Verdon is one of those places where climbing history was written 40 years ago: in the 1980s the Gorge du Verdon was the place to be and the worlds best climbers pushed the limits of climbing further establishing some of the hardest and most visionary multi-pitch routes of the world. Photos of the steep walls…
Europe provides a higher density of amazing climbing spots than any other continent. Within a few hours of driving, you can easily visit a bunch of unique places for bouldering, sport climbing or alpine climbing. As I see big journeys by plane more and more critical, I wanted to refocus on those crags around us…
Having some free over Whitsun, Caro and I were looking forward to doing some multi-pitch climbing because Caro never did any before. The actual plan was to climb a wall in the Alps, but we had to change our plans: the winter has been extraordinarily long in the Alpes and most of the huts were…
A few years ago, I had the big dream of climbing well enough to climb a route graded 8b. Bene, a friend from Karlsruhe, recommended a route in Frankejura which was called “Plan B”. It was intended to be my very first route in this grade. Now, a few years and after climbing a lot…
Chironico in Switzerland is somehow a love-hate for me. It’s a wonderful spot to spent time bouldering and the boulder problems are excellent. And even though I did quite a lot if boulders there in the last few years, I struggled a lot with the style there like nowhere else. But as you should always…
Voralpsee in Switzerland was one of the climbing spots which impressed me the most in the last year. It’s near enough to climb there at a weekend, the climbing there is superb and the place itself is really idyllic. Since our last visit, I was looking forward to the next opportunity to return to this…
Traditional climbing in Cadarese (Lombardia, Italy) became quite popular in the last few years. Stunning photos of climbing athletes like Barbara Zangerl and Jacobo Larcher made it a well-known spot. For all the trad climbing fans it is a little jewel hidden in valleys of Lombardia with some of the best trad climbing routes in…
After climbing in Franken a few weeks ago I was super stoked to see more. Together with Lulu, who is motivated to Franken all the time, I took the first possibility to spend a free weekend in Franken. The weather forecast promised sunny days and pleasantly warm temperatures. And indeed, it was wonderful to see…
Climbing a lot in the Palatinate and the Vosges, we are constantly searching for new spots, routes, and boulders to provide some variety. The Odenwald is not too far from Karlsruhe and provides a bunch of granite boulders and sandstone quarries – perfect to discover some new places at the weekend. The actual master was…
How many different climbing spots in Germany do you know? – Probably a few dozen and so do I. But still, I am surprised again and again, how many climbing areas here are in Germany and that there are still new locations to discover. Last weekend, we explored the impressive granite towers of the Fichtelgebirge…