I decided a long time ago that if I ever climbed V10 I would start a blog, track my ascents and try and get a sponsorship from a brand I respect. My V10 dream finally happened about a month ago, when something clicked in my head and I started actually putting down projects. I'm sure every climber has been where I was; capable of doing all the moves in a project but never be able to top it out. For years I could do the moves on but never link them together, it was very frustrating. After putting down Divergence Sit a month ago, the stress of trying to complete something hard was lifted. When I was climbing, I used to have thoughts in my head like "this foot feels bad" "my fingers hurt" "that looks far away". Once I turned that off my climbing started to improve dramatically. I took a trip to Hueco and sent Power of Silence V10,  Predator V10, Burden of the Beast V10, Swiss Crisp Mix V10,  Free Willy V10 and Diaphanous Sea V11. I came from Hueco and started climbing in the front range and my success continued. On my second day back I took down Eliminator sds V11 and Moon Arete (V10) and got very close on Sitting Moon V12 in horsetooth. All of this happened in about 5 weeks so needless to say I'm pretty psyched. Here's some pictures and a link to a short hueco edit I made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mFR5OfrfkM

Diaphanous!!

Swiss Crisp Mix

Eliminator sds/ Sitting Moon

Moon arete!

Power of Silence

Eric Palmer looking beautiful

Brett Hoffman looking strong af on the PINCH

A Day in the Poudre

A 60 degree day in february....gotta take advantage of that. Took a quick trip up the Poudre with some friends, including Eric Palmer (the one and only) Laren and Mike (badass dude putting up first ascents in a new area of the Poudre). Warmed up at the hatcheries, which is my favorite place to warm up before a day bouldering in the 420's or Gandalf. After warming up, we went to the king fin area, I tried critical mass (V12) for the first time and was pretty inspired. The line is awesome and every move is in your face. I was able to do all the moves but one. However linking even two moves together was difficult. I then when on to do King-Fin (V4) which was amazing. Next we went to the Black Problem (V9) and I tried that for the first time. It didn't take me long to figure out all the moves and I sent after about 40 minutes; I did however fall on the topout twice because it's pretty tough. After the black problem I climbed Angry Black Man (V8) which is right next to it. Its only a one move wonder but it was still pretty fun. We finished the day on Merlin (V7) a tall and classic climb that I've never done before. I completed it pretty quickly, the crux was making a lurchy move between good holds with bad smearing feet. It was fun to visit four different areas and it's always great to climb new boulders.

Angry Black man

The Black Problem

Toppin out....awh yeee