Training Again

I finally went to the store and bought some 6" PVC pipe to work on my sloper strength. I attached it to my pull-up bar and can campus up to the rail above it. Not a bad system. I have to set it up in the front door to make it work but that is alright. If I do it that way there is a railing for me to put my feet up on and do targeting workouts. Hopefully I'll get stronger. I'm wanting to go out to Hueco tomorrow but we'll see. It may be too crowded seeing as it's spring break for a lot of people. Just for fun here is an old pic of me at Hostility Boulders on Nerve Damage - V10

Hueco with the Baylor guys.

So, Alex is in Ecuador doing POYi which is the Photo of the Year competition. She is helping to facilitate the competition and most importantly making good connections with people in the photo world. While she was gone I had a few chances to go out and climb with some guys from Baylor. It was a lot of fun and I ended up getting a few new V7s and got really close on some V10s. We'll see how everything goes down but today I am really sore and tired. I'll train tomorrow and wed and see how climbing goes this weekend. Here are some pics from this last week. Also I put up a video of "Be Flat - V4" on youtube if you want to check it out.


Here I am on "Schadenfraud" A really fun V5 in the bottom of Martini Cave


Here is a one finger snag on "Be Flat" as I was trying out different beta for Landon.

Rock Rodeo.

So, this past weekend was the Hueco Rock Rodeo. Big names and big brands alike were there. Of course, as always Five Ten was there with a shop set up to loan out tester shoes. Daniel Woods was there as well pulling in a first place win. I climbed harder than I thought but most of their problems were really obscure, not to mention I went with Fort Bliss MWR, and their idea of fun would probably not have been to watch me on a bunch of 7s and 8s. I managed to pull a V8 on warm up roof, but mostly ticked a bunch of 5s. I did all the moves in Better Eat Your Wheaties, so that should hopefully go soon. It's good to be back in the groove of things and climbing hard again. Hopefully Alex will get some pics up soon and I'll put in a link.

Well, I'm back. Basic training was brutal on my climbing but I finally went to Hueco for the first time since I have been in El Paso. I didn't get on much, being that I don't like climbing in the cold, but that's ok. I looked at Chablanke and Diaphanous Sea, to know what I have to work towards, but it should be great to start training again.

Just Waiting

So, my best friend Marty Got a job at UNT's wall this semester so needless to say I'm Psyched. I am planning to be there a few days out of the week to climb if I can and keep up my training here at home as well. The plan is to hit up Hueco this summer and to get on some good stuff. But til then...More training.

Well...for those of you who thought i dropped off the face of the climbing world you were wrong. I have not been in a gym but I have been training at home and climbing outside. I've actually sent 3 v10s 2 V11s and got the secong ascent on Ryan Sewells Insomnia, a V12. So no, I havent dropped off the face of the earth yet. Right now I'm planning to be an officer for Fort Worth so I may just drop off during the academy but no 'til then.

Well This is the first video I've really gotten of a send. This is a variation of a V6 called not if your pregnant. On bloody Flapper it isn't rated but in Texas Limestone Bouldering it's a V9. I'm pretty psyched. I actually went out there to get Video of the V12 but then my camera died. Hopefully I'll get back out soon. Last weekend was CCS nationals. Unfortunately I didn't do as well as I wanted. The first three routes were fine and I was actually in the lead. Then I bombed the next two routes and ended up in fifth. all the scores were really close. It's too bad that this was my senior year. I guess that means SCS next year. I've got a comp in two weeks that I'm training for. Should be good. I also got a video of me sending at Nationals so I'll post those as soon as I can.

Regionals at Baylor turned out pretty well. Actually...it was awesome. It couldn't have gone better. First off I won the comp. Therefore I won CCS regionals. Nationals is next and it's crazy. So excited.

So I finally went and got the old data off my crashed hard drive. On there was this picture of my first recognisable achievement. This was my first V4 in the gym. To this day I can remember exactly how it went...good times.

I went to UNT in Denton this weekend it was pretty good. I got first overall . I got a ton of free stuff so, needless to say I was pretty pleased with the whole deal.
here is a pic.