After a couple of weeks climbing in Oliana, my project is almost finished, I have fallen in the last bolt already three times!! But now I have found the correct method and wait anxious to return to do it!! I have been trying the route "Fish Eye,8c" and from the beginning it seemed to me to be easy for my style. Motivated by Daila to prove it, I have found this magnifac line of 50 meters of continuity and in every attempt I have improved very much!! It is very motivating to climb together with the best...

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...

It’s hard for me to believe that it’s already the beginning of September and I start my junior year of high school in two days! Summer 2012 really flew by…but it was a really good time, so I’m not complaining. After I got back from a month at the red, I stayed at home for a week or so, then headed down to the New River Gorge in West Virginia for a week. It was a great trip- we had amazing weather the entire week, stayed at a pretty cool campground (there were even free warm showers!), and got...

It’s been a while since my last post, but I have some excuses: it’s been a hectic time since my trip to the Red River Gorge, and training to prepare for US Youth Nationals in Speed & Sport Climbing. I did go outside a few more times to Smith Rock, Pinnacles, Donner Pass, Jailhouse and Big Chief, and sent a few more 5.13’s along the way. But back to my Summer climbing... I wrote this post over the 10 weeks I was traveling, but only now got the time to put it all together and post it....

Rock climbing always involves footwork. I always knew that, but some climbs really require footwork! A few weeks ago a good buddy, Jason Kruk, invited me to come support him on a bid to climb Genius Loci, a rarely climbed route up on of the most obvious features on one of the most obvious walls of the Chief. The climb tackles bold and delicate slabs from the base of the Grand Wall up to a finger splitter and dyke traverse visible from all over Squamish. Even though I didn't have a chance in sending (on...

So much has been going on this summer it’s been hard to keep track of everything: Lots of comps, busy at work, and plenty of training and outdoor climbing.Most recently, I’ve been competing at the Summer Sweat Fests. This competition series is not sanctioned for CEC points, but competitors from across Ontario come out and have their shot at the title and big prize money. Aside from cash and bragging rights, this series serves as an excellent tool to practice my competition mentality. When the beach weather hits and the real rock becomes climbable it can be harder to...