Wednesday, September 26, 2012

wake up.

Nice wake up tune. Get to it. Lifes short. Sleep is for the weak!

Ohhhhh and this add rules.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Breakfast of Champions

I think the vid says it all. Breakfast! Cordless would approve. I doubt LS would agree. LOL

Shower

Im still dragging this jet-lag and I'm up at 4am. shit shit shit. Here's the song for your shower this morning.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

New vid!

My boy John S. Give it up!

Maxim represent.

Friday, September 14, 2012

"No matter what happens, remember to balance your dreams with reality. That way you will have exactly that, an equilibrium of what you want and what you need."

Ulric Rousseau

Life at its best.
A little philosophy for ya'll this morning .

XXX

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Croatia rest day!

Watch the whole thing, its hillarious!

Croatia

I'm giving you a sneek peek at the piece on Croatia. Mind you it's typed out on my iPhone and it's ruff. Enjoy.

Endless Summer :
Croatia's secret climbing paradise.

By: Ulric Rousseau

Her waterfront apartement sits 2 stories up a 5 layer building. The Adriatic sea is blowing sand and salty humid air through the window and onto my face. Even at 4am the sweet air is warm and i inhale it with a smile. I lay my head back down and return to sleep. The silence is drafting dreams with with pastel colors. I'm waken with a loud boom. It's startles me so that I clench my fists like Rocky Balboa. I sit up straight in bed and look over my shoulder. Last nights catch. She's still sleeping. Her long blondish hair perfectly laid out on the sheets above her head. The lightning storm that persists over the water outside exposes her neck and shoulders with flashes of white light like a photo shoot. I pull the covers over her, gently, and i walk out onto the balcony. It's thundering now, heavily. The roman gods are angry. They are playing war games and i have the best seat in the coliseum. I bend forward, leaning, placing both my forearms against the granite rail and i watch. The sea rises and falls in swells. I see it only with the bursts of light, but I can very well imagine all the drama of the darkened surf before me. I see pieces of pictures like a puzzle and find the fitting, missing edges myself to complete the poster. It's all coming to life, in real time, right before me. I bathe in the scenery.

When I return to bed Jelena is still sound asleep. As best she should be. She has an 8a project to send today, and Ivan and I are working an 8c extension to a monster 40m tufa line he put up last year. My rest beacons. I lay back in the off white egyptian sheets next to my partner and sleep comes quickly, with the craking of swords and armor now slowly distancing itself from us. My eyelids shut slowly, catching a glimpse of the suns luminous effects starting to glow up the dissipating clouds on the horizon. My dreams of tomorrows' sun warm days and steep limestone walls are starting to take shape. I breathe in the spicy air through my nose one last time and fall fast asleep. Good night sweet prince, for this is Split, Croatias best kept climbing secret. Splits' 500+ routes and DWS set against a tropical paradise is now out in the limelight.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Borski Sthol

I arrived in Serbia about 12 days ago. Having no expectations. This trip is by far the most interesting I have had. We hit the first real crag at Borski sthol. Its a remote area 5km from any road or civilization. I put up a few new routes, including "A Bullit with Butterfly Wings" about 14-. The name is due to the Bullit size one arm mono pull throw to an edge right at the first bolt. the Butterflies, well are again, Mike was with me, flowing around me while I Bolted. The pink shots is also a new route up this crazy slab they call the Mirror. I called the line "The Eyes of August" due to the time of year and the fact that the trees in the forest have eyes on the trucks and are watching our every move. It checks in at about 13- or so. Not too sure. I spent a whole day traveling back to Belgrade by hitchhiking and the locals all bought me beers and food, assuming I was poor. Which is not far off.LOL I need to check in with LS and try to convince a mag to send a photographer here. Man this place is sick. Did I mention the girls?

Ciao!

Photo Credit goes to Fedja Monaic. 12 years old.damn!

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Good bye SLC!

Fair-well to SLC!

The Blue ( Spank ) Pouch!

I think its pretty self explanatory!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

The OR!

Couple shots of the Maxim Booth and a vid of the MAXIM tug-o-war contest for free ropes. Joseph and Joseph Prohpet Jr. won some nice airliners...

Here is the vid.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

LOL

My little brother sent me this pic of y nephew, so I quickshopped it with a little caption.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Rifle and the OR

Dang Dang.

That shit is whack!

LOL. Just something we started saying on a drunken nights orgy of the sences. Exuberant is it not? To have oneself totally open and available. The freedom we have cannot be bought. It can be rented, but cannot be altered.

Here are some pics from the past few weeks. Wake boarding in quebec ( my first time, my elbow still hurts ) and supper with friends on the lake.

For those of you who don't know me, its rare to see me in shorts, so mark the date. Oh and BTW, the 101 is the reading on my truck widget midday in Nebraska. Damn.

I got really pissed off one day, in traffic, and got the camera out. Not sure if it's appropriate. I will let you judge.

Gitta and I are in Rifle. Projects include, having fun and falling a lot. New ropes from MAxim came in yesturday. Thank you soooooooo much. They will be helpful in our search for AIR!

Only a few more days until the OR starts. I will be heading there to support and sell. See my friends and maybe get into another fight. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

My little Niece. 5 days old. Uncle for a second time. Proud bro!

Saturday, June 30, 2012

For Mexico

This is for the crew in Mexcio. Enjoy.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Quarterly Report

Yes, even sometime even I have to work. I thought I would show you what an athlete report looks like. Every three months, submitted to your various sponsors, is like your own little soapbox.

Its really hard to remember evetrthing you did for a company, especially when you are used to living in the now, and not the past.

Here it is. This is it.

La Sportiva

2012 AMBASSADOR QUARTERLY REPORT

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1. GENERAL 3-MONTH OVERVIEW (~250 words):

My contract with LS commenced in January 2012, so lets start there. There is so much to list, where do I begin. I finally wraped up a three year send in El Salto, Mexico. Dante's Inferno "Directe" was a long standing open project. Alex Honnold did the FA of the route, by-passing a crux, in 2010. I always wanted to do the pure straight line, and I finally did it in late February 2012. Alex called his FA 13d/14a so its safe to assume that the Direct version I did is 14a/b. It has of yet, seen no repeats. The route has spit off every climber so far, be it Alex's version or mine. The route was bolted by Martinez in 2007. I wanted this route so bad. It took 4 years and maybe 60 redpoint attempts. I arrived in Mexico in Nov 2011 for the season. I spent the first 2 months bolting like crazy. I arrived in Mexico with 800 bolts and hangers. I ran out. 2012 was, by far, THE best climbing year of my career. I bolted 26 new routes over the course of the past 7 months. 22 in mexico, and 4 new ones in my region of Montreal. I do not bolt only hard routes, but relish in bolting moderates. most of the routes are in the mid 12 range. I put up 2 new 5.14a / 5.14a/b FA's among those. I still have 4 projects ( 13+ R w/gear to 14c ) in the montreal area that are waiting good weather in the Fall. They are going down. I am spending the summer in rifle to train for those projects and another project that I am keeping secret until it is r

revealed.( hihihihi )

I also signed Maxim Ropes, So ill and FIXE gear to the roster. This is going to help immensely in getting things done. Fixe and I are talking about canadian distribution for the Fall.

2. HOW DID YOU HELP PROMOTE LA SPORTIVA THIS QUARTER? (List up to 6)

I did over 23 demos in March of 2012 with LS shoes for Jim Sanford all over the east coast in Montreal ( 4 ), ottawa ( 3 ), Toronto ( 7 ), Quebec City ( 3 ), Sherbrooke, Kingston, Peterborough, London ect.

I am planning another series as soon as the Futura is available for demo. I passed along a couple good leads for sales to Jim as well.

http://ulricrousseau.blogspot.ca/2012/01/2012-demo-tour.html

http://ulricrousseau.blogspot.ca/2012/03/demo-season-begins.html

http://ulricrousseau.blogspot.ca/2012/03/demo-delire.html

http://ulricrousseau.blogspot.ca/2012/04/demos-roll-to-end.html

3. CLIMBING HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS QUARTER:

Nous, Les Fous!

5.13- 11 bolts - 25m

Weir, Quebec

FA/FFA Oct 2011

Tanpis pour Toi

5.13+ 9 bolts - 25m

Weir, Quebec

FA April 2011

Aveux, J'ai Deja Baisser dans un Confessionnal.

5.12c 6 Bolts - 10m

Cap des Pere, Quebec

FA/FFA Sept 2011

Angels Walk Among Us ( Angeles Camino con Nosotros )

5.12+ 11 Bolts - 35m