Monday is Dennis’ birthday. He asked me to bake a pie. “The one I always do, with the apples” he said. Oh, and if I could make of for his colleagues at work on Sunday as well. And…please, can I make one extra so we have some for the day after his birthday… So suddenly …
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Old Dutch Apple Pie
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Nothing to do this weekend? Looking for some fun but nobody to climb with? Looking for some beautiful climbs together with your friends and check out the newest gear without driving to a climbing shop? Want to figure more about the newest climbing clothing? Up for a pro photoshoot? And that all together with some …
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Post! 5.10 Quantum arrived :)
I just got post :) I have a new sponsor. I quit my contract with Boreal. (For all kinds or reasons) But not the one you’d think of first: shitty rubber. I have to say I was pretty satisfied with the rubber. And now I saw they even improved into really really sticky stuff. The …
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Fliegerhorst drytool demo
Yay, again an excuse to go drytooling for the whole day! Theres not much opportunity (yet) in the Netherlands to get a full drytool-workout. This weekend I headed to Venlo, over 2hrs driving South-East from Bergschenhoek. The ‘Fliegerhorst’ had their ‘open-day’. They had a competition, via-ferrata, climbing, slacklining, readings, bouldering, walking and drytooling in their …
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Climbing for Cancer
Sometimes you have to remind yourself to the fact that life might be not so easy for everyone. And then as a human it’s good to help. Even just a bit is more then nothing at all. The easiest way to help is with donations. This weekend was donation weekend. For the Dutch Cancer institute …
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Ice/dry week in the Netherlands
Okay, not what you’d expect in the Netherlands but, yes, as the title says, last week was all about drytooling and iceclimbing! For my work I had to go to Voerendaal, a little village close to Heerlen in the South of the Netherlands. Living close to Rotterdam driving to Heerlen is what we call ‘going …
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Competition weekend
Back in the Netherlands. With a really busy schedule. From Bergschenhoek to Muiden to pick up my parents. They cycled over 2700km for their pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela! See here their report. Then I went to Bussum (work, teaching a First Aid course) then on to Ommen (being First Aid volunteer on Dennis school …
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