As some might have guessed, due to my increased activities in bouldering the last couple of months – in other words flashpump after ten moves – I will start some boulder worldcups this year. First to come is Dragomer (SLO), which starts tomorrow, and to my big suprise, my name is on the wrong end of the starting list for the nth time in a row. Next up will be Vienna (AUT) the week after, and Innsbruck (AUT) in three weeks. I might participate in Vail (USA), but since Katah and I are moving to another flat, this might be a little too stressful at that time.
Then of course the lead season will start, for which my plans will still have to be made. All I know is that I will do some, and not all :) Continue reading Upcoming worldcups
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‘Take your weapons of mass destruction and get the hell outta here’, to quote Team America. My blog will probably be on a black list from now on. Some might have guessed: We’ve left the States about a week ago, to go back home. The 180 days of our visa have expired over and we were kindly asked to clear out of the country, with a shotgun in the back :) I couldn’t have expected more of trip. Of course it had its ups and downs (like Katha’s knee, the many split tips and the four flat tires) but all’s well that ends well, and since especially the end of the trip felt like a holiday, I’m feeling fresh and psyched to be home, to all that awaits me here… Continue reading America fuck yeah! Yep, another video. don’t worry, it’ll be the last of our trip :) No we’re not back in hueco, although I do miss El Pasito, Krispy Kreme and the one dollar movie theaters. This is just a small post on the Esperanza video, that has become really oversized, because its producer didn’t think of flipping his Iphone :) After competing in the Hueco Rockrodeo, where Katha won and I got second – expectedly after D Woods – we finally left the Chihuahuan desert. An intermediate stop in another desert, the beautiful White Sands in New Mexico, got us into Utah, where we went to check on Indian Creek’s famous splitter cracks. Continue reading Rock Rodeo – Indian Creek Yep, still in the south. compared to the 0 degrees Celsius in the north, the 20 degrees here in Texas seem like a real holiday, so we’re postponing our stay. Joe’s Valley and Indian Creek will still be there later on. In the meantime Katha and I have been grazing projects, like the little video above shows. It features four 8B’s I’ve recently done, all very much different, but of course Hueco style of its finest. Continue reading Still in Hueco  Katha doing 'Dark Age' V11 Katha and I have had a couple of good days in Hueco, both finishing some projects. I could do ‘Esperanza’ V14 (8b+), ‘Nagual’ V13 and ‘Land Before Time’ V13; Katha could send three V11′s in a day and wrapped it up with ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ v12 (8A+). Continue reading Esperanza  Alma Blanca V13 As you were able to guess Katha and I are in Hueco Tanks now, where the climbing is as good as the weather. As soon as we got used to the almost perpetual background bombing of the nearby military base fighting the neighbouring missile range, as well as temperatures around 20 degrees Celsius and last but not least the ever so stupendous State Park rules for camping and climbing, we -almost- freely enjoyed the endless range of beautiful problems awaiting us. Continue reading Huecool  Fisher Towers, Moab From Bishop our next stop was… Vegas what else. We checked in the Stratosphere, a fancy hotel with a 350 meter high tower, including a small fun park on top, real Vegas style… Continue reading Desert Utah… National parks with the family… Like I promised, a video of me doing the sitstart of the Buttermilker and flashing one of Bishop’s finest boulders: Xavier’s roof. Continue reading The Buttermilker V13 (8B) |
 
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