Hello again! The 2011/2012 competition season has finally come to a close – just in time for the first Tour de Bloc of season 10! The Summer Sweat Fest season wrapped up with the finale at True North Climbing a few weeks ago. I had been looking forward to the comp for weeks after having a ton of fun at last year’s finale event. The setters and organizers also had surprises up their sleeve for the comp format this year, which both excited and intimidated me. I managed to win all the Sweat Fest comps...

2012 Summer X-Games Trip

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...

The summer months in Utah are in full swing, and there is one common factor that make each day beyond exciting, PARACHUTES. Yes, the west has been in a serious drought, with minimal rain gracing the skies...but it is allowing us to take the skies over with our skydiving and BASE jumping antics. Within the past few weeks, the days have been jam-packed full of excitement; from 3am wake-up calls to jump out of hot-air balloons while camera crews circle in helicopters, to BASE jumps off one of our many local Utah objects, to wingsuit skydives with friends.Five...