http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13734-something-old-something-new-ben-spannuth http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13734-something-old-something-new-ben-spannuth Well it looks like I’m behind the curve on this one but here’s some back story for the Something Old, Something New NRG video. ]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:07:00 -0500 13734 2013-01-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13734_ben1-1357324128.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13729-ben-spannuth-favorite-fas-of-2012 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13729-ben-spannuth-favorite-fas-of-2012 Here are some of the my most memorable climbs from the past year with their location and a short description. Sometimes there's a fun back story to what routes get called so I've also included their name inspirations. ]]> Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:43:00 -0500 13729 2013-01-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_timeout-abisharat-photo-1357001035.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_powerbait-jglassbreg-screenshot-1357001035.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cobra-strike-1357001035.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_rjc-20120731-theabyss-0110-1357001035.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_graduate-1357001035.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spannuth3-1357001035.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_home-bruin-hummel-photo-1357001035.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13645-new-river-gorge-journeyman-ben-spannuth http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13645-new-river-gorge-journeyman-ben-spannuth The New River Gorge probably has the most palpable climbing history of any area I’ve been to in the US. I haven’t been to Smith but more so than most areas the NRG is littered with routes put up before I had started climbing and even has several from before I was born. Typically, this time period is known for its nails hard vertical and slightly overhanging routes, what I like to call slabs, but the NRG certainly has climbs of a wide variety of styles. I’ve only seen a handful of the walls but each... ]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:54:00 -0500 13645 2012-11-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0059-1353704058.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2012-11-07-13-09-30-1353704058.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2012-11-05-16-44-34-1353704058.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0407-1353704058.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0039-1353704058.jpg