Ladies and gentlemen, we did it! What is the chance?!Now, buy a lottery ticket and get into a casino :)
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We did it!
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Getting ready for 2013 ICE
We’re training.Almost every day.Two times a day.Spending all we have: time, money, goods and social life to our passion.Iceclimbing.In January 2013 we’ll be part of the biggest ‘ice circus’ in the World again. The UIAA Worldcup Iceclimbing. I wouldn’t be myself if I wasn’t super nervous already :) Here the UIAA promo video. Oh, yes, …
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Dutch Drytool Event 2012
We did it. Again. Better and bigger. This weekend was the international drytool weekend. France had the DTS.Scotland the STS.And we had the DDE.We don’t have a website. We just had a Facebook Event Page and managed to get more people then the STS and the DTS together!91 competitors subscribed. Next to those who subscribed there were also some …
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Work readings
Next to wanting to be a climber I sometimes also have to earn money in other ways.Teaching height safety courses for example.A new safety guideline came out for work in the wind energy sector. ‘Arbocatalogus Windenergiebedrijven‘.
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Dutch Drytool Event 2012
This week I’m working harder then ever to get my favourite local climbing gym ready for the biggest climbing event of the year: Dutch Drytool Event. Super stormy weather with rain… Perfect to go out for some routesetting… Last year I organised the event in another gym. They promised me all kinds of things. Money, being …
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Intense
Happiness, pain, hard work, long days, amazing views, heat and cold, rough hands, beautiful people and in the middle of that circle… me?Really? Last month I was in Colorado.For the first time in the States. As an European I had my ideas on how it would be. Fat people, nationalism, weird expressions on freedom and …
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The Black
Ze Black. The Canyon is Black, making it an area that (even if you don’t know anything about climbing) could scare you by looking down in it.The poison Ivy, bears and loose rock in the SOB* gully doesn’t make it sound any better.*SOB Gully: the ‘path’ you walk down to get to the start of …
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Indian Creek
Indian Creeka.k.a “Mama…*”*….it hurts* ….this is scary* ….it’s so hot here* ….water, water, wat…. After a week of mental and physical challenging try-outs for the Alpine Mentor Programme I had a couple ‘restdays’. Buster and I decided to spent these days in trad Sandstone area Indian Creek.Indian Creek is a rare and special place located …
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Hooray at Ouray
This week the Alpine Mentor Programme started. We started on Monday, all excited to actually meet Steve and even climb together :) @ Bivouac Summer drytooling :) Drytooling @Vail Autumn Oh Deer! Getting ready for the Yodel Arete Yodeling up the arete :) Scrambling at the top Our first day was kind of easy, sportsclimbing …
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