Ettringen 2

Once again Ettringen! Really nice, getting more and more comfortable in the steeper cracks. I climbed "Seinesgleichen geschieht"(VI+/VII-) and "Presskopf" (VII-/VII) without using the bolts. Clean climbing as it goes. We also trained on "Mjoelnir" and "Feuertaufe". Great day.

once again really nice fotos from Mike, he's a talented photographer as well!

trad climbing in Belgium

Nice surprise this weekend: we went to the reopened crags in Sy/Ardennes.
At the rocher de Vignobles we found some nice limestone routes in the grade 4/5a. A bit more to the right I spotted a pretty cool crack with some bolts. Luckily I took a rack of cams and nuts with me - but I didn't expect to use them.

One of the locals there suggested to try this trad route - something around 6a/6b. I'm not sure. The climbing was really nice. The lower part is a bit fist jamming and the upper part has small hands and finger. There also enough options for laybacking. I really enjoyed, nice surprise!

Nice update on the Belgian crags here: https://nkbv.nl/fileupload/sportklimmen/klimgebieden/2017-01-10_Toegang_klimgebieden_Belgie.pdf

Ettringen

First jam session of the year!
Yesterday Mike and I went to Ettringen. In my opinion Finsterlay is the best jam spot. Plenty of nice crack routes between UIAA VI and VIII.
We climbed "Blutiger Samstag", "Seinesgleichen Geschieht", "Presskopf" and "Feuertaufe". Great to be back in the Eifel!
After my short visit to Beez last weekeind this was my second rock climbing day! Let's hope that the weather will be good the weeks for some nice climbing!!!