http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14027-spring-in-soco-ryansilven http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14027-spring-in-soco-ryansilven New season same location. Newlin. It's ridiculous what I'll do for good rock. The last three weekends I've been making the weekly commute to the Wet Wet Mountains from Boulder to climb on that buttery gneiss. It's just that good. Besides the rock the ambience is unbeatable. Smells of rich mahogany and leather-bound books. Newlin still has a few things left to be done in its many nooks and crannies. One such nook yielded the new classic, "The Passion," named in honor of Easter (and Cameron and my sins). Check it out in the latest episode of Max's "The... ]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:08:00 -0400 14027 2013-04-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_walksoftlysit-1366157320.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_thepassionisland-1366157320.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13978-first-ascent-of-the-reflecting-pool-v13-carlo-traversi http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13978-first-ascent-of-the-reflecting-pool-v13-carlo-traversi Having made a few quick trips to Red Rocks, NV over the past few years, I have always been well aware of the vast potential that the area holds, especially for hard bouldering. When I ventured back to the Las Vegas area for the month of February this year, I couldn’t help but wonder why it took me so long to return. Sunny, crisp days in the dead of winter with a massive supply of intriguing sandstone just a stones throw from one of the liveliest cities in America. Pretty much perfect. Upon arriving I... ]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:55:00 -0400 13978 2013-03-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_carlo-reflecting-pool-low-1364410552.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13813-the-year-mason-earle http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13813-the-year-mason-earle Its probably a bit late for a 2012 recap, but with most of North America still in the grip of winter, I figured those of us who live in snowy states need a reminder of what it is like to climb in a t-shirt!  ]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:53:00 -0500 13813 2013-02-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr1575-1360705982.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13649-adaptation-ryan-silven http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13649-adaptation-ryan-silven One of my favorite ways of charting progress is by returning to projects that I'd cleaned and tried in the past and finding that they're all-of-a-sudden doable. Colorado is where I learned to climb and Colorado is the place I've explored the most in the pursuit of things to climb. On more than one occasion my eye for boulder problems has exceeded my abilities at that moment in time. I always leave humbled but I don't forget these boulders. I bide my time, get stronger, and have another crack at them. One such boulder is a very steep prow... ]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:23:00 -0500 13649 2012-11-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_silven-newlin-4resized-1353957806.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13628-the-big-country-little-big-country-and-everything-in-between-ryan-silven http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13628-the-big-country-little-big-country-and-everything-in-between-ryan-silven I've never been one for sitting still. Staying in one place bores me, makes me antsy. I'm never content to just climb in the gym waiting for the next big trip. Every opportunity I have I want to be out climbing, exploring, brushing, hiking, driving, MOVING. The itch to move was especially strong this October. I finally got the opportunity to check out a new, amazing area that my friends, Jamie Emerson, Collin Horvat, and Jesse Brown, had been raving about and traveling to: Devil's Kitchen. The Kitchen lies smack dab in the middle of Wyoming's Big Country and... ]]> Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:56:00 -0500 13628 2012-11-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bigcountry2-1353045414.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bigcountry1-1353045414.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13323-summer-in-the-alpine-ryan-silven http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13323-summer-in-the-alpine-ryan-silven Summer in Colorado offers a willing climber WAY too many options for where to go and what to try on any given day. Do I go to Mt. Evans and try the old classics? Or do I go to Lincoln lake and test my piece there? Also, there are still plenty of options for a little exploration... As it has the last few Julys my attention has been focused on new boulders in one of my favorite places on Earth: Rocky Mountain National Park. The seemingly endless talus of Chaos Canyon is home to countless untouched, quality boulders as... ]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:44:00 -0400 13323 2012-08-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_park2-1343850280.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12797-the-warrior-path-david-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12797-the-warrior-path-david-graham The last months of my life have been consumed by climbing, exploring, brushing up new climbs, making music, driving, thinking, and healing a knee injury I gave myself while drop-kneeing down in Hueco Tanks back at the end of January. The last time I chimed in here in Five Ten, I tried to play it cool, writing about how fit I had felt before the Trade Show, my syke for all the classics in Hueco, and rambling about some other nonsense I have already forgotten. In reality, I was in full desperation mode, limping around, spending way too... ]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:57:00 -0400 12797 2012-03-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_black-vortex-project-1333141056.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_paint-it-black-8c-1333141057.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hueco-1333141059.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bandersnatch-8b-1333141059.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bastard-in-a-basket-8b-1333141059.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nagual-8b-1333141059.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chillin-with-the-benz-1333141060.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12643-a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short-ryan-silven http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12643-a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short-ryan-silven For my first blog with Five Ten I thought I'd share a little bit of tragedy and triumph from the Fall and Winter. I once had a teacher in middle school tell me that I was "always a day late and a dollar short" and, while that certainly was true in middle school, I'd like to think I've moved past this moniker. I mean, sure, I'm usually a little late to work (not an entire day thankfully), and rarely do I remember to pay rent on the first of the month, and I'm always rushing from place... ]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:03:00 -0500 12643 2012-02-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sunset1-1329462205.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bear-1329462205.jpg