http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13720-dark-horse-2012-francesca-metcalf http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13720-dark-horse-2012-francesca-metcalf I finally finished up a very busy but ultimately successful fall semester at GA Tech. I decided to kick off the winter break with one of my favorite competitions- The Dark Horse. As always it was held at my home gym, MetroRock in Boston. However, it was a much different competition than previous years- the field of girls was by far the strongest ever at the comp. There were at least 12 girls who were strong enough to climb in finals, which made the red point very crucial since there were only 8 places in finals. I got to... ]]> Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:47:00 -0500 13720 2012-12-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_francesca-problem-3-1356374838.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_francesca-problem-2-1356374839.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_francesca-heel-hook-prob-2-1356374839.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_francesca-metcalf-problem-1-1356374839.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12998-busy-as-always-school-climbing-and-life-isabelle-faus http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12998-busy-as-always-school-climbing-and-life-isabelle-faus Its been very spazzy weather out here, 90 degree weather last week, raining and cold this week. Not the greatest for climbing, but I have been keeping my self busy with gym sessions and doing school work (or trying to). I have been to a few places out here, the hide away, happy valley, and farley are all super cool spots. Im real excited to do Y2K9, speed of life, and Im really psyched to check out Great Barrington. Anyone know anything about the fire at farley???This past weekend was Central Rock Gyms pro comp. They did a great... ]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:18:00 -0400 12998 2012-04-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_578062-794638775368-705045-35282152-468574926-n-1335298703.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12612-dark-horse-3-francesca-metcalf http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12612-dark-horse-3-francesca-metcalf Last weekend was the final Dark Horse comp. It was amazing, as expected. It was great to be back home again and competing with so many people I haven’t seen in a while, including a bunch of people new to the Dark Horse competitions. Both the women and men categories were totally stacked- Angie Payne, Daniel Woods, Kashia Pietras, Rob D., Isabelle Faus, and Alex David Johnson just to name a few. ]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:26:00 -0500 12612 2012-02-10 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_418692-10150598984099090-803324089-8789609-1279301246-n-1328855210.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_396461-10150598983864090-803324089-8789606-16847326-n-1328855210.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12212-winter-time-isabelle-faus http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12212-winter-time-isabelle-faus Two days ago in Boulder it was 75 degrees and sunny, now theres 8 inches of snow on the ground. For me that means winter has come and its time to start trying hard boulders! On November 1st I will be making my way down to the south to compete in the last leg of the Triple Crown at Horse Pens 40. After that I will be hanging out in Chattanooga for the rest of the month, working and climbing. There is plenty of climbing for me to do down there so I should be kept pretty busy!... ]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:22:00 -0400 12212 2011-10-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12212_DSC0060_1319646500.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12097-houndears-triple-crown-isabelle-faus http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12097-houndears-triple-crown-isabelle-faus Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:17:00 -0400 12097 2011-10-03