For the first time this year, IFSC decided to organize a European Youth Championship. This competition was held in Gemozac, a village located 100 km away from Bordeaux. As often in France, the Youth A and Junior categories had their qualification and final rounds on the same day. I had a good start in the first qualification route but I made a mistake when clipping in the last quarter of the route, which made me fall prematurately. I therefore had no other option but topping the second route in order to qualify for the final, which I...

Have you ever climbed on beautiful beaches, palm trees peppering the shore, cool water to swim in whenever you desire. Just this past week I was in Singapore to compete in the Youth World Championships and it was held on Siloso Beach! It was an awesome comp minus some minor interferences of rain and what not. This was my second world championship, so I had a better idea of what to expect this time, although Scotland and Singapore where two completely different competitions. Scotland was very structured where as Singapore was one of the most laid back comps I...

15 more days! Then I leave for Paris to compete in this year’s Climbing World Championship! I have been climbing 5-6 days a week and cross training by running almost every day. It’s been tough, but all I can think about is the possibility of making semis this year.

This past weekend was the SCS Youth Nationals Competition in Atlanta. It was a great comp and I'd like to start off by thanking all the volunteers and route setters for all their hard work. The comp went very smoothly and all the competitors had a great time! My favorite part of any competition is getting the opportunity to climb new and hard routes, which is what I always get when I go to Stone Summit! I ended up sending all my routes, for the second year in a row, and placing first!

Youth Regionals for rope was last weekend and it was so much fun! A huge thanks goes out to Canyons climbing gym and all of the people involved in organizing the comp. The comp was very well organized and stayed on schedule (which is a rarity) and the routes were awesome! I’m look forward to divisionals, but now I'm focusing on training for Teva. It’s been a while sense I’ve bouldered, so I'm going to have to try to build up some power endurance again.

1500 miles, 1- 15 passenger van and trailer, 2 climbing teams, 4 coaches, 9 climbers, 11 crash pads, 28 pairs of climbing shoes, 30 twinkies and a Five Ten shoebox full of candy.  Of course this was going to be a sweet spring break!