Ice: what a beautiful element

The last 2 days I spend in Italy with Luca Blanchet, one of the guides of TMAC2, to go iceclimbing. With perfect weather we were heading towards Cogne, where we climbed the "Cold Couloir", which in fact was not very cold, so that even girls could enjoy it :-) The next day we climbed close to Rhêmes-Notre-Dame. To warm up we did a small icefall just next to the "Sogno Realizzato" and afterwards the "Sogno Realizzato", which was in perfect condition. We found amazing ice-formation and climbed on nice medusa-ice.

Luca, grazie mille per quei due giorni fantastico!

 Pizza XXL in Courmayeur...mhmmm

 Luca in front of the beginning of the "Cold Couloir"

 Me climbing the 2nd pitch

 The last pitch of the "Cold Couloir"

"Sogno Realizzato" on the right

Luca climbing the first pitch of "Sogno Realizzato"

 Medusa-ice

 Sogno Realizzato e veramente un sogno

Ice: what a beautiful element

Happy to still be alive :-)

Iceclimbing festival in Kandersteg

This weekend took place the Iceclimbing Festival in Kandersteg. My friends convinced/persuaded me to participate. It was a lot of fun. I was already very pround that I could reach the top of the route. The fastest girl needed 1/4 of the time I needed :-). Nikolay reached the 3rd place! Congratulations! And after the finals we enjoyed the legendary party. 

Click here for the results: Results 

 Me climbing the qualification route

 Podium of men: 1. Pati, 2. Bendler, 3. Nikolay

 Partying: with Jerome Blanc-Gras and Cindy

With Tim Emmett, who will join TMAC for the iceclimbing stage in February

Christmas/New Year-Holidays

Happy New Year to everybody!

Like every year I spend the christmas/new year-holidays (yes, real holidays, because I started to work in my father’s practice as a assistant) with all the family in Eischoll, in our chalet in “Wallis”. An amazing  time. I did a lot of powedering and alpin and back-country skiing, some iceclimbing and drytooling.

 Powpow with Steffi in Blatten/Belalp

 Skiers taking me (in the car) over on the street

Back- country skiing, Bellgrat

 Back-country skiing: on the way to Ginalshorn/Unterbäch/VS

Ginalshorn/Unterbäch/VS

Ice climbing Saas Grund

My brother Ivo, first attempts of drytooling

 Nikolay drytooling in Montana, opening a new route

THAILAND

Already some pictures from our amazing trip. Text and pics from the prof. photographer and the underwater-camera soon...

Flooded surrounding of Bangkok from the plane

 One of the temples, Wat Arun, Bangkok

Nikolay and I in a Tuk-Tuk

 Young monks which whom we had a very interessting discussion

 Me climbing in Crazy horse

 The crazy horse and Nikolay

 Really tasty fruits....mhmmm

 Elephant riding

 One of the tribes of northern Thailand: Big Ear

 Orchid farm

 What Phra That Doi Suthep

 On the way by motorbike

 Titanic feeling :-)

 Fishing with friends of Nikolay

 Chicken island

 The view from our favorit mulit-pitch: Humanality

 Our beach: Tonsai

 Splits needed to reach the tufa

 That's how you look like after climbing :-)

 Our home during the stay in Tonsai: Dream Valley Resort

Magic atmosphere after a heavy rain

 Small holes from small crabs, which bring out small balls

Just happy!

 Nikolay playing with Jarik (the cuttest child ever!)

 Tonsai roof: the climbing crag just next to the beach

 no words needed

 :-)

With our friends Kristen, Stephan, Chris & Anna

 Fire Show

 Nikolay in Jai Dum, 8b, Dum's Kitchen

 :-)

 Our luck ballon

 Deep water soloing: me in the roof and Nikolay on the top

 2nd spot for DWS

 Nikolay in the traverse

 Our typical breakfast: fruits with yoghurt +/- müesli

 Short introduction to diving...

 ...and let's dive!

 Boxfish...so cute!

Nemo ;)

Nikolay and me with our buddy

 Goodbye atmosphere in Tonsai