Mitch Trice

Age: 19, Years climbing: 4, Hometown: Knoxville, TN, Favorite product: Testarossa

Do you clip bolts, plug cams, stack pads, or crush ice?

Stack pads all the way

How long have you been an athlete with La Sportiva?

Since January 2009

What are some of your lifetime climbing goals?

I really want to explore climbing all across the world and get insanely strong doing it!

Do you have a claim to fame?

I make an excellent black bean burger

Do you have any vices?

Video Gaming

What makes you tick as a climber and in the real world?

The never ending quest for hard boulders

What drives you to climb? The money? The groupies? The fame? What?

The thirst for climbing strength....and groupie girls are a bonus too

What is your favorite movie?

300!

Do you have any nicknames? Explain:

none that I know of

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep? Why?

In recent history, a 24 hour driving marathon across the country

If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?

Tensy...you don't have to bother pronouncing the whole state

What did you have for lunch yesterday?

a soaking wet cliff bar

If you could hook up a thought monitor to your head, would you see pictures, hear words or would music be playing?

Metal

What really scares you about climbing?

watching my mentor Kelly Brown trying to walk now...o my hip!

If your life was made into a movie, what would it be called?

Greys Anatomy...o wait that's taken

Where would you live if it could be anywhere in the world?

I haven't visited enough places to know yet

Have no food or have no gasoline?

Have no gasoline...I have Subaru's free two gallons

Do you wish you had sexier feet?

No just better smelling