Met trots presenteren we een dubbele nominatie voor de Nederlandse “Bergsport Awards 2015” ! Marianne is genomineerd voor: De eerste vrouwelijke Nederlandse beklimming van de Eigernoordwand. Dit is voor Nederlandse begrippen een zeer mooie prestatie maar internationaal van grotere betekenis is de volgende nominatie: Wij (Dennis & Marianne) zijn samen genomineerd voor: De eerste complete …
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Bergsport Awards 2015
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Austria
Rain is what we got this week instead of ice and snow. Mid-winter and warm fohn-weather is what welcomed us. Ah, well, we can’t change the weather so we just went drytooling. Diebsöfen was the place to be. Until today. It rained so much that the little sweet river underneath the cliff changed into a …
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The DTS at Usine
The train takes long. Forever long. The only entertainment left was my mobile phone after I finished all the work on my laptop. My e-book had an empty battery and I couldn’t fit knitting needles in my two stuffed bags. On Facebook the ‘should-the-Dutch-Climbing-Federation-tell-climbers-how-to-use-a-Figure-of-Eight-“belay-device”-discussion’ got pretty spicy. Good entertainment for me. I mostly don’t comment …
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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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Weak week > strong
Friday – travel “No, your car is too big for a normal parking place so you’ll have to pay €4,50 instead of €3,00 per day”. Our car is actually smaller and shorter then a modern T5, station or other larger car. It only looks bigger because of the campervan-box on the back. We refused to …
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Tompoes
Our Tompoes of today I like to bake. And I like it way too much. I’d probably really skinny if I’d skip the baking hobby. And today, restday, we (Dennis and I) made Tompoes. Dennis told me he’d once a week go to the HEMA with his pocket money (the money he got from …
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Golfje
About how rich you can feel and loose it all in just a couple hours. Golfje is one of the most precious things I own. I just made a last ride. Windows fully open, listening to the sound of the small 1.6 Diesel engine. One-on-twentyfive and when I’d go slow one-on-twentyeight. More efficient then most …
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Tegen de stroom in
Dag 1. Nog druppend van de regen lig ik te weken in bad. Ogen dicht, moe van de dag. Het was de eerste dag, nog een makkelijke dag. Maar 160km gefietst. 26,7km per uur gemiddeld. Best oke voor de tweede keer op m’n nieuwe fiets. Bijna een jaar geleden raakte ik m’n geliefde fiets kwijt. …
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Training – a week of whatever with a Suunto Ambit
Since Expeditie Geluk, the let’s-walk-around-the-Netherlands-epic I have a Suunto Ambit watch.The watch does more then just show the time. It’s an alti/barometer, compass, heart rate monitor, time keeper and most of all also a GPS watch that can be connected to the internet.I got the thing for free for Expeditie Geluk. Free is always a …
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