Sandra's Knee Surgery Recovery: 3 months later start Climbing Again?

This is Sandra her story! 

Sandra was sitting on the floor next to the couch and tried to stand up when it happened. Her knee was hurt quite intens and she could not move at all. 

This was half September 2021 The diagnose was a “flapped” meniscus. It took more than 3 months and a knee surgery before she could start trying to walk again. Before it was a wheelchair or walking with sticks. 

A few weeks after the knee surgery she started recovery with guidance of physiotherapists of Bredero. During the recovery we made plans to go on vacation in the Provence in France. 

It was questionable if she could walk on uneven paths and if it was possible to do some climbing. She made progress, Please see the journey of Sandra to recover to be able to climb again. 

That's her passion, please see her journey on Youtube by clicking the picture here next 😀

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WILD CAMPING IN A FARM FOREST | Bushcraft | Tarp Shelter | Overnight | Campfire Cooking

Hello Lovely People, here the 2 Small on our Blog Jan-San-Climbing,

As you might have noticed we started a YouTube Channel to document all our adventures. We are off coarse climber but we do much more than that like bush-crafting, camping, running, mountain biking, traveling and many more activities that are always exciting. We try to upload one video per 2 weeks so than you when to expect the next one.

We just loaded a video this Friday and in this Video we show you our Bush-craft Overnight Wild Camping Trip in a Farm Forest.

Since Sandra is still recovering from her knee surgery (meniscus flap) and hardly can walk we took it easy and we divided the tasks. Sandra cutting the wood for fire and me doing all the walking jobs😅.  So Sandra and I went hiking thru some forests in an Agricultural area in the Netherlands close to "Den Hout".  The wind was again quite strong so we had to search for a sheltered spot for our Tarp Shelter. In this agricultural region there are a lot of ditches and waters with small forests and bushes. In those bushes some old farmer machines were located that got our attention. We found a nice place but the wind was constantly changing. Our tarp almost flew in the air due to the heavy wind or storm 😅 so we placed it  a few meters behind some trees and bushes. We used wood stumps to keep the tarp down and to reinforce the wind stability.  When the tarp was up we made a open fire place with some reflecting shields made from wood sticks to prevent the wind from blowing the fire out.  But the wind turned and blew the smoke into our tarp 😥. Eventually we moved the tarp slightly and the fire pit as we got quite hungry. It took us quite some effort to find dry wood but we managed to find some dead trees that Sandra could cut with a handsaw. This was a Life-saver!

When the weather settled we could start cooking on the open fire with a tripot and our small barbecue stand. We had a great dinner.

It was a very relaxing night with wind howling on the tarp, it was not cold at all so we slept as  roses. In the morning when we woke up I directly made a fire for breakfast with bacon & eggs and coffee. I went out of the small the forest to see some cows that were mooing for food from the farmers. The lady farmer came with here small tractor to give them some food, sweet!

We even spotted some sun when ramping the camp down again. It was a great adventure!

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2 Small Running and Mountain biking in the Forest

INTO THE WILD 2

Is there Wild In the Netherlands? No!! Yes!!

Like last year, we headed again into the forest to live some adventure.

After the heavy storms in the Netherlands a lot trees had been falling down and there were serious warnings of falling branches called widow makers. So the Dutch authority advised not to go into the woods. Ok? So we were prepared to be cautious and be careful with our route and picking our camping place.

Again the circumstances were harsh, a winter snow on some areas and drawling foggy rain making the whole area wet.

First thing: Making shelter to prevent becoming too wet and making fire to get some heath

During the day and evening we had a foggy rain but later the evening we had even some sunshine
Next: Chopping Wood to get thru the day and evening it took me 3 hours.























New thing we learned; cooking on open wood fire. San sat down and became the "fire master" and she cooked water for our thee and coffee and started to bake our bread in our special prepared "Dutch Oven" (not realy but an old pan from our home kitchen) After that she made  with chicken legs and a bunch of vegetables a great diner. Whauw!!

Late evening the sky broke open and the stars were visible, directly the temperature dropped to -3 deg C.

Early morning we lit up the fire and made thee and coffee and some bacon and eggs. Jummy!

Carefully breaking down our frozen tent and tarp we headed home again. Our clothes smelling of burned wood. Hi Hi.

See you next time San and Jan!

Bruut bouldering

Sunday afternoon bouldering at Bruut Breda in July.
Just a few boulders of the Blue circuit.

Super satisfied with the Scarpa Shoes. Scarpa Booster NL, Scarpa Booster DE

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