http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14092-day-1-in-istanbul-ellen-brennan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14092-day-1-in-istanbul-ellen-brennan It's amazing to be in Turkey with 55 other jumpers from All over the world! Last night we had our safety briefing, and reviewed the rules of the competition. We will be jumping off the Sapphire Tower- the tallest building in Istanbul! It is 240 meters of beautiful glass windows! The competition will be judged on these factors:1. Good strong, stable push from the building2. must take a 2-3.5 second delay3. On heading canopy opening4. Landing Pattern5. Landing accuracyThe first day of the competition starts Tomorrow!!As for today, we had an 'off day' and got the chance to explore... ]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 16:50:00 -0400 14092 2013-05-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_photo-2-1369155005.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_photo-1-1369155006.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_photo-1369155007.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14091-motivation-hans-christian-montenegro http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14091-motivation-hans-christian-montenegro Motivated?What is motivation?Motivation is a psychological state that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal. Motivation can be extrinsic or intrinsic. In the first case, you do the action because you will receive something in return. In contrast, if you do the action because you feel free and happy and not to receive any physical thing, that would be considered internal motivation.Here, I want to show what do I do when I am motivated.In this video you can see me wake up at 6:20 A.M. because the regional bus to go to Val-David leaves at 7:30. I... ]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 19:40:00 -0400 14091 2013-05-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_motivation-1369078854.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14090-keep-smiling-and-enjoy-climbing-melissa-le-neve http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14090-keep-smiling-and-enjoy-climbing-melissa-le-neve How to start the 2 past weeks I have lived ?! Just maybe with this sentence which give a sens in what I live in this period of my life : "keep smiling and enjoy climbing".So two weeks ago I had to come back in France, in aix en provence, to pass my exams. There I really realized how much I like my actual life and how I was just lucky to live all this.Then I went to Fontainebleau for an event organize by the FFCAM and in partnership with Petzl : CAMP 4. About 60 teenagers from all... ]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 13:12:00 -0400 14090 2013-05-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14090_935013-10200229645008558-132739898-n-1369240006.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14090_935501-10152838445270644-536878024-n-1369240006.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14090_970699-521725957862904-1807418927-n-1369240007.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14090_65657-618485244830257-2117277579-n-1369240007.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14090_-mg-1023-1369240007.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14090_-mg-1027-1369240007.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14090_268873-10151699839044892-1473621982-n-1369240008.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14089-looking-back-in-preparation-for-the-future-delaney-miller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14089-looking-back-in-preparation-for-the-future-delaney-miller Three more weeks to go and then that’s it! I will officially graduate from my high school career and then I’ll be off to Colorado State University. As the date approaches, I can’t help but reflect on the things that have made me who I am and have led me to this point. Things, of course, meaning climbing. Climbing has done so much more for me than give me some rock hard abs, it’s changed me. I used to be insecure, introverted, and not very athletic. In many ways I’m still very insecure, but climbing had taught me... ]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 12:08:00 -0400 14089 2013-05-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_graduation-photo-1369051693.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14088-healing-is-a-painful-process-nick-bradley http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14088-healing-is-a-painful-process-nick-bradley In my last post I mentioned at the end that I had a minor finger injury. Well as it turns out, that "minor injury" kept me out of climbing for a full month, and for the last three weeks I have been working my way back up to where I was. It's painful because of how badly I want to be where I used to be (stronger than ever before, and sending much more than I have) and I have to climb on only jugs at a very low level, or I will re-injure my finger. So far it... ]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 20:30:00 -0400 14088 2013-05-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_vxi-climb-1368995451. http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14088_vxi-climb-1368996547. http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_vxi-and-others-1368995451. http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14087-ups-and-downs-giovanni-traversi http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14087-ups-and-downs-giovanni-traversi My life has been absolutely crazy since my last blog post. The love of my life, my ex-girlfriend who i had been with for 4 years, broke up with me. Heartbroken, i went into a depression period for a while. In perfect timing, i went to Europe with my brother Carlo. The trip was awesome! We went to Fontainebleau, France where i was able to send Atresie (8a/v11) along with Conviction (8a). Even in heinously bad conditions we both ALMOST managed an ascent of the classic Fred Nicole 8a called Karma, but sadly we didn't have enough days to... ]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 10:08:00 -0400 14087 2013-05-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_atresie-1368958126.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_switzerland-1368958126.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_eying-karma-1368958126.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14085-recent-doings-and-future-plans-wiz-fineron http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14085-recent-doings-and-future-plans-wiz-fineron Its been a while since I have made a post on here so this is just a little post about what I have been up to recently and what I plan on doing in the future. Including recent Media appearances and also a Video I made about my recent first ascent in NZ. ]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 06:02:00 -0400 14085 2013-05-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p5020065-1368856963.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-5136-1368856964.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14084-five-ten-water-tennies-revisited-kim-becker-russell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14084-five-ten-water-tennies-revisited-kim-becker-russell My Five Ten Water Tennies first graced my feet on October 31, 2011. Let me be the first to say, that I am very picky about my paddling shoes and the rubber I choose to wear on my feet. On my feet, I am a bit of a klutz, and as a paddler, I find myself walking on things and in places where I typically slip and slide around. Therefore, I am I need a shoe that will stick to just about anything I decide to walk on: high angle rock, low angle rock, mossy... ]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 22:28:00 -0400 14084 2013-05-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2013-05-06-at-6-16-04-am-1368829709.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2013-05-17-at-1-06-00-pm-1368829709.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_310204-10151581699594330-33548975-n-1368829710.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2013-04-27-at-6-10-18-pm-1368829710.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_971512-10151581772579330-692890586-n-1-1368829710.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2013-05-17-at-1-04-19-pm-1368829710.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14083-carniphobia http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14083-carniphobia These days, it’s becoming more and more common to avoid meat, but if you’ve chosen a vegetarian or pescatarian diet, it is very important to know which nutrients are missing from your diet in order to avoid nutritional deficiencies. I grew up in Texas, where a vegetarian is about as common as a unicorn, but throughout my life travels, I’ve befriended many a veggie-loving carniphobe. I knew that some professional climbers, like Alex Honnold and Jonathan Siegrist had made the decision to avoid meat, but I didn’t understand just how many people avoided meat until I got to Boulder... ]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 04:18:00 -0400 14083 2013-05-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag4122-1368764298.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag4119-1368764299.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag4250-1368764299.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14081-base-jumping-safari-in-the-five-ten-van-stop-1-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14081-base-jumping-safari-in-the-five-ten-van-stop-1-suz-graham Checking in from the road! I had the pleasure to take the FiveTen adventure mobile on the road for a few weeks on a massive BASE jumping safari through the western United States. Starting in Seattle, fellow BASE jumper and badass Braden Dean and I moved into our temporary home (a sick Mercedes Sprinter vans all FiveTen'ed up) and started driving down the coast. First stop, Lodi California for some skydiving. Skydiving is a crucial part of BASE jumping and is a really great opportunity to get current and practice wingsuit flying. The dropzone in Lodi is... ]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 19:05:00 -0400 14081 2013-05-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0698-1368731113.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2013-05-08-at-7-39-12-pm-1368731114.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0707-1368731115.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2013-05-08-at-7-29-15-pm-1368731116.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0713-1368731117.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2013-05-08-at-7-44-23-pm-1368731118.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14080-follow-five-ten-athlete-ellen-brennan-as-she-travels-to-the-probase-sapphire-showdown-in-instanbul http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14080-follow-five-ten-athlete-ellen-brennan-as-she-travels-to-the-probase-sapphire-showdown-in-instanbul Starting June 21st, The Showdown includes jumping from 2 buildings, the Skyport- 120 meters and the Sapphire Tower- 236 meters.  While jumping from these building, the athletes will be performing stunts including multi-way jumps and aerial maneuvers.  In addition to that, they will also be competing in a spot landing competition from the Sapphire Tower Building.   To top it all off, the competitors will be jumping from a heli over the Goldern Horn- whether with a wingsuit or a swim suit, it is sure to be entertaining!!! ]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 08:53:00 -0400 14080 2013-05-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2-way-1368694407.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_building-1368694407.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_istanbul-1368694407.jpeg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14079-regionalization-ellis-whitson http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14079-regionalization-ellis-whitson This past weekend the USA Climbing Regional Championships took place around the nation at a host of different climbing gyms. This year Earth Treks (Rockville) hosted the Capital Region championships with over 100 athletes vying for invitations to the Division 5 championships in Watertown, MA this June. A number of people had expressed interest in what it took to put together and pull off this competition, I’d like to take the opportunity to recap the preparation and route setting that lead up to and through the event.  ]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 04:37:00 -0400 14079 2013-05-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionalsprep01-1368679075.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_teamet2013-1368679075.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionalsprep02-1368679075.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionalsprep03-1368679075.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionalsprep04-1368679075.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14078-spring-in-colorado-angela-payne http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14078-spring-in-colorado-angela-payne After some unseasonably snowy weather, Spring has finally come to Colorado!  I have been trying to take advantage of the mostly gorgeous weather to get outside and climb.  I have been working at a new job recently, and I am finding that when I do have time to climb, I am much more motivated to do so.  As a result, I have actually managed to get some great climbing done over the past few months.   ]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 04:24:00 -0400 14078 2013-05-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hug-right-1368591882.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_meagan-martin-on-authentic-battle-damage-1368591883.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_tetris-1368591884.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14077-dh-buzet-uci-c2-race-croatia-spela-horvat http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14077-dh-buzet-uci-c2-race-croatia-spela-horvat Last weekend me and my team packed our bags and left for the UCI C2 race in Buzet, Croatia. I was so excited to race in Buzet again, as I last raced here three years ago, when I started racing downhill. For the past three years the race was always in really hot weather and in dry conditions, but this year the weather was really bad. ]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 08:18:00 -0400 14077 2013-05-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_buzet-kavcic-1368519485.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_buzet-ratajec-2-1368519487.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_buzet-ratajec-2-1368519486.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_buzet-sobo-1368519487.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14077_buzet-ratajec-1368519852.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14076-cinco-de-marmot-alex-fritz http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14076-cinco-de-marmot-alex-fritz Shannon and I spent the Cinco de Mayo weekend down at Smith Rock helping out Yukon Trading Company at their annual Cinco de Marmot event. Yukon puts on the event every year for big outdoor retailer companies like REI employees to come out and enjoy a few days testing out some Marmot gear and getting to try some rock climbing at one of the most historical sport climbing locations in the world. Shannon and I played rope gun and spent the day putting up some top ropes and belaying the retail employees so they can get some taste of... ]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 03:24:00 -0400 14076 2013-05-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_mirko-caballero-rude-boys-660-1368501899.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14075-yes-austin-is-weird-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14075-yes-austin-is-weird-nicholas-milburn I think I will just write a quick blurb about my adventures last weekend. Brendan Mitchell, a recent addition to the Brand of the Brave, told me he was going to be in Austin for his dad's (Bruce) 50th birthday and that I should join him so we can climb together. I jumped at the idea. Tiffany Murphy and Sam Rothstein also drove down from Dallas and we meet up with Joe Gifford who lives in Austin. We all arrived at different times, so I ate dinner with Brendan and his family at this super nice golf... ]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 23:02:00 -0400 14075 2013-05-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_lime-1-of-3-1368486130.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_lime-2-of-3-1368486130.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_lime-3-of-3-1368486130.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14073-exponential-challenge-day-7-benjamin-rueck http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14073-exponential-challenge-day-7-benjamin-rueck Whoa… I’m still alive… what am I doing today… oh yeah… I’m doing that. I looked over to see what time was on the clock 5:50… 10 minutes before the inevitable sounds of having to wake were perched in my mind. I should just get up. As I stretched.. Rob stirred… it was time to seriously begin the real part of the challenge… 64 routes at Shelf Road, Colorado; mid-spring. As I began to move I took the normal mental check of what hurt and what didn’t… oddly it was... ]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 22:43:00 -0400 14073 2013-05-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14073_33bc6-img-2369-1368201996.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14072-back-in-the-game-adam-pustelnik http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14072-back-in-the-game-adam-pustelnik Well it ain't gonna be too much but just wanted to share some good vibes of coming back to the game of climbing, and this time full time. So there's been the accident on Naranjo with Nico. Then a lot of recovery at different hospitals (not to mention runing out of them for climbing). After came the competition including last years World Championships in Paris. Then some more hospitals. And since now things look quite straight foreward got more motivation to share it with you. Soo If you feel like enjoy the photos form Alex Raczyński form... ]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 21:31:00 -0400 14072 2013-05-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_labaczek-adas-karola-1368135072.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_labaczek-adas-karola-9-1368135072.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_labaczek-adas-karola-2-1368135073.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_labaczek-adas-karola-9-1368135073.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_labaczek-adas-karola-5-1368135073.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_labaczek-adas-karola-10-1368135074.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_labaczek-adas-karola-6-1368135074.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14067-spring-update-jeff-provenzano http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14067-spring-update-jeff-provenzano In March I decided to give back to the sport of skydiving and give back to the skydiving center that helped me reach this level in the sport by becoming an official Load Organizer at Skydive Arizona. I used to Load Organize back in the day at Skydive AZ and it opened up many doors and opportunities in the sport like becoming a coach and achieving more than 1500 skydives per year. Well I am back at it and having more fun than ever taking people from around the world and making sure they receive a first class jumping... ]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 16:59:00 -0400 14067 2013-05-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14067_image7-1367946203.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14067_image2-1367946203.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14067_image6-1367946204.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14067_image3-1367946204.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14067_image5-1367946204.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14067_image1-1367946204.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14067_image4-1367946204.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14066-new-project-new-obsession-andrea-cartas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14066-new-project-new-obsession-andrea-cartas After I finish my classes like climbing guide, we travel to Andalucía to find new projects and share good days with friends. Destiny: Jaén, route: Anita,8b+, an old 8c now 8b+ hard and beatiful, with power moves, tufas and steep funny climb. In only tree tries I'm in love with this route...now I hope to come back again in two weeks and try to do it!! It has been a fantastic four days climbing with some of the bests climbers in Spain (Dani andrada and Luis Alfonso Felix, who did 3 Satellites, 8c+) and definitely the best... ]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 08:52:00 -0400 14066 2013-05-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14066_dragon-1367916965.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20130422-151515-1367916740.jpg