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1 februari | Febuary in Spain
When I got the offer to check out Omans big walls, I couldn't say no, unfortunately my passport did, since it's running off soon. As an alternative I chose to be getting real pumped in Spanish never ending crags. Since the weather in Spain is allways nice (check out the forecast), and the 278 9a's and higher are just waiting to be repeated, I got a cheap flight to Barcelona.
Together with Jake-O, Tomtom and Mark-a-man, first I'll do some endurance, then I'll head off towards Albarracin to join the cat, the fish and the stork (katha, Killi and Anna)
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1 februari | Cross country skiing
A two day visit to the Ötzi's (Heiko, Babsy inc) first took us to the boulderoom, where there was some serious and not serious training, and then to the crosscountry skitrail. This sport is actually harder and more exhausting then you could think of, so after a few kilometer, we were down and out...
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12 januari | Wintersport
Because my Hilti is still in between Chile and here, and cause it's freezing outside, climbing has been put aside, to make room for winter activities!
Together with some friends, we made a small tour in the Zillertal, hiking up (too steep) and then skiing down (way too steep).
Foto G. Hörhager
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7 January | Chili without beans
December in Patagonia ain't that cold as it sounds, 25 degrees with a clear blue sky, and when even the north faces catch a full sun, your world has turned upside down.
5 Austrians and a lost dutch attacked Cochamo's many big walls, armed with a shitload of hardware, fear of water, and no knowledge of spanish whatsoever... Freeclimbing ain't easy in this valley so most of Cochamo's existing routes are aid routes, we tried to throw in a change.
Katha and I made roughly 5000 climbing meters on several climbs, like the first ascent of the Cerro Elefante (7b max, 700 meters), our new route up the Cerro Trinidad: 'The dutch corner' (7c max, 550 meter) and other superb existing routes.
Finally 10 days before our departure we saw the real 'Puta gonia', which means rain rain and more rain, and looks like the apocalypse...
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7 January | Best wishes
Ho Ho Ho and a happy new year...
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5 januari | 2008
The year has come to an end, the comps are finally over, and the cold times stand before us.
Last year again I did a few comps to much, but hey, I'm learning slowly... A new setup in the season, putting the bouldering in spring and the lead in autumn, needs some getting used to, but what came out this year? Victory in the lead overall cup, a goal finally achieved, after getting so close for a long time.
My activities in rock have slowly evoluted in direction first ascents, multipitches, even some alpine routes, but the beginning of the year was full of bouldering, Hueco, Ticino, Font, all so nice.
As a good closure of the year my first trip to Patagonia stood on the menu, but more about this later.
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