Last weekend it was the final stage of the STS competition. This time even more countries representing. Jeff and Jonathan from the French DTS participated in this comp.  So even more interesting to come over to Glasgow and enter the final competition. One day home after China I repacked my bags and left for Scotland. …

Ni hao, Still in China in Getu Valley. Its raining again. But the climbing is great around here. Over 250 routes to climb in 12 different new area’s. Still an other 3 days to go but I’m happy. Climbed an 8a(ish) flashed a 7c+/8a at Banyan cave. And a lot of other routes. Only 3 …

On my birthday the 26th Marianne gave me a very nice present. A flight to Edinburgh to join the first round of the STS (Scottish toolling series) . A great comp for everyone from beginners to worldcup climbers. After 15 qualification routes which I flashed all(150 points) just like Steve Johnstone, Marianne and Malcolm followed with …

We had a small” ice climbing tour” through the Netherlands. First stop the Snowworld indoor skitracks in Landgraaf. They Made a small testing wall for a future ice climbing wall. And Next day the Flieghorst. see this short movie for details. Iceclimbing test, Snowworld Landgraaf from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo.

We have New Petzl Gear in!! Finally new gear for the next season :)

so after 3000km + The vw t3 syncro made it just fine. The “new” engine worked good. So home again. cleaning unpacking. getting ready to leave again :) . Cham, Kandersteg and Ettringen. Summer climbing pt. 9 from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo.

3 more days to go. After some more days in Cham we are in Kandersteg. Resting after drytooling with 23 degrees outside. Driving to Etteringen tommorow. In Chamonix we climbed one more great Alpine line the Coudier piller at The Grand Charmoz. Great crack climb really good rock and a lot of crazy guide´s. Grand …

Great climb really long and demanding but wonderfull. After 23 pitches i was to tired to climb the 7a´s above the bigblock free but Marianne made the First 7a pitch  OS at 3500 m .. Petit Dru Américaine Directe from Marianne van der Steen on Vimeo.