Europe, before the World Cup

I have recently moved to Colorado! I still can't believe it!! It took several days to get the place in order but it now feels like home!!

 RMNP 

I've only been in Colorado for two weeks and now I am traveling to Europe for the next three weeks.  My first stop was Warsaw where i'm visiting my grandma.  We have already gone to visit a few places.  

Church in Warsaw

But now i'm in Munich, Germany to compete at the Final World Cup event.  I haven't competed in a competition over 9 months.  This will be very exciting but i'm also very nervous! I haven't competed in a World Cup event in many years, so in a way i do not have any expectations because i don't know what to expect.  I just need to keep a good attitude and it will be a great event! Can't wait to compete!! Wish me luck!!

Boarding my flight to Munich! 

Been busy...

I have been very busy these last few months... 

Jimmy and I celebrated our five year anniversary on May 1st. I have had an amazing time with him and I can't wait for our ten year anniversary! I feel that we compliment each other well and have  taught each other many important things!

 

In may I drove out to Richmond, va to help set and forerun for dominion river rocks. It was one of the best competition experiences that I have had in a long time. I was able to hang out with all my friends but also climb all the boulders without the stress. Don't get me wrong there was still some stress because we had to make sure everything was going to work out as planned and with the rain interfering with the event a little we almost were not able to show case all the boulders but luckily there was a break in the weather and all the competitors were able to experience all the rounds and boulders we had set up for them.

 

Following this event I drove to Fayetteville, NC to participate in a route setting clinic. This was for the level 1 certification and I was really happy to complete it. The best part was that I had to set some routes which I had never set before. It was a great experience and I can't wait to do the level 2 clinic. 

I came back home for a short while because I had plans to take the climbing team to the Red mid June. I was really excited about this trip because the team hasn't gone in two years and we had a couple new members. Overall it was a great trip and all the team members we able to accomplish amazing things. I'm proud to have coached these kids. 

When we got back from the red it was time to get ready to fly out to South Africa and go climbing in the Rocklands! But before we left, we decided to reset the whole gym and have a summer competition! It was awesome with a great turn out! 

Here's a link to my post on the five ten website about the trip to the Rocklands! 

http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14199-rocklands-bouldering-trip-kasia-pietras

All in all it was amazing and I can't wait to get back!!

When we got back from South Africa jimmy flew to salt lake for the trade show where he did amazing at the deep water soloing competition. I stayed home and took care of some minor things because jimmy and I decided to move to Boulder, CO. I had a lock in for the climbing team to wish them farewell but not to worry I will be seeing them in Hueco this winter!!  Everything happened so fast and before I knew it we are at a going away party hosted by the climbing gym. Thanks to everyone that was there, it meant a lot to me! 

And here we are now driving out to Colorado in a Penske truck. It all feels so surreal!! Can't believe it's actually happening. These past two weeks went by so fast that I'm still catching up. 

Recent events

My friend Meagan Martin came to visit me from Orlando. She was super psyched to climb outside since she doesn't have access to real rock in Florida.

It was great to have a girl visit and being close friend made her stay even better!

We went to all the classic areas as well as some others... Here is our tick list for the areas!

Little Rock City

Instinct Sit - Meagan

Cleo and Cindy Trav - Meagan

Instinct - Meagan

Castaway - Meagan

Dayton Pocket

Hippy Culture - Meagan and I

Sand blaster - me

Honey comb - Meagan

Rocktown

Orb direct - me

Tractor trailer - me

Vagina - Meagan

Chattanooga

Paul Bunyan trav - Meagan

Nine lives - Meagan

After she left there were a few good climbing days on which I went back and did...

- Paul Bunyan Trav

- Hand on the Axe Stand

- Tennessee Thong

- Anearden low

Besides climbing we did a bunch of other things...

 Chocolate Strawberry Cake

Did I mention it snowed?

Chocolate Croissants

Meagan on Nine Lives

 Pretzels

 Eclairs for the Super Bowl Party!

 Oreo all dressed up

Our piercings...

I'm not trying to spread a rumor, but I overheard that Meagan might be moving to Chattanooga sometime later on this year...

Can't wait!

In the mean time hopefully this video keeps you guys psyched and anticipating what is to come...

Meagan in Chatty from Kasia Pietras on Vimeo.

Boston Trip - Dark Horse

I spent some time in Boston over my winter break.
It was a great time! I was able to climb outside at three new areas.
I was only sent on thing, but was able to witness jimmy flash a v13, v12 and a v11!!
It was super inspiring!
Here's a video of our trip!

A Northeastern Experience from Jimmy Webb on Vimeo.

We were in Boston for the Dark horse comp!
It went well... Jimmy ended up in 1st and I got 3rd!
Here's a small video of the comp...
Dark Horse 2013 Series 4 Round 3 Highlights from Louder Than Eleven on Vimeo.
We traveled back to Boston in January to compete at the last Dark Horse Event...
This time around it didn't go as well... I got a food bug during lunch before finals and just didn't feel like myself...
Here's a video of that event...
Dark Horse 2013 Series 4 Championship Highlights from Louder Than Eleven on Vimeo.
I'm back in chatty now, waiting for my friend Meagan to come visit me... Still going to school but graduating this may! Besides that everything is the same!

Triple Crown Wrap Up

I know its been almost a month since the final triple crown event but i need to make a little update about it!

Hound Ears

Conditions: it was harm and humid and started to mist towards the end of the day

Overall the event went really well! Had a good time and was able to do a couple new climbs!

New Climbs: The unforgiven (V7), Shocker Kahn (V7), Mr. Butterfingers (V7) and King Size Milk Way (V7)

Out of all those new climbs I liked Mr. Butterfingers the most because it required a lot of effort and weird mantle abilities!

Results:

1st - Lisa Rands

2nd - Me

3rd - Rachel Edwards

Little Rock City

Conditions: it was harm, but since my skin was in good shape climbs didn't feel to bad for me.  I had a great day, almost my best day ever.  I was unable to complete two climbs that would of made my day amazing! 

New Climbs: Queen Cobra (V8) and Pringle Problem (V8)

Results: 

1st - Me

2nd - Rachel Edwards

3rd - Lisa Rands

Horse Pens 40

Conditions: It was warm/hot.  My skin was in no shape to climb.  My tips started to sweat after the warm up.  It was a hard day.  Couldn't do half the climbs i usually can do easily.  Oh man it was a hard day! I fought hard all the way to the last minute! 

New Climbs: Hugs and Kisses (V8), Hang Loose (V7), Out of the Box (V6) and Drainpipe (V6)

Results:

1st - Me

2nd - Rachel Edwards

3rd - Leanna Lockhart 

Overall

Experience: I decided that next year if i do the triple crown events I will do star chaser.  I had gotten too frustrating to not be able to repeat certain climbs that you know you can do.  This way i'll be able to get on a bunch of stuff that i've never been on before.  

Perspective for the future: Goal next year is to get 200 stars at each event! We will see how close i will get to that 200! 

Results:

1st - Me

2nd - Rachel Edwards

3rd - Lisa Rands

Been busy Part 2

Like i mentioned a few months ago!

I've been busy... 

School is coming to an end for this semester

I will have some more free time and i will update my blog with past events from the last few months!

Sometimes you can only juggle so many things at one time!

And updating my blog on a regular basis has not been one of them!

So wish me luck and i will post soon!

Been Busy

I've been very busy ever since i got back from Colorado
School started
And i've been trying to concentrate on getting stronger
I worked for a while
But then i got sick and have been sick for the last three weeks

I went to the Seattle Pro UBC competition last weekend
It was awesome!
I was really happy with my performance after qualifiers because i had flashed all the boulders
I have never done that before!
Unfortunately i did not have the power, energy or what have you in semi finals
because i got 7th and they took top 6 to finals
luckily i was at the right place at the right time
and got to forerun the finals problems for the girls
It was a great event
There were a few discrepancies, but overall went really well

TBA just hosted a local ABS competition and it was a lot of work
But the end result was more than we expected!
Super psyched to train on these problems!

It's the fall and every fall for the last six or seven years it's been the same thing
TRIPLE CROWN BOULDERING COMPETITION!
The first one at Hound Ears is this weekend 10/6/12
The second one at LRC is the weekend of 10/13/12
And the last one at HP40 is the weekend of 11/3/12

I have fall break and one of my best friend's wedding in between the last two triple crowns so i'll be spending a good amount of time at and near the red... Psyched to get some rope climbing in and maybe get my head back in the game... It's been really hard and I still have not over come my "fear"
I still don't really know what the "fear" is!

It's going to be a busy fall and i'm really psyched for it...
It will be going by fast but hopefully i'll have some time to post more often!



2012 SBC PRO HIGHLIGHTS from UBC Pro Tour on Vimeo.