http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ 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/13648-comp-season-zoe-steinberg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13648-comp-season-zoe-steinberg Fall has been going pretty well for the most part; lots of climbing and schoolwork, with the only real bad part being hurricane Sandy coming in and smashing up where I live. We lost power for about five days, but it could have been way worse- some of my friends were out for about two weeks, plus we missed over a week of classes since they could not get power back at the school. Aside from all that, I’ve crazy busy been training and climbing a lot, as well as doing all sorts of other things I’ve... ]]> Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:22:00 -0500 13648 2012-11-25 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_374463-4992192328270-230871664-n-1353856934.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_598955-4992210528725-453373197-n-1353856934.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_535537-4992182288019-987779466-n-1353856934.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_546929-359423147485856-170106079-n-1353856935.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13594-non-stop-autumn-andrea-cartas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13594-non-stop-autumn-andrea-cartas Less badly that I climbed everything what I wanted and more in summer ... because it knew that the autumn would come full of work, (professional) projects and other histories that would not leave me to touch the rock too much... The truth is that scarcely I have climbed this October, a few inconveniences in a shoulder and a finger have served me to centre on other things that it had hanging and like that to give a little rest to the body. Now, already re-put after a few sessions of fisium and little rest, I've started to train... ]]> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 09:43:00 -0400 13594 2012-11-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc05709-1351935794.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13078-youth-regionals-delaney-miller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13078-youth-regionals-delaney-miller Youth Regionals for rope was last weekend and it was so much fun! A huge thanks goes out to Canyons climbing gym and all of the people involved in organizing the comp. The comp was very well organized and stayed on schedule (which is a rarity) and the routes were awesome! I’m look forward to divisionals, but now I'm focusing on training for Teva. It’s been a while sense I’ve bouldered, so I'm going to have to try to build up some power endurance again. ]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 23:21:00 -0400 13078 2012-05-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionalsg-19-1337556095.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13029-central-rocks-first-annual-sport-climbing-competition-series-alex-david-johnson http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13029-central-rocks-first-annual-sport-climbing-competition-series-alex-david-johnson This past weekend I set off again for the third competition in a row this month, this time held at Central Rock Climbing Gym, in Hadley Massachusetts.  This event was the first of an Central Rocks annual sport climbing competition series “Ring of Fire” as each year they will give out a ring to the winner. ]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 06:53:00 -0400 13029 2012-05-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_461455-794638775368-705045-35282152-468574926-o-1336027998.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_557768-3920592532571-1212275011-33842202-738598724-n-1336027998.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_563220-3920591332541-1212275011-33842198-1285061025-n-1336027998.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_578877-3920590932531-1212275011-33842196-131590343-n-1336027999.jpeg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13006-2012-canadian-nationals-and-season-wrap-up-sebastien-lazure http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13006-2012-canadian-nationals-and-season-wrap-up-sebastien-lazure April 14th-April 15th was the 9th TDB Canadian Nationals.  It has been my 6th Nationals and Approximately my 85th comp since I began competing at the end of 2004. ]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:09:00 -0400 13006 2012-04-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_528061-3782006669510-1210031931-n-1335499774.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_562617-3718281516421-1257253525-33660671-544152900-n-1335499774.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-9609-1335499774.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_380343-3739929417605-1257253525-33665756-2111206625-n-1335499775.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_523813-3724984683996-1257253525-33663161-144111877-n-1335499775.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_538783-3782009229574-1257253525-33683055-6373059-n-1335499776.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12995-a-big-week-shauna-coxsey http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12995-a-big-week-shauna-coxsey Competing in world cups circuit isn’t easy. You get physically tired, mentally tired and you really need to ask a lot from the people around you. Sometimes that isn’t fair and relationships take two and I guess I didn’t have enough to give. I find it hard to know when to let my emotions affect my climbing sometimes I climb better, I push harder and pull stronger when I feel I need to get something out but then I also have my girly side when I want to eat ice cream, watch a cheesy movie and feel sorry for... ]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:50:00 -0400 12995 2012-04-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_75270-10150751091925675-697535674-9491739-63572063-n-1335257406.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12846-robo-comps-benjamin-rueck http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12846-robo-comps-benjamin-rueck For the past three years around April the climbing gym of Grand Junction decides to throw a competition to help out a climber's coalition for the surrounding areas. In general we call it Desert Ruckus... but for some reason this year the thought of Desert Ruckus did not sit well with me. It lacked (how do you say) flare! Sitting in my thinking spot (an abnormally large couch) I began to ponder names... Then out of the abyss an idea sparked into existence... the perfect themed comp. with the perfect name came to mind. "EUREKA!" I exclaimed in my... ]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:55:00 -0400 12846 2012-04-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_moab-iphone-161-1334336102.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_moab-iphone-160-1334336102.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12734-hueco-rock-rodeo-2012-natasha-barnes http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12734-hueco-rock-rodeo-2012-natasha-barnes This weekend I had the privilege to attend the Annual Hueco Rock Rodeo in El Paso, Texas. I flew there to teach a clinic on injury prevention for climbing but I also participated in the competition while I was there. ]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:57:00 -0400 12734 2012-03-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12734_img-2078-1331826430.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2029-1331611041.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12731-hueco-tanks-2012-bryan-boyko http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12731-hueco-tanks-2012-bryan-boyko Stage 1 of the mega trip, which is within the US, is almost complete.  I just finished a month in Hueco and am now sitting in The Looney Bean in Bishop, where I'll be for a little over another week before heading back home to Seattle.  One month in Seattle, then Switzerland on April 24th! ]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:16:00 -0400 12731 2012-03-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_me-1331597801.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_diaphanous-sea-1331597802.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_east-spur-1331597803.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hueco-flapper-1331597803.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_power-of-the-landjager-1331597803.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_slashface-damage-1331597805.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_terre-de-sienne-1331597805.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12687-2012-darkhorse-and-abs-nationals-andrew-kim http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12687-2012-darkhorse-and-abs-nationals-andrew-kim Pretty late blog post... but DARKHORSE! Championship! in boston was crazy! A good amount of pro competitors showed up in boston for the comp, such as Dwoods, Carlo, ROBBY D, ADJ for the guys, leading to a very difficult qualifying red point round. even though I didn't do well enough to qualify for finals it was almost as good just watching the finals event unfold. with 4 finals problem, Daniel woods took 1st flashing all problems, then ROB D, this guy is one of my favorite guys to watch and to climb with, so much sike! in 2nd with... ]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:22:00 -0500 12687 2012-03-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bagley_darkhorse_2.4.2012-3972-1330719741.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bagley_darkhorse_2.4.2012-4340-1330719741.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_400273-3288694296136-1231057383-33419144-374608059-n-1330719741.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bagley_darkhorse_2.4.2012-4097-1330719742.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12683-scs-season-riley-joyce http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12683-scs-season-riley-joyce The first comp for SCS Season is coming up next weekend! SCS is my favorite part of climbing! I love the feeling when people are literally looking up at you. When I fall I love the feeling of trusting my belayer. And for a split second you think you could get really hurt but then when the rope ketches you, I always say, "Thank goodness!" I think trust is a huge skill to know, and it is very hard to learn. If you do not trust your belayer then leading could be a lot more difficult then it... ]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:32:00 -0500 12683 2012-02-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_58428-152145034814763-151218131574120-363645-4642243-n-1330551141.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12649-the-first-boulder-open-onix-2012-mexico-city-diego-lopez-montull http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12649-the-first-boulder-open-onix-2012-mexico-city-diego-lopez-montull The past, Saturday 18 February, took place the first boulder open  2012  Mexico, this was in the climbing Gym, Onix in Mexico City and Five Ten was there.This competition was sponsored by Five Ten, which continues to support in Mexico.The event was very nice, 170 people attended and 60 competitors. The comp of 7 boulders to classify finals, then the finals consisted in 4 boulder problems.People came from many parts of the Mexican republic. the atmosphere was very good and the climbing level of Mexico continues growing and every time are more people climbing. ]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:26:00 -0500 12649 2012-02-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fivetenmexico1-1329712018.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fivetenmexico2-1329712018.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten-mexico3-1329712018.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fivetenmex4-1329712018.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fivetenmex5-1329712018.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_427268-439510159959-135039624959-1586487-522683941-n1-1329712019.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12627-winter-teva-games-andres-marin http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12627-winter-teva-games-andres-marin I juts came back from my last competition of the winter. The First Winter Teva games where a total success. The mixed Climbing Competition was awesome a 55 feet tall structure that enterprise put together was super cool. The comp was base on speed and little bit on difficulty. Slalom style comp where 2 competitors climb side by side with a 3 minutes rest before climbing the other route made the comp a full speed event super fun to watch.It was a total of super strong 20 competitors and in order to qualified you have to win against the... ]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:09:00 -0500 12627 2012-02-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_securedownload-1329163799.jpeg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12616-3-comps-3weeks-sebastien-lazure http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12616-3-comps-3weeks-sebastien-lazure January 28th.It was the third editions of the Gonflé à Bloc comp in Montreal and it feels to me that the first one was held only few days ago. Time goes by, and it's been already three years since my home gym's first Tour de Bloc stop. It was the only stop of the tour in Montreal this season and expectations were high! A total of 235 climbers competed that day! I think it was an overall success and one of the best one so far! Not because I’m really happy of my climbing that day but surely because... ]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:44:00 -0500 12616 2012-02-10 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_seb-problem-5-nic-1328903097.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bagley-darkhorse-2-4-2012-3725-1328903097.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bagley-darkhorse-2-4-2012-3923-1328903097.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_vertical-bourdeau-2-1328903097.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_vertical-bourdeau-1328903097.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_vertical-guy-1-1328903098.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12415-portland-boulder-rally-alex-fritz http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12415-portland-boulder-rally-alex-fritz Two weekends ago I headed down to the first annual Portland Boulder Rally. This would be my third Open competition in the last two months. I previously competed in the Northwest Boulderfest at the Seattle Bouldering Project, the Seattle Bouldering Challenge at Stone Gardens, and this time the PBR at the NE Circuit Bouldering Gym. At the first two competitions I made it into Finals, so this was pretty much my goal for this comp. too. The PNW has really strong boulderers so sometimes it's really hard just to make it into the top 10 for finals. Unfortunately, the... ]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:38:00 -0500 12415 2011-12-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12415_pbrboyko-1324054318.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12415_pbrcarlo-1324054318.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12415_pbrnathaniel-1324054318.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12415_pbrzak-1324054318.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12407-abs-regionals-zoe-steinberg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12407-abs-regionals-zoe-steinberg Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:05:00 -0500 12407 2011-12-12 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12396-1st-place-2011-portland-boulder-rally-carlo-traversi http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12396-1st-place-2011-portland-boulder-rally-carlo-traversi This past weekend was packed with climbing! I spent Thursday and Friday setting for the Spot Bouldering Series Comp #3. After forerunning on Friday, I jumped on a plane to Portland, Oregon to compete in the 1st Portland Boulder Rally at The Circuit Gym. Saturday morning arrived far too early and it took a lot of warming up and a bit of ibuprofen to shake off the soreness from the previous few setting days. For the red-point round, finishing 5 hard boulders and saving my skin and energy was the primary focus. I managed... ]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:05:00 -0500 12396 2011-12-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_PortlandBoulderRallyColor_1323219921.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_6449359713cc9541cc71b_1323219921.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12368-european-summer-2011-joseph-gifford http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12368-european-summer-2011-joseph-gifford This past summer I was fortunate enough to take a two month trip of a lifetime to Europe with Alex Johnson, Josh Levin, and Nick Milburn. We boarded a plane in Atlanta the day after U.S. Nationals (which went very well) and flew across the Atlantic Ocean, landed in Munich, and began our European climbing trip. ]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:32:00 -0500 12368 2011-11-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_DSC00411_1322634728.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_DSC00194_1322634728.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_DSC00151_1322634728.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12363-getting-psyched-for-regionals-riley-joyce http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12363-getting-psyched-for-regionals-riley-joyce All I could think about today in school was to send this route in the gym. I was looking at the clock, seeing minutes going by. It felt like every class period was so long. When the last bell rang to get out of school, I went straight to the climbing gym and got on this new v6. It starts out on two big slopers and you have to hand foot match with your right foot and hand. Then you have to turn your body-- so that your back is faced to the wall and then fall into... ]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:28:00 -0500 12363 2011-11-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_BoulderDash_1322540920.jpg