http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13995-mexico-part-1-el-potrero-chico-urs-moosmuller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13995-mexico-part-1-el-potrero-chico-urs-moosmuller On Christmas day, my friend Daniel and I decided to head down into Mexico to check out the climbing in El Potrero Chico. El Potrero Chico is located right beside the small town of Hidalgo just an hours drive from Monterrey. Monterrey is one of the largest cities in Mexico and has recently been taken over by two major drug cartels and is considered one of the most dangerous. Coming over the border was nerve racking, but surprisingly easy. We got through customs in twenty minutes which must be some kind of record, because we have heard stories of... ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:12:00 -0400 13995 2013-04-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_321414-10151179799327443-1425993032-n-1365012739.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_734302-3929829258070-1273985223-n-1365012739.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_3770-3929830018089-2088175335-n-1365012740.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_734696-3929829778083-1798888603-n-1365012740.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_282902-3929829538077-1110350720-n-1365012740.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13980-climbing-essential-edging-colette-mcinerney http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13980-climbing-essential-edging-colette-mcinerney Here's a short instructional piece in a series of videos Joe Kinder and I are doing for EMS. Enjoy! ]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:05:00 -0400 13980 2013-03-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_quantum-1364461516.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13952-colette-mcinerney-take-five-with-510-athlete-gabri-moroni http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13952-colette-mcinerney-take-five-with-510-athlete-gabri-moroni I first met up with Italian Gabriele Moroni, 25, two years ago it was on the other side of the world during Petzl’s Rock Trip in Getu Valley China. Besides having perfect English and negating my perceived perception that all Italians had dark hair, Gabriele stuck out in my mind from his incredible climbing performance. Gabri, as his close friends call him, was one of the only among a trove of talented athletes in attendance to send the Rock Trip’s “Ultimate Route” Coup de Bambou, 9a (14d). When I saw Gabri again this spring in Catalunya Spain he seemed... ]]> Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:37:00 -0400 13952 2013-03-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_margalef-1363343865.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_van-1363343865.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_moves-1363343866.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_comp-1363343866.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dog-1363343866.jpeg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13804-take-five-with-five-ten-athlete-sasha-digiulian-colette-mcinerney http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13804-take-five-with-five-ten-athlete-sasha-digiulian-colette-mcinerney Sasha DiGiulian’s name is bound to ring a bell with just about anyone who has grazed the edges of the climbing scene in the past two years. With her groundbreaking tick-list of 5.14d redpoints and 5.14 onsights, coupled by a brutal competition year (for her competitors that is), Sasha’s last years in the climbing arena has put her pro-climbing career in full swing. Her poster girl image has gone beyond the climbing mags and graced the pages of more traditional media outlets like Vogue Magazine and The Washington Post. Sasha graciously “took five” with me amidst her new and... ]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:57:00 -0500 13804 2013-02-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-7496-1360227443.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sashcli-1360227443.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sashacl2-1360227443.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-7376-1360227444.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-8791-1360227444.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sash4-1360227444.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13748-take-5-with-five-ten-athlete-andrea-cartas-colette-mcinerney http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13748-take-5-with-five-ten-athlete-andrea-cartas-colette-mcinerney Andrea Cartas is 30 years old and has lived in Madrid for seven years, though she is originally from Andalucía, where she started climbing at age 15. Andrea is involved with many facets of climbing from the competition realm, to outdoor climbing. In 2009 and 2010 she won the Gané la Copa de España and came in 2nd in 2012. Last year she ticked her hardest red-point White Zombie, 8c (14b) in the Baltzola Cave in Basque Country in Spain. To add to her already impressive tick-list, Andrea has racked up 13 routes rated 8b (13d) and harder,... ]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:59:00 -0500 13748 2013-01-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_120831-white-zombie-baltzola-andrea-cartas-012-1357739960.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0655-1357739960.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0662-1357739960.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0664-1357739961.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_white-carlosp-1357739961.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13618-noches-de-sol-paseo-de-lucifer-and-morritos-ferran-guerrero-hervas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13618-noches-de-sol-paseo-de-lucifer-and-morritos-ferran-guerrero-hervas 18 years ago or so I met a very special guy, we like me, and as my mother "hunger along with the desire to eat", that's Kalvin (Alberto Calvo), which came to have a line of dam of my first mark with the nickname Kalvinitis, say that it has been practically my fellow climber, shared with all the climbing that we both motivated, or short and explosive ways, Sant Benet addicts, looking for the classic, which lift hallmark in most of my chains up there I always make sure the it was a talisman, apart from one of my... ]]> Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:16:00 -0500 13618 2012-11-10 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13618_00-1352753331.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13618_01-1352753331.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13618_02-1352753331.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13618_06-1352753331.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13618_03-1352753331.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13618_04-1352753331.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13618_05-1352753331.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13529-recovery-work-erica-carlson http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13529-recovery-work-erica-carlson For any athlete, recovery is incredibly important. Without it you risk injury or further worsening a pre-existing condition. Sadly, it’s the one area we all seem to actively overlook. Normally, I see a fellow climber that does my physio and some needling work. I also work with a former competitive gymnast turned climber for massage therapy. I feel it’s important to be choosy with who does your recovery work and to know what someone is working on, how they plan to work on it and why. Asking questions is the easiest way to ensure you are being given proper... ]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:28:00 -0400 13529 2012-10-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20121002-00017-1349965702.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20121002-00016-1349965703.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13454-rock-climbing-brett-smrz http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13454-rock-climbing-brett-smrz Hey everyone! It's been a while since I last posted, but I'm back, and I'm going to be posting WAY more blogs. I have a bit of down time the last couple of months, and I have a lot of news to report on my blog!First, I'm going to start off with a rock climbing post. I went out to Malibu Creek State Park a few weeks ago to go climbing with some friends. It was the first time I had been climbing in about 3 months! I was dying to get back on the wall, and I couldn't... ]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:07:00 -0400 13454 2012-09-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_photo-aug-11-18-40-21-1347599272.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13436-annot-summer-trip-2012-ferran-guerrero-hervas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13436-annot-summer-trip-2012-ferran-guerrero-hervas After a long time of hearing about this area located in the Haute Provenze and playing of Les Gorges du Verdon, we wanted to visit, we had explained everything, "nothing to envy Bleau, great, less people, etc, etc" so as the summer holidays were shorter than normal for the birth of our daughter, we wanted to maximize the days we would spend outside, and we were advised that it was a good place to go with children, and had every reason , allowing you to combine scale and family life both in boulder areas like... ]]> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:42:00 -0400 13436 2012-09-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13436_annot-012-1347031524.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13434-my-first-world-championships http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13434-my-first-world-championships At the time I must admit I was not too stoked!! But looking back 2nd place is a good result and I was beaten by a faster rider... it does however make me want this more than ever! ]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:25:00 -0400 13434 2012-09-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fmd-champs-1346862309.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13430-labor-day-weekend-sierra-carroll http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13430-labor-day-weekend-sierra-carroll Sadly no climbing trip was planned for this past weekend after finishing my first week of classes I was unsure as to how difficult the semester would begin and with many of my friends and family sick I chose to not plan a trip to climbing outside anywhere. Though Friday night after discovering that I did not have very much homework I decided I would wake up bright and early Saturday morning to go hike two 14ers and a 13er. ]]> Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:05:00 -0400 13430 2012-09-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_mountains-1-1346785527.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Mt.beirstadt-1346785527.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13428-adventures-in-greenland http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13428-adventures-in-greenland I recently returned from 3 weeks in Greenland with a team of Mountain Hardwear athletes.  It was an absolutely amazing trip, to say the least.  We went in search of walls and boulders to climb, and we were not disappointed.  The cirque we ended up in, located near the 67th parallel, was the most beautiful place I have ever seen, and it was full of things to climb.  ]]> Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:41:00 -0400 13428 2012-09-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc00864-1346697675.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-5725-1346697676.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-5505-1346697678.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-5605-1346697679.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13427-nice-pics-with-my-zombie-andrea-cartas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13427-nice-pics-with-my-zombie-andrea-cartas  Summer is ending. Now I'm focusing in preparing a new boulder season... ]]> Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:54:00 -0400 13427 2012-09-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_White.carlosp-1346684093.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13426-five-ten-core-award-2012 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13426-five-ten-core-award-2012 Olivia Shea Brumwell 2012 CORE Award winner.  ]]> Mon, 03 Sep 2012 06:03:00 -0400 13426 2012-09-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_olivia-award-510-1346652206.jpg