Another solo day in RMNP. Seems to be the way to go for me these
days. My two hardest climbs, I've been by myself. Today it
was Aslan (V14). I left Boulder a little after 2pm. Drove
behind a heard of tourists for two hours until I reached the Bear Lake
parking lot. I packed up my crashpad
and stomped up the trail bumpin' some Birdman. I listen to the
same albu ...
Climbing Bum
Jon Glassberg
and I shot video of the World Cup Finals. Nothing crazy but I
think we put together some nice highlight reels:
So qualifiers are over and despite feeling stronger than ever, I barely
made it to the Semifinal round. 18th Place! A bit
disappointed, but tomorrow is a new day. My step-dad Joe took a
bunch of photos of me throughout the round and I thought I would share
some of them:
I finished off the Jade video last night, in quicker than usual
form. Glassberg and I filmed some exit interview stuff in the
morning and I think it turned out quite good. Actually it turned
into sort of a rant, but regardless, I think that with so much talk
about grades lately, people will be psyched to hear a somewhat new
perspective. The actual climbing footage turned out better than I
had hoped. Going into the whole th ...
Motivation has been very, very high for me lately. And it shows no
signs of backing down. Even the 90 hours of route setting in the
past two weeks hasn't been able to bring me down. So this past
Saturday, following roughly 4 hours of sleep (due to some serious
partying in downtown Boulder), I took advantage of the gorgeous weather
and made my second attempt (for the year) at climbing in RMNP.
Though not the official video, this highlight reel best demonstrates
what happened the night of the comp. Proud effort Zack! One
man with one camera:
The Battle in the B ...
A few weeks ago I pulled off a quick ascent of a local Ro Ro
classic called Burnout V12. It could definitely be one of the
best boulders of the grade in CO. Here's the video courtesy of
Zach Smith:
Tomorrow I will be heading to Upper Chaos in RMNP to try and finish off
Jade. I'm not sure anyone has ventured that far up the canyon this
year, so we'll see how it goes. It could be perfect up there, and
it could be completely miserable. Trust me, the whole experience
will be well documented. Here's a video I posted to Vimeo a few
weeks ago of some attempts I had on the boulder in the fall. It
felt surprisingly easy ...
"Big changes" is the name of the game right now. At
least in my life. Looking forward to some of the best months of
the year out here in Colorado, and what could prove to be some of the
best, and most productive, of my life. I look forward to sharing
it all...Next up...The Battle In The Bubble:
And they have done it again! My good friends Jon Glassberg and
Jordan Shipman of Louder Than 11 Productions
have released New River Gorge Curse to the world! I'm very
excited to have played a role in the film and I look forward to all
future endeavors with these guys. The trip to the New in December
was full of highs and lows, but overall it was a great time and I only
have good things to ...
In the midst of probably one of the biggest breakthroughs in my personal
climbing ability, tragedy struck:
Well... Maybe not a complete tragedy, but certainly ...
