Why Men Die Younger

In this times of crisis humour is needed. This one is an oldie from the Wallis 'Dress to Kill' campaign, but worth to post again. I like the last one the best because of the book the man is reading....

New Website Dutch Competition Climber Truong Ngo

Online from the 11th of May the new website from the Dutch competition climber Truong Ngo. Nicely designed and everything you want to know is on it: pics, info, results, news, etc. Check it out.

(source: joost.climbing.nl)

Climb- and Boulder Photo Contest Netherlands

(Picture by: Maurice Licher - Tim van der Linden Shadow Climbing at Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, USA)

Although the Netherlands don't have rocks to climb on there are many climbers who take the sport/lifestyle pretty serious. And won't you believe it, we also have a climbing magazine which is actually super cool. It's called BLOK, dutch for Magzine About Climbing (so in english it would be called MAC), and it focusses at all climbing aspects but Alpine climbing.

The magazine thrives on the input from many, amongst the readers themselves. So there's a Photo Contest every now and then and the readers can vote on them. Check this link and don't forget to give your vote to the most beautifull, stunning or artistic photo. To find previous pics got to this link.

(source: http://www.bladoverklimmen.nl/)

Bouldering at the Beach

Woah!! Yesterday the sunday wasn't about lazing on a sunday at all. Although enjoying a pleasant 25 degrees I spend most of the time building sand castles (see above) and transporting sea water to make it sturdy enough. But the good thing is that I love doing that, especially since my daugther enjoys it equally.

And guess what, not even summer yet but BAZ (Boulderen aan Zee or Bouldering at the Sea for ya English linguals) is on it's way !! The last news letter announces august 29 and 30 as the date to remember. Scheveningen beach (The Netherlands) will be the host of the fouth BAZ and it will be a mix of great bouldering problems (hundereds of them), sun (they hope...), sand/sea and exiting finals and a great party.

Enlistment is open from the 17th of may but check the site http://www.boulderenaanzee.org/ for more details. To give an impression of what the finals 2008 looked like go to www.youtube.com/boulderenaanzee

(source: boulderenaanzee.org)