It has been a while – almost a year – that I have been “giving testimony” about one of the…
The art of self handicapping – A log book of the hardest ascent in my life: La Barrière (9b) in Jansegg.
“Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free.” 25.08.2018 – 2pm: Three glasses of rosé and…
“Le vent nous portera” – Latin America’s first 9a+ at 3600m in Socaire, Chile, and the crowing of a perfect five months trip across the Altiplano.
The last time I had played the high altitude game – in northern India two years ago – I got…
VIDEO – Murcielago, 8B, Brealito, Argentina – Among birds and bats and quite some sandstone
At the foot of the Altiplano in northern Argentina lies the wide and sandstone covered valley of Brealito at 2500m…
Me and the kid(s) – Bad weather phenomenon “El Nino” covers the four of us on the 4000m high Altiplano in snow and creates in the same time perfect conditions for South Americas 3rd 9a: “Ruta de Cobre” in Socaire, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
Bad weather phenomenon “El Nino” covers the four of us on the 4000m high Altiplano in snow and creates in…
New partners for the new year(s) to come – Up from 2017 I will be working with Scarpa and Petzl
Up from 2017 I will be working with Scarpa and Petzl After three years of nonprofit climbing purely for myself,…
Honest thieves of a little crooked beauty – Three weeks on Europe’s craziest granite in Sardegna
We came to steal. As usual. Honest robbery that does not hurt the earth, as our resource isn’t only sustainable,…
Time out of space – Five weeks visiting a Buddhist wedding, bouldering and …
Five weeks visiting a Buddhist wedding, bouldering and hiking with two kids in the utmost north of India, Ladakh, that…