http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14088-healing-is-a-painful-process-nick-bradley http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14088-healing-is-a-painful-process-nick-bradley In my last post I mentioned at the end that I had a minor finger injury. Well as it turns out, that "minor injury" kept me out of climbing for a full month, and for the last three weeks I have been working my way back up to where I was. It's painful because of how badly I want to be where I used to be (stronger than ever before, and sending much more than I have) and I have to climb on only jugs at a very low level, or I will re-injure my finger. So far it... ]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 20:30:00 -0400 14088 2013-05-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_vxi-climb-1368995451. http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/14088_vxi-climb-1368996547. http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_vxi-and-others-1368995451. http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14033-eastern-regional-championship-at-true-north-climbing-hans-christian-montenegro http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14033-eastern-regional-championship-at-true-north-climbing-hans-christian-montenegro This is my last competition for this season. I did five competitions in the last five months. The regional Championship was in Toronto. There were 69 climbers in the open category. This time the out-of-town climbers came from Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston and the U.S. I met Dylan Barks, a good climber from the U.S.The competition had 60 problems in the qualifying round. The qualifying round was easy and many climbers did well. So, the places for finals were determined by the flash try. I flashed four problems and I worked the other two problems. After two hours of climbing,... ]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:12:00 -0400 14033 2013-04-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bonuel-20130323-406largeregionale-2013-problem4-1366467179.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_tour-de-bloc-bojan-uzicanin-14-1366467179.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14026-capital-city-cruxin-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14026-capital-city-cruxin-nicholas-milburn Bouldering comp in Austin? That can't be all that cool. WRONG! It is awesome. Austin Rock Gym held their first ever Capital City Crux comp and I say it was a success. ARG did some amazing and much needed remodeling to the gym to prepare for this thing. Before it was an old manky floor and unused wall space. Not anymore. They tore out the big island which opened everything up and gave an entire new feeling to the gym. Even though the walls were the same they felt much better. They also replaced the floor with some big... ]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:14:00 -0400 14026 2013-04-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_901370-10152754598185068-634049309-o-1366078483.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arg-12-of-13-1366078483.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_529290-4622729017613-169713681-n-1366078483.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arg-10-of-13-1366078484.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arg-3-of-13-1366078484.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arg-2-of-13-1366078484.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arg-7-of-13-1366078484.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14025-making-a-recovery-eric-sethna http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14025-making-a-recovery-eric-sethna Tour De Bloc season 10 has come to a close with Nationals being held last weekend at Rock Jungle Fitness in Edmonton, Alberta. The sad part is that I wasn't able to go. In fact, I haven't been able to go to any competitions this season, with the exception of the season opener in November. Very unfortunately, I've been battling a serious finger injury which has kept me from competing for over 5 months. A nasty amalgamation of a pulley tear, tendon inflammation, joint discomfort, and a stubborn mentality to continually push my body’s limits has resulted in a... ]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:32:00 -0400 14025 2013-04-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_photo-1366050766.PNG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14011-a-tale-of-a-finger-hueco-and-abs-mirko-caballero http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14011-a-tale-of-a-finger-hueco-and-abs-mirko-caballero Packing for Hueco was, to say the least, a little stressful for me. Not knowing whether or not I could climb or not… Would I be able to compete at Nationals the following week? Even if I did, would I have a chance to win? Ok, let's rewind a little... ]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:25:00 -0400 14011 2013-04-10 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0032-1365578711.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0448-1365578712.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0226-1365578712.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0459-1365578713.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0247-1365578713.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0473-1365578713.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0351-1365578714.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14008-canadian-nationals-2013-erica-carlson http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14008-canadian-nationals-2013-erica-carlson Canadian Nationals were this past weekend and.... I placed 7th overall!!!!! I'm super stoked as this is the best I have ever placed at Nationals. I also have to say this is the comp I am able to mentally pick apart the least from this whole season. The competition was extremely strong... Any of the top 20 girls could have made finals on any given day. By CEC rules, Nationals must have 8 Canadian citizens (and CEC eligible) in finals. As a result, there were 11 girls and 8 guys in finals. I finished qualifiers in 10th place. I... ]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:50:00 -0400 14008 2013-04-10 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_finals-presentation-1365562206.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_problem-2-1365562206.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_problem-3-crimp-1365562206.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_problem-4-1365562206.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13993-open-and-youth-national-championships-matt-lubar http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13993-open-and-youth-national-championships-matt-lubar It’s a bit overdue (sorry!), but here Is my recap of Open and Youth ABS Nationals. Enjoy! Whew. What an physically, emotionally and mentally taxing last two weeks it’s been! It all started Friday, February 22nd when I found myself heading down to Colorado Springs bright and early. This was the my first Open Nationals, so I had zero expectations and was just treating it as a training exercise. I also was just psyched to climb and have some fun on some top notch boulders. I ended up doing quite well seeing as though it was my... ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:05:00 -0400 13993 2013-04-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0045-1364951151.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0057-1364951151.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0043-1364951152.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0015-1364951152.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0011-1364951153.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/13917-edyta-ropek-will-start-at-the-2013-world-games http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13917-edyta-ropek-will-start-at-the-2013-world-games Edyta Ropek, athlete supported by Five Ten, will take part in prestigious World Games competitions, which will take place in late July and early August in Cali, Colombia. Champion of speed climbing is awarded a qualification from the International Federation of Sport Climbing.  ]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:07:00 -0500 13917 2013-02-25 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20130225-01-1361822842.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20130225-02-1361822843.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20130225-03-1361822843.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13900-recap-of-the-last-weeks-sebastien-lazure http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13900-recap-of-the-last-weeks-sebastien-lazure Where to start… During the last few weeks I’ve been competing a lot while trying to figure out how I would manage to do all my school works… Finally, I just finished everything and I’m now packing up for Hueco Tanks! Can’t be more psyched!! ]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:48:00 -0500 13900 2013-02-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_vinceshaefer2-dhc-1361198901.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13806-dark-horse-championships-josh-levin http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13806-dark-horse-championships-josh-levin This past weekend concluded the epic saga of the Dark Horse Bouldering Series. This year, Josh Larson and Dave Wetmore really stepped up their game, producing not two, not three, but FOUR heart-stopping, jaw-dropping, crowd-pleasing finals rounds that cumulated in the final championship round on saturday.To kick the weekend off, my friend Nicholas Milburn flew in from Houston to compete, so we decided to pregame for qualifiers by going out for some delicious dim sum at a local restaurant nearby my dorm on Northeastern campus. Bright and early the next morning, we headed off to Metrorock after a solid... ]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:49:00 -0500 13806 2013-02-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_5-1360345744.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_1-1360345743.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2-1360345743.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_3-1360345744.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_4-1360345744.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13775-and-they-all-screamed-dark-horse-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13775-and-they-all-screamed-dark-horse-nicholas-milburn This past weekend I was able to fly up to Boston to compete in the Dark Horse Finals. I've watched all the recap videos and immediately put on my list of must do competitions. I was feeling pretty good when I bought my plane tickets. I just had a great trip out in southeast where I did some of my hardest sends and I just won youth ABS Divisionals. Only problem was that every other strong person on the planet flew out to climb at this thing too. Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Jimmy Webb, Vasya Vorotnikov, Carlo Traversi, Nick... ]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:25:00 -0500 13775 2013-01-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dark-horse-5-of-17-1358889935.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dark-horse-11-of-17-1358889935.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dark-horse-8-of-17-1358889935.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dark-horse-6-of-17-1358889935.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dark-horse-13-of-17-1358889936.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dark-horse-9-of-17-1358889936.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dark-horse-15-of-17-1358889936.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13771-abs-division-2-championships-matt-lubar http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13771-abs-division-2-championships-matt-lubar Just as an arctic cold front hit Colorado, I headed south to sunny Tucson, Arizona for the ABS Division 2 Championship. While everyone back in Boulder was suffering through sub zero temps, I was sippin’ on Piña coladas and basking in the warm Arizona sun! Well, not exactly, but I still had a blast competing and hanging out with my team! I left school early on Friday, January 11th and went to the airport with coaches Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou, Garrett Gregor, Nic Sherman, and teammates Nick Lyon, Shawn Raboutou, and Austin Lankford. After a short delay due to snow, we... ]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:17:00 -0500 13771 2013-01-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_306343-469124163123796-1042960273-n-1358713045.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_19310-469124186457127-1534402614-n-1358713045.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_306343-469124163123796-1042960273-n-1358713046.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_397769-469124143123798-1255741380-n-1358713046.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13719-finals-regionals-and-an-old-classic-matt-lubar http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13719-finals-regionals-and-an-old-classic-matt-lubar The last two weeks have been pretty insane. I've always thought that I do more schoolwork in the last two weeks of the semester than I do all year, and this year it felt no different. Studying for finals, writing papers, starting (and finishing) projects the night before they're due, it all gets pretty exhausting. Somehow though I've made it through, but not before coming down with an evil little cold. Luckily I've got a couple weeks to kick back, relax, and recover through Mom's delicious Christmas cookies. ]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:27:00 -0500 13719 2012-12-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0281-1356301678.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0283-1356301678.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0285-1356301678.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13689-one-of-my-better-weeks-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13689-one-of-my-better-weeks-nicholas-milburn Let's just start out by saying that this week is awesome. I am now officially the owner of a DSLR camera. I bought myself a Canon 60D, so now I won't have to ask my step-dad for his camera or be stuck with just my cell phone. This is actually the same camera my step-dad has, so I'm familiar with all its buttons and knobs. Now all I need is a trip to officially christen my camera.Some more fantastic news. University of Colorado at Boulder accepted me!!! This is my number one choice of college, so I am pretty... ]]> Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:51:00 -0500 13689 2012-12-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-0486-1355071909.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-1-of-1-1355071908.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-0553-1355071908.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-0436-1355071909.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-0470-1355071909.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionals-0515-1355071909.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13663-si-se-puede-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13663-si-se-puede-nicholas-milburn I meant to write a blog part of the way through my trip, so that I could provide maximum detail, but I was pretty busy and lazy, so that never happened. On the plane ride home I ended up writing it, so it all worked out. ]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:55:00 -0500 13663 2012-11-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-1-of-7-1354139717.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-4-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-6-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-2-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-5-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-7-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-3-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13611-monster-mash-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13611-monster-mash-nicholas-milburn It's that time of year again. Halloween, candy for all, tummy aches, sugar rush and ROCK CLIMBING! My gym, Stone Moves, held its second ever Monster Mash comp. How often do you get to dress up in costume an rock climb? Well, I guess you could do it all the time, but this way you won't look like a fool. Some of the best costumes I saw were the Sand Bagger and Campusing. I dressed up as Five Ten and shaved my head in an interesting pattern to give my costume a bit of a boost. Most... ]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:50:00 -0500 13611 2012-11-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_monster-1-of-16-1352343020.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_monster-4-of-16-1352343020.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_monster-7-of-16-1352343020.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_monster-16-of-16-1352343021.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13604-european-youth-championship-in-gemozac-france-chloe-caulier http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13604-european-youth-championship-in-gemozac-france-chloe-caulier For the first time this year, IFSC decided to organize a European Youth Championship. This competition was held in Gemozac, a village located 100 km away from Bordeaux. As often in France, the Youth A and Junior categories had their qualification and final rounds on the same day. I had a good start in the first qualification route but I made a mistake when clipping in the last quarter of the route, which made me fall prematurately. I therefore had no other option but topping the second route in order to qualify for the final, which I... ]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:20:00 -0500 13604 2012-11-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_galerie-177-1352222451.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_galerie-176-1352222451.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gemozac-2-1352222451.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13598-edyta-ropek-4th-in-world-cup-2012-edyta-ropek http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13598-edyta-ropek-4th-in-world-cup-2012-edyta-ropek Competition came to an end in the speed world cup 2012 series. Five Ten athlete Edyta Ropek after last event in Mokpo was classified at fourth position in WC ranking. She is the best non Russian athlete throughout the all cycle. This was also for her breaking through season, as she managed to climb in 8,90 second during WCh in Paris – it’s her personal best, and one off the countless results in the world.   ]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:48:00 -0500 13598 2012-11-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20121021-07-1352123332.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20121021-02-1352123333.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20121021-01-1352123333.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20121021-03-1352123334.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3871-1352123334.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13588-competition-season-emily-dudley http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13588-competition-season-emily-dudley In September the ABS competition season started. I kicked off the year setting for a local competition at Miramont Lifestyle Fitness. As one of the route-setters I love comp season. ]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:24:00 -0400 13588 2012-10-31 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_crush-festa-1351653846.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dscn0914a-1351653846.jpg