Together with my new colleges it was time to escape the rain in Isny. A good way to get stronger for the coming winter: Bouldering in Ticino Swiss. The first real bouldering for me since a long time (valle di Mello 2011). Friday night we drove trough Austria into Swiss. We arrived in the dark to …
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Hasse Brandler Große Zinne Nordwand
After Mamolada we made some rest days and made some sporty climbs to have a mental rest. We made some nice climbs on the Sella pass. Getting more and more motivated to climb something big again. The Hasse Brandler supposed to be a great line with the best rock on the Große Zinne… We are still …
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Tempi Moderni
Tempi Moderni – Moderne Zeiten Marmolada from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo.
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Agnèr 1800M 6c max
We climbed the Agnèr in one day from the bivacco to the top in 12 hours.update later
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Too hot!
We’re in de Dolomites for a couple weeks.Today a sign said ’40 C’ meaning it’s way to hot to climb. Even in shade it’s over 30 degrees.We found a internet connection in the public library, they said it was fast but their definition of ‘fast’ is quite different… It already took me two tries to …
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Messner Sella Turm 2
After the “Demtez- Gluck” we wanted to climb a bit harder route. Messner was the route of choice 8 pitches all around grade 6. Again to find the start of the route was a pain. When we found the start some Eastern Europeans decided to bail because of the wet rock. We thought it was …
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Dolomiti
July 20th After Chamonix our goal is the Dolomite mountains. Traveling to Italy without a rush so loads of time to Climb along the way. We choose to go through Switzerland take the long way over the mountain passes. First stop after Martigny: Sanetsch. A nice quiet pass with a big limestone wall of 300 …
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Family trip Arete’s de Cosmique
July 15th After preparation in the Netherlands it was time for the “family-climb” . After a great sunny day rock climbing, slacklining and BBQ waking up at 5:00 was very difficult for my younger brothers. An “Alpine start” 5:00 breakfast and taking the first cable car up to Aguille du midi. The Aguille du Midi walk …
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Dolomites adventure
For almost three weeks in the Dolomites. So much to do, so scary, so beautiful!Day 1. Via Demetz-GuckDay 2. We have no idea what we climbed :(The idea was the Messner on the 2. Sellaturm. Some other climbers said the route was wet and bailed without trying. We climbed on what seemed the first pitch and since then we were …
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