Have a look at a few PICTURES about bouldering in TENERIFE / Spain!

In August 2011, Pierre went to Tenerife for a week and paid a visit to the boulder areas Arico and Arico Nuevo. Here are 7 pictures to give you an idea about what it looks like.

Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands. It is also the most populated island of Spain. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year! But it is not only a place for tourists lying all day on the beach and making party. There’s a lot more to see! You can do… (read more)

The 19th edition of the Ex-Haus Cup (December 2011) was a big success! There were around 140 participants. Many thanks to all of you for your support!

Many thanks to the sponsors: Kleine Fluchten Trier, Felsenkind, Jung-Ware, kletterszene.com & monkee!

Here are the results:

WOMEN – 1. Isabell Leiner, 2. Claudia Brandt, 3. Carina Scheffold, 4. Katja Grass & 5. Tamara Warken

MEN – 1. Mathias Conrad, 2. Dominik Winkler, 3. Luke Brady, 4. Nicolas Altmeier, 5. Thomas Schwender & 6. Dominik Leinenbach

See you all back for the 20th edition!

This is an interesting video about Sasha DiGiulian (Adidas team athlete), the 1st american woman to climb 9a! On October 15th 2011 she redpointed Pure Imagination (5.15d/9a) in Red River Gorge (Kentucky). Now she belongs to the very few women worldwide who managed to climb 9a.

Alizée Dufraisse from France is not far away from climbing this grade too. Yesterday, she managed to climb her 1st 8c+ in Siurana (Spain), a route of 40 meters named Pati Noso. Go on Alizée!

Yesterday, the 28th November, Daniel Woods has done the hardest flash in the world! He climbed Entlinge in Murgtal (Switzerland) on his 1st attempt!

Entlinge was put up by Fred Nicole in 2005 and has only seen a handful of repeats. It was estimated to be Fb8b+/8c. Daniel believes it to be Fb8b+. The hardest flashes so far have been done by Paul Robinson with Nagual (Fb8b) in 2007 and Adam Ondra with Confessions (Fb8b/8b+) in 2009.

Here is a video about Entlinge climbed by Bernd Zangerl who did the 2nd ascent after Fred Nicole.

On kairn.com you can find quite an interesting article about the locals of Fontainebleau (F) who are angry about all those climbers who pollute the beautiful nature of Bleau, who use too much chalk, who chip and destroy boulders, etc.

In order to do something against this problem some of the locals are thinking about wearing black shorts to show other climbers that they are the guardians of the boulderareas and to kick the asses of those who don’t behave in an appropriate way!

We believe that it is a very good idea and that something similar should be done in Berdorf too! Click here to read the article!

Source: kairn.com

Check out our NEW PICTURES about climbing in KALYMNOS / Greece in March, April and October 2011!

Kalymnos; for a climber described in one word: PARADISE! The local people used to live from their local products (sponges, goats, honey, fishing,…) but now they mainly live from the climbing tourism. It is a small, calm and beautiful island with friendly people. You have beautiful landscapes, beaches, good food, sun, the sea for diving and swimming and lots of rocks for climbing. Eric and Carole were there in August for climbing and diving (we all have a diving licence). Jean-Marc was there 3 times in 2011: end of March with Olivier, Eric, Michel, Nda, Stef and Thorsten, end of April with Pierre, Serge and Thierry and in October again with Olivier, Eric, Serge and Thierry.

Plans have already been made to go back next year. As Ryan Air have canceled some of their flights, they unfortunately canceled their flights to Kos too. One of the possibilites is to fly with Aegaeis Airlines from Frankfurt to Athen and then Athen to Kos.

After having been there 3 times you start to know… (read more)

Damn it! Sorry dudes, but the time has come again to fill your arms with enough pump for the legendary EX-HAUS BOULDERCUP in Trier (Germany) … yeah! The only real and probably oldest bouldercup will take place saturday, 17th December 2011. This will be the 19th edition!

Prepare yourself for crazy slopers, freaky dynos, sick crimpers, bloody pinches and big jugs just like mom used to make!

There will be around 100 boulderproblems in every grade.

Doors open @ 10am
Cup starts @ 11am
The finals are @ 7pm

The entry costs will be 15€ with a cool t-shirt. BE THERE or “eddi an merci an gidd all schäissen”

(Please join the “Bouldern im Ex-Haus Trier” group on facebook.)

Here is a little video from the men’s final boulder #2 from the Ex-Haus bouldercup 2010.

Ein offener Brief von Markus Bock: Hallo Ihr Erstbegeher, wo ist euer Respekt geblieben?

Markus Bock möchte sich mit einer Bitte an die Kletteröffentlichkeit wenden, da in letzter Zeit eine Entwicklung im Frankenjura überhandnimmt, die nicht mehr zu akzeptieren ist und gleichzeitig nur gestoppt werden kann, wenn auch die Mehrheit der Kletterer sie so nicht akzeptiert.

Source: climbing.de

The E.O.F.T. – European Outdoor Film Tour 2011/2012 will be at the Coque in Luxemburg City on October, 25th 2011! Check the E.O.F.T. homepage for more info and to have a look at the trailers! Click here to order tickets or buy tickets at the presale over www.citabel.lu !

Am Montag, dem 24. Oktober ist “Soft Opening” der neuen Kletterhalle CUBE TRIER und man kann ab dann jeden Abend zwischen 17:00 und 22:00 Uhr klettern gehen! Das geht dann so lange bis die neue Halle vollständig einsatzbereit ist und dann wird es auch eine Eröffnungsfeier geben. Weitere Infos und Details findet ihr auf www.cube-trier.de!

From October, 24th 2011 on you can climb in the new climbing gym in Trier (Germany) CUBE TRIER every evening from 5pm to 10pm. This will only be a “soft openeing” until the gym is completely fit for service! For more info check www.cube-trier.de!