Dernières News

Suivez Nathanael Gros lors des Championnats d'Europe d'Elagage, qui ont eu lieu à Turin du 19 au 22 Juin 2008, Parco del Valentino.

So far this year climbing seems to be going well. I managed to redpoint a new 9a/9a+. I always thought it was 9a+, but it went fast, so I wondered, is it really so hard???

Who owns a route? No one owns the rock. Does he who prepares a line have any rite to be the first to climb it, or is it open to all?

I was hoping for others to get to the top in the competition, to share first place. I guess that doesn't make me a great competition climber!

Not really, but does anything in our sport really make sense? We look for the hardest way up the wall, then try and find the easiest way up it! Link-ups are fun for training, though often make two OK routes into one really good one.

Wet or What!

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?