http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13475-trip-report-leavenworth-melissa-lipani http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13475-trip-report-leavenworth-melissa-lipani Fall is slowly arriving and that means trips to new locales to enjoy crisp temps, changing leaves, and time with new and old friends. I'd always been curious about Leavenworth, a tiny Bavarian style town in Central Washington, whose granite blocks along Icicle Creek beckon climbers from all over.While we were lucky enough to catch dry weather, we unfortunately timed our trip with a very bad, large wildfire that saw daily drops of water from Chinook helicopters, views of hot flames above our campsite, and thick, smoky air that blocked views of what would normally be lovely pine forested... ]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:26:00 -0400 13475 2012-09-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_atomic-energy-1348244809.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_town-1348244809.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_rig-1348244809.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_adam-1348244809.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_flames-1348244810.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_icicle-creek-1348244810.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_left-of-the-shield-1348244810.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13471-ubc-pro-tour-comp-part-1-of-4-natasha-barnes http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13471-ubc-pro-tour-comp-part-1-of-4-natasha-barnes Five Ten Athlete Natasha Barnes goes on a road trip to the UBC Pro Tour stop in Seattle and stops in Gold Bar, Index and Leavenworth on the way. About 3 months ago I decided to compete in my first big comp since doing the Dark Horse last Fall/Winter, the UBC Pro Tour stop in Seattle. This time I had been training for the competition under the guidance of Kris Peters and with some strength training help from my friends at Anthropos Performance. A couple weeks ago I got to test myself against some of the best... ]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:36:00 -0400 13471 2012-09-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3233-1348101369.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3258-1348101370.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3263-1348101370.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3280-1348101371.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3329-1348101371.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3223-1348101372.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3358-1348101373.JPG