Getu is a climbing area in China. An area we went to as Petzl athletes for the Petzl Roc trip a couple years ago when we still were sponsored by Petzl (read about why we quit our sponsorship over a year ago on my blog here.) Getu was a real adventure for us. The train …

Not even a week back from the beautiful landscapes, views and adventures we had in Scotland. We landed into the reality of having no work and no money. The last couple days in Scotland were adventurous, windy (very windy) and we explored new things. The weather at the end changed into perfect spring; less wind, …

“I think my eyelashes are frozen”. One eye open, one eye squeezed close Dennis looks at me. His eyebrows are clutted with ice and snow. His eyelashes don’t look much better. “Can’t you wipe it off?” I ask him. With a difficult face he looks at me. ‘No, I think, watching him, wiping it off …

We’re standing somewhere on our way to Fort William. Lunch, small car repairs, re-sorting out climbing gear. A woman walks by and says she wants to take a picture. I look behind our car and see a small version of our campervan. We hop out and take a look at the blue car called Victor. …

After one month of traveling through the Alps from one competition to the next the Climbuz is still holding up well-ish. The stationary Diesel heating is broken and there are a lot of small issues. The engine is running fine. But there was some slight vibration when pushing the pedal to the metal… To fix …

We where driving over a small mountain pass from Austria to Italy still trying to process last weekends Worldcup. And after some wild snowy hair pins and spindrifst Marianne suddenly says Wow stop.. I stop de Bus and there it is a promotion Worldcup poster with me on it :) . For me its a perfect …

From enthusiasts that wanted to show what they were capable of to professionals that only train for these special competitions. Some have even never climbed a natural waterfall whilst that is where the sports is named after: iceclimbing.   You can say whatever you like about this development. Personally I don’t think it’s a bad …

Training ice and mixed with Aniek and Noël. Aniek is the new Dutch Ice climbing team member. Friday 23th January she will climb here first worldcup in Saas fee with the Dutch team.     To watch the Worldcup ice climbing in Saas fee live-stream check: http://iceclimbingworldcup.ch/service_webcam.htm

I hate mixed climbing! Driving from Badgastein Austria to Isny Germany in a Rain storm. No too bad at least the car-window is cleared from salt. The ‘Urban Ice’ competition is canceled because of warm weather and there is no ice to be found after warm føhn winds and heavy rain showers. A beautiful morning …