http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13927-small-town-roots-erica-carlson http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13927-small-town-roots-erica-carlson Every once in a while, you get writer’s block. You just don’t know what to write about. I was feeling that a while back so reached out to some friends looking for help with a topic. A friend that I first started climbing with back in Winnipeg, Manitoba suggested I write about my early days and transitioning from going from a smaller competition scene to being one of the top Canadian climbers now.As I’ve suggested so far, originally I wasn’t from Calgary, Alberta... I was from the flat of the flatlands, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Everyone always asks how I managed... ]]> Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:27:00 -0500 13927 2013-03-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_197265-17484162960-59-n-1362335261.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_284-18367751045-9830-n-1362335261.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_240333-10150610100620478-17602-o-1362335261.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_5512-10151484726930470-1918594279-n-1362335261.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13921-checking-out-awesome-new-bouldering-gym-dogpatch-seth-rogers http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13921-checking-out-awesome-new-bouldering-gym-dogpatch-seth-rogers Last week my Zero Gravity teammates and I had the opportunity to go to DogPatch Boulders for a team-only open house. DogPatch is located in San Francisco in the Dog Patch neighborhood. It is a brand new bouldering gym that is not yet open to the public. When I first got there, my breath was taken away. The gym was massive in size, and the walls were 18 feet high with lots of fun angles!! Every time any of us climbed, we made sure we had a spotter. We got to climb for around 3 hours, and... ]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:47:00 -0500 13921 2013-02-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_team-dogpatch-1361951250.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_seth-1-1361951250.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_seth-hanging-1361951251.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13643-competition-lessons-erica-carlson http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13643-competition-lessons-erica-carlson I’m two comps into the season so far and have done a lot of learning so far (or at least I feel I have, hopefully the lessons stick). It’s quite different having comps start this early for those of us in Western Canada. Typically at this point, we’ve only had 1-2 fun comps. Mentally, I don’t think I’ve been quite ready for it but the plus to that is that I haven’t focused so much on my week leading up to comp routine/prep. I’ve been able to pinpoint a few things that work for me and a few that... ]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:16:00 -0500 13643 2012-11-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_funny-face-1353557788.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_funny-face-2-1353557789.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_177013-10151248788093421-856326001-o-1353557789.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13611-monster-mash-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13611-monster-mash-nicholas-milburn It's that time of year again. Halloween, candy for all, tummy aches, sugar rush and ROCK CLIMBING! My gym, Stone Moves, held its second ever Monster Mash comp. How often do you get to dress up in costume an rock climb? Well, I guess you could do it all the time, but this way you won't look like a fool. Some of the best costumes I saw were the Sand Bagger and Campusing. I dressed up as Five Ten and shaved my head in an interesting pattern to give my costume a bit of a boost. Most... ]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:50:00 -0500 13611 2012-11-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_monster-1-of-16-1352343020.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_monster-4-of-16-1352343020.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_monster-7-of-16-1352343020.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_monster-16-of-16-1352343021.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13462-my-new-climbing-gym-fred-charron http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13462-my-new-climbing-gym-fred-charron Finally, our new gym is now Open!!! www.allezup.com Allez-Up climbing gym first opened in 1998. The gym has been known to be a great place for experienced climbers to train and perform. Even though it was a small and dusty space, the gym always kept its good reputation for great route setting and great competitions. I have been working for Allez-Up climbing gym in Montreal, Canada since 2007 and became the head route setter in 2009. I have been working with the owners on this new climbing gym for the past 3 years now! And in 2012,... ]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:59:00 -0400 13462 2012-09-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_1-1347890364.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0017-1347890365.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0021-1347890365.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4544-1347890366.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-2677-1347890366.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-2690-1347890366.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-2691-1347890367.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13369-good-climbing-in-your-40s-michel-kleinjan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13369-good-climbing-in-your-40s-michel-kleinjan Visualization is a skill in my mission to climb better.I visualized my climbing career to come. Looking back, I was surprised on the outcome of my visualization one year ago. One hundred % of my goals were reached.   ]]> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:03:00 -0400 13369 2012-08-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_marianne-van-der-steen-in-nordwand-viic-van-de-fotografenspitze-elbsandstein-1-1345241027.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_adrspach-traditional-climbing-i-1345241028.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_adrspach-traditional-climbing-1345241028.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_mar-0160-1345241029.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_adrspach-traditional-climbing-ii-1345241029.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13320-edyta-ropek-no-1-in-daone-wc http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13320-edyta-ropek-no-1-in-daone-wc The fourth victory of Polish athlete on the dam in Daone. Supported by Five Ten Edyta Ropek is the first in the world who made this. During her 9 years starts in the valley, she won 4 gold, and 2 bronze medals! No one else has achieved so much. Speed World Cup in Daone is one of the hardest from the IFSC speed competition calendar. ]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:29:00 -0400 13320 2012-08-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120730-29-1343824160.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120730-46-1343824160.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120730-43-1343824161.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120730-63-1343824161.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120730-70-1343824161.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120730-82-1343824162.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120730-87-1343824162.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13197-unusual-training-edyta-ropek http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13197-unusual-training-edyta-ropek Today I had very unusually training, I was climbing with the measuring instruments. This is a part of my preparation to the world championships. We had to know how my body consumes oxygen while speed climbing. We also used the accelerator which measures the position of my body in different planes during the day. The pulse was mastered as well. The entire study will last seven days. Good, that climbing with the mask was only today. But the rest instruments accompany me 24 hours a day! After completion of studies, I have to wait to analyze the... ]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:29:00 -0400 13197 2012-06-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-01-1340742592.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-02-1340742592.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-03-1340742592.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-04-1340742593.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-05-1340742593.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-07-1340742593.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-06-1340742594.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13196-training-in-daone-edyta-ropek http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13196-training-in-daone-edyta-ropek I’m back Home, after two weeks of intensive training in Daone. I’m really satisfied with the result, I worked well time spend in the valley. Specially last days of my stay were very effective.  Now I back home, and concentrate on preparation to the Chamonix world cup. ]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:10:00 -0400 13196 2012-06-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-01-1340741419.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-02-1340741419.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-03-1340741420.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-04-1340741420.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-05-1340741421.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120626-06-1340741421.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13180-after-school-garrett-gregor http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13180-after-school-garrett-gregor Spring usually signifies life, rebirth, flowers, etcetera. For me - it was death. Spring semester 2012 was complete mayhem. School is alright if you stay on top of things, but as soon as those things start to slip, it creates a landslide of work you are constantly battling to try and get to the top of. I'm normally on top of the hill, but after March madness, I was left scrambling to get back up all semester long. ]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:21:00 -0400 13180 2012-06-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_abs13-1340313690.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hangar-18-abclinic-1340313691.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_abc-girls-at-beach-1340313692.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_abc-beach-day-1340313692.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_youth-abs13-interning-1340313693.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_new-facility-setting-1340313693.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_macey-routesetter-1340313694.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13141-training-in-italy-edyta-ropek http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13141-training-in-italy-edyta-ropek So I started my preparation to the summer world cups. Few days ago me and my boyfriend, we arrived in Vale di Daone, 1700 amsl somewhere in the Italian Alps. Weather is not so nice, raining most of the time, so it’s hard to find two hours to do training. ]]> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:14:00 -0400 13141 2012-06-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120608-01-m-1339427698.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120608-02-m-1339427699.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20120608-03-m-1339427699.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-9752-1339427699.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-9752-1339427699.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr0069-1339427700.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2393-1339427700.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13098-overall-winning-of-the-national-cup-toma-binter http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13098-overall-winning-of-the-national-cup-toma-binter In Prague took place the third competition of the Czech national Cup. I won again and that means I won the overall Cup, even before all competitions took place.  On Friday I had the most important exam at school I've ever had.. And on Saturday I competed in very important competition - this should determine the national team.  Luckilly I passed the exam very successfully. That also lightened my mind and allowed me to focus only on saturday's competing. ]]> Tue, 29 May 2012 19:51:00 -0400 13098 2012-05-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-dsc9677-1338321078.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-dsc9674-1338321079.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-dsc9682-1338321080.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-dsc9680-1338321080.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12827-seattle-climbing-boom-bret-johnston http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12827-seattle-climbing-boom-bret-johnston In the past year there has been an explosion of climbing gyms in the Seattle area. Last Spring the Seattle Bouldering Project (SBP) opened, claiming to be the largest bouldering gym in the World. SBP also has an exclusive Five Ten shore store with all the models you could ever want. Then in the fall Stone Gardens Bellevue opened with a shiny new mall setting to boast. And now I am very proud to say Vertical World has opened its fourth version of the Seattle location. We are calling it Seattle 4.0 and it is bigger and better than... ]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:42:00 -0400 12827 2012-04-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gym photo for 5.10-1-1333993360.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sbp for 5.10-4-1333993360.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_walls photo for 5.10-2-1333993360.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sonte gardens for 5.10-3-1333993360.jpg