Snow, snow, snow! It is snowing in Colorado. Which makes sense, it is December. However, I am always surprised by the weather; it can be sunny and 50 degrees one week and the next 7 degrees with ten inches of snow. The arrival of snow here means one thing. It is training time because Hueco season is upon us.I have been putting mad time in at the gym, getting my crimp on! I have unfinished business in Hueco, last year I fell off the top of It’s a Good Day for Swiss Crisp Mix_V10, twice. I can’t wait to...

December is a busy time for everyone with finals, the holidays, and the height of competition season.On December 10th we hosted the ABS13 Youth Regionals at Miramont Lifestyle Fitness. I love setting for youth competitions. All the problems fit me perfectly and the kids are amazing. I can’t believe how good the competitors are. From the youngest kids to the 18 year olds, the talent is unbelievable. The future of our sport is in capable hands. The next generation is going to do things we did not think possible. All the kids are so psyched! It is very inspiring....

Two weeks ago was bouldering regionals. I took first, but I had made quite a few mistakes. I suppose that's what competitions are really about- efficiency. Everybody makes mistakes, everybody is usually strong and capable of the climbs as well. But in most cases, especially at higher level competitions, the climbers that are most efficient and minimizes their mistakes are the ones that take first. I'm glad this competition was not nationals because there would have been even more strong climbers trying to be the most efficient. Two weeks ago there were seven girls in my category. At divisionals,...

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...

Fixing the CamperWith October on the farm being so busy and life’s demands increase it’s a hard time to fit in little things like fixing a destroyed 1963 camper from the mob of teenage boys who have been “chilling” in it while I was away on my last trip. So Jes & I had to kick it into high gear to prep for the up coming road trip with our friends Amy Langemore from Australia and Nalle Hukkataival from Finland. Ripping the back end of the camper off, replacing all the rotten wood, adding new insulation, and revamping...

As has become common, traditional climbing, doses, and do homework while I have pending, among other things, teach the way of the Clean Met, which is gradually engaging, if we return to the Peak must practice and better than our earth, rock uncertain, pending other duties, clean finish line bolts not as welldefined No Holds Dominic, there is little dams, the feeling is the solution ...