Last couple of weeks I’ve had good training sessions!
I believe I climbed on the following days: Tu, We, Th, Fr, Su, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Tu, Th and Sunday.
Meanwhile my fingers looks very calloused, as it should be when you climb this much. However the main question is: Am I fit? I could test my endurance yesterday during a competition called – 100% bouldering – at The Hague.
This competition wasn’t mentioned on my calendar but I added it later on. The climbinggym was build in a boulder paradise. The rules were simple. 100 divers problems, from easy until hard and each problem was worth 1 point.
Eventually I managed to solve 95 problems within 4 hours and ended in the finals together with Ulf Lennertz, Youri van Vliet and Tim Reuser.
After a good break, it was time to climb the finals. The finals contained 4 problems with a limit of 20 minutes. There were no other rules though. Everyone could climb at the same time. I managed to send 2 problems. Problem #2 was a bit hard for me, I managed a zone hold. And I was too tired to solve problem #1.
It was just too hard to bring up the tension after so many problems. Tim managed to send 3 problems and won the competition. I ended on the 2nd place and Youri became 3rd. The female finals was won by Mirthe van Liere, followed by Elena Belova on the 2nd place and Aniek Lith on the 3rd place. I was content about the competition, climbed a lot and feeling quite sore in my biceps and shoulders today.
To answer my question I raised before, I think I’m quite on my way of getting fit. I’m quite convinced yesterday that I should attend the Dust event because it’s a local competition. I was just in time to sign myself in.
I’m going to climb some at Monk Bouldergym. See ya’ll on Saturday!
Goodmorning folks!
What did you do when you got up? I freshened myself up this morning, ate breakfast and turned on my computer as usual. Next I checked my favourite webpages and spotted a few nice movies to share.
Check this out, the well known climbers Adam Ondra and Paul Robinson. Don’t forget to check out the other video boulderers, Daniel Woods, Guntram Jörg and Nalle Hukkataival, who are doing their very best on video.
Enjoy!
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Hi everyone!
It’s nearly Christmas. It wouldn’t be the same without this custom made card especially for you.
I hope you’ll have a nice time come weekend and I wish you all the best and a healthy 2012!
Check this out. Boulder, Lead, Speed, Youth competitions, world up…keep climbing!
Yeah, this competition started this morning! A competition till 18 years old! I’m talking about Youth Open 2011 at Monk Bouldergym.
The youth of today, 175 kids (!!), are performing right now at Monk! Unfortunately you can’t sign up anymore, it’s full, however you can enjoy the ambiance though!
Will you be around? I’m going to drink some Milk & Fruit juice to warm up my voice. I’ll be announcing some news and eventually hand out prices to the best boulder kids of the country.
See you around at Monk!
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Hello everyone.
I just realized it was exactly a month ago when I posted a story on my blog. Well lucky you, because I have an update with lots of photos!
I’ve been gone for 3 weeks on a business course in Ohio University in Athens.
3 Weeks no climbing went quick although sometimes it felt like I was in the States for months. Working in different high performance teams every week was oodles of fun!
It’s awesome to be with 22 colleagues, going out bowling, watching ice hockey, american football, playing pool games, experiencing Black Friday, shopping at Easton/Jeffersonville, having breakfast/lunch/dinner and so on.
The professors and coaches were really nice and I can’t wait to translate my theory into work experience!
To end this trip I received an Ohio University certificate last week yeah!
This week my team won the Sogeti‘s best idea/service. All our effort has turned into proud. It’s a great work experience and I won’t forget it ever again!
Anyway, I’m back in the Netherlands! I missed out on a lot. I had to watch a compilation video of the nationals and refresh the results’ page to check out the results…
I must say I was quite surprised about the women’s results. The men’s results are quite obvious. It’s never too late to congratulate everyone who participated though, so congrats haha.
Meanwhile the international competition season has come to an end. I guess that’s a good thing, so I won’t miss out on more international competitions. I guess that’s it.
What else is on my calendar?
Well next Saturday I’ll have a mic in my hands during the Youth Open event at Monk Bouldergym. I’m also planning to team up with teammember Vera to join Monk’s annual Klim Quiz a Gogo!
This event will be held on December 18th at Monk Bouldergym. Hopefully we’ll score better this year!
See you around!
Hey there climbers!
I haven’t read much news about it, but I’m sure there will be more news coming up on several climbing weblogs, for instance a photoblog here from Tony Lamiche. I’m talking about the Petzl Roc Trip in China which was last month from october 26th – 30th, 2011!
I just spotted a video about it. This area is amazing! Check it out yourself.
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