http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13556-vivid-landscape-melissa-le-neve http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13556-vivid-landscape-melissa-le-neve "Some places are nice to visit and some places just make you feel like the luckiest person in the world. This is what we felt during our trip to Rocklands.So does Rocklands live up to its hype? Yes, it does. But it's not only about the climbing. It's the whole experience (scenery, people, rock...) that makes the area what it is. We hope this video gives you a genuine image of Rocklands.This video was shot during June 2012 and it was Mélissa Le Nevé's second trip to Rocklands. Needless to say it will not be her last!"- Haroun Souirji... ]]> Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:06:00 -0400 13556 2012-10-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13556_347853559-960-2-1350921973.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13556_347853559-960-1350921865.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13508-vivid-landscape-melissa-le-neve http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13508-vivid-landscape-melissa-le-neve There is the video about my last trip in Rocklands : Vivid Landscape ! Enoy guys and hope it will motivate you to there !! ]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:11:00 -0400 13508 2012-10-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13508_photo-1-1349366607.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13446-life-is-better-with-climbing-markus-eder http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13446-life-is-better-with-climbing-markus-eder Especially when you have the pleasure to spend the summer in South Africa! No matter how sore your muscles are, sitting at the campground in front of the best sandstone boulders ever is a real torture. So my program for the last two month was, to skip most of the rest days and climb as hard as possible. This trip was my third visit to the Rocklands and they start to feel a little bit like home to me. On one hand, nothing has changed over the last years, the place is still world class for bouldering and the... ]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:00:00 -0400 13446 2012-09-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hole-in-one-7c-1347350434.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_mud-puddle-7b-1347350435.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_tea-arch-7c-1347350436.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_the-hatchling-1347350437.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_weichei-7c-1347350438.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_what-a-waste-of-education-fa-7b-1347350439.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spotting-1347350440.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13374-rocklands-south-africa-guntram-joerg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13374-rocklands-south-africa-guntram-joerg First i had been climbing in Rocklands 3 years ago but i haven´t enjoyed it to much due to two knee injuries and really bad shape. This year i was so surprised about all the amazing classic boulders and of course of the incredible landscape! Nearly the whole time i was going from one area to the next trying to repeat all the amazing classic boulders like Shozoloza, Black Shadow and Black Velvet...... At the end of the trip i started trying some of the harder lines but then i was running out of time.The time i spend in... ]]> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:44:00 -0400 13374 2012-08-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1254-1345412678.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_mooiste-meisie-8b-1345412678.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1801-1345412679.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1741-1345412679.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr1950-1345412679.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1693-2-1345412679.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_green-mamba-1345412679.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13304-paradise-in-rocklands-nina-williams http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13304-paradise-in-rocklands-nina-williams My time at the Rocklands is coming to an end, and I feel sadness just from typing that sentence. Its been a crazy last few weeks; aside from the endless bouldering there's been so many new experiences as well! Braai-ing up the best ostrich and lamb meat, being welcomed into a very international community, meeting new friends, trying new foods, driving on the left side of the road, and somehow living without the internet have all been incredibly eye-opening. For my first time out of the country I've been told by many that I hit the nail on the... ]]> Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:46:00 -0400 13304 2012-07-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_out-of-balance-1343310365.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nina-cat-1343310366.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sa-pano-1343310366.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_rhino-1343310366.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_rand-1343310366.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13227-10000-miles-for-my-first-time-nina-williams http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13227-10000-miles-for-my-first-time-nina-williams South Africa; a land of established beauty and miles of untapped potential. I’ve seen pictures, I’ve watched videos, and I’ve heard first-hand accounts of the bouldering that I’ll be exploring for the whole month of July. But everything I’ve heard will be nothing compared to the experience. It’s something I can’t even imagine right now! The farthest I’ve lived from my birthplace in New England is right here in Colorado; I’ve never been outside our country’s borders. I’ve spent the past few months preparing myself physically with my trainer Kris Peters and I feel stronger than I have in... ]]> Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:15:00 -0400 13227 2012-07-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sa-five-ten-family-1341292513.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13020-amazing-rocklands-zoe-maire http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13020-amazing-rocklands-zoe-maire Here are some pictures of my trip to South Africa last summer 2011... I loved it, just very beautiful rock and you can climb-climb-climb, there are endless problems :) ]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 15:08:00 -0400 13020 2012-05-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0561-1335884907.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0484-1335884908.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0894-1335884909.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0668-1335884909.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0325-1335884910.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0564-1335884911.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12730-mega-trip-bryan-boyko http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12730-mega-trip-bryan-boyko Trip plans for the next 6 months! ]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:12:00 -0400 12730 2012-03-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bret-johnston-on-the-maze-of-death-1331597542.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_buttermilker-1331597542.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chris-sinatra-on-rogered-in-the-shower-1331597543.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_snow-at-the-pit-1331597544.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_brian-sweeney-on-the-maze-of-death-1331597545.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_the-swarm-1331597546.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12220-last-two-months-fabian-christof http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12220-last-two-months-fabian-christof The last couple of months One was for sure: After such great climbing in the Rocklands over six weeks there were two possibilities to go on. The first was to take a period of resting and just get over the really bad months in the Frankenjura while doing nothing! Especially doing nothing what has to do with rocks. Maybe you have some bbq, go a bit swimming and yes, relaxing! The alternative could have been trying to fight the bad conditions and to start a daily little war against creasy and wet rocks or boulders, tons of... ]]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:43:00 -0400 12220 2011-10-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_CharityFlirsch_1319733826.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_CharityBoulder8B_1319733826.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_CharityBoulder28B_1319733826.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Orange9mm8A_1319733826.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_PressureDrop8A_1319733826.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ProblemValDaone_1319733827.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12152-rocklands-the-vice-dave-wetmore http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12152-rocklands-the-vice-dave-wetmore A few weeks ago, I returned from my trip to the Rocklands; a trip of endless bouldering, delicious steaks and massive pizza's from the coveted Elephaunthous, romantic walks in acre-long flower beds, and lions devouring donkey's that had just been assassinated for our super-sketchy safari. Instead of going through every boulder problem and memory, I'll leave behind on this blog what stood out as the most poignant of them all: a post I wrote a few days after my send of The Vice. ]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:17:00 -0400 12152 2011-10-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screenshot_1318429049.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screenshot3150x150_1318429049.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_wetvice3_1318429049.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screenshot2_1318429049.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_wetvice150x150_1318429049.jpg