Monthly Archives: January 2015

  • Our first worldcup of the Season

    From enthusiasts that wanted to show what they were capable of to professionals that only train for these special competitions. Some have even never climbed a natural waterfall whilst that is where the sports is named after: iceclimbing.   You can say whatever you like about this development. Personally I don’t think it’s a bad …

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  • Training week worldcup

    Training ice and mixed with Aniek and Noël. Aniek is the new Dutch Ice climbing team member. Friday 23th January she will climb here first worldcup in Saas fee with the Dutch team.     To watch the Worldcup ice climbing in Saas fee live-stream check: http://iceclimbingworldcup.ch/service_webcam.htm

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  • “I hate mixed climbing”

    I hate mixed climbing! Driving from Badgastein Austria to Isny Germany in a Rain storm. No too bad at least the car-window is cleared from salt. The ‘Urban Ice’ competition is canceled because of warm weather and there is no ice to be found after warm føhn winds and heavy rain showers. A beautiful morning …

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  • Bergsport Awards 2015

    Met trots presenteren we een dubbele nominatie voor de Nederlandse “Bergsport Awards 2015” ! Marianne is genomineerd voor: De eerste vrouwelijke Nederlandse beklimming van de Eigernoordwand.   Dit is voor Nederlandse begrippen een zeer mooie prestatie maar internationaal van grotere betekenis is de volgende nominatie: Wij (Dennis & Marianne) zijn samen genomineerd voor: De eerste complete …

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  • Austria

    Rain is what we got this week instead of ice and snow. Mid-winter and warm fohn-weather is what welcomed us. Ah, well, we can’t change the weather so we just went drytooling. Diebsöfen was the place to be. Until today. It rained so much that the little sweet river underneath the cliff changed into a …

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  • Support us!

    Friends of Vertical Life

    We quit our job. Yes, in the time where everyone is happy with just any job we decided theres more in life for us then the office we used to work. So we quit. Idea for now: climb, climb and share climbing. Sharing started with the Dutch Drytool Event, clinics, teaching young climbers the drytooling …

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