Pretty much every climber has heard of that place far away at the other side of the world.  Probably even most indoor-boulderers have heard of Nepal. Just over a week ago we were driving to Swiss for a 3-day course as part of our Expedition program. Menno Boermans was about to teach us everything we …

“Oh, well, why not.” Thats what I thought about a week before the first (out of four) Dutch national leadclimbing competition. It would be a good opportunity to work on my ‘forever nervouseness’ and get more competition routine. Not having held ‘plastic holds’ for a while, not having focused on sportclimbing at all since September …

Getu is a climbing area in China. An area we went to as Petzl athletes for the Petzl Roc trip a couple years ago when we still were sponsored by Petzl (read about why we quit our sponsorship over a year ago on my blog here.) Getu was a real adventure for us. The train …

Not even a week back from the beautiful landscapes, views and adventures we had in Scotland. We landed into the reality of having no work and no money. The last couple days in Scotland were adventurous, windy (very windy) and we explored new things. The weather at the end changed into perfect spring; less wind, …

“I think my eyelashes are frozen”. One eye open, one eye squeezed close Dennis looks at me. His eyebrows are clutted with ice and snow. His eyelashes don’t look much better. “Can’t you wipe it off?” I ask him. With a difficult face he looks at me. ‘No, I think, watching him, wiping it off …

We’re standing somewhere on our way to Fort William. Lunch, small car repairs, re-sorting out climbing gear. A woman walks by and says she wants to take a picture. I look behind our car and see a small version of our campervan. We hop out and take a look at the blue car called Victor. …