http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12565-my-next-step-sasha-digiulian http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12565-my-next-step-sasha-digiulian January 2012 marks the start of a New Year, and with this New Year have come new changes. For me, one of the biggest changes has been this new relationship with Five Ten. For the past 8 years I worked with MadRock as an athlete ambassador. I had a fabulous relationship with the people there, but I came to the decision that in order to pursue my career, I had to find a shoe more compatible for my personal preferences. I found this shoe with Five Ten and I am very enthusiastic about this momentous change. I had a... ]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:00:00 -0500 12565 2012-01-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12565_sasha-1327953690.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12564-skiing-the-perfect-cross-training-jen-vennon http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12564-skiing-the-perfect-cross-training-jen-vennon Perhaps skiing is the perfect cross training to get my legs stronger and ultimately make me a better climber. But if not, at least skiing is a whole lot of fun! ]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:11:00 -0500 12564 2012-01-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_self-portrait-1327860703.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_snowmass-1327860704.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_skiing-1327860704.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12563-the-flash-pump-benjamin-spannuth http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12563-the-flash-pump-benjamin-spannuth My favorite “course” when I was at CU was the physiology colloquium.  It wasn’t a typical class in that it only occurred once a week and wasn’t just for the students but also to keep the faculty up to date on the latest and greatest research going on.  Every week a different CU faculty member brought in a presenter from around the world that does similar work to give a short talk on their research.  The topics varied greatly across the semester spanning topics like biomechanics, exercise physiology, sleep, immunology, and stress physiology. ]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:10:00 -0500 12563 2012-01-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12563_50-words-1328026719.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/12553-2nd-place-abs-regionals-tim-rose http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12553-2nd-place-abs-regionals-tim-rose This weekend was the 6th annual Philadelphia Rock Gym ABS Regional Championships (Winter Burn). Despite some snowy weather Friday night that looked like it might impair our travels, Saturday morning came and the roads were clear so we made the trip to Philly. ]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:13:00 -0500 12553 2012-01-25 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12553_comp-pic-1327707926.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12549-hueco-tanks-and-divisionals-kyle-francis http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12549-hueco-tanks-and-divisionals-kyle-francis Sorry for the late blog post, I've just been super busy lately! so i managed to get four climbing days in Hueco tanks over Christmas break and i climbed out of my mind, by far the best trip I've ever taken. ]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:12:00 -0500 12549 2012-01-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_373788-3009198432838-1348772472-3266745-1824429072-n-1327381920.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12548-wet-dream-in-black-velvet-canyon-chris-sinatra http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12548-wet-dream-in-black-velvet-canyon-chris-sinatra A couple weekends back a few friends and I ventured out to Red Rocks to spend some time projecting Wet Dream (V12), a stellar roof problem out in Black Velvet Canyon. This was my first time laying eyes on the boulders out there and I was not disappointed. With some good height, tricky technical movement, and a healthy dose of burl Wet Dream was everything the guidebook photos made it out to be and more. Our group quickly pieced together the bottom cruxes early in the day but were stymied by the top section, with its... ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:29:00 -0500 12548 2012-01-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2134-1327361372.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12546-venezuela-jungle-mission-mason-earle http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12546-venezuela-jungle-mission-mason-earle In just two days, Siebe Vanhee, George Ullrich, Sam Farnsworth, and myself are embarking on an expedition deep into the Venezuelan Jungle in search of the mysterious "steepest wall on earth." The fabled Amuri Tepui boasts what may be the most overhanging big wall on the planet, and armed with some Neon kneebarring pads and a few pairs of downturned Team Five Tens, we hope to drop-knee oor way to the top of this monster! ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:23:00 -0500 12546 2012-01-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_get-attachment.aspx-1327353801.jpeg 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/12540-seattle-riley-joyce http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12540-seattle-riley-joyce Once I arrived in Seattle I was overwhelmed by how beautiful Seattle was, even though I was drenched by the rain. Soon enough I came back to reality, there is a comp tomorrow morning but not just any comp.. Division 1 Championship for ABS season. This was the first time that there is a Divisions for ABS season (usually it is regionals then to nationals). ]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:00:00 -0500 12540 2012-01-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3863-1327179656.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3859-1327179656.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3835-1327179656.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3857-1327179657.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/12538-divisionals-2012-michaela-kiersch http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12538-divisionals-2012-michaela-kiersch This weekend was the first youth Divisional Championship for ABS (bouldering).  I traveled to North Carolina to compete for one of 7 bids to nationals.  The comp was held at Triangle Rock Club, a gym I hadn’t been to before.  I was really psyched going into the competition because I really like to see all of my friends from USA Climbing.  I had high expectations of myself and planned on using this comp as a way to see how much stronger I have gotten. ]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:50:00 -0500 12538 2012-01-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2012-01-15-14-27-06-844-1327110624.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12537-german-boulder-competition-monika-retschy http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12537-german-boulder-competition-monika-retschy The final of the German Boulder series in 2011 took place in Überlingen, a nice place next to the Bodensee. It was traditional. Unfortunately, the weather was not as good as the last years, so the organizers had some problems with the competition walls.  The holds were wet; also the mats were wet, so that the climbers got wet shoes, when they started in a boulder problem. The atmosphere between the climbers was not good. The competition was a disaster. ]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:16:00 -0500 12537 2012-01-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p7090789aa-1327065363.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p7090778ca-1327065364.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12536-fall-and-siurana-daniel-jung http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12536-fall-and-siurana-daniel-jung I was very happy because the weather was very nice for rock climbing the last 2,5 Monthes. Much, much better than the last two years. So didn’t spend much time indoor and drove to my projects very often. That was a lot of fun all the time! A lot of night climbing during the week with headlamps and scary boulders with a lot of crash pads. Also I was very lucky to send some awesome projects! I will write later about this... ]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:31:00 -0500 12536 2012-01-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12536_markus2-1327338793.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12536_lola-1327338793.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12536_sign-1327338793.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12536_siurana-1327338793.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12536_trash-1327338793.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/12533-training-blog-1-getting-the-ball-rolling-angela-payne http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12533-training-blog-1-getting-the-ball-rolling-angela-payne For 15 years, competitions have been an integral part of my climbing experience. I competed in my first competition when I was 11 and I can’t even count how many comps I’ve done since then. At times I have become disillusioned with competing and have even walked away from the world of comp climbing all together for brief spells. But I always find myself being drawn back in, because, to put it simply, I love it. I love having something to train for and I gain a great deal of motivation from having a goal... ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:29:00 -0500 12533 2012-01-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag2110-1326914999.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12443-sniper-an-epic-journey-fabian-christof http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12443-sniper-an-epic-journey-fabian-christof I’ve tried a route that is called “Sniper”. It´s more or less a route! 12 moves, over six meters leading to the top. Though it´s only 12 moves long it requires a weird kind of endurance. Every single move is hard and there is no possibility to rest or even catch a breath instead of getting a green or blue face. The size of the holds (which is from the beginning not very big) become even smaller the higher you climb. Everything is needed. The very obvious thing you should bring along is a lot of finger strength especially... ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0500 12443 2012-01-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12443_fabi1-1326907566.JPG