After one month of traveling through the Alps from one competition to the next the Climbuz is still holding up well-ish. The stationary Diesel heating is broken and there are a lot of small issues. The engine is running fine. But there was some slight vibration when pushing the pedal to the metal… To fix …

We where driving over a small mountain pass from Austria to Italy still trying to process last weekends Worldcup. And after some wild snowy hair pins and spindrifst Marianne suddenly says Wow stop.. I stop de Bus and there it is a promotion Worldcup poster with me on it :) . For me its a perfect …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …