Monthly Archives: June 2011

  • Still at home…waiting for Summer holidays

    There I am, still at home. Now bad to be here though, enjoying my garden. Just ate my first home-grown carrot. But, I’m living here because I have a mission. That mission involves a thing that most call ‘hobby’, some call it ‘sports’, and for me it’s a way of life… And I really wanted …

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  • Santiago de Compostela

    Now you thought I’m active and venturous. True, maybe. But I learned that somewhere. From childhood on actually. My parents, both PE teacher and fanatic sporters decided to do something different this year. They’d been to China, walked through Iceland, been in alpine climbing but now, they’re into cycling. They decided to cycle all the …

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  • ! GriGri 2

    Unfortunately the new GriGri 2 has a problem… (In Apple terms: As it turns out the GriGri2 has an issue…) Under serious force the handle might block, causing failure in the automatic breaking system. So, I have to sent mine back and get a replacement. Maybe you have to sent yours back too? Check out …

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  • Curry that makes you…

    Okay, I like cooking. And I prefer to cook simple (one pot, one frying pan meals). Today I was up for some Thai food. I opened the curry pack, added it to the coconut milk and suddenly saw the name of the curry company. Do you spot the name? So, does this curry make you…?

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  • Worldcup Boulder Eindhoven 2011

    The day after. Or actually already two days after the finals of the Worldcup Bouldering in Eindhoven. Because of a mistake. (Won’t tell you any names or details) I was climbing in Ettringen during Dutch the qualifications last April. At that time I was pretty quiet and light about it as I thought ‘well, just …

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  • Via Ferrata clinic

    Jeroen, Monte Cervino (‘de berg’ in Dutch, the mountain) manager, routesetter but most of all climber, asked me to help him with the Monte Cervino/NKBV Via Ferrata clinics that he planned. I’m more into leadclimbing trad routes then walking iron paths but I was up for this new kind of teaching. All around you hear …

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  • Live to climb, born to climb

    Dutch climber Michel Kleinjan and his wife (? are you actually married or should I say ‘girl’ or ‘woman’ or ‘chicka’?) Leonoor just decided to sell their house and live in a ‘wooden shed’ close to the biggest and best climbing gym in the Netherlands. (Mote Cervino, Bergschenhoek) Their idea after years of ‘hibernation’: work …

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  • Advanced First Aid for Industrial Rope Access

    What I do besides climbing, is educating myself into safety issues. This week a 3 day training in first aid on heights. Suspension trauma’s and more…Soon a little movie about this weeks training I’m doing at Orange Access.

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  • Ibbenbüren sandstone

    After a very short Family weekend visit. Me and Marianne went to a other new area for us. Sandstone climbing hidden in a forest. Kind a hard to find the area’s so a lot of walking and a lot of tic’s.. But fun climbing any way.

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