Christmas Women’s Open 2014

by | Feb 9, 2015

Saturday 13 December 2014  Fun Before Christmas Saturday was Christmas Women’s Open, a boulder competition only for women. There were 40 boulders for everyone and from the colour red on it counted to be in the finals, which meant you didn’t need to climb the easy ones...

Nouvelle-Calédonie

by | Jan 30, 2015

Adapting to the Time Difference Two weeks before my departure for Nouméa, I started adapting to the 10 hour time difference with Antwerp. I woke up one hour earlier every two days and went to bed earlier too. The worst part is that I really have trouble getting out of...

3 Competitions in 3 Weeks

by | Dec 17, 2014

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

by | Jun 16, 2014

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...