Stuff to think about on Dennis’ blog about using a single rope and a tag-line for pure ice routes. Linky-link here :)
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Single rope iceclimbing
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Iceclimbing in the Dutch national newspaper.
Yesterday Dennis was interviewed for yet another kind of media: Algemeen Dagblad. The result is a very nice article about Dennis and iceclimbing. The positive thing about the article is that the interviewer seems to understand the idea of climbing and doesn’t just see it as ‘dangerous adrenaline sports’ as most do who don’t know …
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Winter training!
Yes, Summer is changing into Autumn, so time go get started with my axes again. Yesterday evening we (Dennis and me) had our first real drytool session. So much fun! I got a mission for this Winter. Part of the mission are the competitions in Korea, Italy, Switzerland and more… So, time to get started …
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Summer in town!
Gosh, being in Holland is good for your tan! Time to think of other things then Iceland for a sec :) Been bouldering in Rotterdam today and had great fun and sore fingertips in the end! Dennis and me went to “Blok op Zuid” an artificial bloc that looks quite real. There is a whole …
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First real iceclimb in Europe mainland!
We arrived in Daone on Wednesday evening and slept next to the big competition wall. We stole some electricity and slept well, though, we felt our throats next day (cold?)The next day we wanted to try our brand new Black Diamon Fusion axes on the backside of the snow-speed-wall, but then we heard there was …
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On the road
Tuesday Dennis and me left for Italy. Really late (thanks to the brilliant Dutch train system) but we didn’t really care.We drove through Austra with a little sleep stop somewhere in Germany and a emergency stop after the Fernpass (the brakes started to complain).Dennis’ van is brilliant. With two sleeping compartments, heating, good music and …
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