http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13971-spring-break-and-new-shoes-sierra-carroll http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13971-spring-break-and-new-shoes-sierra-carroll Ahhhh the sweet smell of new climbing shoes. Definitely one of my favorites smells in the world, yesterday my new climbing shoes came in just in time for my Spring Break trip. With a new pair of my beloved Dragons as well as some new Team's which I am very excited to get climbing in tomorrow I am more excited then ever to be leaving today for Joes Valley. After having some great training sessions at the Spot these past weeks it is finally just about time to get in the car to make the long drive to Joes... ]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:02:00 -0400 13971 2013-03-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag1335-1363993350.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag1336-1363993351.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag1389-1363993351.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13968-old-injuries-new-projects-johnny-goicoechea http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13968-old-injuries-new-projects-johnny-goicoechea Both photos are Leavenworth projects. Just after the first photo was taken I tore pulley in my finger. I had to take four months off of climbing. The second photo is from a project that a few of my friends have showed me.  I am back and healthy can’t wait to finish up the projects when the snow melts. ]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:14:00 -0400 13968 2013-03-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_leavenworthproject-1363842855.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_morpheusproject-1363842855.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13962-youth-abs-14-nationals-what-i-learned-peyton-mccallister http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13962-youth-abs-14-nationals-what-i-learned-peyton-mccallister I battled my first nationals of the year in a new division, male youth C. I ended up in 17 but learned a lot about resting between climbs and knowing when to stop to prepare for the next route. My coach said I climbed very smart. We knew nationals was going to be a struggle because I have put on 20 to 25 pounds since last year. I have gotten stockier while everyone else got taller. Since getting back from nationals I am working hard on nutrition, (eatting 5 times a day), Strength training and core/balance exercises along with... ]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:32:00 -0400 13962 2013-03-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20130301-1749-1363663924.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13961-quick-turn-around http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13961-quick-turn-around I just realized that I had this blog post written up and I never posted it, so here we go.The weekend before ABS Open Nationals I had a long weekend, so I capitalized on this random awesomeness and decided to go rock climbing. Mostly Tom (stepdad) planned everything and I eagerly agreed. Anyway after we debated a bit on where to go we decided to back to the southeast and climb on that sweet sandstone. We left after I got out of school, so we didn’t make it all the way, but this worked out rather well. At... ]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:22:00 -0400 13961 2013-03-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_southern-sandstone-2-of-15-1363645333.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_southern-sandstone-8-of-15-1363645334.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_southern-sandstone-3-of-15-1363645334.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_southern-sandstone-12-of-15-1363645334.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_southern-sandstone-5-of-15-1363645334.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_trey-1363645335.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_southern-sandstone-7-of-15-1363645335.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13956-gandalf-il-grigio-varazze-niccolo-ceria http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13956-gandalf-il-grigio-varazze-niccolo-ceria The temperatures are going up and the last moments of the winter are leaving room to the first days of spring. Fortunately I could still take a good saturday of friction in Varazze as I hoped. After the last session on “Gandalf il grigio” on saturday the 2nd I thought that there was not possibilities to come back to finish the problems, since the first heat was arriving. luckily, the weather for this last saturday looked dry and cold to attempt a climbing day there. Two days before, climate was sunny and I knew that my task would have... ]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:17:00 -0400 13956 2013-03-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gandalf-il-grigio-8b-varazze-foto-rudy-ceria-4-fileminimizer-1363619829.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gandalf-il-grigio-8b-varazze-foto-rudy-ceria-16-fileminimizer-1363619830.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gandalf-il-grigio-8b-varazze-foto-rudy-ceria-12-fileminimizer-1363619830.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gandalf-il-grigio-8b-varazze-foto-rudy-ceria-14-fileminimizer-1363619831.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gandalf-il-grigio-8b-varazze-foto-rudy-ceria-15-fileminimizer-1363619831.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13954-the-classic-beach-route-nick-bradley http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13954-the-classic-beach-route-nick-bradley Last week some friends and I went to Stinson, a town on the west coast of California, to go try a famous 8b/8b+ called Surf Safari. The perfect steep overhang the line is on is right next to the shoreline of the Pacific, which makes just being down there worthwhile. I warmed up on the easier moves of an 8a to the left of Surf Safari called Endless Bummer, which I later sent after I was warmed up. The next thing to do obviously was to get on Surf Safari. I got plenty of beta, and flashed every move... ]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:34:00 -0400 13954 2013-03-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_a271705289fc11e283fe22000a1fa511-7-1363577698.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_9377efd889ff11e2a6b122000a9f3070-7-1363577699.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13953-working-on-the-project-ferran-guerrero-hervas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13953-working-on-the-project-ferran-guerrero-hervas Soon I could take the Saturday morning, but the two hours I could scarce were fruitful, and had stayed with Ignasi Saruka to spend the morning climbing up Savassona, but arrived later than agreed and I made ??up my time to leave, my duties in the study claimed me, but was good for two hours, which were ultimately more successful than I expected. I heated with easy blocks and went to block Morpheus, repeated therapy there, a tall block plate and technical climbing very English, the key step is to get up on a Pebble, I love this, is... ]]> Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:09:00 -0400 13953 2013-03-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13953_img-2540-1363876946.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13953_img-2538-1363876946.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13953_img-2541-1363876946.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13953_img-2542-1363876946.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13953_fred-1363876946.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13953_fred-nicole04-1363876946.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13952-colette-mcinerney-take-five-with-510-athlete-gabri-moroni http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13952-colette-mcinerney-take-five-with-510-athlete-gabri-moroni I first met up with Italian Gabriele Moroni, 25, two years ago it was on the other side of the world during Petzl’s Rock Trip in Getu Valley China. Besides having perfect English and negating my perceived perception that all Italians had dark hair, Gabriele stuck out in my mind from his incredible climbing performance. Gabri, as his close friends call him, was one of the only among a trove of talented athletes in attendance to send the Rock Trip’s “Ultimate Route” Coup de Bambou, 9a (14d). When I saw Gabri again this spring in Catalunya Spain he seemed... ]]> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:37:00 -0400 13952 2013-03-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_margalef-1363343865.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_van-1363343865.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_moves-1363343866.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_comp-1363343866.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dog-1363343866.jpeg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13951-adventures-in-colorado-springs-abs-youth-nationals-michaela-kiersch http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13951-adventures-in-colorado-springs-abs-youth-nationals-michaela-kiersch Alright here's the review of my last comp, ABS Youth Nationals. Leading up to this comp, I stayed with the amazing hosts Nina Williams and Beau Kahler. Meagan and I were psyched to get to stay with them and to train during the week. After a couple trips to Movement Climbing + Fitness, CATS, and Team ABC's gym, I headed back out to Colorado Springs with a couple kids on my team and their mom. We got to the hotel, checked in, and I went to go register. Of course, I was so... ]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:06:00 -0400 13951 2013-03-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_313343-494376030622752-1086471322-n-1363183564.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_429676-10151810820293787-1582897586-n-1363183564.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_556847-498793063510519-1808697167-n-1363183564.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_582527-498794206843738-525728435-n-1363183564.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_734437-351674088275440-1826287699-n-1363183564.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13948-abs14-nationals-training-competing-performing-josh-levin http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13948-abs14-nationals-training-competing-performing-josh-levin Last weekend concluded the 2013 ABS National Championships. This year, I traveled out to Colorado Springs to compete in both the youth and open divisions, securing a semifinal bid in the adult category and my 5th National Bouldering Championship title in my last youth bouldering competition ever.This two week Colorado experience has definitely been one of the best times of my life, and I am extremely grateful to be able to live out this lifestyle, balancing my studying with traveling and competing with some of my best friends. Now that I am able to look back and reflect on... ]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:03:00 -0400 13948 2013-03-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_top-photo-by-tom-1363032216.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_youth-s2-1363032216.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_figure-4-1363032216.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_s2-1363032217.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nicks-man-pants-1363032217.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cicada-1363032217.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_kyra-1363032218.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13947-getting-away-from-it-all-alan-cassidy http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13947-getting-away-from-it-all-alan-cassidy It has been another hard winter here in Scotland. The long dark nights, the rain and the work commitments have once again meant that rock activity has been limited. Same old story huh?! Well, with a weather window coinciding with a few days off there was nothing for it but to escape the country all together. I have never been the best boulderer and this year I am determined to turn that around. I have been seeing some progression in the training and was keen to apply it to the boulders. Where would you go to boulder... ]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:32:00 -0400 13947 2013-03-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bigboss2-1363012343.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_vanlife-1363012343.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_coupdelune-1363012344.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bigboss-1363012344.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13946-abs-open-nationals-joseph-gifford http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13946-abs-open-nationals-joseph-gifford ABS in Colorado springs this year was a great comp. I competed in the open competition along with 75 other competitors. On the day of qualifiers there were 5 climbs, I ended up completing 3 out of the five which put me into 19th place and a spot in semi finals. The first climb in semis was a tricky slab, I got to the last holds but I kept slipping up. The second climb was a stemming climb in a corner with big features and all you had to do was start turned around! But I never figured... ]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:55:00 -0400 13946 2013-03-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_1111-1362974117.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13944-new-routes-in-savassona-and-boulder-ferran-guerrero-hervas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13944-new-routes-in-savassona-and-boulder-ferran-guerrero-hervas It was hard to square to go to Montserrat, so I decided to go to Savassona Laia do with the small boulder and Susi, and Quo and I no definite plans and I dragged a few weeks ago that cold, pharyngitis and conjunctivitis better to do a morning Savassona intense, boulder and girls will find us a new climbing routes that I needed to do.So while we did the tracks are desfogaban new girls in the noble art of boulder, have left the base camp in El Gollum and Laia there after six months without climbing has been delighting... ]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:27:00 -0500 13944 2013-03-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13944_008-1363278564.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13944_002-1363278564.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13944_003-1363278564.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13944_009-1363278564.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13944_007-1363278564.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13944_006-1363278564.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13944_011-1363278564.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13943-abs-14-youth-nationals-zoe-steinberg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13943-abs-14-youth-nationals-zoe-steinberg Today was my last day of school before spring break, which means two full weeks of getting to sleep late and relax. Unfortunately, I haven’t had a free moment during the last week. ABS Youth Nationals fell inconveniently on the last weekend before my vacation, and I’ve been scrambling to make up everything I missed before I forget it all next week. I flew out to Colorado Springs last Wednesday, and got in (with all my luggage this time!) at around 8:30 Wednesday night. The next day I ended up hanging out with my friend... ]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2013 03:01:00 -0500 13943 2013-03-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-1362798069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-5-1362798069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-2-1362798069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-6-1362798069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-3-1362798069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2013-abs-nationals-4-1362798070.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13942-abs-14-youth-nationals-greig-seitz http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13942-abs-14-youth-nationals-greig-seitz Last weekend I competed in my first ABS national competition. This was the first national bouldering competition I had attended. Going into this competition, I knew that it would be a great experience. I also learned about what I need to improve for next year. The qualifying round as well as semi-finals went fairly well. I was trying to conserve as much energy as I could. This strategy seemed to work since I made finals with plenty of skin and energy. The finals problems were amazing. The first boulder problem was a technical slab climb. Every hold... ]]> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:38:00 -0500 13942 2013-03-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0013-1362767914.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0032-1362767916.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0012-1362767917.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0062-1362767919.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13939-new-life-in-middle-of-europe-miguel-navarro http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13939-new-life-in-middle-of-europe-miguel-navarro Yeah ! long time without say nothing to this amazing community, i am working hard to find some job and keep my body trying hard around Innsbruck. Since last September some few visits to amazing places with a lot of boulders to try and crush, now is nothing to do near Innsbruck but Ticino and Südtirol is also a nice places for crush our fingers!!Really nice boulders, kind of master pieces all of them what i have done it already, here some of them:X-Ray 8a (Galtür, Austria)British airways 8a (Galtür, Austria)Egyptian Arete 8a (Algund, Italy)Arete with the pocket 8a... ]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:08:00 -0500 13939 2013-03-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_mixtchironico-1362586119.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_conquistadors-1362586119.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13938-abs14-nationals-semi-finals-alex-fritz http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13938-abs14-nationals-semi-finals-alex-fritz Since qualifying for Semi's was my goal for the comp, I was pretty much happy with how I was going to do no matter what. I went into day two with no expectations and high psych which to me meant I could only improve from there. I showed up for Iso a little earlier than the day before because I felt like I could have used a little better warm up than the previous day, and that put me in a pretty good mood heading out to climb. The routes started on the opposite side of... ]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:31:00 -0500 13938 2013-03-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_65562-10151776701429478-656221225-n-1362544319.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13937-starting-a-topsport-climbing-team-in-a-country-without-rocks-michel-kleinjan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13937-starting-a-topsport-climbing-team-in-a-country-without-rocks-michel-kleinjan Back again with an whole new blog season. What happened the last 4 months: Personally I did a lot of power training in the gym. My trainer Hans Kroon is a well known Olympic power trainer here in Rotterdam. He guided me thru a power program to build by body again after my down time the last 8 years. It was an eye opener for me. I thought I was a sportsman because I progressed the last year from 6a to 7a french. But when I started the power training I knew I could progress much more then I... ]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:55:00 -0500 13937 2013-03-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_max-ruys-1362527714.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13935-chinese-ispo-mayan-smith-gobat http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13935-chinese-ispo-mayan-smith-gobat A crazy trip and another whirlwind experience…. Twenty hours of flying each way for three days in Beijing to attend ISPO, their big trade show. Sasha and I were there as athlete representatives for Adidas and Five Ten. It was a totally foreign world and could not have been any more different from my simple van life here, where my life revolves around training and climbing…Coming from Grand Junction, where I never drive more than 5min to get anywhere, the huge city of Beijing itself was a shock, with its constant noise, traffic jams and an insane amount of... ]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:47:00 -0500 13935 2013-03-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13935_img-0259-1362603692.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13935_img-0265-1362603692.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13935_img-0278-1362603692.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13935_img-0318-1362603692.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13935_img-0363-1362603692.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13935_img-0390-1362603692.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13935_img-0449-1362603692.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13932-end-of-a-month-of-great-training-on-to-the-next-month-sierra-carroll http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13932-end-of-a-month-of-great-training-on-to-the-next-month-sierra-carroll Wow, it is already March. The year is going by so quickly, with Youth Nationals coming to a close this past weekend and Spring Break only 18 days away the semester is moving along quickly. This past few weeks have been crazy with school, along with climbing. Just a month ago I was trying to figure out whether or not I would be able to compete in Open National Championships two weeks ago as well as how much time I would have to be able to volunteer for youth nationals. Now with the month of February over I am... ]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:01:00 -0500 13932 2013-03-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_youthnats2013-1362463293.jpg