Reflecting back on the surprising ways this website impacted me in real life, the winter of 2011 was a pivotal one. At the beginning of January I found myself at my first Outdoor Retailer trade show with Kevin Jorgeson, ostensibly to figure out how we could collaborate on his Professional Climbers International project. Ultimately that didn’t really pan out for me, but during that trip I happened to meet and become friendly with Jon Glassberg and Jordan Shipman who had a burgeoning climbing media company called Louder Than 11.

A few weeks after this trip I was down in Little Rock City The Stone Fort with my friend Kevin and besides being so excited to climb on sandstone that I ended up blowing up my knee (again), we were beyond psyched to watch that year’s broadcast of ABS Nationals.  It’s a little hard to remember, but prior to 2011 most (all?) Nationals comps had taken place in somewhat of a vacuum: if you were physically in the gym they were held at you got to take in the action but if you weren’t (i.e. you didn’t live in Boulder, usually) it was somewhat as though the comps never happened. Sure, there were results and maybe pictures/videos after the fact, but you were never able to watch live from anywhere outside the venue. That changed in 2011 when the guys from ne2c stepped in and made the broadcast happen from that warehouse in Boulder, and it was awesome to be able to watch live from that mediocre hotel room outside Chattanooga as Sean McColl and Alex Puccio (who else) took it down.

The following year was a bit of regression in that Nationals from Colorado Springs was not broadcast live, but when it came time for the 2013 edition to be broadcast live a funny thing happened: instead of being at home excited to take in the action, I was somehow in the commentator booth at the venue helping to call the action with Pete Ward.  The connections I had made with Louder Than 11 and the what was in retrospect unhealthy obsession I had with climbing had accidentally positioned me perfectly to get this gig as it turned out.  While I was nervous to the point of nausea it was pretty thrilling to be involved in something I was such a big fan of.

Fast forwarding through the years, I would be fortunate to go on to provide commentary for an additional 11 Nationals (Bouldering and Sport/Speed) along with a few Portland Boulder Rallies and Psicobloc Masters as well.  The memories I have from all these events are varied and distinct to each event, but the underlying theme for them all was that I always felt really fortunate to be involved in any way.

It’s through this nostalgic lens that I reflect on the changes afoot with USA Climbing this year that have resulted in me coming to learn somewhat unceremoniously that I won’t be involved in these broadcasts moving forward. USA Climbing is making a lot of changes from what I have gathered, and as part of those changes they’ve decided to move in a different direction when, among other things, it comes to who is doing their live commentary. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed that I won’t get to continue this journey that I’ve invested so much of my time, energy and passion into over the past several years (particularly given imminent drive toward the Olympics), but reflecting back I can’t help but be satisfied that I got to be involved at all.

I feel particularly grateful to Jon, Jordan and Josh at LT11 for their belief in me over the years, and I am proud of the work we did in the booth with Pete Ward, Ben Clark, Max Zolotukhin, and of course my longtime co-host Chris Weidner.  I truly was (and still am) a fan of climbing and the climbers who compete at the highest levels who was lucky enough to get to channel that excitement into an unexpected outlet that was the commentary booth.

Rhythm.

For me climbing is all about rhythm, not just while actually climbing, but with regard to everything that being a climber encompasses. Without regular practice, it is hard to keep your climbing game sharp, so for me it is really important to maintain that regular rhythm of going to the gym or climbing outside multiple times per week. Any deviation from that throws me out of my rhythm and it can be hard to get back into the flow of things.

Writing this blog is much the same.

I’m sure many of you have noticed my prolonged absence from posting on this site.¹. It has been a struggle to pinpoint why I haven’t been posting lately, but then I realized… it was all about rhythm.

If there is one thing that allowed me to post on this site almost daily for 8 years, it was maintaining a consistent rhythm of posts².  Work, my climbing, real life, vacations, I didn’t allow any of it to throw me out of my rhythm.  I got up most every morning and put something up on this site³. For a long time, it was smooth sailing.

It hasn’t all been smooth sailing though.  The rhythm I once enjoyed started to falter the past couple of years, especially during my two year stint in Boulder⁴.  I thought that when I returned to life in Wisconsin three months ago the rhythm would return, and for a few weeks around ABS Nationals it did. Unfortunately, that turned out to be a fleeting moment.

I came to a realization:  I don’t have the same passion I once did for staying in the necessary rhythm to update this site on a daily basis.

What does this mean going forward?  Well, I’m not really sure.  The one thing I’m fairly certain about is that I don’t foresee posting about climbing news as much as I once did.  The reasons for this are many:  it seems like pretty much everyone is climbing 5.14d+ or V14+ these days, social media has made it much easier to follow the climbers you care about than when I started this site in 2007, and there are a lot of good media sources out there today doing a better job than I want to or could do right now.

This is not the end, though.  I expect I will keep this site up for many years to come, and I suspect I will get the itch to return to writing about climbing, just not as frequently as I once did.

As always, a massive thank you to everyone who has read and supported the site these 8+ years.  I could never have imagined all the positive things that would have come out of this experience when it first began, nor could I have foreseen all the great people that would come into my life as a part of it, so thank you.

All the latest videos can be found here, but here are the top rated videos of the past week:

• Fabian Buhl Portrait
• Mikey Schaefer And FORCE
• Project Fear
• CEC Canadian Bouldering Nationals 2015
• Climbing Bridges: The Story Of Omercan

Well, Saturday night’s SCS Nationals Final at Central Rock Gym in Watertown, MA ended up being pretty exciting.
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For the women it was Delaney Miller winning her 3rd consecutive National Championship ahead of Margo Hayes and Claire Buhrfeind.

For the men it was Kai Lightner coming through big in his first adult rope nationals, besting the surprising Jesse Grupper and Matty Hong.

Thanks again to everyone who tuned in to our live broadcasts throughout the weekend. We had a lot of fun bringing you all the action, and I can’t wait to do it again next year!
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Tune in tonight at 6:45 PM EDT for live coverage of the final round of 2015 SCS Nationals from Central Rock Gym in Watertown, MA.
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There were a handful of surprises in semifinals, like Emily Harrington and Noah Ridge failing to qualify for finals, but what was not surprising was the superior performances of Kai Lightner and Delaney Miller, our top qualifiers leading into finals.  Plenty of capable climbers are right behind them though like Matty Hong, Carlo Traversi, Alex Puccio and Margo Hayes just to name a few.
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 It should be an exciting show as we look to crown National Champions for 2015 and divvy up that ,000 cash purse.
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You can see full results of the male semifinal here, and the women’s results are here.

Running order for tonight’s final is here.

Tune in today at Noon EDT for live coverage of the Semifinal round of 2015 SCS Nationals at Central Rock Gym in Watertown, MA.
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You can check out the results from yesterday’s qualifying round for the men here and the women here.

The running order for semis can be found here. Top 8 will make it to finals, excluding any Continental Champions (CC) or Foreign Nationals (FN) who can make finals but won’t count against that 8 climber quota.

Tune in at 6 PM EDT this evening for our live coverage of the 2015 SCS Nationals  Qualifying round from Central Rock Gym in Watertown, MA. 70 competitors will be vying for their spot in Saturday’s semi-final round¹.

We’ll be looking for your input throughout the broadcast, so be sure to join the chat on Youtube or tweet at us using #scsnationals.

Men’s Running Order

Women’s Running Order

All the latest videos can be found here, but here are the top rated videos of the past week:

• Live.Climb.Repeat. - Black Diamond's Tribute To The Climbing Life
• Emily Harrington - Training For Your Goals
• THE CROWN - 20 Years of Marmot Triple Crown Bouldering
• Isabelle Faus - The Altruist
• 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell - 2014

Also, don’t forget to tune in later today at 6PM EDT for live coverage of the qualifying round of the 2015 SCS Nationals.

Tonight I will be heading to Watertown, MA to prepare for this weekend’s live coverage of the 2015 edition of SCS Nationals.
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 I’ll be there with the entire LT11 crew at Central Rock to talk at you during all three¹ rounds of this year’s sport climbing National Championship.  There will even be some bonus coverage of speed climbing finals as well, so don’t forget to tune in all weekend long.

Schedule

• Qualifiers – Friday – 6 PM EDT
• Semifinals – Saturday – 12 PM EDT – Top 16 from qualifiers
• Finals – Saturday – 6:45 EDT – Top 8 from semi-finals

Even though I’m an unabashed homer for bouldering comps, SCS Nationals is secretly one of my favorite events of the year.  Shh, don’t tell anyone.

All the latest videos can be found here, but here are the top rated videos of the past week:

• Inside The Rubber Room: A Climbing Shoe Resoler
• Last Light
• Nalle Hukkataival Sends L'alchimiste
• Webb, Woods, Graham Climbing Hard Things In Colorado
• Holy Boulders: The Return