http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14123-spring-is-here-rope-climbing-season-zoe-steinberg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14123-spring-is-here-rope-climbing-season-zoe-steinberg It’s been a while since my last post!  I’m sorry about the lack of posts, I’ve been busy 24/7 with school and trying to train, so it’s been hard to find time to do just about anything else.  Since my last post I have been training hard for rope season, and I went to two more comps, one at a local gym called New Jersey Rock Gym, and regionals three weeks later in Maryland.  ]]> Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:42:00 -0400 14123 2013-06-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_182257-10151918092944848-697487520-n-1370115728.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14101-edyta-ropek-struggling-to-get-back-into-championship-form http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14101-edyta-ropek-struggling-to-get-back-into-championship-form The current Speed Climbing Champion of Europe is fighting to get back to health. Injured over three weeks ago, Edyta Ropek underwent an ACL reconstruction surgery, and a few days later started her rehabilitation, now thinking about coming back to regular training. ]]> Sat, 25 May 2013 07:44:00 -0400 14101 2013-05-25 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20130523-03-1369467898.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20130523-04-1369467898.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20130523-01-1369467898.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20130523-02-1369467898.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20130523-05-1369467898.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14053-its-a-progression-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14053-its-a-progression-nicholas-milburn Two days of epics in the Ozarks. Who would have thought so much adventure could happen in such a short amount of time? After all this was just a spur of the moment kind of thing. At least for me it was. After the Capital City Crux competition in Austin some of the Dallas crew were talking about Arkansas. I was excited about my weekend of nothing when they invited me to come with them. Going to Arkansas to test myself against that sweet sandstone sounded much more fun than doing nothing at home. After convincing... ]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:02:00 -0400 14053 2013-04-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-27-of-34-1367283763.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-20-of-34-1367283763.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-9-of-34-1367283763.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-6-of-34-1367283763.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-13-of-34-1367283763.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-3-of-34-1367283764.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_stone-16-of-34-1367283764.jpg 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/13695-spain-part-2-jen-vennon http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13695-spain-part-2-jen-vennon Our first week in Spain quickly fell into a comfortable rhythm. We’d sleep in late and then spend an hour or more drinking coffee, checking the slow internet, discuss our plans for climbing and enjoying the company of Joe and Colette.We managed to climb five of our first seven days in Spain. We visited a crag in St. Lloranc that was steep and super fun. We spent several days at Santa Linya, and we even made the voyage down to Margalef.Each crag we visited had it’s own feel and it’s own style. Perhaps my favorite thing about visiting a... ]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:41:00 -0500 13695 2012-12-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2819-1355272862.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2490-1355272860.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2813-1355272861.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2805-1355272862.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2818-1355272863.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2830-1355272864.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13677-spain-part-1-jen-vennon http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13677-spain-part-1-jen-vennon  After a grueling few weeks of writing sub plans, being a single dog parent, and packing, I plopped into my tiny airplane seat and immediately felt a load lifted from my shoulders. When you’re a Kindergarten teacher it’s not easy to wrangle an extra week of vacation in the fall. But I’d managed it and couldn’t have been more psyched. ]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:34:00 -0500 13677 2012-12-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_santa-linya-1354671254.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13663-si-se-puede-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13663-si-se-puede-nicholas-milburn I meant to write a blog part of the way through my trip, so that I could provide maximum detail, but I was pretty busy and lazy, so that never happened. On the plane ride home I ended up writing it, so it all worked out. ]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:55:00 -0500 13663 2012-11-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-1-of-7-1354139717.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-4-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-6-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-2-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-5-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-7-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chile-3-of-7-1354139718.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13598-edyta-ropek-4th-in-world-cup-2012-edyta-ropek http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13598-edyta-ropek-4th-in-world-cup-2012-edyta-ropek Competition came to an end in the speed world cup 2012 series. Five Ten athlete Edyta Ropek after last event in Mokpo was classified at fourth position in WC ranking. She is the best non Russian athlete throughout the all cycle. This was also for her breaking through season, as she managed to climb in 8,90 second during WCh in Paris – it’s her personal best, and one off the countless results in the world.   ]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:48:00 -0500 13598 2012-11-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20121021-07-1352123332.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20121021-02-1352123333.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20121021-01-1352123333.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_20121021-03-1352123334.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-3871-1352123334.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13585-comp-season-aicacia-young http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13585-comp-season-aicacia-young Comp season has officially begun! A couple weeks ago, I participated in a bouldering and sport climbing comp at UTSA. It’s a fairly small gym, but one of the walls is 54 feet tall, so it’s a nice opportunity for some endurance training. They dedicated a whole week to climbing, calling it Climbapalooza. It was a 4-day competition with about 35 routes/problems, and a complimentary showing of Reel Rock 7 halfway through the week. It was an absolute blast, and I really surprised myself with some of the problems. I’m not exceptionally dynamic or capable of utilizing slopers, but... ]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:04:00 -0400 13585 2012-10-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_665236-4869316579427-1288210707-o-1351461885.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_133248-4869644947636-459600420-o-1351461886.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13547-red-river-gorge-2-jon-cardwell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13547-red-river-gorge-2-jon-cardwell Well, we've climbed in the majestic Red River Gorge for almost two weeks now and my first impressions have only been superseded. The wonderful change of the leaves from vibrant greens to deep reds, yellows and oranges is a sight I had yet to see and is almost as impressive as the climbing.As far as the climbing goes, it goes well. I have sampled numerous rigs from the famous Mother Load to smaller cliffs like the Gold Coast, Bob Marley, Drive By and The Dark Side. Some of the nicer rigs that stand out are black... ]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:23:00 -0400 13547 2012-10-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gold-coast-1350419003.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_critter-friend-1-1350419004.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gold-coast-2-1350419004.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13543-one-of-a-kind-24-hours-of-horseshoe-hell-stephen-meinhold http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13543-one-of-a-kind-24-hours-of-horseshoe-hell-stephen-meinhold 24 hours of horseshoe hell is truly an amazing event and a test of mental and physical toughness, there is nothing else like it out there. A grassroots, hometown event executed flawlessly by event coordinators. This was my first trip and a quick one, but along with my partner Brent Perkins, we finished 2nd overall in the team event being taken down by tough conditions and the power team of Sonnie Trotter and Tommy Caldwell. This year over 40 competitors completed over 100 pitches during the 24 hour period.  ]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:39:00 -0400 13543 2012-10-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0204-1350351579.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0015-1350351580.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-1423-1350351581.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-1433-1350351583.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13539-a-taste-of-america-alan-cassidy http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13539-a-taste-of-america-alan-cassidy I'm not long back from my road trip round the North East States. A trip which was both my honeymoon and first taste of America. I wish I was still there to tell you the truth. 3 weeks, 3 areas and 1600 miles of driving. A wonderful journey but not long enough to truly get to grips with any one area. The 28 degree heat didn't help matters, and to some extent the enormous choice of stunning routes didn't help either. I have written more extensively about each of the areas we... ]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:40:00 -0400 13539 2012-10-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_8044755673-922aed91ee-c-1350153638.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_8039534938-1cbfb4dc5c-c-1350153638.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_8039657635-8be09844ac-c-1350153638.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_8044752038-d8c1c69134-c-1350153638.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_8039661425-45dd16916c-c-1350153639.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_8039650905-2dfb727b54-c-1350153639.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13509-almost-42-at-the-end-of-a-perfect-climbing-season-michel-kleinjan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13509-almost-42-at-the-end-of-a-perfect-climbing-season-michel-kleinjan One thing you definitely need in Adrespach are a pair of Moccasym shoes. They saved my live almost every day! THANK YOU FIVE TEN TO MAKE SUCH AMAZING SHOES. ]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:04:00 -0400 13509 2012-10-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_michel-kleinjan-on-top-of-the-major-adrespach-chech-2012-1349258659.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_michel-kleinjan-climbing-200-ad-boulders-in-fontainebleau-2012-1349258659.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_the-edge-of-kalamarka-viiia-church-wall-teblice-czech-1349258659.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13501-plastic-and-rock-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13501-plastic-and-rock-nicholas-milburn Last weekend I flew out to Seattle to compete in the Unified Boulder Championship at Stone Gardens. First thing that I need to point out is how organized the UBC guys are. They emailed a packet out to the competitors that was the best comp packet I have ever seen. I didn't even know such things existed! They even gave the competitors a free Adidas jackets. Stone Gardens is a brand new gym, and its newness definitely shows. Brand new walls, brand new holds and brand new mats. The first part of the gym I saw was the isolation... ]]> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:55:00 -0400 13501 2012-10-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_seattle-1349146556.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13477-10-days-on-mallorca-emanuel-moosburger http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13477-10-days-on-mallorca-emanuel-moosburger After being in Kalymnos last year we were looking for a new destination for our short summer trip of 2012 and stumbled across Mallorca. From a climbers perspective, the island is mostly known for it's great Deep Water Soloing (DWS) opportunities. Not such a commonly known thing is the great amount of top sport climbing crags it has to offer. And besides all the climbing possibilities it simply is an extremely beautiful island with a wide variety of different landscapes and atmospheres, amazing beaches and mountains up to 1500 meters above the sea. So a ten day trip was... ]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:27:00 -0400 13477 2012-09-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_the-classic-golden-shower-7a-at-cala-barques-1348334861.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_climbing-a-7c-at-the-gorge-of-sa-gubia-1348334862.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_climbing-through-the-big-roof-at-cala-barques-1348334862.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_amazing-colours-1348334862.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13423-goodbye-summer-hello-sendtember-dustin-glasner http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13423-goodbye-summer-hello-sendtember-dustin-glasner Well hello there! This is my first blog post here on the Five Ten community site, and I'm stoked to be here. First, a quick introduction. My name is Dustin Glasner, and I'm a climber from the DC Metro Area. I'm 24 years old and have been climbing for about two years, and I got serious about it and started training about a year ago. I work at Earth Treks in Rockville, and I climb there 5 or 6 times a week. I also work a full time job as a biologist, but that's a different story.... ]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:17:00 -0400 13423 2012-09-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_287902-3479741712165-507119959-o-1346552265.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p8050696-1346552265.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13393-a-new-pair-of-eyes-teaser-colette-mcinerney http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13393-a-new-pair-of-eyes-teaser-colette-mcinerney Here's the teaser for a new video on DPM's Stash . It highlights some great climbs from South Africa, to Rifle CO, to St George, Utah. Enjoy! ]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:17:00 -0400 13393 2012-08-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fluffboy-1345835831.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13369-good-climbing-in-your-40s-michel-kleinjan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13369-good-climbing-in-your-40s-michel-kleinjan Visualization is a skill in my mission to climb better.I visualized my climbing career to come. Looking back, I was surprised on the outcome of my visualization one year ago. One hundred % of my goals were reached.   ]]> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:03:00 -0400 13369 2012-08-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_adrspach-traditional-climbing-1345241028.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_marianne-van-der-steen-in-nordwand-viic-van-de-fotografenspitze-elbsandstein-1-1345241027.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_adrspach-traditional-climbing-i-1345241028.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_mar-0160-1345241029.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_adrspach-traditional-climbing-ii-1345241029.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13350-climbing-in-berdorf-luxembourg-michel-kleinjan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13350-climbing-in-berdorf-luxembourg-michel-kleinjan Just back from a summertrip to France and a visit to, Five Ten at Friedrichshafen. I climbed this summer in Céüse, Ombleze and Fontaine Bleau. I'll make a large update next week. I'm packing to leave for a week of climbing in Berdorf. A big thanks to the Five Ten team europe and the Netherlands to make sure new shoes are delivered super fast. I choose Berdorf to train in sandstone. In September I'll be a part of an International Trad. Sandstone Climbing meet in Adršpach Hope the weather stays good and I'll be back next week,... ]]> Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:10:00 -0400 13350 2012-08-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten-preparing-for-berdorf-002-1344679815.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_berdorf-1344679815.jpg