I apologize for. But better late than never, right!?I spent the summer training for the competitions in the fall, but I still participated in some comps during the summer to gain more experience. All in all I had a great season, considering the fact that my training during the winter and spring was not at all like I planned because of the injury. Instead of working on my weaknesses, get stronger and become a better climber, I had to start from scratch with many months of easy and medium climbing.... ]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:34:00 -0500 13705 2012-12-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_foto-hannelore-smitz-1355650455.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3807-2-1355650456.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bilde-3-1355650457.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13704-finishing-up-one-year-looking-towards-another-brian-dunnohew http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13704-finishing-up-one-year-looking-towards-another-brian-dunnohew I am currently watching weather and road conditions for South Pass, which sits around 9000’ and is always snowy and windy. South Pass sits between me and a good winter climbing destination; Sinks Canyon. I am hoping to make at least on more trip to Lander before the end of the year to squeeze out a couple more routes. No pressure though, we still have 5 more months of climbing at Sinks before it gets too warm and the annual rattlesnake migration begins. Then its off to one of the many summer/fall crags that surround Lander. ... ]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:26:00 -0500 13704 2012-12-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_008-2-1355592377.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_022-1355592378.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_025-1355592378.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-9577-1355592378.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13703-novdec-2012-the-beginnings-of-a-climbing-team-will-roderick http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13703-novdec-2012-the-beginnings-of-a-climbing-team-will-roderick Classes have finished, and winter break is just starting. Over the past month, I’ve mostly been climbing indoors both at the gym on the Stanford campus and at Planet Granite in Sunnyvale, CA. Actually, just recently at Planet Granite, Andy Lamb and I saw Daniel Woods, Alex Johnson, and Kevin Jorgeson, who were teaching a clinic as part of Professional Climbers International. Andy and I have both been training hard, and we’ve also been taking interested students to the climbing gym. A couple days ago, we, along with another climbing buddy named Matthew, met with the director... ]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:22:00 -0500 13703 2012-12-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0986-1355548920.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13702-canadian-bouldering-series-fred-charron http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13702-canadian-bouldering-series-fred-charron We are now in mid-December and the 2012-2013 Canadian Bouldering series already had 6 events! The Tour de Bloc circuit is getting bigger and better every year. We are seeing bigger numbers, bigger and better gyms, stronger climbers and better route setting. With IFSC Bouldering World Cup stops coming to Canada, canadian climbers seem to take competitions more seriously and the competition circuit is definitely evolving. On the west coast and east coast we have already seen this year the highest numbers of registered competitors ever. 1st Tour de Bloc Stop -... ]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:12:00 -0500 13702 2012-12-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bonuel-20121201-310-1355515962.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bonuel-20121201-486-1355515963.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13701-finding-the-guts-benjamin-rueck http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13701-finding-the-guts-benjamin-rueck Do I have the Guts? I think yes Pulling off the side of the interstate outside of Glenwood Springs, CO there is a sense of dread that generally washes over a new-comer to the Puoux. Situated right next to a tunnel a climber gets to enjoy not just the sound of trucks and cars passing by at 75 miles per hour… but also the silly tradition of honking through the tunnel as well- this instills a sense of… “why the freaking hell did I come here?” ]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:25:00 -0500 13701 2012-12-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13701_21900-10151537209318243-1960658603-n1-1355766023.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13701_395137-593908531174-766808739-n2-1355766022.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13701_319611-593903196864-891062879-n-1355766022.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13701_403102-593903127004-468591216-n1-1355766023.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13698-petzl-roc-trip-and-beyond-jon-cardwell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13698-petzl-roc-trip-and-beyond-jon-cardwell I just arrived in the States after a three week stint in South America. There were two plans layed out for this trip, the first being the 10th annual Petzl Roc Trip. I was fortunate enough to have been part of developing the Piedra Parada for the event back in March. I joined a small group from Petzl and others from Argentina to discover, bolt and clean new lines in the various rock formations that surround the Piedra. That first trip, even though not my first visit to South America, taught me a lot about myself and the unique... ]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:54:00 -0500 13698 2012-12-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ba-from-the-air-1355349282.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_critter-friend-1-1355349282.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2012-10-red-8141-1355349283.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_rrg-petzl-2-1355349283.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_esquel-childern-1355349283.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-m3c7856-1355349283.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_rrg-1-1355349284.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13696-brenden-gebhart-2012 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13696-brenden-gebhart-2012 2012 was a big year for me. It was a time to reflect on my life, get it straightened out, and start heading to where I want to be - physically and mentally. I've traveled around the world – China, Germany, west coast, east coast, and everywhere in between. I've started my own company, Whispering Pines Tea Company. I've lost love and found love, had epiphany's, injuries, lost myself, and found myself. I've trained hard. I've promoted hard. I've pushed the boundaries of the sport and inspired others to do the same. Why? Sometimes I wonder why I train.... ]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:28:00 -0500 13696 2012-12-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13696_320120-10150361486369035-810016376-n-1355849120.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13696_image003-1355849120.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13695-spain-part-2-jen-vennon http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13695-spain-part-2-jen-vennon Our first week in Spain quickly fell into a comfortable rhythm. We’d sleep in late and then spend an hour or more drinking coffee, checking the slow internet, discuss our plans for climbing and enjoying the company of Joe and Colette.We managed to climb five of our first seven days in Spain. We visited a crag in St. Lloranc that was steep and super fun. We spent several days at Santa Linya, and we even made the voyage down to Margalef.Each crag we visited had it’s own feel and it’s own style. Perhaps my favorite thing about visiting a... ]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:41:00 -0500 13695 2012-12-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2819-1355272862.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2490-1355272860.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2813-1355272861.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2805-1355272862.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2818-1355272863.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2830-1355272864.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13694-having-fun-at-the-pan-american-championships-seth-rogers http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13694-having-fun-at-the-pan-american-championships-seth-rogers I recently competed in the Pan American Youth Climbing Championships.  I grabbed a silver in ropes and bronze overall.  There were teams from Chile, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, Columbia, Costa Rica and Mexico.  USA had an awesome team and we won overall. ]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:24:00 -0500 13694 2012-12-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_mingling-1355207049.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_pensive-1355207050.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bronze-1355207052.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_machu-picchu-1355207053.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ropes-1355207054.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_silver-1355207055.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_usa-medals-1355207057.JPG