You win some you loose some. For me it felt like loosing a little bit and failing incredibly. “But for a Dutch climber you did really well” “You looked pretty strong there” “You’ll do better next time” “The others are so strong too” “But if you don’t reach the finals, please don’t be too disappointed” …
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Ouray to Saas Fee
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1st place Speed!! Saas Fee IWC II
Yes!! After 7 years I finaly made the 1st place in speed on the Worlcup in Saas Fee with a 7.05 second run :) . Stopping the time :p Picture: Menno Boermans Picture by: Lukasz Warzecha And with Lead I made a 13th place in the Semi Finales not enough for the Finals but i’m …
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Just one of those days Cheong Song IWC I
I wake up, hmm where is my phone.. 7:13… uhhou.. Sh*t. jump out of bed…. 7:15 the bus is leaving.. Throwing my competiton outfit over my head grap my gear(most of it..) steal a banana on my way out running to the bus. Good Morning Korea! After the 45 min bus ride we arrived at …
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Ouray Ice 2.
On this side of the world it’s all about ice, mixed and drytooling.Strange and funny, but on the other side of the world it’s almost the same thing at the Iceclimbing Worldchampionships in South-Korea.Dennis is now there to climb.You can follow all the climbers on the Korean Worldchampionships Facebook page here. I have a restday. …
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Seoul –> Cheong Song
I finally arrived in Seoul time for some sight seeing since there is nothing else to do :p Seoul Tower Ice sculptures in the Korean tradition village Feeling very Safe with my driver watching and “dancing” on gangnam style during the ride… And the Cheong Song is also safe with loads of military action.. :) …
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On my way to Korea for Ice Climbing Worldcup 2013
After all the preperation on training and on the ClimBuz i’m on my way to Korea :) . After “just” 2 coolwater leaks I arrived today in Genevé to fly to Seoul tommorow morning. In the Mean time Marianne is do really wel climbing hard mixed routes in Ouray. Cant wait to go out myself …
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Ouray Ice Fest 1.
Still totally jetlagged but super excited with all this ice around me.Three days ago I arrived in Ouray with Colin (of the Alpine Mentor Programme). He was so kind to even pick me up from the airport. They dropped me at Stevens place and even he was still awake to greet me.Although I still pretty …
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Keep on playing in 2013!
Dear friend, colleague, relation, Two thousand twelve was a special year. Things changed. From plausible to participating From wanting to working From doubting to daring From perhaps to possible From dreaming to doing And most of this all got established by your help, support and believe in me. I want to thank you all for …
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Korea IWC
Last week Dennis got a call.Pretty weird. In English.But the most polite one you can imagine. The organisation of the Iceclimbing Worldcup in Korea called Dennis to arrange his stay in Korea.Yes, they called him. From Korea. In English.Thats what I call being ‘over organised’. But my compliments to the organisation for that phonecall! A …
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