http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13990-bishop-spring-breaking-and-harlem-shaking-mike-rougeux http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13990-bishop-spring-breaking-and-harlem-shaking-mike-rougeux The climbing team again made the annual trek to Bishop with our partners in crime, the MAC Climbing Team.  The size of our crew doubled from last year which translated to more fun and more sending. ]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:39:00 -0400 13990 2013-04-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1108-1364917155.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13930-x-mas-in-bishop-mirko-caballero http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13930-x-mas-in-bishop-mirko-caballero This trip to Bishop was the coldest I ever experienced. When we arrived at the campsite around 2am on Dec 21, it was about 9ºF (-13ºC)!!! A few days later we had a snowstorm that dumped about 4 inches of snow in the campground. Who cares!!! I love Bishop in the winter. The cold makes the holds feel less greasy, and the views are just amazing!At the beginning of the trip I was planning to go project really hard climbs in the Buttermilks, but since they were snowed in and I hadn’t bouldered in almost nine months, my Dad... ]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:51:00 -0500 13930 2013-03-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0714-1362426717.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0461-1362426717.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0893-1362426717.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0811-2-1362426717.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0295-1362426717.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0466-1362426717.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0604-1362426717.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13922-the-sads-make-me-happy-seth-rogers http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13922-the-sads-make-me-happy-seth-rogers My Zero Gravity buddies and I took a couple of trips to Bishop over the last month. On Presidents Weekend, we camped at a place called Pleasant Valley Campgrounds, because the Pit was full. Luckily, it was much warmer than the time before when we camped and climbed in the snow. We found some really fun problems to climb, mostly in the Sads.We started in the Happys where I finally got Son of Claudius Rufus (V5). It's a fun traverse with a mantel finish. Most climbers prefer the Happys or the Buttermilks, but my... ]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:18:00 -0500 13922 2013-02-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_climbing-1361956713.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sleeping-1361956714.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_group-1361956716.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_pensive-1361956717.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_shirt-1361956719.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13811-ibex-bishop-giovanni-traversi http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13811-ibex-bishop-giovanni-traversi I recently just got home from an amazing trip to Ibex, Ut. And Bishop, Ca. I returned to Ibex with one goal in mind, to send Wing Chun (v13) on the immaculate Red Monster boulder. Ibex is not your typical bouldering crag, in fact it is the complete opposite. Out in the middle of nowhere, and yes, i mean the middle of nowhere, the closest "town" is 45 miles away on the loneliest road in America. Highway 6/50. These boulders are home to some of the best, and most unique bouldering in the US. The boulders... ]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:31:00 -0500 13811 2013-02-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3222-1360578689.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3225-1360578691.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3177-1360578692.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3172-1360578693.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3178-1360578695.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3175-1360578696.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13746-a-good-start-to-the-new-year-nick-bradley http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13746-a-good-start-to-the-new-year-nick-bradley After quite a bit of training and preparation, I headed out to Bishop for a few days of icy heaven. My main plan was to go do an 8a+ that is very much my style (Crimps and tension) called A Maze of Death. The first thing I was told once I went up to the Buttermilks was that the way to A Maze of Death was covered with about 2 feet of snow, so that plan was kind of thrown out the window. Since my last trip to bishop I had done all my projects, I needed to find... ]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:04:00 -0500 13746 2013-01-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_526176-405735482826162-700246630-n-1357610659.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_59012-435036026562774-272749972-n-1357610659.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13285-california-climb-time-aicacia-young http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13285-california-climb-time-aicacia-young About a month ago, I got the awesome opportunity to go climbing/camping in California. My friend and I flew into Reno on a Wednesday night and drove to South Lake Tahoe the next morning to appreciate the gorgeous scenery.We were just about to leave and start heading south when we saw a couple of climbers walk down to their sweet awesome van parked right next to us. Turns out there was an entire wall of beautiful sport routes just up the hill at Eagle Creek Canyon, so we followed them back up and had a few burns on some... ]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:40:00 -0400 13285 2012-07-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_338704-194527647340326-1706356816-o-1342827620.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1648-1342827621.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag3208-1342827622.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13132-bishop-and-big-chief-nick-bradley http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13132-bishop-and-big-chief-nick-bradley So last week I headed out to Bishop for my 4th time going there with some friends of mine. On my first day at the Happy's, I blew myself away with sending another v10 called Acid Wash, Acid Wash Right Sit v9, Dove Direct V9, Rave v7, and on-sighting Action Figure V6 all in one day. When I first got there I warmed up, and did Rave second go from the start. Acid Wash went down within about two hours of work, which was surprising to me because of how height-dependent the problem seemed, but I felt too good... ]]> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:04:00 -0400 13132 2012-06-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bishop1-1339027468.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13067-bishop-2012-photo-dump-bryan-boyko http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13067-bishop-2012-photo-dump-bryan-boyko Here are some of my favorite photos from my time in Bishop this winter. I initially travelled down with my friends Bret Johnston and Kevin Carhart to stay in Bishop for about two weeks and then I returned after about a month in Hueco to stay for another couple weeks with Jesse Warren and Chris Sinatra, as well as some other friends already in Bishop (Yea Jon Thompson, Joel Zerr, and Colin Barnes!!!). I had come quite close to Buttermilker Sit and Mandala sit on previous trips and was capable of climbing through the crux... ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 14:37:00 -0400 13067 2012-05-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_11white-sands-nm-1337265434.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_1me-under-the-swarm-1337265435.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_1bret-1337265436.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_1chris-sinatra-on-social-distortion-1337265436.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_1jesse-on-spectre-1337265438.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_1jesse-warren-on-jedi-mind-tricks-1337265439.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_black-velvet-canyon-1337265441.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12857-the-twinkie-experiment-mike-rougeux http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12857-the-twinkie-experiment-mike-rougeux 1500 miles, 1- 15 passenger van and trailer, 2 climbing teams, 4 coaches, 9 climbers, 11 crash pads, 28 pairs of climbing shoes, 30 twinkies and a Five Ten shoebox full of candy.  Of course this was going to be a sweet spring break! ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:46:00 -0400 12857 2012-04-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ab-hulk-bishop2012-1334616403.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chillinbishop2012-tcphoto-1334616403.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_crashpad-bishop2012-tcphoto-1334616403.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4151-1334616403.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4199-1334616404.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ef-bishop2012-tcphoto-1334616405.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4168-1334616405.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12849-spring-in-bishop-chris-sinatra http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12849-spring-in-bishop-chris-sinatra Following Hueco, Bryan Boyko and I made our way out to Bishop to take advantage of the awesome Spring conditions in the Buttermilks.  My goal for the trip was to climb The Swarm as well as the Mandala Sit, both clocking in at V14.  While neither ended up going down, I had an excellent time ticking off a grip of other Buttermilks classics. ]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:29:00 -0400 12849 2012-04-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_tumblr-m1u1jjbpew1r7m3ubo1-500-1334348962.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_562479-10100962164990473-3201918-59871352-1020568505-n-1334348963.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0611-1334348963.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_040912-bishop-wrap-up-1334348964.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12730-mega-trip-bryan-boyko http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12730-mega-trip-bryan-boyko Trip plans for the next 6 months! ]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:12:00 -0400 12730 2012-03-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bret-johnston-on-the-maze-of-death-1331597542.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_buttermilker-1331597542.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chris-sinatra-on-rogered-in-the-shower-1331597543.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_snow-at-the-pit-1331597544.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_brian-sweeney-on-the-maze-of-death-1331597545.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_the-swarm-1331597546.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12677-bishop-crushin-with-friends-mirko-caballero http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12677-bishop-crushin-with-friends-mirko-caballero This is my first blog as a new Five Ten Youth Team member. I'm so psyched to be part of the team. I was hoping to get a sponsorship, but Five Ten has always been my favorite climbing shoes company, so that makes it really exciting! I just got my first pair of Team 5.10 shoes mailed to me just in time for US Nationals... ]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:24:00 -0500 12677 2012-02-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0035-1330410255.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0236-1330410257.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0057-1330410257.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0212-1330410258.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0473-1330410258.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12644-mayan-smith-gobat-spain-bound http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12644-mayan-smith-gobat-spain-bound Desert, mountains, beautiful boulders, psyched friends and endless splitter days… What more could one ask for? This pretty much sums up my stay in Bishop! After barely bouldering at all for the last five years, over the last month in Bishop I really discovered the joys of bouldering. The simple pleasure of doing a short sequence of moves, being able to focus purely on individual movements. That said, I was most attracted to the big, bold and strikingly beautiful lines, which are relatively abundant and are what Bishop has become famous for. I loved the commitment... ]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:49:00 -0500 12644 2012-02-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-6875-1329515363.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-6961-1329515363.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-6922-1329515363.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-7032-1329515363.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12626-bishop-giovanni-traversi http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12626-bishop-giovanni-traversi I just got back from Bishop. Overall i had a good trip. On the first day i warmed up, felt really good and was able to finish up Thunderbird V11, in less than 10 goes for the day. I got very close to sending it a couple trips ago, falling off matching the left hand crimp before the good holds that lead to the top. After i sent Thunderbird, the next day i went to the secrets of the beehive area to get on the Swarm. I once again was not able to make any progress on the swarm... ]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:44:00 -0500 12626 2012-02-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dscn1413-1329162292.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dscn1383-1329162293.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dscn1389-1329162294.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12560-two-days-bouldering-in-bishop-ca-urs-moosmuller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12560-two-days-bouldering-in-bishop-ca-urs-moosmuller On the last two days of my vacation from school I headed down with a few of my friends to the world class destination of Bishop, CA. We spent the first day at the Happy Boulders focusing on getting as many problems in as possible and enjoying the warm 60 degree weather. The second day we headed to the Buttermilks and focused on some of the classic mind control high balls. I had previously been to bishop several times, but we climbed mostly in Owens River Gorge with my family so it was really cool checking the bouldering out... ]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:39:00 -0500 12560 2012-01-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0007-1327685992.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0013-1327685993.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0036-1327685994.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0093-1327685995.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0163-1327685996.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0187-1327685997.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12524-hueco-tanks1-day-in-bishop-giovanni-traversi http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12524-hueco-tanks1-day-in-bishop-giovanni-traversi My girlfriend Tiffani and I recently made our first trip to Hueco Tanks, TX. On our way home we split up the drive and stopped in Bishop, CA. ]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:44:00 -0500 12524 2012-01-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12524_dscn1327-1326922440.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12473-bishop-20112012-michaela-kiersch http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12473-bishop-20112012-michaela-kiersch I recently was in Bishop, CA, one of the best places for bouldering in the world! I was really psyched to go on this trip, mostly because I hadn't been bouldering outside for about 2 years. Last year I got sick and had to cancel my trip to Hueco Tanks in Texas. This year I made sure to be healthy and ready to send! I arrived in Las Vegas on the 26th of December where I meet fellow climbers and teammates Isabelle Faus, Emily Pate, and Michael O'Rourke. We headed to Bishop that night and... ]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:18:00 -0500 12473 2012-01-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_398055-3004242751612-1428663355-33262017-802234750-n-1325823485.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12440-bishop-short-and-sweet-vikki-weldon http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12440-bishop-short-and-sweet-vikki-weldon I love road trips. I get to eat pasta (my favorite!), drink tea out of a thermos, sit by the fire and stare at the stars, and roll in the dirt and then not shower afterwards. Best of all, it means that I'm climbing. Roll that all together and you get one happy girl. On December 13th, just 3 hours after I finished my last exam of the semester (only one more year until I'm a registered nurse!), I packed up my '89 Nissan Sentra, lovingly named 'The Gopher', picked up my pals Ayesha and Matt, and busted south.... ]]> Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:59:00 -0500 12440 2011-12-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_mrwitty-1324767590.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0545-1324767590.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_thehulk-1-1-1324767590.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12433-winter-in-california-mayan-smith-gobat http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12433-winter-in-california-mayan-smith-gobat After five weeks in New Zealand, it felt like high time to leave... The weather had changed to a nasty Easterly flow. Low-lying cloud rolls in off the sea, leaving Christchurch damp and miserable. "The Cave" is worst of all - It is the one place left to climb, and faces due east, therefore immediately becoming a nasty spooge bowl! A week before I left I came very close to climbing one of the few climbs which I have not climbed in the Cave, but the Easterly made a send impossible. A little frustrating, yet it made leaving NZ... ]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:49:00 -0500 12433 2011-12-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1422-1324493379.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1399-1324493379.jpg