May 30, 2010

Memorial Weekend Madness!




After we did a quick stop at The Undercling (V5) for the sole reason that I had never onsighted a V5. This only bothered me because I've onsighted every other grade up to V7, but 5's always seem to get under my skin somehow. So here is how it went...

Next we headed over to Pretty Hate Machine (V8) because we heard it was wicked sick problem that just had to be climbed. It doesn't look like much when you first approach it, but the climb itself does not disappoint. Despite being quite powerful, it took us several tries to sort out the beta. Here's one of the later (read better) early attempts...

After a lot of tries like this we started to get pretty tired, so I declared that unless I at least touched the lip on this next try, the day would be done...

So we stuck around and two tries latter...


Before I sign out for the day, I'd like to give a shout out to that rock by Pretty Hate Machine for being in the perfect place to rest my Droid so we could get those videos and still spot.

See you on the rocks!

-Josh

May 23, 2010

Behind the Scenes of the Vertical Girl Photo Shoot!

So I got to tag along for the photo shoot in Leavenworth for the new Vertical Girl clothing line. The ladies seemed really psyched on the way the cloths looked and, more importantly for a climber, how they performed. Here are a few vids from the shoot. A lot more went on, but you'll get to see that in print!





May 16, 2010

SCS PNW Regionals 2010

I was lazy and didn't get any vids or pics from the event, but I'll hook you up with a link to Tyson's stuff over on oldguy.com for those of you that don't read it already. Time to start kicking things into gear for Divisionals.

-Josh

May 15, 2010

Now that's what I'm talkin' about!


Really enjoyed this new short from Big Up. Seeing some old friendly faces made me a bit home sick, but outside of that it got me really psyched to train. Been needing that to supplement my outdoor time. May have to make a small stop at the Central Rock Gym on my trip home now since the place looks sick.

See you on the rocks... or the plastic.

-Josh

May 9, 2010

Leavenworth 5/8/10 - Part 2


Thanks to Devo for shooting the vid, and for cutting out my excessive chalking in the middle.

Leavenworth 5/8/10


More video and pics coming once Devo posts them up. Felt good to plug gear and climb slab for the first time in about 10 months. Should help a lot with the head game and of course, the footwork.

-Josh

May Day comp at Stoneworks







While waiting for scores some people had fun drawing on the parking lot with chalk.


May 3, 2010

End of an Era

The Sentra is dead. Blogging will have to be put on hold until I can get a new vehicle. I will get the comp stuff up from this last weekend when I have some time.

-Josh