Ouray Ice 2.

On this side of the world it's all about ice, mixed and drytooling.
Strange and funny, but on the other side of the world it's almost the same thing at the Iceclimbing Worldchampionships in South-Korea.
Dennis is now there to climb.
You can follow all the climbers on the Korean Worldchampionships Facebook page here.

I have a restday. Sleeping, internet, music, eating, and I just made a little video of some things I'd been up to the last week.
Together with the others of the Alpine Mentor Programme we're really having a good time here in the cold.
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Indian Creek

Indian Creek
a.k.a "Mama...*"
*....it hurts
* ....this is scary
* ....it's so hot here
* ....water, water, wat....

After a week of mental and physical challenging try-outs for the Alpine Mentor Programme I had a couple 'restdays'. Buster and I decided to spent these days in trad Sandstone area Indian Creek.
Indian Creek is a rare and special place located in the desert in Utah.
It's like you'd expect in a desert: dry, dusty and hot during the day and freezing nights.
At the local bivy/campsite we warmed ourselves at the campfire (thanks Steven).
On te day Buster was my personal crack climbing teacher.
He took me on a 5.10, a level I'd easily climb on French Limestone. Here I had no idea how to get my hands right inside the rock and even figured a head-jam was easier sometimes...
After a while I got a 'hand' of it and was proud to flash 5.11's!
Six routes on a day was my maximum for the first day. Bruises on my hands, forearms and up to my shoulders...
After a good night sleep in the dust and a real American breakfast I was ready for another day.
Proud to struggle my way up on 5.11+ and what looked like a 5.9 but turned out to be 5.10+...
Yet another amazing climbing day!
Now looking back on two amazing and intense climbing days. I'll never forget my first days in Indian Creek. When shall we go again? :)
Today we took a shower in Moab and drive on to the Black Canyon for four days of multipitch climbing with the Alpine Mentor Team in the Black Canyon.