http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12586-penoles-2011-2012-the-aztec-hermit-climber-diego-lopez-montull http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12586-penoles-2011-2012-the-aztec-hermit-climber-diego-lopez-montull Three months ago i was in Mexico City, where I stayed for 2 months developing two new areas of Boulder and a new sector of sport routes. ]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:54:00 -0500 12586 2012-02-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_5.10penolesluzxida-1328216049.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_elintentoProject5.10-1328216049.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_v10AztecaRojo5.10-1328216050.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_V15ensueñoazteca5.10blog-1328216051.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_V15projectpalabrasbariante5.10-1328216051.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_v15proyectoensuenoaztecablogfiveten-1328216052.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_blogpuertaparadotfiveten-1328216052.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12578-first-ascents-for-the-new-year-jessa-goebel http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12578-first-ascents-for-the-new-year-jessa-goebel Over the last few months the bouldering at the New has caught my interest. When it has been a little too cold for rope climbing my climbing partner and I have been busy cleaning and climbing some boulders. Here is a short video:   ]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:43:00 -0500 12578 2012-02-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12578_jessa-1-1328115558.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12572-first-tour-de-bloc-win-of-the-season-eric-sethna http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12572-first-tour-de-bloc-win-of-the-season-eric-sethna The Canadian open bouldering series, The Tour de Bloc, is now in full swing! There was just a competition at Climbers Rock in Burlington, Ontario. In late December I competed at the second competition of the season at a newly opened gym called Grand River Rocks (GRR) in Waterloo. I am super excited to have this gym built here as I’m currently going to school at the University of Waterloo. GRR is going to be my training gym during school terms. I was actually quite impressed with the gyms structure. Rock Works did a nice job in building a... ]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:39:00 -0500 12572 2012-01-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_pic01-1327963176.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12568-hueco-tanks-trip-joseph-gifford http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12568-hueco-tanks-trip-joseph-gifford Last winter break me and my climbing team took a trip to Hueco Tanks for a little more than week. The first day at Hueco was a successful day. I got a send on “Mojo” and did a repeat on “Ten ten”, this was all on East mountain. We traveled to East probley the most because so many of us on the team had projects out there. But my best day at Hueco was defiantly the last day on West mountain, I felt super good and was sending hard climbs really quickly, on one of my attempts I almost... ]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:31:00 -0500 12568 2012-01-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr0245-1-1327890714.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/12558-vegas-vacation-emily-dudley http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12558-vegas-vacation-emily-dudley For New Year's I went to Red Rocks for the first time. The bouldering was amazing and I did some great lines. Here is a video of me sending Potato Chips, The Pearl, Spittin' Venom, and Monkey Bar Direct. ]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:31:00 -0500 12558 2012-01-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12558_sorange-v3-1327711134.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12555-pumped-to-be-with-510-sam-hayden http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12555-pumped-to-be-with-510-sam-hayden Excited to be part of the team! Climbing in the northeast in the winter can be a challenge...this winter has been great for climbing and challenging for snow sports. I've been able to climb outside almost every week and have been training inside 3-4 days per week. Pawtuckaway has been great! Hoping to get there again next week and also looking to get down to the Gunks and Lincoln Woods soon. I'll be snowshoeing out to some of my local projects, cleaning the snow off and ticking them off my list in the near... ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:50:00 -0500 12555 2012-01-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12555_sam1-1327595537.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12543-hueco-tanks-a-first-time-for-everything-nina-williams http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12543-hueco-tanks-a-first-time-for-everything-nina-williams I'll be the first to admit it: I am a born-and-bred gym rat. For 5 or 6 years I climbed almost exclusively on plastic, and even afterwards only in New England. But once I moved to Colorado a whole new world opened up to me, including the opportunity for a trip to Hueco Tanks in El Paso, Texas! ]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:22:00 -0500 12543 2012-01-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_betweenthesheets-1-1327249354.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nobody-gets-out-of-here-alive-1327249355.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nina-hueco-1327249355.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12539-the-adrift-project-giovanni-traversi http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12539-the-adrift-project-giovanni-traversi First, a little history. A few years back Kevin Jorgeson established one of the hardest boulder problems on the North Coast. This boulder problem is known as Stigmata, and Kevin gave it an opinion grade on 8a.nu of (V12). It was featured in Chuck Fryberger's film Pure, under the name The Blue Schist Project. The crux move of Stigmata requires grabbing a right hand quarter pad crimp and a left hand side pull, getting your feet up and making a close to full extension reach to a positive edge halfway up the 15 ft. boulder.... ]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:35:00 -0500 12539 2012-01-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12539_dscn1238-1327422703.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12539_dscn1223-1327422704.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12535-cali-high-ballin-alex-johnson http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12535-cali-high-ballin-alex-johnson Go big or go home? Yes!!! This season is starting out as the season of highballs. I've been subconsciously attracted to the tallest, raddest boulders around!Every climb I've been doing lately has been at least 18 feet off the deck, it's exhilarating to be pushing my limits at such heights and my sights are only being set higher. ]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:39:00 -0500 12535 2012-01-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_400384-10150595042664252-501389251-10886673-357584579-n-2-1326998364.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_yosemite-6275-2-half-1326998364.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-40841-half-1326998364.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12534-tis-the-season-of-bouldering-francesca-metcalf http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12534-tis-the-season-of-bouldering-francesca-metcalf It’s a new semester here at Tech and time to get going again, but of course, not just in school. It is now officially the season for a whole lot of big bouldering comps. The small, local comps are over with, and now it’s time to kick it into high gear. ]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:44:00 -0500 12534 2012-01-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_image-2-1326987850.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_image-1-1326987850.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12525-big-walls-and-boulders-mayan-smith-gobat http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12525-big-walls-and-boulders-mayan-smith-gobat Ahhh, Yosemite... I just can't seem to keep myself away form the place! It seems to have an irresistible allure, a magnetic field which keeps drawing me back. ]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:05:00 -0500 12525 2012-01-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1465-1326585936.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-4550-1326585936.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-4554-1326585936.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-4510-1326585936.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12491-carlo-traversi-alpine-sessions http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12491-carlo-traversi-alpine-sessions Five Ten's elite athlete Carlo Traversi reflects on a few of his notable projects and ascents from last season. Top Notch V13, RMNP Memoirs Of The Invisible Climber V12, RMNP The Nothing V8, Mount Evans Nuthin' But Sunshine V13, RMNP Both Sides Of The Spectrum V12, RMNP ]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:41:00 -0500 12491 2012-01-10 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12491_five-ten-carlo-traversi-c5-1326221565.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12477-crush-in-cres-michiel-nieuwenhuijsen http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12477-crush-in-cres-michiel-nieuwenhuijsen Christmas is the perfect moment to escape the Netherlands and search for a nice boulder area, good bouldering conditions and a lack of family dinner...We rented a house in Claro, which is only 10 minutes away from Cresciano, for a week. I only had been in Cresciano for a few hours before so there where more than enough problems to try for me, the only problem was that I wanted to do them all. On the one hand I wanted to project the Dagger (8b+) and la Proue (8b) but on the other hand I wanted to send a... ]]> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:31:00 -0500 12477 2012-01-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_pc250022-1326033116.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12476-the-feather-jamie-emerson http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12476-the-feather-jamie-emerson This winter I made a quick trip back down to Hueco Tanks, one of my favorite bouldering areas in the world.. For me Hueco has been a place to live out many of the dreams I've had about bouldering over the years. One problem that has eluded me for more than 10 years is The Feather. This iconic problem was established by Fred Nicole probably in the 90s. Regardless, it is one of the most unique and interesting rock features I have ever seen. For those who don't know, a near perfect "feather" is imprinted into the rock, and... ]]> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:20:00 -0500 12476 2012-01-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_387602-10150520376538913-702813912-8654631-1042375102-n-1326000002.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12468-climbing-2011-greig-seitz http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12468-climbing-2011-greig-seitz Over holiday break, I have taken two weeks off. Coming back to the gym, I have felt very strong. I climbed outside a few times before and after break. I didn't send anything too hard, but I sent a few v8's and v7's. I sent Daily Chuck Dose, v8, Doughboy, and several amazing climbs- one of which is called Kahuna Roof. ]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:48:00 -0500 12468 2012-01-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0016-1325641701.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12459-winter-bouldering-2011-urs-moosmuller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12459-winter-bouldering-2011-urs-moosmuller For the past few weeks I have been staying in Reno, Nevada visiting friends and family for the holidays. The weather here is incredibly warm with highs in the upper 50’s, sunny days, and no sign of snow. I have been bouldering outdoors every chance I get and through this process I created a video of all the first ascents Tory and I have been finding. We started exploring two main areas were both of us had been, but never really put any serious effort into developing. The Somersett boulders are a really small granite outcropping right inside... ]]> Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:50:00 -0500 12459 2011-12-31 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hill-9-3-1325364632.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hill-9-5-1325364632.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hill-9-2-1325364632.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hill-9-1-1325364632.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12458-no-bolts-no-holds-first-ascent-ferran-guerrero-hervas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12458-no-bolts-no-holds-first-ascent-ferran-guerrero-hervas Today ends the year, and the best way to fire him if it was like climbing, even remotely expected to do nothing special just spend the day hiking with my partner Met and my dog?? Güllich , but there are days when you surprise yourself. The idea was none other than keep working on the last one, which this great billet currency, No bolts No holds, the name says it all, there is no prey nor parabolts handholds, all is blunt and rounded feet down each more precarious, for protection? no until you have passed all the crux. ... ]]> Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:20:00 -0500 12458 2011-12-31 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12458_00-1325694231.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12458_01-1325694231.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12458_02-1325694231.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12458_03-1325694231.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12458_05-1325694231.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12458_06-1325694231.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12458_07-1325694231.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12454-new-development-in-the-red-river-gorge-tim-rose http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12454-new-development-in-the-red-river-gorge-tim-rose We arrived in the Red River Gorge on the 17th of December for a short 4 day trip.  This will be my second trip to the NRG this season and I have still only seen a very small part of what the New has to offer in terms of bouldering. ]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:02:00 -0500 12454 2011-12-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bitchs-trose-small-er-1325264565.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_slab-proj0002-1325264565.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12445-jumpin-jack-flash-a-la-miranda-de-les-boigues-ferran-guerrero-hervas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12445-jumpin-jack-flash-a-la-miranda-de-les-boigues-ferran-guerrero-hervas As usual by this time I have a tradition to go to make a long way disfrutona to Montserrat, which if not the best place in the world?? This, of course I have no doubt. My problem lately was put in accordance with the staff to be able to go, it looked like the year and my personal tradition had vanished. ]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:58:00 -0500 12445 2011-12-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12445_06-1325200807.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12445_00-1325200807.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12445_01-1325200807.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12445_02-1325200807.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12445_03-1325200807.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12445_04-1325200807.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12445_013-1325200808.jpg