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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Our first worldcup of the Season
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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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Fam. Vernooij
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Dutch Drytool Event 2015
December 5. Friday morning Vitus, Jan and me headed out from Isny at 05:30 to Heerjansdam. Yes, another great opportunity to head home to the Netherlands. Last weekend it was not only “Sinterklaas” but also DDE 2014 (Dutch Drytool Event) . After 11 our drive with my “new” campervan, a lot of black clouds, loud music and …
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Dennis M12 flash Navis, Marianne 3e plek DTS L’usine
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Redbull white cliffs
Back home behind my computer to catch up on emails from the past week. What a radical change to last weekend… Scott Miur organized together with Redbull UK a unique competition: Climbing on the huge chalk Cliffs on the Island of Wight. And it was such a great adventure! Me and 9 …
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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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