Last November, Amsterdam was the setting of the Climbing Party hosted by La Sportiva. Those who travelled to Holland, will not lightly forget the beats and boulders La Sportiva had lined up for them. Now they issued a video with images from the party.
Tequila Sunrise reminds us of a cocktail, or a Hollywood movie from the Eighties with Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer en Kurt Russel. It refers however, also to something completely different; the 8A+ boulder Nicolas Mathieuclimbed in Hueco, Texas.
It appears to be a story about blood-thirsty Vikings in the High North, only are the main characters climbers and was the drakar traded in for a small sailing boat. Enjoy the new CAB-RCT film - Vertical Sailing - and share their adventures.
While most climbers sit at home, longing for spring to come along, Jan de Smit keeps on progressing. In Heuco in the States he did his second 8B, Alma Blanca. Enjoy the footage;
Belgian climbing legend Muriel Sarkany decided to retire from the international climbing competition circuit. After years of climbing at the absolute top, Muriel feels that it is time for something different.