God Module

A couple years back, Alex had a gooood day. Luckily I was there.

Pro Tips

Ben told me to look this video up, and I can't keep it to myself...

Pro Tips with Joel Brady. Enjoy.

Diaphanous Sea and Xavier's Roof

Alex Savage is a crusher... that's what he does, he crushes.

Did I mention he climbs hard?

Sickness....

Zahnd

What's up you guys? My good friend Raja sent me this video...

Zahnd

It features a little satellite area near Rocktown in Georgia. Some really good problems in the video, good energy, and a little bit of Taylor and Raja flare.

Good job boys! Crushing!

The Trip

Soooo how about some details? I won't bore you too much with my blabber, but overall the trip was amazing. I got to meet up with my friends Alex, Zach, Adam, Kenyan, Jeff, and Steve (from England! ...get better soon, seriously). We started the trip off right climbing at the Buttermilks, and nearly destroyed our skin for the entire week in one day. I forgot how sharp the stone is out there.

The next day we went to the Happy's and crushed, I was trying every classic I could get my hands on, and Kevin and Donny were both destroying! The third day we went to the Sads, and damn the sads are good. Everyone seemed to pick a project out of the sads, so we decided to rest the next day, and then come back.

The rest day was awesome, we went up to the green church hot springs and celebrated Saint Patty's day the right way, passing a Gatorade bottle full of whiskey around. Ian and Lisa are both really cool (kick ass on the mountains this season, and send Los Locos... that bitch), and I recommend that anyone going to Bishop look for them and try to make friends (their location will probably be in or around the ice caves).

The 5th day was back to the sads, to do our projects. They were crushed, and then new projects were tried... I did al the moves on beefcake and was really psyched to go back to do that thing. The 6th day we went back to the Buttermilks.... It was pretty hot on day 6, and not much went down. I tried Stained Glass, but came away with nothing but bruised tips to show for it (note: mega sharp and super classic).

We had planned on going back to the Buttermilks our last day, but super high winds kept us on the tablelands, so I went to go try Beefcake again. After falling from the last v2 move twice (bloody hell...), I decided that was all I had and went to try other things. The day ended really chill like, and everyone headed to Ian and Lisa's for a little Brat grilling and beer drinking.

Good times... great oldies. I always end up wishing I had more time to travel after a week long trip, but that's how it goes I guess.

Thanks to everyone who let us crash out, cook, and bombard your places.... you know who you are. Also, much thanks to Alex for letting us borrow pads.

Here's a little video of some of our sends caught on tape.


Bishop Classics from Les on Vimeo.

Uhhhh Amazing!

Bishop is baaaad ass. Seriously. The week was filled with good times, good people, and lots of sending. I'm short on time right now, but I'll go into more detail later.

Here's a couple of videos of problems at the Sad Boulders.

Enjoy.

Chalky Dreams

Here is a short little video of a sendtrain going down on a dope problem at the Bfields.

Enjoy.

Thanks to Raja for the video.

Crown of Aragorn

Here is a little ditty from my good friend Alex Savage. It's videos like this that get me so psyched about Bishop. Good work man.

Click here to watch in HD.

I have the f*ing flu. Damn it to hell.

Nothing to see here....

This Saturday is the Chalky Dreams Competition at Moss Rock Preserve. Yay.

Hope to see you there....

Here's an old video of a cool problem at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch.

Enjoy.

Glass Bowl from Les on Vimeo.

Cheers to Alex for his recent send of Crown of Aragorn at Hueco. Strong.

Bishop Inspiration 3.0

This is a pretty killer video, thanks to Dead Point Magazine for the link. If you can't get inspired by this, good luck in life.

Mirando from Jon McCartie on Vimeo.

I dont know about you, but I like seeing Daniel Woods getting gripped on v5.

One more thing.... Lately I've been a serious moocher. Ripping videos off of other people's sites, and posting them on mine. I realize that the 1 or 2 of you that actually read my bullshit probably couldn't care less, but is what I'm doing lame? Should I stop? Leave me some thoughts.

The Weekend!

Well hello. How ya doin? Good. Me too.

I'm psyched about going to Little Rock City this Saturday. Really psyched. I'm about to burst open with joy. Well, maybe not that psyched, but close. Brooks, Natalie and I are heading up to LRC to try our hand at some of the most classic problems in the southeast.

Ticklist

(I've never been on any of these problems!!)

-Instinct Sit-

-Bedwetters-

-Cleopatra / Cinderella Traverse-

Cleopatra Cinderella Traverse (V9) from Jon Glassberg on Vimeo.

Seriously, how could life be any better? As long as I have projects I will be happy.

Sunday I'm going to Moss Rock Preserve, to try:

Reignition Sit

and

Beef It

Clicky click for videos.

STAY PSYCHED!

Toxic Avenger

Great googely moogely. It is 11:45 and I'm bored out of my mind. I've been staring at one problem now for over an hour and it's not looking any better. My mind started to wonder and I found myself sneaking a peek at the Bishop bouldering guidebook that came in the mail today. Might as well call it the Bible, it's as big as one. My eyes glance over a problem in the Happy Boulders, two words:

Toxic Avenger

I remember this thing from my trip two years ago. It's short, sweet, and prime for the picking'. No way I would have been able to touch it then, but now I think it will be right up my alley. Thanks to Timmy for the video... whoever you are.

Oh well

What's up friends?

Some days you send and some days you don't.

I didn't, but got excruciatingly close. Bloody hell. Next time...

On the other hand, Kevin once again upped the ante on Sherman Photo Roof. Nice send brotha.

Here's a link to Scotty Gross' Blog. He's got a rad video up right now of a few classics around the South East. Word.

Let me know how things went for you! Shoot me an e-mail.

Later.

Hueco Insperation 1.0

Hola amigos. Since the "plains" crew has decided on Hueco for spring break I thought it would be cool if I posted a insperational video once a week until we go. Well here it is. Version 1.0. I saw this video of Jamie Emerson on the TUBE and thought, "Damn. I want to do THAT!" Looks super classic. Here it is:

Loaded With Power.

I'm Sore.... Alex is Cranking!

So just a couple things to speak of... First off, I'm really f'ing sore. I started P90X two days ago and it is officially kicking my ass. My hope is that it will improve my climbing (Note for mountain folk: When living in the plains, one must go to extremes to improve strength... because there is no climbing around... really, I'm talking zero), and if it doesn't end up helping I will sure as hell be stronger. But enough about me.

My good friend Alex Savage and his girlfriend Sonja took a trip from LA to Bishop for New Years. It looks like they had a hell of a time. Here is a video (thanks Sonja!) of the two crush masters doing what they do best, crushing.

Needles For New Years

Well the birthday celebrations were really good, ate at a hibachi grill, drank a bunch of sake, and hung out with friends. School starts tomorrow, I'm really not psyched, but it will be alright. Kevin and I almost finished up the woody here in Auburn, so once that's done it will be awesome. More to come on that later.

On Dec 31, '08 Sean destroyed a bad ass new problem on Avery Drive, Oklahoma.

Here is the Video.

More to come.

Desperation

Yesterday was rediculous.

Today is my birthday.

I'm back in Auburn.

Enjoy...

Spring Break - '08

A crew of us from Auburn went to Joes Valley for spring break this year. The vibes were good, the temps were good, and the blocs were amazing.... this was the result.

Give it up to the main man Alex on the badass sends. I hear he's doing pretty well in Cali too (sending v13??? Hot Damn!). In other news, I hear that Brooks Walker is super close on Ghetto Superstar, and Taylor Forsyth is close to Popeye @HP40..... and to that I say sick! Send those mugs!

I'm also pretty psyched about going to Rumbling Bald on the 28th of this month, if anyone wants to meet up let me know... It's going to be a solo trip if not!

So cheers everyone! The holidays are coming.... only two more finals left!

A video for your viewing pleasure...

A lil' something I made...

AHSL on Crystal Tips.

More to come...