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.

Video time!

Here is a small video that jimmy put together!
It's about what I do over the summer to keep in shape
And what i do to help the community out
Enjoy!


Organic Climbing with Kasia Pietras from Jimmy Webb on Vimeo.

Pictures of Colorado, mostly RMNP

 View of Upper Chaos

Flower in Estes Park, CO

View of the Long's Peak - RMNP 

RMNP

RMNP 

View of Upper and Lower from UPPER UPPER! 

Panoramic picture of Chaos

 Hike out of RMNP

Hike out of RMNP

Hike out of RMNP

Oreo in Colorado

Of coarse we brought Oreo with us to Colorado

And he's been having a blast!

Here are some pictures showing what he's been up to

Along with a small video clip of him running around with his twin at the dog park

Enjoy!

 Oreo hanging out with us under a roof during a heinous hail/thunder storm at Wolvoland

 Oreo's least favorite thing to do... 

 Talus hopping... 

 Oreo chilling under a rock up at Area A at Mt. Evans

 After a long hike to Area B, Oreo is tired!

 Oreo packed into the car while we move to a new locations

 Restday in Estes Park, CO - Oreo jumped into a small water pond

 Chris and Brooks are using Oreo to get some women!

Hanging out at the doggy park in Estes Park, CO

oreo from Kasia Pietras on Vimeo.

Colorado

We've been in Colorado for a little while now

And i've done A LOT of hiking!

We've gone to several areas! 

Wolvoland for the first time - been their three times

RMNP - been their twice 

Area A - been their once

Basin - been their twice

Elk Land - been their once

I have a few projects left that i'd like to complete 

- Marble

- Riddles in the Dark

- Kind Traverse

And I have several problems that i'd like to figure out all the moves 

And with a lot of luck maybe send before we head to rifle

- Unshackled

- Super Gui

- Clear Blue Skies

It's been hot!! 

And it's been rainy! 

But it's been good overall! It's been a lot of fun! 

I'm psyched to send a few more things 

But I have such a long list of things that i'm psyched on back home

That it doesn't really matter!

I'm just happy to relax and have a great summer vacation!!

Dominion River Rock Competition

The walls that i've climbed on this weekend were the craziest thing ever!

They were super different and super awesome!

 Team Five Ten Represent at the comp!

There were are total of 4 rounds: 

- qualifiers (2 routes)

- quarter-final (2 routes)

- semi-final (1 route)

- final (1 route)

Out of the 6 routes that i climbed on i was able to complete 2 of them

And then about finals i was able to send the finals route

I want to say that my favorite problem from the weekend might of been the finals problem.  

It wasn't too pumpy but hard enough to split people up (minus the top three, haha)

The semi-final route was the hardest one for sure.  The dyno move half way through it was scary, yet Sasha was able to figure out a static way of doing it which was super impressive especially since she was on the wall for her whole time! 

I was not a fan of the first quarter-final route because of all the pockets on it due to my finger injuries.  

 Finals round! Can't really see us, but jimmy is climbing on the right and i'm climbing on the left!!

Psyched to come back next year for sure!!

There was also a dyno comp with the qualifiers on thursday and finals sunday.

It was pretty fun but I have to get better at my dyno skills!

Qualifier #2

Overall Results!

Bouldering Female

1. Sasha

2. Alex

3. Angie

4. Me

5. Katie

Dyno Female

1. Alex

2. Angie

3. Me

Bouldering Male

1. Jimmy

2. Alex

3. Vasya

4. Paul

5. Daniel

Dyno Male

1. Jimmy

2. Alex

3. Michael

Two more weeks till the Dominion Comp!

Day 10
I helped my friends Thompsie and Hugh move today
Later in the day Thompsie and I went on a small walk
Tomorrow is going to be a training day!

Day 11
We went to Stone Summit today
Felt a bit better when it came to endurance today
i got in 15 or 16 pitches
but the last pitch, that deep pump came through
and it was hard to finish up the last pitch!
It was a good day!
Tomorrow, no climbing but other exercises!
Psyched!

Day 12
We reset two walls at the gym today
I set a few problems and then climbed some as well
not too hard but got some bouldering in


Day 13
I tried bouldering a bunch today in gym
Warmed up and then started climbing some of the harder boulder problems in the gym
I was able to piece together one of them and sending it
Thought i'd feel weak but I actually felt pretty good
Psyched for a rest day tomorrow though


Day 14
Today was a rest day
But i still went on a 30 minute walk with Oreo around the gym
When I got back I entertained Lily and Violet (5 and 4 years old)
Got them to do some impressive stuff in the gym
Psyched to see those girls climbing in a couple years

Day 15
Went to stone summit today!
Got on ropes and boulders this time...
it's always such a good workout going there!
love it!