Elbsandstein is different
This year’s annual meeting of the young alpinist teams (DAV-Expedkader) took place in the mysterious sandstone towers of Elbsandstein, Germany. The climbing is outlandishly different – other than sparse ring […]
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Piccolo Principe – Punta Larsei
A steep line in rotten rock, but at least miserably protected… unfortunately it wasn’t wet. Okay, to be honest, a really good adventure! The route is completely trad with very […]
La Beffa, Cason de Formin
Yesterday Rolo and I climbed “La Beffa”, a newer (2012) route by Massimo da Pozzo. Typical for his style the bolts were far apart from each other and being a […]
First alpine route in the Dolomites of the season
After a very snowy winter, spring and early summer together with Charlie we managed to climb the first alpine route of the season. As objective we chose a relatively new […]
The new women’s expedition team of the German Alpine Club, DAV-Expeditionskader
In mid June 12 motivated girls met in Chamonix to go climbing for a week. We started with two days in rock and ice, building belays and doing other safety […]
Some photos from an attempt on Fitz Roy’s north face.
Climbing a “roof mushroom”
Today is the fifth day in a row with avalanche risk 5 in the Dolomites, last Friday was the first day they ever announced that grade for this region. After […]
Trainer C Skibergsteigen in Innervillgraten
Letzten Samstag haben wir uns im Gasthaus Raiffeisen im schönen Villgraten Tal getroffen. Die Woche fing super an mit bestem Wetter, schönen Skitouren, lehrreichen Unterrichtseinheiten drinnen und draußen usw. Dann […]
Eisklettern Dolomiten
Letzte Woche haben Michael und ich versucht in den Dolomiten Eis zu finden. Was uns auch teilweise gelungen ist, allerdings mit viel Wühlen verbunden… das Wichtigste, es war von Erfolg […]
Mojón Rojo, Patagonia.
Already a while ago… Sarah and I climbed Mojón Rojo to greet the new year. An easy summit with a spectacular view. We started early in the afternoon after feeling […]
