Chulich's Again

This past weekend the WRG Climbing team sent 7 competitors down to the Circuit Bouldering Gym in Portland OR for ABS Regionals. It was a fun day with lots of hard sick problems. At the end of the day Jimmy came away with a third place finish and Lisa, his sister, an impressive close second place finish in her age group. The WRG climbing team as a whole took 9th out of 16 teams. Good job everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This season the team consisted of a lot of beginner climbers who have gained the necessary experience and I'm looking forward to seeing them crush next season . The weather has been rather unusually sunny so i might get a chance to catch few falls and snag a few 12s soon. Vid. of this weekend coming soon!
-jimmy

Tick List for '09

Since every one else has an '09 wish/tick list I thought that I would hop on the bandwagon and make one too!

Routes
Anthing, Anywhere, 5.anything
Little Si
Physcosamatic 5.12d
Techno 5.12c
Hang it Out to Dry 5.12b
Hydrophobia 5.12c
Chronic 5.13b -'10
Bust the Rhythm 5.12c -'10
Exit 38
Goblet 5.12b
Solo the 5.11d at Gritstone
Gun Show Full 5.10b
Leavenworth
Phirana 5.13a
Roothless 5.13a
Toothless 5.12d
Gut Buster TR 5.12d
Classic Crack 5.8
Doin'n Dishes TR 5.12b
Zwebies 5.12b
Rock n' Rattle 5.11c
Tenino quarry
Legends 5.12c
My slab project 5.12+
Walk the Plank 5.12b/c
Manly Wham Direct 5.12+

Bouldering
Gold Bar
J-High V7/ low V10?
Ross Bongo V9 -'10

Ground Zero V8 -'10

Eberosity V11 -'10
Leavenworth
Cotton Pony V11-dyno '11
Dirty Dude V10
The Sail V9
Heaviness of the Load V10 '11
The Peephole V10
The Lonely Fish V9
The Millenium Traverse V8 09
Scrambled Eggs V8
Banans V8-should go quickly
Kobe Tai V8
See Lisa do Kobe Tai!(Well she did the lonely fish instead)
Squamish
Worm World Cave V9
Sesame Street V9
Gib's Cave V8
Any classic problem no matter what grade.
Some problems might be out of reach but it's good to set high goals, gives me something to train for at my home gym(WRG). I can't wait till spring. Side Note: Regionals for ABS are this weekend and the WRG climbing is providing 3 competitors, Jimmy, Lisa and Russ. Good luck all and hope to crush the competition! Or just qualify, ;) -jimmy

'09

Another year has come and gone but more importantly a climbing season has officially ended. 2008 was a good year for me bouldering wise. I was lucky enough to get out to Leavenworth a bunch in the spring and send some hard lines, The Coffee Cup, Fridge Left, Hanta Man, Hueco Crimper. These problems were exceptional lines and I would love to do them again. Besides going to Leavenworth a gazillion times, this summer I went on my first Squamish trip. The boulders there are amazing and very technical wit not to many long reaches. Some favorites from the trip were Tim's Sloper Problem, Airtight Garage, and Sit Down to Holm Boy. Gib's Cave was a sweet problem that will have to wait until summer. I was in Squamish for the weekend so I only sampled a fraction of the classics. Thanks to Micah for driving to the crags and everyone else for making '08 a fun and memorable year...

For the new year I would like to send a V10 and 5.13a. These have been my goals for awhile now and I'm pretty sure they will happen. Another and more important goal is to take the climbing team out and turn the gym rats into craggers and pebble pushers. The climbing future of Oly looks very impressive and in the short two months of training they have all improved immensely. Can't wait to see them blossom on the real rock and watch them eventually surpass me as the young guns always do! '09 is here and after training for a couple months in the gym I'm ready for the new season to start so lets get the cameras rolling and sends flying...

Jimmy on the Beach Arete Campus Leavenworth
Lisa (Sister) on Manta Man V9, Mad Meadows, Leavenworth WA
The WRG Climbing team at Edgeworks post comp. (Missing the Jacksons)