Since Expeditie Geluk, the let’s-walk-around-the-Netherlands-epic I have a Suunto Ambit watch.The watch does more then just show the time. It’s an alti/barometer, compass, heart rate monitor, time keeper and most of all also a GPS watch that can be connected to the internet.I got the thing for free for Expeditie Geluk. Free is always a …
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Training – a week of whatever with a Suunto Ambit
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1. Outdoor fair 2014
Outdoor 2014 Hardware. On the Outdoor show I got a question of a climber: what made me so exited about all the new hardware and how on earth could I be all exited with another karabiner design. Of course the innovations in hardware are not that big most of the time. A karabiner stays a …
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Outdoor Fair 2014
Just a couple hours after the Outdoor Trade Show I find myself lying in my huge Ticket to the Moon hammock eating homemade jam that I put on my bread using my Light My Fire knife and writing this text on the e-reader that i just charged with my Goal Zero batterypack. …
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Deep breath
Ok. And then I took a deep breath and thought. Well, let’s try again. Let’s try to write again. Because I like to share my adventures, experiences, thoughts. Ok. I maybe could be more tactical about how I expose my opinion to my audience [the internet]. But it’s not going to change my opinion. So, …
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Mt. Hunter Moonflower 1200M Free WI6 M7+
Yes we dit it! We made the ” first” complete free accent of the Moonflower buttress on Mount hunter! Moonflower 1200M Free WI6 ~M7+ Marianne climbing under the Prow. Powerd by : NKBV, Julbo and Edelrid more info soon
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Eiger 1938 route
Last weekend, April 12,13 and 14 2014 we climbed the classic 1938 Heckmaier route on the North Face of the Eiger. The weather was far from perfect. Full snow on the first day and incredible wind on the second and third day. Yes, it took us three days… Much longer then expected. Mainly because of …
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Wildspitze 2 day tour
And 2 days before I tested my home made splitboard on Ponten with a nice freeride after a slipping way up. Skitour Ponten from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo.
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Starzlachklamm
Every weekend I try to make most of the free time I have. This saturday I had the chance to go for an easy ski-tour. Fantastic! It was my first time to just go ski-touring for the ski-touring instead of using it as a tool to get to an ice climb. I first was afraid …
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Julbo Bivouak sunglasses
After using my Julbo Bivouak sunglasses for half a year it’s time to review. Are they that usefull in the field? What about the ‘Zebra glasses’, removable side shields and ventilation? This is what they looked like new: After 6 months of biking, driving and mostly climbing they look like this: Why the Bivouk sunglasses? …
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