A week full of things happening: car issues, a lecture, my heart on fire and the drytool event at Usine. My heart on fire. Read about it...
OutDoor is THE trade fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Here you’ll find everything from anyone and anywhere. All that’s new, improved,...
A couple weeks ago we had a meeting with head of the Dutch Climbing/Mountaineering Federation (NKBV), Robin Baks. Robin talked about recent developments...
This year has been a big roller-coaster for us. No job, no house, no money, and loads of unfortunate events. The biggest reason why...
This Winter we had one of the most intense competition seasons (apart from when Dennis won the Worldcup in Saas Fee three years ago). So many...
Dry Tool Style Day 1. After climbing the qualification route at the Ice Climbing World Cup – Eisturm Rabenstein I found myself worthy to...
Almost…almost made it to the finals. The worldcup series is a weird thing. A circus traveling around the world trying to perform, all...
Drytooling Kamasutra Flash sounds like a ‘different’ thing. But no, it’s just ‘iceclimbing’. Really. How to kill...
This week we flew all the way to South Korea for the second stage of the Iceclimbing Worldcup. We missed the first one (money/forced double...
This year is the tenth time Dennis takes part in the Iceclimbing Worldcup at Saas Fee, Switzerland. It was one of his best, regarding the lead...
The first ever. Dutch Championships Iceclimbing. History. That is what me made this Saturday January 9. 2016. The last five years we’ve...
Holiday destination: Liechtenstein New Year’s Eve at about 02:30. Loads of fireworks, friends, champaign, beer and Oliebollen.(Dutch...
30 november 2015 Maandag ochtend hardlopen en het trimparcours, meestal ‘s avonds klimmen Dinsdag soms trimparcours soms lange wandeling...
For the last 5 years Verticallife has been organising the DDE (Duth Drytool Event). This way we create training facilities in the Netherlands...
I climb. Preferably every day. Every evening. Every morning. And in between I sleep and I eat. Eat > Sleep > Climb > Eat > Sleep...
Writing a story about our expedition is pretty hard. What to tell, what not to tell. I mean, there’s so much to say and so much done!...
Last week I went all the way to Sittard. Climbing gym I-vy hosted the last of four lead-competitions. And I wanted to compete, to ensure my place...
We decided to go. Go to India. Make it an awesome experience, regardless on what we can climb. The doctors advised him not to climb, but not...