5,000 Miles

5,000 Miles - Part 1: Leavenworth, WA from BLOCHEAD on Vimeo.

The first segment from our 5,000 mile bouldering road trip. Leavenworth, WA Problems in order of appearance: Drugstore Cowboy V3 The Hourglass V7 Sitting Bull V3 Resurrection V8 Gatorade Bowling Balls V4 Goicoechea V9 The Real Thing V4 The Sail V9 The Footless Traverse V5 Sunny and Steep V2 Busted V8 God is in the Details V12 Music: Aaron Ross - Sidewalk Anthem Black Moth Super Rainbow - Rollerdisco Flying Lotus - Massage Situation Emancipator - Lionheart Stay tuned for Part 2: Northern California coming soon!

5,000 Miles - Part 2: California Summer from BLOCHEAD on Vimeo.

The second installment of our 5,000 mile bouldering road trip.

Problems in order of apperance:

Tahoe Area:
Donner Summit Arete V1
Rainbow Face V6
Sugarcube V4
Roadside Arete V8?
Snowshed Arete V3
Black Wall V2
Nazgul V10
Soul Train V10
Midnight Train V7

Tuolumne Meadows:
Flakes V1
Golden Rastafarian V6
Kauk Problem V5


Music:
The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road
J Dilla - Let's Take it Back (Instrumental)
Dan the Automator & DJ Shadow - Ganges A Go-Go
Take - Dream Suite (feat Dutch Massive)
Hudson Mohawke - Overnight

Stay tuned for Part 3: Black Mountain coming this fall!

5,000 Miles - Part 3: Priest Draw from BLOCHEAD on Vimeo.

The third installment of the 5,000 Miles Project. Shot over two weeks while camping and bouldering in Priest Draw, Flagstaff, AZ.

Equipment:
Canon 5D Mark ii
Canon 7D
24-70mm f2.8L
28-135mm f3.5

Problems in order or appearance:
Triangle Arete V0
Bad Ass V5
Cosmic Tricycle V10
Bat Roof V3
Carnivore Direct V9
Warm Up Boulder V0
Wife Beater V7/8
The Receptionist V10
Anorexic V6
The Girl From Ipanema V11
She Lives V6/7

Music in order of appearance:
Big Bill Broonzy - This Train (Bound For Glory)
Take - After Words
Mick Harvey - Out of Time Man
Trouble - Beat Konducta

Special Thanks:
Flashed
Seagull Climbing
All the friendly Flagstaff locals for beta and psych!

5,000 Miles - Part 4/4: Joe's Valley from BLOCHEAD on Vimeo.

The fourth and final installment of the 5,000 Miles Project. Shot over two weeks in Joe's Valley, UT.

Equipment:
Canon 5D Mark ii
Canon 7D
24-70mm f2.8L
28-135mm f3.5

Problems in order or appearance:
The Angler V2
Bad Genes V3
Smoothie V5
Dirty Harry V7
Vertical Ice V6 (Flash)
Playmate of the Year V9
Isosceles V4 (Flash)
Stir the Pie V8 (Flash)
Worst Case Scenario V9 (Flash)
Big Cheesy V5
Godsend V9 (Flash)
Shadow of Death V6
Ghost King V11
Dunkin Donuts V10 (Flash)

Music in order of appearance:
Wugazi - Sleep Rules Everything Around Me
Emancipator - Rattlesnakes (saQi Remix)
Take - Fall In Love Again
Emancipator - Ares (Big Gigantic Remix)
Bob Dylan - Song to Woody

Special Thanks:
Flashed
Seagull Climbing
All the good people we met along the way.

Thanks for watching!

Nazgul Stand & Wick's Problem (Attempts) from BLOCHEAD on Vimeo.

A peek at our respective projecting efforts at the Saddle Boulders, Donner Summit, CA

Captain America V9, Black Mountain, CA from BLOCHEAD on Vimeo.

Isaac Palatt making an early ascent of the newly added Captain America V9, in Black Mountain, CA.

Stay tuned for a full Part 3 of our 5,000 miles project featuring problems from Priest Draw, AZ