It has been a long time since I' ve written my last report, so to make it up to you I'll write a resume of everything what happened last year climbingwise.
First I started a rope-access training and I started working parttime at CRI rope-access, where I got my IRATA level 1 certificate. Here is a little film of our rope-access training with Don Bosco Wilrijk, on a training day in the new @-height trainingcenter.
March 2014
In March, me and Daan (a rope-access trainee as well) went to Ettringen (Germany) for some crack- and tradclimbing. Good times!
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| "True romance" 6b (don't mind the rope behind the leg, there wasn't any pro yet) ©Daan Nijs |
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| "Fissure" 6b ©Daan Nijs |
April 2014
During springtime I went on a ski-touring course in Switzerland with mountain-guide Helmuth Van Pottelbergh. We learned all the necessary techniques for alpine touring; spitzenkehren, off-piste skiing, glacier rescue, avalanche safety,... We had a lot of fun and the conditions were just perfect!
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Spitzenkehren! ©Helmuth
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| Great weather, uh?! Exept one day! ©Helmuth |
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| Checking the snow conditions |
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| Planning our trip for the next day (Cab. des Aig. Rouges) |
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| Some powderturns ©Helmuth |
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| Near the summit of the Pointe de Vouasson. What a view! ©Helmuth |
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| Les aiguilles rouges d' Arolla ©Helmuth |
June 2014
In June we went on a trip to Austria, organised by Don Bosco Wilrijk. We went sportclimbing, multi-pitching and hiking in the ötztal.
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| Myself working on a 6C+ with Daan on belay duty ©Simon Ruymaekers |
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| Cragging close to Längenfeld |
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| Andreas on the first pitch of "Schwalbennest" |
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| Simon following the first pitch of "Schwalbennest" |
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| A view to Längenfeld from the third belay |
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| Simon found the easy way ;) |
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| Simon shows the summit-logbook |
