Driving to the airport on Friday afternoon, I almost turned around and went back home due to feeling like I was starting to get a cold. Fortunately, I decided to make the trip down to hueco tanks for the 2024 @americanalpine Hueco Rock Rodeo. After a not so great night of sleep, I got the list of climbs for the rodeo and started to make a strategy for the day for the 6 climbs I hoped to be able to climb. With an incredibly stacked field, I knew it was going to have to be high risk for a possible high reward. 7 hours of climbing and 6 climbs meant that I would need to send 1 climb nearly every hour. @frank__decaro and I decided the spur for the majority of the day was going to be my best bet. I began the day by warming up on the top of “the machinist” and then refamiliarized myself with the crux moves. I made an ascent of the machinist (video 1) a little before 11 am and then moved onto “nagual.” I took 30 mins to relax, eat some snacks and recover. I quickly sent “nagual,” (video 2) again and then made my way to “Couer De Leon,” a little bit before noon. “Couer,” ended up putting up a bit of a fight. I took my time but it ended up taking a little over an hour to climb (video 3 in the underwear to get the right friction w the knee pad 🤣). From there the climbs I knew that were going to be hardest for me were done. I just needed to keep it together, climb well, and I could have the day Frank and I had planned for myself. I sent “crown of Aragorn,” quickly. We packed up and made our way to “full Monty.” I did the top once and then sent from the bottom (video 4). At this point, exhaustion was setting in. I had 5/6 climbs done and it was only 2:50. “The flame” was going to be my final climb of the day. I saved the easiest for last and thankfully with a few minor beta tweaks and one unfortunate dab at the top out, I ended up finding myself climbing out of the hole for the send. Frank mentioned we could go over to east and I could try “Li.” At this point, I had no clue if I was winning or losing. We made the trek over the top of East and down the “Li.” I immediately knew I was way too tired to climb anything else that day and quickly called it. More in comments.
Driving to the airport on Friday afternoon, I almost turned around and went back home due to feeling like I was starting to get a cold. Fortunately, I decided to make the trip down to hueco tanks for the 2024 @americanalpine Hueco Rock Rodeo. After a not so great night of sleep, I got the list of climbs for the rodeo and started to make a strategy for the day for the 6 climbs I hoped to be able to climb. With an incredibly stacked field, I knew it was going to have to be high risk for a possible high reward. 7 hours of climbing and 6 climbs meant that I would need to send 1 climb nearly every hour. @frank__decaro and I decided the spur for the majority of the day was going to be my best bet. I began the day by warming up on the top of “the machinist” and then refamiliarized myself with the crux moves. I made an ascent of the machinist (video 1) a little before 11 am and then moved onto “nagual.” I took 30 mins to relax, eat some snacks and recover. I quickly sent “nagual,” (video 2) again and then made my way to “Couer De Leon,” a little bit before noon. “Couer,” ended up putting up a bit of a fight. I took my time but it ended up taking a little over an hour to climb (video 3 in the underwear to get the right friction w the knee pad 🤣). From there the climbs I knew that were going to be hardest for me were done. I just needed to keep it together, climb well, and I could have the day Frank and I had planned for myself. I sent “crown of Aragorn,” quickly. We packed up and made our way to “full Monty.” I did the top once and then sent from the bottom (video 4). At this point, exhaustion was setting in. I had 5/6 climbs done and it was only 2:50. “The flame” was going to be my final climb of the day. I saved the easiest for last and thankfully with a few minor beta tweaks and one unfortunate dab at the top out, I ended up finding myself climbing out of the hole for the send. Frank mentioned we could go over to east and I could try “Li.” At this point, I had no clue if I was winning or losing. We made the trek over the top of East and down the “Li.” I immediately knew I was way too tired to climb anything else that day and quickly called it. More in comments.
Driving to the airport on Friday afternoon, I almost turned around and went back home due to feeling like I was starting to get a cold. Fortunately, I decided to make the trip down to hueco tanks for the 2024 @americanalpine Hueco Rock Rodeo. After a not so great night of sleep, I got the list of climbs for the rodeo and started to make a strategy for the day for the 6 climbs I hoped to be able to climb. With an incredibly stacked field, I knew it was going to have to be high risk for a possible high reward. 7 hours of climbing and 6 climbs meant that I would need to send 1 climb nearly every hour. @frank__decaro and I decided the spur for the majority of the day was going to be my best bet. I began the day by warming up on the top of “the machinist” and then refamiliarized myself with the crux moves. I made an ascent of the machinist (video 1) a little before 11 am and then moved onto “nagual.” I took 30 mins to relax, eat some snacks and recover. I quickly sent “nagual,” (video 2) again and then made my way to “Couer De Leon,” a little bit before noon. “Couer,” ended up putting up a bit of a fight. I took my time but it ended up taking a little over an hour to climb (video 3 in the underwear to get the right friction w the knee pad 🤣). From there the climbs I knew that were going to be hardest for me were done. I just needed to keep it together, climb well, and I could have the day Frank and I had planned for myself. I sent “crown of Aragorn,” quickly. We packed up and made our way to “full Monty.” I did the top once and then sent from the bottom (video 4). At this point, exhaustion was setting in. I had 5/6 climbs done and it was only 2:50. “The flame” was going to be my final climb of the day. I saved the easiest for last and thankfully with a few minor beta tweaks and one unfortunate dab at the top out, I ended up finding myself climbing out of the hole for the send. Frank mentioned we could go over to east and I could try “Li.” At this point, I had no clue if I was winning or losing. We made the trek over the top of East and down the “Li.” I immediately knew I was way too tired to climb anything else that day and quickly called it. More in comments.
Mission fu€k!ng accomplished. I saw a 3 day window of weather in Chattanooga and capitalized. I flew into Atlanta Monday night and drove up to Chatt. Got in at 2 am on Tuesday. Slept a few hours and started the week off. Tuesday – Rust – V13 Deception – V7 Wednesday Western Gold – V11 Brass Knuckles – V14 Thursday Groundhog Day Low – V10 Blue Mist – V12/13 (4th ascent) Finally feeling like I’m climbing well and just wanna keep training and feeling stronger. Psyched to see what the next few months have in store. #bouldering Photos: brass knuckles, western gold, and mochi @shadowlex Rust @gajdaphotography Groundhog and blue mist @hipmitch
Mission fu€k!ng accomplished. I saw a 3 day window of weather in Chattanooga and capitalized. I flew into Atlanta Monday night and drove up to Chatt. Got in at 2 am on Tuesday. Slept a few hours and started the week off. Tuesday – Rust – V13 Deception – V7 Wednesday Western Gold – V11 Brass Knuckles – V14 Thursday Groundhog Day Low – V10 Blue Mist – V12/13 (4th ascent) Finally feeling like I’m climbing well and just wanna keep training and feeling stronger. Psyched to see what the next few months have in store. #bouldering Photos: brass knuckles, western gold, and mochi @shadowlex Rust @gajdaphotography Groundhog and blue mist @hipmitch
Mission fu€k!ng accomplished. I saw a 3 day window of weather in Chattanooga and capitalized. I flew into Atlanta Monday night and drove up to Chatt. Got in at 2 am on Tuesday. Slept a few hours and started the week off. Tuesday – Rust – V13 Deception – V7 Wednesday Western Gold – V11 Brass Knuckles – V14 Thursday Groundhog Day Low – V10 Blue Mist – V12/13 (4th ascent) Finally feeling like I’m climbing well and just wanna keep training and feeling stronger. Psyched to see what the next few months have in store. #bouldering Photos: brass knuckles, western gold, and mochi @shadowlex Rust @gajdaphotography Groundhog and blue mist @hipmitch
Mission fu€k!ng accomplished. I saw a 3 day window of weather in Chattanooga and capitalized. I flew into Atlanta Monday night and drove up to Chatt. Got in at 2 am on Tuesday. Slept a few hours and started the week off. Tuesday – Rust – V13 Deception – V7 Wednesday Western Gold – V11 Brass Knuckles – V14 Thursday Groundhog Day Low – V10 Blue Mist – V12/13 (4th ascent) Finally feeling like I’m climbing well and just wanna keep training and feeling stronger. Psyched to see what the next few months have in store. #bouldering Photos: brass knuckles, western gold, and mochi @shadowlex Rust @gajdaphotography Groundhog and blue mist @hipmitch
Mission fu€k!ng accomplished. I saw a 3 day window of weather in Chattanooga and capitalized. I flew into Atlanta Monday night and drove up to Chatt. Got in at 2 am on Tuesday. Slept a few hours and started the week off. Tuesday – Rust – V13 Deception – V7 Wednesday Western Gold – V11 Brass Knuckles – V14 Thursday Groundhog Day Low – V10 Blue Mist – V12/13 (4th ascent) Finally feeling like I’m climbing well and just wanna keep training and feeling stronger. Psyched to see what the next few months have in store. #bouldering Photos: brass knuckles, western gold, and mochi @shadowlex Rust @gajdaphotography Groundhog and blue mist @hipmitch
Mission fu€k!ng accomplished. I saw a 3 day window of weather in Chattanooga and capitalized. I flew into Atlanta Monday night and drove up to Chatt. Got in at 2 am on Tuesday. Slept a few hours and started the week off. Tuesday – Rust – V13 Deception – V7 Wednesday Western Gold – V11 Brass Knuckles – V14 Thursday Groundhog Day Low – V10 Blue Mist – V12/13 (4th ascent) Finally feeling like I’m climbing well and just wanna keep training and feeling stronger. Psyched to see what the next few months have in store. #bouldering Photos: brass knuckles, western gold, and mochi @shadowlex Rust @gajdaphotography Groundhog and blue mist @hipmitch
Mission fu€k!ng accomplished. I saw a 3 day window of weather in Chattanooga and capitalized. I flew into Atlanta Monday night and drove up to Chatt. Got in at 2 am on Tuesday. Slept a few hours and started the week off. Tuesday – Rust – V13 Deception – V7 Wednesday Western Gold – V11 Brass Knuckles – V14 Thursday Groundhog Day Low – V10 Blue Mist – V12/13 (4th ascent) Finally feeling like I’m climbing well and just wanna keep training and feeling stronger. Psyched to see what the next few months have in store. #bouldering Photos: brass knuckles, western gold, and mochi @shadowlex Rust @gajdaphotography Groundhog and blue mist @hipmitch
6 days in the desert 🌵 with moch dog… despite some pretty major setbacks, we prevailed!
6 days in the desert 🌵 with moch dog… despite some pretty major setbacks, we prevailed!
6 days in the desert 🌵 with moch dog… despite some pretty major setbacks, we prevailed!
6 days in the desert 🌵 with moch dog… despite some pretty major setbacks, we prevailed!
6 days in the desert 🌵 with moch dog… despite some pretty major setbacks, we prevailed!
6 days in the desert 🌵 with moch dog… despite some pretty major setbacks, we prevailed!
6 days in the desert 🌵 with moch dog… despite some pretty major setbacks, we prevailed!
6 days in the desert 🌵 with moch dog… despite some pretty major setbacks, we prevailed!
4mil prophet, V12 (3rd ascent). Such a heinous one. Those start crimps are tiny and sharp as hell! Psyched to finish this one off. Stoked on these spring afternoon at the tracks boulder! #bouldering @ramrod92 @tchadx @frank__decaro @kat_doerr @bobbysorich
The Wind Below – one of the best out there! Stoked to have finally done this one after so many trips to Joe’s! New video from Joe’s Valley is live on my YouTube channel! Link in story! Photo: @marijus3 #bouldering
Fun day down at the trax the other day with a good crew! Excited to try the full French connection next. “Slice of Heaven,” V12. @fernandojimenez_ @frank__decaro @tchadx @kylezhoward
South East video is live! Check it on my YouTube channel or by using the link in bio. 🫡 #bouldering
4th ascent of “The French Connection,” V14/8B . #bouldering video: @tchadx
So fun working with the little groms a few weeks ago in Joe’s! I really enjoyed making this little edit of them crushing everything that they touched. Link in my story for the full film on YouTube. #bouldering @becketthsin @mattiswilder @bayeswilder @sam.hsin @landersgaydosh @asanaclimbing @susedmundson
