INTO THE WILD 1

Where? In the Netherlands? Yes!!


Last weekend a long time wish came true;
Walking into the woods and sleep in the woods under winter and harsh circumstances.


Where is that possible in the Netherlands????
Well you have certain places where you are allowed to camp with a small tent for a couple of nights but with no or low facilities, they are called Paal Campings.
Packet with our GPS we walked 10km's to the Chaamse Bossen to stay there for one night.
When we walked with freezing temperatures and crispy environment we saw a lot of people skating on some small lakes but when entered the forest area around 16.30 it became very quit and quickly super dark.
Temperatures dropped to -8° to -9°C and it became really dark with nature sounds of screaming Gooses that went south and Owls who started to hunt. Very special! We also had a magnificent view on a bright dark sky full of stars. 

Close to the place to camp

Breakfast with -8°C

Costa Blanca '16 '17

Hi There!


Well, it has become more or less our tradition to spend our time around Christmas & New Year to explore the Costa Blanca for some climbing.
We both love the variety of doing some Sport climbing with the combination of Traditional climbing and doing some adventurous Multi Pitch routes either traditional or bolted.


As we have encountered already many crags in this area there is still plenty of unknown for us to discover. The weather forecast was so bad and showed us huge amount of rain showers that turned the Costa Blanca region into a flooding environment. We even could not escape our house since the road was flooded making it unable for cars to pass.


Some of the crags that normally are reached thru a dry river bed were unable to reach since the river had become into "River Wild" and impossible to go thru. So we headed for some higher grounds.


We tried to push again our limits but not all succeeded.
Like, Destroyer in Los Pinos and Me Cago en el Amor in Lliber both 8a's, nevertheless big fun in some traditional routes.
New Crags we visited: Bolulla Raco Roig, Ambolo, Gata de Gorgos, Montesa, Castellets.

The Barranco in Bolulla area

View on Montesa from the crag

7b Viper in Bolulla

Vall de Guadar, San rappelling down to take gear out

Los Pinos