On the first day we drove straight to Vestrahorn to see if we could climb some trad multipitch there. I’ve been living in Iceland for some years and never climbed any trad or multipitch here and really regret it… So I didn’t knew where to find any of the right stuff. Sorry, want to write a …
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Iceland pt. 3 Vestrahorn multipitch
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Iceland 2 Arrival in Seydisfjordur
After three horrible boat days we finally arrived in Iceland! ↵ Use original player 404 Error loading Vimeo video Iceland 2012 pt 1 The Boat from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo.
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Iceland Pt2 Vestrahorn
Iceland pt 2 Day 1 and 2 Vestrahorn from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo. We just arrived to Iceland. Time to discover all that can be done here. Marianne used to live in Iceland but never discovered any multipitch, trad and alpine stuff. (Really regret that!) It’s because of some Icelandic friends that She …
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Iceland pt1 Arival
Iceland 2012 pt 1 The Boat from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo. Hardly any climbing so far. Just waiting and almost died of boredom on the boat… But we’re there now and already found some awesome offroad and beautiful walls to climb :) To be continued!
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halfway to Iceland
My Internship is finished, Petzl colleagues thanks again for the great experience and wonderful times! We made the 1800 Km from Crolles to Hirtshals Denmark and have a day to wait for the boat to Iceland. It took us 2.5 days of driving with the top-speed of 80 km a hour.. Welcome to Hirthals :p …
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Iceland Summer 2012
Day one of our Iceland trip.We made it all the way,more then 1800km from France to Denmark. We’re waiting for the boat and found a perfect spot to camp :) In between running, sea-swimming, ‘WWII-crimpin’, 4WD Syncro driving and being bored because of the rain, we found some internet to upload some pictures of our …
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Sponsoring & more happiness
Today, in 48 minutes to be exact, I’ll head for Germany. It didn’t go too smoothly to get here: my brother lost my house keys so I had to break into my own house to gather my stuff…And so I missed my last climbing session at my gym. Night climbing/flying at Monte Cervino Luckily I …
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Google map’s walking tacks for Gods
My parents are cycling to Rome now. It’s officially called a pilgrimage, but for my parents it’s more a way of travelling.I was wondering what route Google Maps would advice them.You have a button to choose what kind of transport you’d prefer (car, public transport, walk or bike)And for a change I chose for the walkers …
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Worldcup 2013 and 2014 Olympics
…and there it is. The 2013 Worldcup schedule. The UIAA announced the schedule for 2013 with some new things and some old things. Old: Worldcup in Busteni (why?) I’m surprised. If you read my post about the last Worldcup there, you can understand why I’m ‘slightly’ surprised. (See here, here and here) New: Worldcup in Rabenstein (Italy). …
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