http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13581-down-and-under-benjamin-rueck http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13581-down-and-under-benjamin-rueck Life sure is funny… one minute you’re sitting at work plugging away on a usual day… then the next you’re on a plane to the other side of the globe. At least that is what my lucky life has brought to me! Ever since I was about six years old I have always dreamed of visiting Australia… I am fairly certain it had to do with the old Walt Disney cartoon called The Rescuers Down Under (phenomenal flick by-the-way) but unlike the characters in the story I was going down for a much more fun reason… to climb!After a... ]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:51:00 -0400 13581 2012-10-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13581_iphone-3501-1351614285.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13581_iphone-002-1351614285.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13581_iphone-0073-1351614286.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13581_iphone-006-1351614286.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13581_iphone-003-1351614286.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13581_iphone-0021-1351614287.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13484-the-balancing-act-progress-the-wall-ben-rueck http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13484-the-balancing-act-progress-the-wall-ben-rueck Acting like a tight-rope walker without a net is how I describe my last few weeks with work and training. It seems that all of my free time is spent trying to recuperate from exhaustion… or push to the next level; unfortunately due to life, the balance that is needed to make both climbing and training work together (they are seperate for me) is not really cooperating. For the last two weeks I have been working every single day in either the classroom or a quaint little gear shop neslted in the punch bowl of the Colorado’s... ]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:56:00 -0400 13484 2012-09-25 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13484_photo-2-1348688858.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13484_photo-3-1348688858.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13484_photo-1348688858.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13355-whirlwinds-and-travel-benjamin-rueck http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13355-whirlwinds-and-travel-benjamin-rueck (Learning that the words “Alpine Start” means dragging my ass out of bed at a silly hour in the morning to hike… alot! Beautiful sunrise though.) It all started with a simple email… “I will be coming over in a week”. Little did I know that those eight words would soon lead me on a wild and insane adventure that would open a whole new world to me full of choss, granite, and probably the scariest twelve hours of my life. ]]> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:44:00 -0400 13355 2012-08-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13355_gopr0632-1345045372.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12592-west-coastin-in-san-francisco-sasha-digiulian http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12592-west-coastin-in-san-francisco-sasha-digiulian This past week I have sampled some of America’s western sport climbing destinations including the VRG, Cathedral, and Moe’s Valley in Southern Utah, and also Jailhouse in the California Bay Area. I have not been at any of the areas for more than 2 days but I have really enjoyed experiencing the different crags and I know that I will certainly be returning as soon as I can. While I was at the VRG in Southern Utah I was filming with Keith Ladzinski and Andy Mann. Three Strings Media is putting together a Five Ten clip from the trip,... ]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:26:00 -0500 12592 2012-02-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_395272-10150658698020555-603835554-11295726-1210357276-n-1328336818.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0288-1328336818.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12105-second-female-free-ascent-of-the-salathe-wall-mayan-smith-gobat http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12105-second-female-free-ascent-of-the-salathe-wall-mayan-smith-gobat Second female free ascent of the Salathe Wall, first NZ free ascent of El Capitan! Free climbing El Capitan has always been a dream of mine... Something which I have always aspired to ever since I started climbing. I have always had a fascination for big walls, and loved being in exposed, beautiful places. However, until a couple years ago I did not take it on as a real goal. Then, when I when I climbed El Capitan for the first time, via the Free Rider, I realized my dream was not too far fetched and I... ]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:12:00 -0400 12105 2011-10-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12105_IMG1059_1317856537.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12105_3216501015037684963039651247039510118336867069121n_1317854692.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12105_3216501015037684963039651247039510118336867069121n_1317854441.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12105_30365410150376847560396512470395101183151088876999n_1317854441.jpg