You win some you loose some. For me it felt like loosing a little bit and failing incredibly. “But for a Dutch climber you did really well” “You looked pretty strong there” “You’ll do better next time” “The others are so strong too” “But if you don’t reach the finals, please don’t be too disappointed” …
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Ouray to Saas Fee
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Ouray Ice 2.
On this side of the world it’s all about ice, mixed and drytooling.Strange and funny, but on the other side of the world it’s almost the same thing at the Iceclimbing Worldchampionships in South-Korea.Dennis is now there to climb.You can follow all the climbers on the Korean Worldchampionships Facebook page here. I have a restday. …
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Ouray Ice Fest 1.
Still totally jetlagged but super excited with all this ice around me.Three days ago I arrived in Ouray with Colin (of the Alpine Mentor Programme). He was so kind to even pick me up from the airport. They dropped me at Stevens place and even he was still awake to greet me.Although I still pretty …
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Korea IWC
Last week Dennis got a call.Pretty weird. In English.But the most polite one you can imagine. The organisation of the Iceclimbing Worldcup in Korea called Dennis to arrange his stay in Korea.Yes, they called him. From Korea. In English.Thats what I call being ‘over organised’. But my compliments to the organisation for that phonecall! A …
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Going to Ouray!
Here the full list: ourayicepark.com
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Getting ready for 2013 ICE
We’re training.Almost every day.Two times a day.Spending all we have: time, money, goods and social life to our passion.Iceclimbing.In January 2013 we’ll be part of the biggest ‘ice circus’ in the World again. The UIAA Worldcup Iceclimbing. I wouldn’t be myself if I wasn’t super nervous already :) Here the UIAA promo video. Oh, yes, …
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Dutch Drytool Event 2012
This week I’m working harder then ever to get my favourite local climbing gym ready for the biggest climbing event of the year: Dutch Drytool Event. Super stormy weather with rain… Perfect to go out for some routesetting… Last year I organised the event in another gym. They promised me all kinds of things. Money, being …
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Worldcup 2013 and 2014 Olympics
…and there it is. The 2013 Worldcup schedule. The UIAA announced the schedule for 2013 with some new things and some old things. Old: Worldcup in Busteni (why?) I’m surprised. If you read my post about the last Worldcup there, you can understand why I’m ‘slightly’ surprised. (See here, here and here) New: Worldcup in Rabenstein (Italy). …
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The video (Ginat)