We had a small” ice climbing tour” through the Netherlands. First stop the Snowworld indoor skitracks in Landgraaf. They Made a small testing wall for a future ice climbing wall. And Next day the Flieghorst. see this short movie for details. Iceclimbing test, Snowworld Landgraaf from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo.
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Ice climbing trip in NL
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New Petzl Gear
We have New Petzl Gear in!! Finally new gear for the next season :)
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STS – Ice Factor, Kinlochleven
Yay, I won! We’re just back from yet another adventure: Scotland :) Dennis was lucky (I guess) as he got an ‘experience’ for his birthday instead of something material like a watch, climbing shoes or whatever. I gave him a ticket to Scotland so we could join the Scottish Tooling Series in Ice Factor (Kinlochleven). …
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Dirt Devils and the LMC 2011
What better can you fill your weekend with…then just run through the mud, cycle single tracks in the night, drag tree trunks up a hill, monkey-hang with a heavy backpack, swim in stinky dirty lakes and only have a map and compass to ‘turn’ the right way. That is the best description I can give …
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Old Dutch Apple Pie
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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Powered by Petzl & ABK
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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