One night in Lleida.
Posted by admin on July 4th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized1 Comment »
Dave made a serious effort to come and visit for 24 hours in Lleida…JUST before we were all leaving. Dave is giving a presentation in Swissy on the climbers life-style. The presentation includes video/photos and Dave’s perspective on the lifestyle as a full-time climber and the progression of it….sounds dope. 
We got to run around Barcelona for a little yesterday while killing time. That town is INSANE!!!! MY GOD!!!! 
There was a Dunkin Donuts man….EAST COAST!!!!!! 
Now we are in London for a week of drinking beer…I think thats a passion to the Brits like climbing is to us…??? We will see.
New Eastern Mountain Sports store!!!
Posted by admin on July 1st, 2008 filed in UncategorizedComment now »
Dang…peep Tim Kemple’s blog for the info…North East Represent!!!! The latest store is in Conway, New Hampshire. A beautiful place in Northern NH. Tim and I use to rage all around the cliffs and boulders when we were young bucks. LOTS of love to Eastern Mountain Sports for all of their support. 
Roc Trip and back!
Posted by admin on June 30th, 2008 filed in UncategorizedComment now »
Straight ballin’ in the mix…like I said…sometimes our life is so sporadic it makes me crazy. We made the 7 hour drive through the Pyrenees to Millau with the most lame plan…it was, call Dave G, meet up and find the crew of Petzl athletes. Petzl hooks the Roc Trips up for the athletes. It is usually a really nice place to sleep, free food, free EVERYTHING…Petzl is really a bad-ass company to work with. I called Dave, no answer….I checked email and there was a message from him saying he isn’t coming…something about his passport….DAMN!!!! Next step was call the Petzl Don, Erwan for info. Calling cards in the EU SUCK!!!! After a battle of ZERO preparation, we finally found the crew and were shown to our dwelling….a baller trailer in a really nice camp-ground, pool, lots of old people and tons of Petzl climbers. Ahhhhhhh!!!! SO good.
The next day was the Ultimate route attempts….every athlete had a time slot to try the route which in the end was around 8c/+. Lucky me…my time was at 2pm or so, in the SUN. A technical/power route in the sun????!!!! NO!!!! But hey, I did my part and tried my ass off for the 25 minutes I had to figure it all out…took whips, slipped off big edges, sweated my ass off….and tried to have a good attitude. Coming from Rodellar, where the grips are large….it felt heinous…not just the sun, but the route and style. UGH! The best part of these events for me is rarely the climbing itself, its meeting people and seeing good friends. That is truly the best part. 
Adam Ondra ended up doing the Ultimate Route first try second day. WORD UP ADAM!!!!! Well done. 
LOTS of partying was focused on with this Roc Trip edition….it seems as though Petzl was more excited about the shows, and parties this year, NICE. We surely got our drink on, climbed tons and did it up…. I swear….comparing people who party to the Spanish is insane…the Spaniards know how to WYL’OUT!!!! 
We are psyched to be back in Rodellar now…3 more days and thats it. We are having a going away party at our boy Jordi’s house Wed…should be great. Dave is flying into Barcelona and is going to make it, as well as Chris and Daila….PSYCHED!!!! Sad to leave, but man…on to the next dope thing right?