http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13979-my-first-abs-nationals-seth-rogers http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13979-my-first-abs-nationals-seth-rogers I've always been better at ropes and speed than bouldering.  I've been to 3 sport and speed nationals but this was my first bouldering nationals.  What a great experience!  It was held in Colorado Springs in the civic auditorium where they built a wall just for the nationals.   ]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:18:00 -0400 13979 2013-03-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-seth-2-1364451495.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-sign-1364451497.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-seth-3-1364451498.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-ethan-1364451500.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-hands-1364451501.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-team-1364451503.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13948-abs14-nationals-training-competing-performing-josh-levin http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13948-abs14-nationals-training-competing-performing-josh-levin Last weekend concluded the 2013 ABS National Championships. This year, I traveled out to Colorado Springs to compete in both the youth and open divisions, securing a semifinal bid in the adult category and my 5th National Bouldering Championship title in my last youth bouldering competition ever.This two week Colorado experience has definitely been one of the best times of my life, and I am extremely grateful to be able to live out this lifestyle, balancing my studying with traveling and competing with some of my best friends. Now that I am able to look back and reflect on... ]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:03:00 -0400 13948 2013-03-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_top-photo-by-tom-1363032216.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_youth-s2-1363032216.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_figure-4-1363032216.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_s2-1363032217.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nicks-man-pants-1363032217.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cicada-1363032217.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_kyra-1363032218.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13946-abs-open-nationals-joseph-gifford http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13946-abs-open-nationals-joseph-gifford ABS in Colorado springs this year was a great comp. I competed in the open competition along with 75 other competitors. On the day of qualifiers there were 5 climbs, I ended up completing 3 out of the five which put me into 19th place and a spot in semi finals. The first climb in semis was a tricky slab, I got to the last holds but I kept slipping up. The second climb was a stemming climb in a corner with big features and all you had to do was start turned around! But I never figured... ]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:55:00 -0400 13946 2013-03-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_1111-1362974117.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13943-abs-14-youth-nationals-zoe-steinberg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13943-abs-14-youth-nationals-zoe-steinberg Today was my last day of school before spring break, which means two full weeks of getting to sleep late and relax. Unfortunately, I haven’t had a free moment during the last week. ABS Youth Nationals fell inconveniently on the last weekend before my vacation, and I’ve been scrambling to make up everything I missed before I forget it all next week. I flew out to Colorado Springs last Wednesday, and got in (with all my luggage this time!) at around 8:30 Wednesday night. The next day I ended up hanging out with my friend... ]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2013 03:01:00 -0500 13943 2013-03-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-1362798069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-5-1362798069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-2-1362798069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-6-1362798069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-3-1362798069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-4-1362798070.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13938-abs14-nationals-semi-finals-alex-fritz http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13938-abs14-nationals-semi-finals-alex-fritz Since qualifying for Semi's was my goal for the comp, I was pretty much happy with how I was going to do no matter what. I went into day two with no expectations and high psych which to me meant I could only improve from there. I showed up for Iso a little earlier than the day before because I felt like I could have used a little better warm up than the previous day, and that put me in a pretty good mood heading out to climb. The routes started on the opposite side of... ]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:31:00 -0500 13938 2013-03-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_65562-10151776701429478-656221225-n-1362544319.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13764-bend-endurance-academy-climbers-advance-to-abs-youth-nationals http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13764-bend-endurance-academy-climbers-advance-to-abs-youth-nationals Bend Endurance Academy climbers Walker Davis and Tristan Helmich  both qualified to compete at the American Bouldering Series Youth National Championships to be held in March in Colorado Springs, CO.  ]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:25:00 -0500 13764 2013-01-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13764_img-0284-1358895684.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13689-one-of-my-better-weeks-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13689-one-of-my-better-weeks-nicholas-milburn Let's just start out by saying that this week is awesome. I am now officially the owner of a DSLR camera. I bought myself a Canon 60D, so now I won't have to ask my step-dad for his camera or be stuck with just my cell phone. This is actually the same camera my step-dad has, so I'm familiar with all its buttons and knobs. Now all I need is a trip to officially christen my camera.Some more fantastic news. University of Colorado at Boulder accepted me!!! This is my number one choice of college, so I am pretty... ]]> Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:51:00 -0500 13689 2012-12-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-0486-1355071909.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-1-of-1-1355071908.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-0553-1355071908.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-0436-1355071909.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-0470-1355071909.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-0515-1355071909.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13642-bend-endurance-academy-abs-season-update-mike-rougeux http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13642-bend-endurance-academy-abs-season-update-mike-rougeux The days are short and the darkness and cold drive us inside to the climbing gym.  This time of year can be depressing, with school and work forcing us to spend the bulk of daylight hours inside.  Lucky for us it makes it easier to head into the gym and fine tune things as we quickly approach our Regional Championships. ]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:27:00 -0500 13642 2012-11-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_tristanbrgabs14dyno2-1353536833.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_loganbrgabs14-1353536834.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_abbybrgabs14underclimg-1353536834.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_leahbrgabs14-1353536836.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13460-first-comp-of-the-abs-season-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13460-first-comp-of-the-abs-season-nicholas-milburn I just competed in the first comp of the new ABS season. It was held at my home gym, Stone Moves! Once again, Stone Moves put on an awesome comp. Great routes, psyched volunteers and superb music, just as always. That guy John Muse sure knows how to host a comp. My coach, Jon Perz, texted me the wrong time, so I was a bit late, but other than that everything ran smoothly. A bunch of Team Texas kids came down to compete, which was cool. I usually don't see those guys until divisionals rolls around.Once I got... ]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:30:00 -0400 13460 2012-09-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-moves-3-of-18-1347834630.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-moves-14-of-18-1347834630.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-moves-17-of-18-1347834631.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-moves-6-of-18-1347834631.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13013-febuary-through-april-kyle-francis http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13013-febuary-through-april-kyle-francis Wow, so the past few months have been all over the place! I went through a stretch where I wasn’t in town for 5 weekends in a row. I competed in adult and youth ABS, went to Hueco for a week, and started training for rope. ]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:48:00 -0400 13013 2012-04-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_412669-10150589854327877-557262876-9365149-542248183-o-1335757722.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_471607-3540942842821-1249945189-33593717-2034568524-o-1335757723.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_419194-3519044656004-1268663194-3484968-372713318-n-1335757723.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_478330-3540930042501-1249945189-33593691-1770016980-o-1335757723.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_424535-3519097577327-1268663194-3485057-723114797-n-1335757724.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