"What's that smell" How to deal with climbing shoe odors.

 

Just kicked off your shoes after working on your project and caught a whiff of that infamous climbing shoe smell, opened the trunk on the car and it's like walking into a locker room? Climbing shoes can get a bit stinky. Check out the following article for some hints to combat the problem.

Beating climbing shoe stink

Momentum SCS Comp at Sandy Saturday April 26th

This coming Saturday we will have another local SCS comp at Sandy Momentum. Given the gym will be reset for the comp we will be training this week at Millcreek M,T,W,R. It's going to be an exciting comp as many of the kids have the most experience on this terrain and should do very well. If you need information about the comp please click below. Please remember to register for the comp, bring something to eat and drink while competing.

http://www.momentumclimbing.com/events/competitions/2014scslocalcomp

This is the last of the local comps, next is Regionals on May 10th in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Coach Matthew

Weekly Challenge

In Utah there is an incredibly famous sandstone crack climbing area. It's well known for it's finger, hand, and offwidth cracks. One climb in particular is quite famous called "Belly Full of Bad Berries". People come from all over the world to climb at this area, and many people come multiple times because it's so amazing. It's only about a 5 hour drive from Salt Lake City.

Question. What is the area, and which coach did the 2nd ascent of "Belly Full of Bad Berries" a 5.13 offwidth?

The new Millcreek gym and the Momentum Team

We now have an incredible new facility to train in. The Millcreek Momentum gym is now officially open! Last Friday we had a team preview night. The preview night allowed the team to have a sneak peak at the new training facility. I know I was sore afterwords and lots of climbers said so as well. All of this new steep and varied terrain is going to make Momentum an extremely competitive team. I know I saw tons of huge grins on the kids as they got on the ropes, and checked out the bouldering area. Both are huge and have tons of great climbing.

All of this makes the Momentum team a great choice for climbers looking for professional coaching in a world-class gym. With two gyms to climb at kids on the team will have more opportunities to grow their repertoire of movement. Each gym has its own style so as competitors climb they will be working on different styles of movement and will be well versed in everything they need to succeed.  Having a second gym also means over double the number of routes being reset. This allows kids to get in even more new climbs that will challenge them to learn how to move, work on weaknesses, and grow more quickly than they otherwise would have been able. We think this is one of the best ways to improve as climbers and we are very excited to see the team develop even more quickly.

Weekly Challenge

Which Utah climber made the 3rd ascent of Ambrosia v11? For fun, find video of "Ambrosia Buttermilks", watch him send it (hint: it's a super highball in the Buttermilks, California and his first name is Issac). This talented climber has spent time coaching some of our team kids. Jeff Pedersen says one of his best talents is impersonations of climbers. He is also well known for his ascents of highball boulder problems.