Max and Hayden enroute to Area A
I kind of have this long standing relationship with Mt. Evans; it was the first area I ever climbed at in Colorado, my first trip there (October, 2007) I did the hike from the Summit Lake to Echo Lake hitting Areas E-A (which is a blog post of it’s own) and it is home to my longest standing project, Dali (which I have slept under.) Following the madness of the Bouldering World Cup in Vail the majority of the climbers I knew, who didn’t compete were jonsenin’ to pull to down on some real rock. Conveniently, Mt. Evans is located on the way back to Denver/Boulder so it just so happened to be a stopping point for many returning climbers. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Bouldering, Mt. Evans, Pictures
As promised, here are some of my shots from the Semi-Final and the Final rounds of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup. You can see the full results for the Men here and the Women here. If you didn’t catch my photos from qualifiers you can check those out here.
Tags: Bouldering, Pictures, World Cup
Here are a few of my shots from the qualication round of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup. You can see the full results for the Men here and the Women here. Check back soon because I will have images from the Semi-Finals and Finals up shortly!
Tags: Add new tag, Bouldering, Pictures, World Cup
Well the results are in and it was an epic battle! All the competitors put out 110% and put on an amazing show. Special shout out to my buddy Kyle Owen for crushing it and coming in 5th!
Here’s the top 3 in both categories, for full results check out the ISFC site
Mens
- Jonas Bauman - Germany
- Daniel Woods - USA
- Kilian Fishhuber - Austria
Womens
- Alex Puccio - USA
- Alex Johnson - USA
- Akio Noguchi - Japan
Tags: Bouldering, Pictures, World Cup
Took me about a week to find some time but I finally got around to editing some pictures from a session on the Cage Free boulder with Garrett, Kyle, Alex and Carlo. Cage Free is a 2 move 8a in Boulder Canyon, with the second move being a semi-awkward all points off dyno (Jamie Emerson’s most recent blog post has a video of it.) Neither Kyle or Garrett were very psyched about the boulder but Alex was throwing herself at it. She was getting extremely close; hitting the lip but just couldn’t hold it. I have no doubt that she’ll send the problem soon enough. I don’t think the problem has seen a female ascent as of yet either. As always, your feedback on the photos are welcomed and appreciated!
Tags: Add new tag, Boulder Canyon, Bouldering, Pictures
I feel like I may have a bias for this film; I like highballs. I like the feeling of air under my feet and that sense of calm that envelopes me once I venture above the safe zone. Granted, the feeling isn’t the same for everyone but for those who do enjoy the sensation, this film is going to be a winner. If you are expecting hardcore, in your face climbing porn - look somewhere else. Rocky Mountain Highball is a documentary style climbing film that explores “why some climbers choose to push themselves to boulder at the vertical limit” The film is the brain child of Scott Neel, the director. Over the course of 2 years (that’s right, 2 years) and with the help of his producers Andy Mann and Alden Short they shot over 35 athletes on more then 70 boulder problems. With commentary from legends like John Gill, Pat Ament, John Sherman, Jim Holloway and climbing from Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Lisa Rands and many more this film has just as much historic value as it does entertainment value.
Tags: Boulder, Bouldering, Review, Rocky Mountain Highball
Tomorrow night I will be participating in a panel discussion on issues that affect returning Iraq/Afghanistan War veterans and their families. The event, which is hosted by Veterans Helping Veterans Now, starts at 5:30 pm and will go until 7:00 pm. I will be speaking specifically about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and what partners/family members can expect. This email which I received this morning best describes the range of topics to be covered.
Tomorrow evening we will begin the first in a series of four discussions about PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Suicide Prevention/Awareness and Secondary PTSD. We have a panel of speakers who will present these topics as they have personally lived and experienced them.
The event will be held at Calvary Bible Church (I included the address at the bottom of this post) in Boulder and is open to the public so I encourage those of you who have any interest to join us. I hope to see you there! If you have any questions you can contact me by email.
Veteran’s Family Talk
5:30-7:00 PM
Calvary Bible Church
3245 Kalmia Ave
Boulder, CO 80301
So for those of you that don’t know, I am currently a member of the gimp squad. Long story short, my amazing girlfriend surprised me with a new Sector 9 Wedge Platinum Series Longboard because I have been regretting the fact that I left my other one in California (yeah, she’s that cool.) Now I have a severely sprained ankle and am hobbling around on crutches (I’m not that cool.) I don’t do well with injuries. My last injury kept me out of climbing for almost 9 months and it was probably the worst 9 months of my life, obviously aside from Iraq. I have been working pretty hard as of late trying to get in shape for the alpine season, which is rapidly approaching. A confession: I’ve lived in Colorado for over a year, spent almost a month here before moving and I have never been to RMNP. Even though my good buddy Max Krimmer, who lived on my couch for the summer, was constantly nagging me to go with him, my finger injury last year kept me out of the game for the whole summer and into the fall. By the time I was climbing again the season was pretty much over and Max was no longer staying with me. I am determined not to let that happen again. Don’t get me wrong I don’t think this ankle injury is going to keep me out of the game for that long, 2-6 weeks is what I have been hearing. That isn’t a long time, but in terms of training that is an eternity. Determined not to be kept out of the game, again, I have decided to train even harder.
Tags: Bouldering, Injury, Life, The Spot, Training
Okay, I am going to interrupt my blog post schedule and put off posting more pictures from this past weekend in Utah (Sorry Max!) to help raise awareness for a cause that is very close to my heart. As most of you know I served in Iraq from February 2003 - August 2003. This deployment obviously had an astounding affect on my life and changed me forever. Read the rest of this entry »
