Some memories from the tradclimbing meeting in Valle dell’Orco put together by Maurizio. Orco Trad Meeting 2010 from paolo on Vimeo.
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Valle dell’Orco
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My mind is full of….climbing!
Last days I’m working in Rock Steady (a climbing gym) and put up loads of drytool holds :) And…I went tooling with Fedor (see video) And…I just saw what my Icelandic friends are climbing these days. Gosh, what do I do here in Holland? The conditions look perfect, now already, and it’s just November! Het …
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Pray for Ice – Europacup flash-trip
No news so far from the Icelandic volcano. So, other things to write about :) This weekend I went for a ‘flash-trip’ to Innsbrück, Austria.We left Friday, landed in loads of traffic-jams, arrived in Innsbrück around 10-11-ish in the evening, slept in the car and climbed on Saturday the ‘Pray for Ice‘ comp…The first competition …
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New eruption?
Iceland is full of active volcano’s.First we had Eyafjallajökull and now there is Grímsvötn (On the Vatnajökull)Last night the Icelandic weather institute measured serious activity around Grímsvötn. There were earthquakes, one measuring 2.9 on Richter (at 2:30h last night) with increased tremor (see graph)The last eruption there was just six years ago in 2004. Here …
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Iceland 3
Yes, home…bored… after I did… Fitness to do yoga Ikea for a warmer bed cover and some lists for my new pictures (thanks to Gummi) Make an appointment for the VW, new Winter tyres Go to the toilet for a poo Some knitting, a new Icelandic sweater Washing all dirty clothes E-mailing Boreal, Petzl, Cintamani …
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Iceland part deux
Saturday climbing again. This time with pro-photographer/carpenter Gummi. (Should get some lessons from him on hammering…pitons) The climbing was sweet, the pics even better. See here the result. (Later more)
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Sólheimajökull
Went for a day of overhanging-glacier-ice-climbing with Gummi and Siggi. I tested my brand new Nomic and Ergo axes… Gummi says: “fór í svakalega töff klifur í dag í Sólhimajökli með Marianne og Fletcher Christian. Tokum fult af myndum og videoum sem byrtast. þessar axir vá þvílikar græjur vá” And it was so sweet! Best …
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Holland – France – Iceland – Holland – Austria
Jep, I’m travelling quite a bit these days. First working in France, now holidays in Iceland and then a competition in Austria. As my internet connection is pretty bad and unreliable, I just type this as a little message and try to upload just a couple pics. No real ice/mixed climbing yet. But I’ll be …
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Stéphanie
Fellow iceclimber and pro photographer Lukasz Warzecha made a little documentary about Stéphanie Maureau: iceclimber, sportsclimber, alpinist and aspirant mountain guide. Inspiring!
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