Dernières News

News - Premier UK bouldering venue perfect for power endurance training.

Which is a relief as getting outside has been tough this year with constant rain from June onwards. Any route fitness I’d gained drained away even faster than my enthusiasm. The news of a training venue for route climbers comes as a bitter blow for the boulderers who have enjoyed pure power problems for a while and don’t see the point in getting pumped.

Reaching the new 'super crag' above the Spanish town of Oliana the first thing you see is a huge tufa, like a fat drainpipe of poured grey concrete stretching down from the summit. Automatically you see the weakness, finding the link between the ground and the top. You want to get up this cliff and this is the way!

Last year I got the chance to set the Skymasters competition at the UK Outdoor Show. It's a funny show, the "outdoor" show, the weather is always gorgeous and everyone is indoors sitting around stuffing their faces with hotdogs and cakes!

Time allways flyes, this is old knowledge. First I thought my upcoming 6 weeks with only one hand would be slow as all my old routines were out of the question. All my climbingtrips were cancelled. And all my gigs too (allmost...). How could I keep he spirit up with such a turn in life?

La Mission de Pangaea : Encourager le respect de l'environnement
et participer activement au nettoyage de la planète pour la protéger
pour les générations futures.

Mike Horn, explorateur sud-africain renommé, a un rêve : embarquer
de jeunes explorateurs sur les océans et à travers les sept continents
afin de partager avec eux sa passion de l'exploration et de la
découverte, pour leur montrer l'impact de l'homme sur l'écosystème
mondial et ainsi offrir une plateforme pour des actions de protection
de la planète pour les générations futures.

Here is the feedback from the first Young Explorers who attended Mike Horn's Pangaea training camp. Salty... :-)

Age: 19

Carlien - 22 October 2008
 
After what seemed like ages, the two weeks after the training camp was finally over !  I couldn't  wait to get to Ushuaia, see everybody again and most importantly - set sail for Antarctica!

Nora - Lundi 20 octobre

Il neige… On sent la glace se rapprocher dangereusement ! Il fait de plus en plus froid… Il paraît qu'on arrive en Antarctique dans 7h de temps ! Whoua … Je ne réalise pas que dans peu de temps, je vais apercevoir ce continent qui m'est si étrange et mystérieux.

J'appréhendais le périple en bateau… mais bonne nouvelle, je n’ai pas le mal de mer, ouf, au contraire j'ai souvent faim et Céleste est la meilleure des cuisinières que je connaisse. Today : hamburgers party ! On est gâté.

Alexis - 22nd of October

Yesterday, on the 21st, we arrived in the morning to Trinity Island. We discovered a beautiful landscape. Lots of ice on the Island, glacier running down into the water, dream scenery.