I just returned home from spending the past week in Austria representing the United States in the Youth World Championships for sport climbing. It was a great opportunity to be able to compete in this exciting and challenging event. During the competition we received climbs with very different styles from what I had ever climbed on in a competition before. But they were some of the most fun and exciting routes I have ever done. We were given very challenging routes, but one of the best parts was to be on new and different holds and features that I...

Hey everybody! Here I am again back at home for a while before bouncing again for a climbing trip... My summer has been fun! In July I spent ten days in Arco competing in the Bouldering World Champs but unluckily I got an unsuccessful result... I got in the semis but then completely messed up at them... next time!

Suphanat Juksujang, a.k.a. “Jeffy” was born on the southern Thai island of Phuket in 1998. He immigrated to America in 2007 with his mother and little sister. Jeffy’s poor English skills didn’t hold him back much at all in school where he immediately excelled at sports which he had never played before. He made the basketball, football and track and field teams at school, but, it was rock climbing that really interested him.