3 Competitions in 3 Weeks

July 2014 Chamonix in the Rain The days drew nearer and I was trying to ignore them, until the morning that I had to pack my things. I couldn’t stop chattering to my sister. I had been packing for an entire week. I was going to compete in Chamonix one weekend and the...

What It’s Like to Be a Fly

14-15 June 2014 Hi Zizi Chalkdust Let me introduce myself. I’m Zizi Chalkdust, the fly. I live in the Edinburgh Climbing Arena. It’s an amazing place. Until these people came storming in. The arena filled with climbers, who would like to fly and walk on walls. I...

European Youth Cup Imst

31 May – 1 June 2014 Once upon a time. Already a long, long time ago a little girl, 15 and a half years old was in Imst. That little girl’s name is Celine Cuypers. She was in Imst for a climbing competition. Imst is a little village in Austria. In this country,...

Petzel Lead & Speed Championship

Trying to Calm Down the Stress My mom, Nils and I drove to Louvain-la-Neuve. Nils did not compete, but came along to cheer on the Klimax climbers. We didn’t talk much, so I tried to sleep. It wasn’t possible as I was wide awake, but I did dose off just a little...