Once in a while I have busy and quiet climbing moments. Last month I didn’t participate in any climbing competition or event because nothing was planned. However that doesn’t mean that I have been in-active. I have been training weekly at Monk Bouldergym which is our traininglocation when you’re a member of the National Team.

We usually start with a warm up session of 45 minutes and conduct 12 exercises. We make up boulders on existing holds and talk in Worldcup language among each other. 2 ducktapes here, 1 tape there, final tape there, side is not available, some random holds and a final hold. Sometimes we even have these funny sound effects created by Ferdinand Schulte when we have a lousy attempt. During most of our training sessions we are being entertained by Casper ten Sijthoff’s wonderful Hitzone music.

Besides training, I like to follow other climbers to see what they are up to. The following announcements might be old news yet I would like to pronounce it here. Ima Nahumury, Mathieu Ceron, Wouter Jongeneelen and ED+ Climbing Association have their own webpage. There are some webpages with a new layout by Channah Brandsema, Enzo Nahumury, Joost Hofman and Olivier Coenen. I like to read their news when I don’t have much to share.

Soon on 14th of March I will be at the annual Mountaineering day which will take place at Nieuwegein. Here you will find a schedule of what is planned for that day. At 12.45 hours you can find me at the Grand Hall. See you there!