Author Archives: Dennis van Hoek

Laugavegurinn in a day :) 55-60km run and offraod driving from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo.

Iceland pt 4 new trad routes around Gimluklett from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo. Barad-dûr (5c) , Lundi (6c) and Damocles Camping-fridge (6b)

Marianne was talking the last 2 years about a 7a+ route in Iceland that was bolted trad line..”Sundlaugarparty” (“Swimmingpoolparty” because of the water under the route). Finally the moment was there to give it a shot. We worked the route and both climbed it in the original style! A great route and such a pleasure …

Iceland pt 2 Day 1 and 2 Vestrahorn from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo. We just arrived to Iceland. Time to discover all that can be done here. Marianne used to live in Iceland but never discovered any multipitch, trad and alpine stuff. (Really regret that!) It’s because of some Icelandic friends that She …

Iceland 2012 pt 1 The Boat from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo. Hardly any climbing so far. Just waiting and almost died of boredom on the boat… But we’re there now and already found some awesome offroad and beautiful walls to climb :) To be continued!

My Internship is finished, Petzl colleagues thanks again for the great  experience and wonderful times! We made the 1800 Km from Crolles to Hirtshals Denmark and have a day to wait for the boat to Iceland. It took us 2.5 days of driving with the top-speed of 80 km a hour.. Welcome to Hirthals :p …

This is the last week of my internship after 5 months in Crolles its time to move on. A great learning experience and acquainted loads of cool people. Last week we had a very nice outing with the department. At noon Me and Simon gave the final presentation about hour internship in Petzl at Alain’s …

Last weekend it was the final change to practice for Iceland. The boat to Iceland will leave on 31 July. So we made some routes in Etteringen true nice basalt cracks. And packing all the climbing gear Local Brasserie du Chardon dark beer

Last weekend I was at the outdoor fair to find a new internship for 2013 . And to take look at all the new innovative gear on the market. For Petzl I have bene testing the new harness, super light helmet and spirits for last 4 months and they are Great! The high-lights on “hardware” …