Word Cloud Paschnampook

In this case words say more than picures. Hihi...

Natural Games Video Trailer

From 25th to 29th of June.2008, the Natural Games in Millau (Aveyron - France) put together the most impressive outdoor' crazy athletes ! This fusion of four universes gathered for the first time all the people of the outdoor community - climb, ride and fun. Ofcourse I was more interested in the climbing part....
For the climbers amongst you: the interesting part starts at minute 11 untill the end. Amongst this footage is the first ascent of Natural Games (8C) by Adam Ondra. Click picture to start the movie.
(source: petzlcrew.petzlteam.com)

Tomáš Mrázeks own Boulder Gym

There's always a bigger fish in the sea... Don't get me wrong, I love my own boulderwall (see more), but this is a different leaque. Look at how the czech climber Tomáš made an unbelievable bouldering gym from his old attick. The result=UP, and how it was before=BELOW. For more pics in the sequence of constructing see this link to his site.

(source:http://www.tomasmrazek.cz/)

NEW - Anti Climb Paint

Whoever came up with this idea, must be pretty weird... Paint with poisonous properties?

NEW - Photo Gallery of Jorg Verhoeven

As a regular visitor of the website of Jorg Verhoeven (one of the top competition lead climbers of the world) the opening of his Photo Gallery is a good insight in his world of climbing/bouldering. 'N-joy the pics and let it be inspiring !!
(source: www.jorgverhoeven.nl)

Tape and other Catastrophes

Not that I have finger injuries myself right now but the information seems important enough to share with other climbers. Besides that the story also tells about the misunderstandings of the use of tape and, like Wolfgang Güllich used to say: the most important muscle of a climber is the brain. Use it wisely to avoid or otherwise overcome a injury. (this link to the full story).

source: chockstone.org and athlon sports medicine

Update on Sharma and Clarke Mountain

Woah! Incredible as it is in sports, also climbinggrades are still going upward. Some afterthought and reflection on the ... of Clarke Mountainroute made Chris Sharma decide it was worth a big name and a big grade: Jumbo Love - 15.5b (9b), the first of it's kind in de USA.

As the discussion goes, there are two other climbs in the world with a proposed 9B, Akira by Fred Roughling and Ali Hulk sit start extension from Daniel Andrada. Both seemingly different routes from Jumbo Love it is impossible to compare them. Check the blog at BigUpProduction for a more elaborate discussion about the grading. I can't wait to see the footage of this all !!

(source: bigupproductions and climbing.com)

And now for something completely different ...

... and different it is ! One day it came to me to start a blog. And now, 10 months and nearly 10.000 hits later, it still is fun to do. The world is full of strange, funny, awkward and challeging news. To keep track of what's happening and to share it with others is rewarding still. Not everyone is capable of roaming through the "wide-wide-digital-universe-of-everything". So I keep on going and the search for things to share goes on.


And a defenition of different? judge for yourself:

Sharma Redpoints Clark Mountain

255 feet of relentless climbing in one single pitch, that's what Sharma took as his goal. Randy Leavitt, who discovered Clark Mountain limestone and developed many of the routes, meant it to be a 3 pitch route, but Sharma decided otherwise.

As he regarded Es Pontas in Mallorca as the hardest he had ever done so far, now the Clark Mountain route with not so much as a single hand-shake-rest is his newest and hardest feat he says. This mega long single pitch routes are going to be the next level of hard lines, Sharma thinks.

Noteworthy, the attempt(s) were filmed by the BigUpProdutions team and are probably part of the Real Rock Filmtour, which is also coming to the Netherlands !! (see previous post). While typing this post I get sweaty hands of the upcoming footage alone... harw !

(source: climing.com and bigupproductions)

MONK Bouldergym Try Outs

Bericht van MONK !!

"We hebben er lang op moeten wachten, maar het moment is gekomen. Monk mag open! De officiële opening staat gepland op zaterdag 4 oktober en vindt plaats tijdens de Open Dag Cultuur Strijp S. Maar later meer hierover. 4 Oktober is nog dik drie weken weg. Dat duurt ons allemaal een beetje te lang. Daarom gaan we alvast een beetje proefdraaien. Je leest het goed, Monk gaat eerder open! Vanaf aankomende week (38) zijn we geopend op dinsdagavond (vanaf 18:00), vrijdagavond (vanaf 17:00) en zondag (van 12:00 tot 18:00)".

Zie ook meer over de try-out data op de blog van MONK.

The law of Physics (Cop)

yuk, yuk. Take this in nice and slowly. A smart variation on the climbers quote "gravity sucks" ;-))

Climbing in Advertisement

I particularly like the last one. Wish I could insert some extra energy like that..

Daniel Woods Bouldering Jade (V15) - 2007

It's been a while since I have uploaded a movie, but this oldie is worth it all the way.

June 2007, Colorado, Upper Chaos Canyon. Daniel Woods climbs a stunning boulderproblem: Jade - V15 (click picture to start movie).

Zip(per) Up the Road

Old but very effective way of street art.
Art of a very different undergrond-level are the signs in this carpark. WOW !

The Reel Rock Tour - Big Up Productions

Big Up Productions is coming to Europe soon !! Op 10 september is de premiere, hoe kan het ook anders, in Boulder Colorado maar ze komen ook over de oceaan. Europa is ook een bakermat voor boulderaars en klimmers maar kennelijk hoort Nederland daar OOK bij aangezien ze naar MONK komen!! Onwaarschijnlijk staan we onder het kopje Internationaal tussen landen als Finland, New Zealand en de UK. De datum staat (voorlopig?) op 15 november. Trekken dus die agenda want er komen mooie films langs.
(bron: bipupproductions)

Tower Jumping - Czech Republic Adrspach

Duh... wazzup dude. In the series of how wacko-can-you-get-to-invent-new-sports, Tower Jumping. Check the video by clicking the picture.
(source: thegoat.backcountry)

MyHab - Recyclable Portable Shelter

A reusable/recyclable, luxury accommodation service for festival-goers, that is an affordable, green alternative to a soggy tent. The myhab service saves festival-goers the hassle of taking and pitching a tent. It also helps the organisers by reducing the number of orphaned tents they have to get rid of. myhab is the new way to enjoy festivals.

This is how Myhab promotes their product. A practical sollution for the lazy festival goer or the city that wants to promote their green innovative solution to the massive amount of new students each year.... The problem is, it was designed for the soggy and wet summers of Brittain. And their service, they will set up camp for you with nummerous extra's, is limited to their Island. Bummer, because is looks great and it is a fine example of green entrepreneurship.

Check the website for more details.

Digital Climbing Wall - future for BAZ 2009 ?

It's solid as a rock and smart as a sensor. Indoor rock climbing has seen a huge rise in popularity over the last few years. With the addition of this digitally responsive wall unit, it's about to attract even bigger fans. Each climbing hold is embedded with a sensor which registers your hand and feet placement. Digiwall keeps track of your movements and registers the pattern in which you climb. This information can be used to develop technique and monitor progression. The digi wall also lends itself to interactive games, competitions and exercises. Each hold can also play a musical note as you climb. I wonder if BAZ would like to add a new climbing activity for 2009?
(bron: thecoolhunter)

Fuerza Klim en Bouldershop is online

Voor al je technische klim en boulderspullen is er een nieuwe webshop online gegaan. Check de Fuerzashop en 'be amazed'! Ze zijn in het land een van de weinige (zo niet de enigen) die de Evolv klimschoentjes Pontas en de Predator in elke maat op voorraad hebben. Eat that !! Bever, Demmenie, Kathmandu, Zwerfkei en zeer veel klimhallen in Nederland :-))

BAZ 2008 - Bouldering with Güllich in mind

(pic by: Miriam Sanders)

Perfect sunny weather, a gentle breeze, MONK-coffee at hand, three huge boulder constructions and 900(!) motivated contestants were the ingredients for a stunning boulder event held at the Scheveningen beach last saturday. We, (Tim, David, Martijn, Maurice and Joost) distinguished ourselfs not by our bouldering capacities but for sure by our T-shirts. In memory of the death of Wolfgang Güllich Maurice and I made this T-shirt with one of his legendary one-liners "Man geht nicht NACH dem klettern einen Kaffee trinken, sondern Kaffeetrinken IST een Teil des kletterns". A thought we put into practise several times during the day.

Again BAZ 2008 was a stunning example of a perfect organized bouldering event. Three huge bouldering constructions lay await for us. Overhanging routes, mantle-moves, delicate smearing and dyno's were all there for the climbers to test one's ability. The perfect weather, sunny and a gentle breeze, added to the relaxed atmosphere and provoked questionmarks by the onelookers who were wondering from what planet these climbing-creatures came from. As pics say more than words hereby a few who were shot by Martijn, Tim, Joost and me (names added with the pictures).

(pic above: sun, wind and boulderine at the beach. What more do you want? - by Martijn v/d Linden)

(pic under: feeling strong - by Tim v/d Linden)

(pics: by Paschnampook)

left: Maurice before the blister..

right: Tim outstreched

under: total concept: music, beach and bouldering.

under: Fuerza sale on the beach, but soon going online with the webshop. Check it out !
under that: primary colours boulders meets lighthouse

up: 900 contestants but BAZ is spatious enough

under: boulder streetart

up: someone is happy with his coffee... Mmmmmaurice

up: Monk as provider for boulders and coffee

under: Flamenco mucis meets Haagse Harry

under: Coffee is important, but Prosecco is the party-starter

under: BAZ finals in artistic light. Muriel Sarkany starts her winning route.