Earlier today I posted something about some Pr0n. But, my real babies arrived today @ Demmenie from Alpitec/Petzl. With my babies I mean my new Nomics (for the rookies: ice axes) And gosh I’m happy with them! They’re beautiful, precise, strong and…renewed. These are finally more alpine style. Good for dry, mixed, ice and alpine …
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New Nomics
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Het altijd gezellige…Seydisfjordur
Monday evening I arrived in Seydisfjordur after a very interesting slippery drive. Yesterday I spent the whole day doing…nothing… It’s surprising how little a town can offer. One supermarket, two wool shops and some shop that said it sells medicines but actually sells make-up. No horseriding (I planned to go horseback riding), no cinema, no …
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Trip to Seydisfjordur
Two days on the road with only bad internet connections. So no new post the last days. The trips has been more and more scary. Not only because of the idea that I’ll leave Iceland, but also because of the slippery roads. All started well with a good road to Myvatn from Akureyri. When I …
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Evgeny Kryvosheytsev made a beautiful video for the UIAA about iceclimbing. It shows perfectly why I’m climbing, it’s just love :D
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Our team!
And now it’s all official. I’m member of the Dutch Iceclimbing Team. “Nederlands team IJsklimmen” they call us. Together with Corné Brouwer, Dennis van Hoek and Jurgen Mesman we’ll conquer the World cup’s (no, it’s not a special kind of bra) Iceclimbing in 2011! It’s funny to see myself on the picture, I look like …
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Bergsportdag 2010 (Mountainsports-day)
This Sunday was the day. The day we presented our 2010-2011 NKBV Dutch Iceclimbing Team. We even got some beautiful vests to wear with big orange letters saying “Nederland” on our back. The day was successful but very long. I didn’t have the time to talk to friends I hadn’t seen for such a long …
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Bergsportdag 2010 (Mountainsports-day)
Hi :) This Sunday is a day everybody should get to Nieuwegein (close to Utrecht, Holland) That day we’ll have the Dutch Alpine Federation Mountainsports-day (what a word!) or: NKBV Bergsportdag. The climbing, bouldering and iceclimbing team for 2010-2011 will be presented and we’ll give a little drytooling show (in the climbing gym it’s too …
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Korean Iceclimbing Worldcup 2011
Today some fun news, which will make me work for my climbing! Literary, because I’ll have to get money for a very expensive ticket to…South-Korea! On the website of the UIAA they announced the first ever Iceclimbing Worldcup in Asia. The Korean Alpine Federation (weird signs alert) will organise the Worldcup in 2011. (Picture: Hee …
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Video’s
Editing is boring, sitting behind a computer for the whole day is boring too.But, at least I can do something. I can already type with two hands again.I can’t wait to climb again! My body (and mind) is just not made for sitting all day.Here the first versions of the video’s. Not finished yet, way …
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