• Had ik maar…

    De achteraffers Had ik dat achteraf niet moeten zeggen? Had ik dat achteraf niet moeten doen? Zo leven wij – de achteraffers. Had ik dat moeten verzwijgen – toen? Had ik de wasman een fooi moeten geven? Had ik dat achteraf nou maar gedaan! Had ik met Adriaan moeten gaan leven of zou dat misschien …

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  • I proudly represent: Patagonia!

    Through the Alpine Mentor Programme I got something which makes me really happy: I have a deal with the company Patagonia.  Everyone who knows me for a bit also knows that Patagonia is one of my favourite companies.Not just because they make nice clothing, but more because their vision on how to produce clothing and …

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  • Canada 2

    It’s been a while ago now since we were in Canada with the whole team. We climbed in the huge land for a couple weeks with Canmore as basecamp. Being Dutch and being a climber is a fairly strange combo.  As sports climber we have a gym in every city. Within 40km you can find …

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  • Een dag na de vakantie van meneer Hulot

    Met het Alpine Mentor Programme was ik de afgelopen 2 weken in Canada.  Inmiddels zijn Steve House en de rest van het team weer naar huis.  Scott Backes en ik zijn er nog.  En Scott wist wel wat hij graag nog wilde klimmen hier.  Het lawine-gevaar en de ijs condities zijn niet erg goed deze …

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  • Canada Alpine Ice adventure.

    As climber it’s always hard to find enough money within time.(Or enough time within the money)I was lucky enough to find a very very generous sponsor that could pay my ticket to Canada this Spring.And when everyone is hunkering for sun and flowers, I extended my iceclimbing Winter to the Rockies. With real Alpine boots …

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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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  • 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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