http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13604-european-youth-championship-in-gemozac-france-chloe-caulier http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13604-european-youth-championship-in-gemozac-france-chloe-caulier 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... ]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:20:00 -0500 13604 2012-11-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_galerie-177-1352222451.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_galerie-176-1352222451.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gemozac-2-1352222451.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13440-welcome-to-singapore-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13440-welcome-to-singapore-nicholas-milburn 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... ]]> Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:05:00 -0400 13440 2012-09-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_singapore-9-of-9-1347062745.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_singapore-1-of-9-1347062745.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_singapore-2-of-9-1347062745.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_singapore-7-of-9-1347062745.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_singapore-3-of-9-1347062746.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13399-training-for-paris-delaney-miller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13399-training-for-paris-delaney-miller 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. ]]> Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:28:00 -0400 13399 2012-08-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p8253742-1346023680.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13273-youth-nationals-delaney-miller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13273-youth-nationals-delaney-miller 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! ]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:14:00 -0400 13273 2012-07-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_natioinals-1342487662.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nats-1342487662.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13078-youth-regionals-delaney-miller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13078-youth-regionals-delaney-miller 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. ]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 23:21:00 -0400 13078 2012-05-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_regionalsg-19-1337556095.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12857-the-twinkie-experiment-mike-rougeux http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12857-the-twinkie-experiment-mike-rougeux 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! ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:46:00 -0400 12857 2012-04-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ab-hulk-bishop2012-1334616403.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chillinbishop2012-tcphoto-1334616403.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_crashpad-bishop2012-tcphoto-1334616403.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4151-1334616403.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4199-1334616404.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ef-bishop2012-tcphoto-1334616405.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4168-1334616405.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12820-abs-nationals-joseph-gifford http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12820-abs-nationals-joseph-gifford I recently competed in ABS nationals both youth and adult. They were both super fun and I had a great time climbing the routes that were set for both competitions.First I competed in adult ABS, The routes were difficult but really cool. I completed two out of the five routs in qualifiers, my first climb was a slabby route that wasn’t too hard and I flashed it, the second was a slopery ball hold climb. I got to the top of the climb and just popped off because I got way too exhausted, the third climb was really crimpy... ]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:12:00 -0400 12820 2012-04-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_422726-3540949762994-1249945189-33593731-287462593-n-1333581146.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_431549-3540949482987-1249945189-33593730-769969855-n-1333581146.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_424166-3540928762469-1249945189-33593688-346619793-n-1333581146.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_417622-3104841212777-1016652802-3001660-721068456-n-1333581146.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_429725-3540947202930-1249945189-33593726-2038519211-n-1333581147.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12710-abs-13-youth-nationals-noah-ridge http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12710-abs-13-youth-nationals-noah-ridge I just got back from ABS youth nationals in Colorado springs, I had a blast at this comp. I placed 7th at the competition, this was a great improvement over my 17th place at ABS nationals last year but I’m not super happy with my result since I think I climbed pretty poorly in finals, but this is just more motivation to start training hard for the next comp. The format of the comp was a 4 problem qualifier on the first day and then a 3 problem semi -final and final on the second and... ]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:38:00 -0500 12710 2012-03-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0343-1331167088.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0671-1331167089.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_one-inch-pinch-1331167090.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12706-youth-nationals-and-training-sierra-carroll http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12706-youth-nationals-and-training-sierra-carroll Just finished a good training session at the Boulder Rock Club today after taking a week to rest as a result of being in so much pain following the ABS Nationals Citizen Competition a week ago. I had a good time training on some of the problems that were new for me at the Boulder Rock Club as well as finishing some other problem I had been working on over the past few weeks. Two Sunday's ago I decided last minute that I thought my shoulder was feeling well enough for me to compete at CityRock for the citizens... ]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:04:00 -0500 12706 2012-03-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_abs-nationals-venue-1331103865.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12669-abs-youth-nationals-michaela-kiersch http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12669-abs-youth-nationals-michaela-kiersch So ABS Youth Nationals are coming up this weekend! I am really psyched to go to Colorado Springs to compete. I've been training for bouldering since September and I feel confident in my ability right now. I've been going to the gym 6 days a week and doing various chin up, campus, system board, and hangboard workouts. It's been a long season and I'm really psyched to see how it's going to turn out! Aside from the competing, I am also excited to see all of my close friends. Over the years, I've been... ]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:22:00 -0500 12669 2012-02-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12669_mk-1-1330530388.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12538-divisionals-2012-michaela-kiersch http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12538-divisionals-2012-michaela-kiersch This weekend was the first youth Divisional Championship for ABS (bouldering).  I traveled to North Carolina to compete for one of 7 bids to nationals.  The comp was held at Triangle Rock Club, a gym I hadn’t been to before.  I was really psyched going into the competition because I really like to see all of my friends from USA Climbing.  I had high expectations of myself and planned on using this comp as a way to see how much stronger I have gotten. ]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:50:00 -0500 12538 2012-01-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2012-01-15-14-27-06-844-1327110624.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12529-divisionals-delaney-miller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12529-divisionals-delaney-miller Divisionals for the ABS youth series was this weekend at Stone Summit. It was a lot of fun, and the problems were sweet. I took first both days of the comp. On the way home I held my traditional lock off comp that I stared last year in an airport. Every time I get on a train in an airport, the kind that take you from one terminal to another, I challenge fellow climber travelers to see who can hold a 90 degree lock off position, off of the bar that people are supposed to hold on to... ]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:25:00 -0500 12529 2012-01-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_delaney-divisionals-201-1326734715.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12431-abs-regionals-kyle-francis http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12431-abs-regionals-kyle-francis This past weekend was the regional championships, which due to an excess number of Male B boys, they had to split into qualifiers and finals. There were seven kids in my category and all advanced to divisionals so it was just for funnsies. Most of us flashed the three qualifiers. ]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:47:00 -0500 12431 2011-12-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-8471-1324442851.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-8477-1324442851.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-8472-1324442851.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-8478-1324442851.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-8473-1324442852.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12181-northwest-boulderfest-alex-fritz http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12181-northwest-boulderfest-alex-fritz Hey guys - I realize that since I'm back to updating my personal blog, I should update this one, too! Last weekend was the NORTHWEST BOULDERFEST at the brand new Seattle Bouldering Project (the largest bouldering gym IN THE WORLD!). The gym opened earlier this summer but it was going to be my first time there so I was psyched to take on the new terrain and try to win some money in Open. There were a lot of strong climbers in Open this year, with Five Ten Athletes like Johnny Goicoechea, Stephen Meinhold, Brian Boyko, and a lot... ]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:25:00 -0400 12181 2011-10-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ALEX_1319052344.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_JOHNNY_1319052344.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_STEPHEN_1319052344.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_STEPHEN2_1319052345.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12118-world-youth-championships-imst-2011-toma-binter http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12118-world-youth-championships-imst-2011-toma-binter Even though late, I finally bring a short report of World youth Championships in Imst 2011. Just ten days before the WYCH started in Imst, an European youth cup took place there on the same venue. One could take it as a part of training and so did a lot of competitors, even from another continents. But now I gonna aim for the most prestigious competition of the year for youth climbing. First two days were the qualification rounds on. Each day I had one route. ]]> Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:15:00 -0400 12118 2011-10-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_MG0166_1318151737.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_MG0485_1318151738.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_MG0464_1318151738.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_MG0428_1318151738.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_MG0699_1318151739.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12107-starting-the-season-zoe-steinberg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12107-starting-the-season-zoe-steinberg Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:12:00 -0400 12107 2011-10-06 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12082-my-summer-eric-sethna http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12082-my-summer-eric-sethna So it has been a crazy hectic summer with competitions and training and now the season is starting allll over again... Psyched! So the first major comp over the summer was Canadian Youth Nationals as a qualification for World Championships. I ended up finishing the comp in 2nd by 1 move. I was a little disappointed because it was my last year in youth, but my track record stands: I have won 6 out of 9 Youth National titles in my career as a youth climber. And although that isn’t the best Canada has seen in the history... ]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:59:33 -0400 12082 2011-09-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12082_3133081015029877437439056363438975813261408127n_1316801126.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/12082_29426910150431463229478784714477109444735213868n_1316801127.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12076-youth-world-chamionships-and-first-fall-climbing-ben-isaac-tresco http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12076-youth-world-chamionships-and-first-fall-climbing-ben-isaac-tresco A few weeks ago I had the privilege of attending the Youth World Championships in Imst Austria. This event went very well, it being my first time ever appearing on the world stage. ]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:45:00 -0400 12076 2011-09-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_28624810150431486054478784714477109446444073057o_1316486725.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imst092_1316486726.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imst092_1316486726.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_28922810150431485049478784714477109446371195180o_1316486727.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imst047_1316486727.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12047-2011-youth-world-championchips-austria-kyle-francis http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12047-2011-youth-world-championchips-austria-kyle-francis Well, first off id like to apologize for the tardiness on this post, I've been trying to catch up on school, with my immense amount of makeup work. the best part was, whilst i was working straight from 3:30 till 10 purely on makeup work, i got behind on the assignments that were getting assigned for that night. i think slash hope that now I'm on schedule with everyone else! ]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:44:00 -0400 12047 2011-09-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_2996152604441073118751000003886377288973143745361n_1315701893.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_3164292604472106448981000003886377288973564683448n_1315701893.jpg