Last days of the year.

I spend the last days of 2016 working in a project I tried earlier this year. Last May I climbed Toit de Cul de Chien and thought that ‘the other roof’ would also be within my reach. I struggled back then and couldn’t do the long move to the pocket on the top. So, with two days left in 2016 I went back and tried the boulder again. It threw me down many more times but I persevered and finally was able to do the long move to the pocket. I enter the new year with a good feeling.

I wish all of you a great 2017 with many happy sends.

Good days and bad days

In between climbing trips there is only plastic when you are living in the Netherlands. Our country is as flat as a pancake without any rock, but we have a tremendous amount of climbing gyms. So I busy myself training on plastic.
Some days are good, I feel strong and can do amazing boulders at my home gym. Some days are bad. I guess we can all relate to those high gravity days when noting works out. Every boulder you try, no matter what the grade, feels really hard.
The movie below shows me having one of those days.

I am entering a full week of school exams, but after that I can relax over Christmas and New year with two weeks of outdoor bouldering. Really looking forward to that, I hope for dry and cold weather with a breeze coming from the East so I can stick the slopers in Fontainebleau.