Posts Tagged ‘holidays’
Hey there!
Christmas is right around the corner. Just a few more days and it will be 2011. Hopefully 2011 will bring lots of climbing competitions, progression and training sessions. I hope everyone will enjoy climbing as much as I do. Warmest wishes to all my readers here at truongngo.nl. Happy holidays!
The competition season has come to an end.
The promotop competitions went well. The boulder events were amazing. The boulder qualifications was somewhat less than expected however the championships made up for it. Besides indoor climbing, I was able to find more time to climb outdoors this year. I am content about all of this.
I added competitions to my event list and I feel like climbing again! Furthermore there are some changes about climbing. I don’t know what my climbing future / goals will look like but I will share that next year.
For now I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I’m back in The Netherlands. I have been visiting Arco for 10 days in Italy! It was a fun, nice but also a very hot (climbing) holiday for me. I’ve never been to Arco before and heard lots of stories about it. Together with Tineke van Extel, it took us about 14 hours of driving to get to Italy.
In Arco I spent my time with the climbing club ED+ from Nijmegen. The club was guided by Mira Jongeneelen, Kim van den Hout and Tineke van Extel. We have had a great holiday with a group of 15 a 20 people.
Every day it was about 30 degrees and the best time to climb was about six o’clock in the evening. It got dark at 9 pm which made us stop quite early. I haven’t been climbing much but I did eat delicious Italian ice creams and I have swum every now and then.
I have been to Mont Colt, La Gola, San Siro and Massone. Mont Colt was difficult to reach with such a big group but it was a nice adventure. The rest of the climbing areas was easy to reach. Besides climbing I have also been visiting Verona.
What I find typical about Arco was the many climbing shops. I think I have seen about 10 climbing shops! Climbers, bikers and hikers are more than welcome. Gear and shoes were being sold for bargains. It was a paradise for climbers.
I have got to know ED+ a lot better and I learned a lot from the people around me. For instance a new knot thanks to Mira because I only knew the 8-knot, guidelines for toprope routes and many more. I won’t forget these tricks. Anyway, I have had a nice time with ED+.
So far my holiday report about Arco.
Here at the university in Eindhoven, they are not into holidays. Sure we get to celebrate Queen’s Day, Labour Day, Remembrance Day and Liberation Day, but its not like the May holiday that I use to have before.
I didn’t have any plans to go on a holiday until Kim van den Hout called me and asked if I wanted to go to Fontaine Bleau with them. Its just a pity they called on such short notice so I didn’t have time to arrange for it. But I really felt like climbing outdoors, so I made a few calls to friends and decided to climb routes with Jacco Schutte at Freyr instead. I haven’t been climbing outdoors much so lets hope for some good weather!
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