My training preparations for the European Championship Lead climbing at Imst are nearly finished. I’ve chosen to train more resistance and endurance for routes instead of bouldering.
Last Saturday the final boulder qualification was held in Monk Bouldergym at Eindhoven. I didn’t compete at this competition however I wanted to train some resistance at Amsterdam Sloterdijk with Nikki van Bergen and Daan Groskamp.
This year I’ll skip the National Championship Bouldering because I haven’t collected enough points. I prefer routes at the moment and focus 100% on it.
Anyway, I found some awesome photos from the climbing wall on this EC webpage. Next week I’ll be here to climb on it and hopefully reach the top. Soon I’ll post more about the program, my team members and the competition itself. I’ll keep you up to date!
Last week I received a text message on my mobile phone from Timo Tak. He’s back in town and felt like climbing outdoors. Although the weather forecast wasn’t that good I’d accepted his invitation to climb outdoors. Once in a while you need to take a risk to climb outdoors.
8 in the AM I was ready to go. I packed my harness, climbing shoes, quickdraws and enough food with me. A little later Timo arrived in his dark marine Peugeot. He was just in time, that’s how I reckon Timo.
2 hours and 15 minutes later we arrived at Freyr. Surprisingly it was dry! We noticed the parking lot was full of cars.
After some warm up routes, we were looking for long difficult routes.
We climbed about 4 hours at Freyr. Unfortunately the weatherman was correct and it started to rain a lot. We hoped for dry weather, better luck next time.
Oh well, we had fun climbing. Soon we’ll be back to finish our route.
Top Climbing Holland joined me for a day of climbing. Or should I say I joined TopCH. Oh well, most of them are my team members anyway. Together with Elko, Tim, Bob, Nikki and Lisa we went climbing at Klimax Puurs.
About 1 PM we arrived at the climbing gym. It was so quiet, nearly no one around!
I wanted to climb a lot of routes so I got myself ready.
Nikki van Bergen
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Bob Schubert
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Elko Schellingerhout
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Tim Reuser
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After 5 hours of climbing we were done climbing. This was a nice training session for September. I’ll return to compete in the Worldcup which will be held in this climbing gym. We didn’t climb all the routes though, however we climbed lots of routes.
TopCH, I hope you enjoyed climbing with me. Thanks and see you soon.
Climbers digg action. Most sports are full of action.
What I show below has got nothing to do with climbing, however the way the movies are recorded is wicked. GoPro and the HD helmet Hero deliver awesome footages which can be used to promote a sport.
In other words, you should check out these movies. I saw it and now I want to fly with a wingsuit, pull high stunts with a bike, surf around and snowboard. I just don’t know when I should do all this…
I like to read reviews about new climbing shoes. Moreover, it gets interesting if you can find more information about your own climbing shoes / approach shoes.
Climbing.com put reviews from 19 (!!) models from 11 companies online. Awesome, now you’re able to compare them among each other. To be honest, you need to fit many different models before you can make a choice. Each foot seems to be unique, right?
This list contains 2 pairs of shoes which I use as well. Are your shoes listed? Check here.
Courtesy: Chris Weidner / Climbing Magazine.
Most slippers can’t edge on a deck of cards, but then there’s Boreal’s latest slipper with a half midsole: the Tribal. While they won’t dime-edge like full-shank klettershoes, these asymmetric, slightly downturned kicks (with 4-4.6mm FS QUATTRO rubber) stick to edgy face climbs as well as the caves. The uppers are mostly leather with a mesh/elastic foot wrap that seals the fit. While the Tribal doesn’t excel at any particular climbing style, most testers said they would buy this shoe because it can handle any terrain well, and it’s an ideal training slipper.
Ideal Uses: Indoor training, all-around bouldering and sport.
Bottom Line: A competent slipper, stiffer than most, climbs everything.
Boreal’s latest mid-weight shoe is designed for technical approaches and easy climbs. The flashy red uppers are a durable blend of split leather and Lorica with a breathable PU Air Net lining. Vibram Friction rubber coats the sole, with generous toe and heel rubber and a padded heel system. Hiking tread underfoot grabs the trail while smooth toe rubber grips the rock for secure scrambling. The Lemur is supportive on the trail and above average on the rock.
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