http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12743-2012-abs-youth-national-championships-mike-rougeux http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12743-2012-abs-youth-national-championships-mike-rougeux It's been over a week since the 2012 ABS 13 Youth National Championships in Colorado Springs so it's probably a good time to post something about it. This was the fourth ABS Nationals that I've coached at and I can say hands down it was the best one yet! For the second year in a row we had really nice comp style walls and I'm happy to see the events being held in bigger non-climbing gym venues. This years walls were built by our hometown companyEntreprises. The walls looked great and I'm still digging the inclusion of slab in... ]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:12:00 -0400 12743 2012-03-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_wall-shot-1331860354.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_lukas-2012abs-nats-photo-bob-1331860354.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_abs13-us-team-photo-bob-1331860354.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12719-abs-13-nationals-jon-cardwell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12719-abs-13-nationals-jon-cardwell After a six-year hiatus from competing in the ABS National I decided in January that I would set aside some time to prepare for the event. I took time off competing in the event for a number of reasons, the main being that I simply don’t take training in the gym serious enough. To be honest, I’ve tried to regain focus in the past but I’m easily distracted and like many in my position I bailed. For example, bouldering outside even if it’s snowing or climbing in Spain since I’m in Spain, etc. were always more... ]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:11:00 -0500 12719 2012-03-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_abs-nationals-1331327501.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12710-abs-13-youth-nationals-noah-ridge http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12710-abs-13-youth-nationals-noah-ridge I just got back from ABS youth nationals in Colorado springs, I had a blast at this comp. I placed 7th at the competition, this was a great improvement over my 17th place at ABS nationals last year but I’m not super happy with my result since I think I climbed pretty poorly in finals, but this is just more motivation to start training hard for the next comp. The format of the comp was a 4 problem qualifier on the first day and then a 3 problem semi -final and final on the second and... ]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:38:00 -0500 12710 2012-03-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0343-1331167088.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0671-1331167089.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_one-inch-pinch-1331167090.jpg