After an OK qualification I was climbing the Semi Finals for the firtst time in Saas fee. Still sore from the speed climbing yesterday with my personal record of 8.03 seconds. I made a 10th place in the Speed Final. Unfortunately I was unable to make the move from the ice barrel up to a …
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Saas Fee
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Worldcup Saas-Fee pt. 2
Disappointed with the result (13th) which should be 12th, if you’d strictly follow the rules (a Russian climber should have been disqualified) I had quite an unfortunate climb: had my axe stuck in a hold, waisted quite some time there and wasn’t able to fix a hold straight away, waisting more time… Dennis did well …
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Worldcup Saas-Fee
Whoe :) Again anaother day of worldcup climbing.Just climbed, was really slow, nervous and pretty insecure but just reached the semi’s.Dennis was quite impressive and managed almost to top the route.Tonight speedclimbing and tomorrow semi’s and hopefully finals as well…
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Worldcup Korea pt. 2
Grrrr… I came here to be in the finals and failed. Not much more to tell then: I’m much stronger then last year but miss the right training (wall, people) to get better and do the right thing I guess. 12 & 12 in both lead and speed. Not bad, but not good enough. Wednesday …
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Arived in South Korea
Just survived the first night. And we will drive to the competition area in 45 min. A 5 hour drive from Seoul to Cheongsong the apple valley
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Korean Iceclimbing Worldcup 2012
Finally we arrived in South Korea for the first worldcup of the season. We arrived together with two members of the Swiss team and I just lay down in bed. A bed. A bed…a real bed. We got our rooms, Dennis had to sleep in the guys room, and I was sleeping in the girls …
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(N)ice, finally
(N)ice! Well, sort of ice. We arrived in Kandersteg (CH) after an ‘interesting’ trip with a beautiful van that sometimes has ‘issues’. We joined the Festival (no ice although it’s called the “Ice Festival”) and today we finally climbed some real ice in Ueschinen. As we did so much last week here a little summaray: …
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Kandersteg ‘ice’ festival
After some Dieselpump valve problem and a popped off turbo hose we made it to Kandersteg. Enjoying the hospitality of The Kandersteg International Scout Center. Unfortunatly the last weeks have been too warm so there is almost no ice. So the competition changed into a Drytool speed comp. And with a 7th place in the …
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Preparing for January
. Last year I wrote a post with exactly the same title. And this year again we’re preparing…for the big Winter trip. Theres so much to do: administration, financials, training and of course…the van. Dennis’ still has his VW Syncro and tries to get it ‘Winter proof’ again. ‘New’ gearbox, ‘new’ engine, all the interior …
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