With spring under way, the weather has been great in Northern California, and so I’ve had the chance to climb outside more often. Over spring break, I went back to Castle Rock with some friends from home and finished some problems that I hadn’t previously done. School started soon after that, and then came CCS regionals in Reno, Nevada. It was great to have about 10 people from the Stanford team compete and the whole trip was a lot of fun. There was a bouldering/sport climbing competition as well as a speed competition – it was pretty...

My mom drove me out to Leavenworth today for the Leavenworth Mountain Associations clean-up event! There was a surprisingly good turn out for the day and I was psyched to see so many people willing to help keep one of Washington's most well-known and biggest crags clean. My mom and I did a little cleaning, but I spent most of the day doing a FiveTen shoe demo at the 8-mile campground for those of who were helping out. I like doing demos because it's pretty cool helping people finding the right shoe for their feet, or making recommendations based...

Obviously I’m pretty late on this, but my latest trip to Hueco was awesome! I got to get on a bunch of climbs that I have always seen, but never been able to even touch, this time though, it was different. We had four days of climbing and the trip had about 10 people, all over the age of 15, needless to say, things always got out of hand, and very fast. The trip was awkward though, with climbers who maxed at V5-V12, all on one tour, thus making everyone compromise at all times. This was fun though, as...

I decided that The Power of Two at this point seemed a little off-key.  The title doesn’t really matter that much… but by Day 4 the power was out of the equation for me… and it turned into just challenging!  Without further explanation for the title change let the saga continue:

Recently, I made a long trip to Joe's Valley. I was down there for just over a week. During this trip, I didn't have a goal in mind. I was trying to have low expectations. I knew if my expectations weren't high, I wouldn't be disappointed with the outcome, regardless of how it went.I was there for a total of eight days. Three of these days were rest days. My trip felt very short while I was there. Time flies when you're climbing in Joe's Valley. It's hard to make trips to...

Like I mentioned… My focus over the last few months has been on training. My goal for this winter was to learn how to train. I felt that this would make the biggest difference to my climbing, because power is my greatest weakness and I have never really dedicated any time to training… Thanks to my amazing friend and climbing/training partner, Ben Rueck who welcomed me into his world, I have had the chance to get to know and train with Rob Pizem and the crew at Grand Junction Climbing Center. This time spent here in Grand...