SSPD III Vid!

Youtube didn't like the soundtrack so here's the video. It's the ipod version so quality is a little sub-par...

SSPD from Jimmy C. on Vimeo.

Results from SSPD III

The results are here...
Youth 12U MALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 Billy Beggs 920 980 800 880 820 3 4394
2 Zak Surma 920 860 780 900 880 2 4336
3 Nathaniel Surma 680 700 800 780 1320 4 4272
4 Patrick Flannery 800 660 880 700 680 10 3700
5 Kawika Mau 660 700 680 540 580 2 3156
6 jacob tramel 460 680 660 700 440 5 2930
7 Kevin Flannery 460 480 400 380 680 1 2398
8 nathan freeman 280 380 680 420 400 6 2148
9 noah freeman 180 220 260 280 200 6 1128
10 Casey Ryan 200 220 180 260 280 6 1128

Youth 12U FEMALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 victoria clarke 880 920 860 800 780 2 4236
2 mariah mcdowel 220 180 200 240 260 0 1100

BEG. MALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 Lorenzo Manuel 800 940 920 720 700 4 4072
2 Ketl Rodanski 700 680 880 640 660 3 3554
3 Joel Foreman 380 440 660 480 460 4 2412

BEG. FEMALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 Taylor Feldman 200 320 220 240 400 3 1374
2 jessica ditto 200 180 140 160 260 0 940

Int. MALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 Chris Kotke 1000 1120 1040 1020 940 5 5110
2 Josh McDowell 1000 920 1020 1120 900 2 4956
3 Quinn Mau 1120 1000 920 900 940 4880
4 Colin Evans 1120 1000 920 900 940 8 4864
5 Alistair Rockstad 880 920 1000 1120 940 2 4856
6 Reece Prehm 1000 1040 900 920 880 2 4736
7 Ryan Beaty 880 900 1120 920 840 8 4644
8 Kyle Tran 1000 940 920 900 880 5 4630
9 Keenan Waeschle 1120 800 900 920 880 3 4614
10 James Wheeler 1000 900 940 860 920 8 4604
11 Micheal surma 880 820 840 900 920 8 4344
12 Kaleb Zerger 780 920 1000 800 840 2 4336
13 Ian Robinson 780 700 1000 880 860 2 4216
14 Joshua Sears 720 860 880 760 920 3 4134
15 Jacob Tafejian 700 920 900 780 680 0 3980
16 Casey Durauleau 700 820 800 840 680 14 3812
17 Kitt Mullikin 680 880 760 700 800 4 3812
18 Von auguston 860 920 660 700 540 8 3664
19 Jack Groome 660 800 780 700 680 2 3616
20 Matthew Wei 680 580 760 800 720 8 3524
21 Mark Dorner 400 540 700 880 660 7 3166
22 Casey molenaar 440 540 380 680 660 2 2696
23 Tyler buntain 260 400 660 460 540 4 2312

INT. FEMALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 Victoria Alexander 760 800 780 880 920 8 4132
2 Erica Warren 700 880 920 780 720 0 4000
3 amaya kent 700 920 780 720 880 3 3994
4 Carrie Tomlinson 680 900 920 720 700 1 3918
5 Amanda Beaty 660 700 680 920 820 5 3770
6 Sara Roberts 680 580 700 660 800 3 3414
7 leah freman 110 700 680 640 580 2 2706

ADV. MALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 Derik Renfroe 1020 1000 1120 1040 1280 5 5450
2 Kyle Strawn 1140 1020 1120 1040 1080 4 5392
3 Eric Evans
4 Whitey 920 1000 1120 1020 1040 2 5096
5 Soren Bliss-miller 940 920 1120 1000 1040 2 5016
6 Thomas Barham 660 780 460 480 500 1 2878

ADV. FEMALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 Laura Hurson 920 1000 980 1120 1020 6 5028

Open. MALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 Sam Wolff 1300 1280 1220 1240 1260 16 6268
2 Zan Bode 1200 1300 1280 1220 1240 9 6222
3 Alex Fritz 1200 1300 1280 1220 1240 10 6220
4 Jake Shannon 1280 1140 1160 1240 1200 8 6004
5 Adam Claessens 1180 1120 1280 1100 1200 2 5876
6 Dom Kehoe 1100 1180 1120 1140 1200 1 5738
7 Micah Humphrey 1180 1120 1140 1100 1200 2 5736
8 Dave Gates 960 1120 940 1000 920 2 4936

Open. FEMALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 audrey 780 0 0 0 0 0 780

Masters. FEMALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 Carrey Flannery 460 480 660 540 320 0 2460

masters. MALE
place Name Prob 1 Prob 2 Prob 3 prob 4 prob 5 Falls Total
1 Dave Thompson 840 780 880 820 920 3 4234
2 Sean Flannery 580 660 880 700 680 7 3486
3 Steve Lerch 700 660 680 580 560 0 3180
4 Ron Lavigne 540 700 660 680 580 3 3154
5 Dave Molenaar 440 540 500 520 700 0 2700

South Sound Pull Down III

Cool...That's my feeling post comp. I've spent 30 of the past 72 hours in preparation for the Third Annual South Sound Pull Down. We had a good turn out this year, somewhere around 70 competitors. The local turn out was amazing, especially with the masters! Plus we had a handful of hard pullers from Portland and Seattle, (thanks guys, it made for an exciting day!). And, like every year, every single competitor left the comp with a prize in hand! Sponsors rock!
The little gym is finally growing up. It's eyeopening to see how much the gym has changed since the first days it was open, back when I was a youngin' with no footwork. With different ideas flowing in and out of the gym, it has now evolved a more respectable reputation. This was the first year I felt comfortable enough to send out fliers to all the other gyms. The turnout from other gyms was less than expected(due to Stone Gardens last minute Pump a thon comp on the same day...) but still a start. With winter '09 approaching expect more awesome sessions like the one at the comp. A positive vibe and some competition can lead to some pretty amazing sends, and surprise winners!
Another little detail is now that I'm able to set whatever it has been a blast setting for you guys and I enjoy continuing it. When the rock gym opened, I was 'before my time' sort of speak, and wasn't allowed to set hard routes and had issues with, a, supervisors... But the Warehouse is a friendly climbing community that continues to grow. I've been out climbing with more new people this year than ever before. Thanks y'all for coming down and making all the work of setting worth it! See ya 20 '10 .

Results posted soon, vid coming soon.

New vid!

It's now up...

2 Day Boulder Trip

It's starting to sound like a broken record, Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Leav... Last weekend Meg, Jeremy, and I headed east for a two day boulder fest. We met up with Kyle and Derick who arrived earlier. First stop was Mad Meadows where we ambled around looking for somethin' to warm up on. After a while(More coffee for Meg and Jeremy) we warmed up by the Peephole and worked our way over to Harry Spotter. Meg and Jeremy got to work and pretty soon all three of us topped it out! After the warm up we headed to Twisted tree where I managed the send of both Twister(V7) and Scrambled Eggs(V8). After messing around we headed up to JY and I gave Mad Max a couple of burns, but I got shut down cold on the very last move!
After a surprising warm night(around 45 instead of the predicted 33!) we headed over to the Icehouse and played on the moderates with Jeremy snatching another V5. The next destination was Mountain Home Road. None of us have ever been up there before and the view was unbelievable! I would absolutely put my house above the Star Wars boulder. After eating lunch a top of the boulder, Jeremy and I got to work climbing the steeper side. After cleaning up all the easier lines we migrated down to the cattleguard arete(V8) which was a little easier than how Micah descirbed it. After basking in the warm sun, we called it quits early and made it back to Oly in time for dinner. One of my goals was to actually film and I succeeded! A 5 min. vid will be posted shortly with sends from Jeremy, Meg and myself. Some climbs featured are Harry Spotter, Emperor's Lightning, Darth Maul, Little Bear and a couple others.
It took so long for the update because at school, climbing on the weekends means 12 hour days of School/Work. It SUCKS! but the benefits will be nice. Also, sign up for the WRG COMP! It is Oct. 17th. Sign up NOW. LOTS of good prizes. I hear there are some free shoes, free clothes and free gift cards!
-jimmy

The Carnival Boulders

Lisa on Giant Man(V4)
A Rubber Boa? on the way to the Beach-Forrest. Cool.

Sunday was a family day trip to the sunny slopes of Leavenworth. After a late start, I drove the three hours to Leavenworth! I wanted to check out the Carnival Boulders, an area in Icicle Canyon that I had yet to visit. I really enjoyed there(Except for taking a suicidal trail up, I was too far up canyon) After finding the correct trail, Lisa and I started ticking off the classic warm ups. She managed a flash of Giant Man(V4), and recomended a down grade. I though it was a little soft but still hard for guys with less grace... After a struggle with the Rib(V4), Lisa and I ditched the sunny slopes of Icicle to hit the shaded side of Tumwater Canyon. (Lisa had an interesting endeavor of a V1 mantel, chalkless and shoeless, the granite also happened to be in full sunlight and it took her some effort to not fall off) On the way out we ran into a tired Derrik and Kyle so we decided to go to the Beach-Forrest for some nicer temps. They rested in the cool water as Lisa and I got to work on Goiceachea, V9. At first, I thought I couldn't do the start. I pulled/nothing on the start. Lisa, meanwhile cruised to the big lunge and got decently close. After stealing her foot beta for the start, I managed the route with only one dab. 20 minutes later, I repeated sans dab and was glad to have sent this cool line(The top out was ugly though) The first move is a lunge to an incut crimp on an overhung, move the feet up, then cross just above to another incut crimp, move the left to a slopey crimp, right foot up to start rail and huck with everything to a big crimp on the lip. Lisa could do everything perfect except hit the crimp on the huck, she touched it but couldn't snag it! It was a short trip but fun, Lisa and I both sent the Terrible(V7), which is a kinda cool problem. I'm pretty happy now with my bouldering and I feel ready to push my limits on some of the harder test pieces... -jimmy

Finally...

Whoo0-hoo. I finally managed to get out to Leavenworth and climb! Sort of. The car was packed with Alexe, photo dude friend of Lisa, Russ climbing team superstar, and of course me. This was Russ's first outdoor climbing trip so we rolled into the forestland parking lot. To my surprise, only one other group was there. We warmed up on Breadline (V0) (the start broke a little) then Lisa set to work on One Summer Crouch (V6) which she eventually sent. I surprised myself with a first go repeat of the shield (V7). After messing around, we ventured to upper forestland so Lisa could work Kobe Tai (V8). Meanwhile, Russ and I headed out to do some easier stuff. We made our way over to Bad Moon Rising (V2), a slab, which took him only three tries to complete. First try he fell off the start, second try fell off around ten feet and scidded down(scarrry), third try sent so easily it made me jealous. He frikin cruised right up it! I managed the flash but with some hesitation (Sadly, I didn't get to try the Hessitator V1) After doing some other porblems we finally move on to the Sword. Lisa doesn't fully understand the art of a Leavenworth day trip, she thinks that time is to be easily wasted ...
Once we arrived at the sword boulders Both Lisa and I ticked off, The Sword (V3), The Dagger (V3), and Yo, Baby (V6). Russ did another V2 flash of the Classic. I also managed a send of Cole's Corner (V8/9) via a shoulder ripping dyno. With little sunlight left, we headed over to the Cotton Pony and played on the Pony Ride(V4) and Tampax Arete(V4). It was a pretty good trip but the sun is still blkazin' hot, fall is just around the corner an' I'm dying to turn it... -jimmy

Here are some pics from Yelm...
A crag, route quallity unkown
The Balla Boulder, potential traverse through steep part.