I need a holiday....

See ya L8terz, after the holiday-break.

Old days in Val di Mello

In my early days of climbing the Van der Linden-brothers took me to all sorts of magic climbing places. From the limestone cliffs in the Gesäuse (Austria) to the long and sustained climbing on granite in Val di Mello (Italy). Specially the latter became a mecca for me, and still has many good memories to reminisce about. The pics below are taken in the famous 'Luna Nascente' (Birth of the Moon) where the descent was an even greater adventure than the climb itself !

Although it was a fine and beautiful route, nothing can beat the thrill of climbing 'Oceano Irrationale', with lots of spectacular climbing in fissures, requiring the famous Timmy 'O Neil moves. That route is branded in my memory as one of the finest climbs ever.

(source Luna Nascente pictures: Martijn van der Linden, source other pictures:unknown)

Variations on Homo Universalis - Leonardo da Vinci

I stumbled upon some nice variations of the drawing Homo Universalis, Leonardo da Vinci once made. Funny parodies I found you can see below: