http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ 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/13530-summer-sweat-fest-finale-2012-eric-sethna http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13530-summer-sweat-fest-finale-2012-eric-sethna Hello again! The 2011/2012 competition season has finally come to a close – just in time for the first Tour de Bloc of season 10! The Summer Sweat Fest season wrapped up with the finale at True North Climbing a few weeks ago. I had been looking forward to the comp for weeks after having a ton of fun at last year’s finale event. The setters and organizers also had surprises up their sleeve for the comp format this year, which both excited and intimidated me. I managed to win all the Sweat Fest comps... ]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:31:00 -0400 13530 2012-10-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_259062-10152101086245357-953545596-o-1-1349987480.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12679-eric-sethna-at-abs-nationals http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12679-eric-sethna-at-abs-nationals I've just returned home from my trip to Colorado Springs for ABS Nationals! After watching videos of the ABS 12 last year, I was super inspired and was able to fit this competition in this year. This was my first time competing in any ABS competition. I've made it to a couple of the UBC Pro Tour stops but the strength of the field at this national championship was insane! ]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:55:00 -0500 12679 2012-02-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_429374-10150589865572877-557262876-9365204-1812296264-n-1330458913.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_422045-10150589856462877-557262876-9365162-474798099-n-1330458913.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12572-first-tour-de-bloc-win-of-the-season-eric-sethna http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12572-first-tour-de-bloc-win-of-the-season-eric-sethna The Canadian open bouldering series, The Tour de Bloc, is now in full swing! There was just a competition at Climbers Rock in Burlington, Ontario. In late December I competed at the second competition of the season at a newly opened gym called Grand River Rocks (GRR) in Waterloo. I am super excited to have this gym built here as I’m currently going to school at the University of Waterloo. GRR is going to be my training gym during school terms. I was actually quite impressed with the gyms structure. Rock Works did a nice job in building a... ]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:39:00 -0500 12572 2012-01-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_pic01-1327963176.jpg