Ankle Injury

The past couple weeks I have been laying low and taking it as easy as possible. During the Bouldering Series comp on the 8th, I took a bad fall. I was dynoning for the top of the wall, I missed and landed on the edge of the pad with my left ankle. I was able to finish the comp but afterwards, walking was quite difficult. I went to the doctor and nothing is broken, just a bad sprain. I will probably need some physical therapy to prevent future problems in my ankle. I am still able to climb which is amazing. If I had to take another month off of climbing, I may have gone insane. So I have been setting and climbing in the gym mostly the past couple of weeks. Today I went outside for the first time in a while and headed up to Three Sisters with my girlfriend. I wanted to check out the Subterranean Wall. I managed to climb a few of the classics on the wall. I also put what I believe is an FA. It starts on Spotless and traverses right on crimps into the corner of Stupefied. From here you make a big move out to the finish of Scoundrel. It probably checks in around V6/7. I am proposing the name Double Dragon for this climb. I got some video of this climb, and will have it posted it shortly.

The Bouldering Series

Short little video I threw together from tonights comp. The new camera is working out great, still working out some of the kinks though. I am excited to get a lot of footage this fall and make some great new videos.

The Bouldering Series from Denver Bouldering on Vimeo.

Comps and Camera

Finally I am starting to feel strong once again. For the first time in a few months, I feel almost back to where I was before the injury. Last Thursday was the first of two Donkey Kong Comps at Rock'n and Jam'n 2. I was able to send 23 out of 35 problems. This coming Thursday is the second comp at the North Rock'n and Jam'n. Doing 23 problems last Thursday has put me in a good spot to hopefully finish in first for both comps.

Before the Gun Show at The Spot I purchased the new Nikon D3100. The main reason behind this purchase was to be able to get higher quality climbing footage from all of my adventures. I was able to test it outside last Sunday and start to put it through its paces. I am very excited to what this camera can do. Look for some great new videos in the coming weeks.

Comp Recap

After the comp at Miramont, I did not climb for almost a full month. My finger injury kept me from climbing. Then to top it all off, I got sick from the kids. Cold, flu, cough you name it I had it over the last month. The 19th I managed to start feeling better so I headed up to Inner Strength to compete in the Summer Send comp. The problems were well set and much harder than in years past. For not climbing in over a month, it just felt great to be getting back into it. Last night was the first comp at The Spot, the Gun Show. I had not climbed on the new wall yet and was excited to see it. The problems were hard to say the least. Most of the open problems revolved around big moves off of pinches. Which unfortunately is not my specialty in climbing. I was just glad to be back climbing and starting to feel strong once again. I am excited for the upcoming comps and hope to be able to train more for these ones.

Comp Recap

Well the comp has come and gone. I was feeling pretty strong after training for the last couple of weeks. I was about an hour into the comp and feeling pretty good. I was ready to go send some of the harder stuff. When I aggravated an old finger injury. I did not hear anything pop, but i could not hold onto any holds without a major pain in the joint of my ring finger on my left hand. I am hoping it will set me back just a week or so. Anyways here are some pictures from the comp.

Comp this Weekend

I have been training at the gym for the upcoming season. The first comp is this weekend at Miramont in Fort Collins. The comps at this gym are always a great time. They will be debuting their new wall at this comp, which looks to be an amazing addition to the gym. The first comp of the season is always a good progress check for me on how my training and climbing is moving along.

I am also in the midst of selling my cameras to upgrade to a new SLR that will shoot HD video. I am really psyched to make this switch and start making some awesome new videos. In video news my good friend Matt Lloyd made a video of me climbing at Lincoln Lake. This video has now made it on to Deadpoint Magazine. I am very psyched on having a video on the site but now owe Matt huge for making an awesome video.

Lincoln Lake

Photos by Daniel Madson