Monthly Archives: January 2011

  • Saas Fee short Movie

    Saas Fee IWC from Dennis van Hoek on Vimeo.

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  • 6th on the Worldcup

    Finally, after a year of recovering, climbing and dedication to the sports, I did it…I climbed the finals of the worldcup iceclimbing! And I wasn’t even too bad. Out of 8 who reached the finals I became 6th! With a very, very close distance to the 5th, 4th and 3th place :) Meaning: I’m improving! …

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  • Finals Saas Fee

    I was totally disappointed after popping off the 2nd hold in the qualification, luckily I  got a second attempt because of the new rules. Completely stressed and confused I started again. Trying to climb as fast as possible I din’t climb really secure. But managed  to get up somehow.. and ranked number 10 just missed …

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  • Saas Fee Worldcup Finals!

    Yes, I did it! For the first time I’m in the finals of the worldcup iceclimbing. Just climbed the semi-finals and managed to climb further then most of the climbers. So, around 16:15h you can watch me live… Watch live streaming video from iceclimbing at livestream.com

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  • Saas Fee Worldcup

    Day one of the Worldcup in Saas Fee. Only the speedclimbing to go for today. The last days we tried to do some iceclimbing, but the weather here is pretty bad for iceclimbers: too warm… Though we found some in the youth-competition area in Saas Grund, close to Saas Fee. The lead went okay. The …

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  • Worldcup Saas Fee live!

    Look live to the competiton in the morning to Marianne number 86. And around mid day my start number is 58 Watch live streaming video from iceclimbing at livestream.com

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  • Weather issues

    Some people just love sun, warm weather and a stroll around the village. I just can’t wait to climb again! We have a rest day today. Which means being bored all day: baking a pie with Cheongsong-apples, reading Donald Duck, knitting Dennis’ sweater, sleeping a bit, eating the pie, washing clothes, taking a shower, drying …

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  • Back in Europe

    Finaly back to the good food. Ulrich picked us up at the Airport in Frankfurt. And took us to dinner later at night for some German Steak so good after all the Rice. Yesterday we drived to Kandersteg to find out it soo Warm 10 degrees…So drytooling to day. We climbed the final routes from …

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  • Seoul, Beijing, Frankfurt and Kandersteg: from rice to nice

    Today, Kandersteg, after a big week of travelling. There was hardly any ice left, it was even so warm that we could climb in a top! Here my report of the last days in Korea and China and the iceclimbing Worldcup… Going abroad is always something for me. It’s a must. Getting to know different …

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