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Competition Hard stuff at Pepinster
Jean-Louis Wertz, local at the Carrière Jaminon (B), opened a new masterpiece in the fabulous overhang of the crag: la folle traversée du pigeon is 8b+/8c, to be confirme
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Competition Open Flemish Championship for Youth
The third edition of the Open Flemish Youth Chanpionship was held at Klimax (Breendonk). It became an internation competition with young participants from the Netherlands
Gear guide Crashpads
In our quest for the ultimate crashpad Francis Dierick tested some models and wrote an article on the history, use and ideal crashpad! (in french)
Indoor climbing bouldering@home
Discover again the articles that Gerrit, Jo and Geert wrote in 2000. They met local climbers and reported to us the visit on their home made boulderwall.
Competition Muriel for the 4th time
Past sunday won Muriel Sarkany the final competition of the UIAA World Championship in Kranj (SLO). She sents the route in final and took the first place before Natalia G
Rock Bram the Barbarian!
Bram Honorez has just sent Futurs Barbares, 8A(+), on the 95.2 sector in Fontainebleau. Don't think that the weather was sunny. Bram realized the problem with rain on his
Competition Bouldering competition in Hungaria
Past saturday won Ludovic Stelmaszyk from France the bouldering competition at Hungaria in Louvain. Read the report of this sensational afternoon (in French).
Rock Guy Van Den Bergh
He deed it. After more than 10 weeks of intense try Guy Van den Bergh finally sents Cool Cat, one of the hardest 8a+ in Freyr.
Competition BCC results
The results of the second heat of the Belgian Climbing Cup, held today at Itinéraires (Brussels), are now available. Victory for Chloé Graftiaux (Women A) and Jonathan Th
Rock Jérôme Abraham repeats Le Clou
The hardest route in Freyr, Le Clou (8c) on the south face of Al'Legne was repeated by Jérôme Abraham. For the photo shoot with Nicolas Favresse in Le Clou earlier this y
Rock Corphalie: new topo
During the past year, the Rochers de Corphalie have been cleaned, rebolted and some new routes were opened. The new ànd complete topo by A. Doyen and B. Ma
Welcome!
Welcome to the new website of the Belgian Climbing Network. It doesn't only look different, there's a whole lot of added functionality and ease of use. English visitors
Competition Gold medal for Chloé
At the Youth World Championships at Canteleu (France), Chloé Graftiaux won the gold medal in the Girls B category. Her sister, Alix became 8th in the Girls A. All results
Rock Favresse is back in Belgium
After one month sitting in the spanish Pyrénées (Rodellar & Onãte), Nicolas Favresse is back in Belgium with a few 8c in his pocket: Pate Negro, Welcome to Tijuana an
Rock Route of the month
From Freyr, one of the most famous 8a of Belgium. We present you John Bee delight watch climbed by Guy Van den Bergh. Have a look at these great pictures (with text in Fr
Rock Stuff to read and admire
Earlier this year, Bert Van Lint opened a new route on El Gigante (Mexico). BCN had an interview with Bert (in Dutch, but don't miss the pictures!). Jean-Claude Vittoz de
Rock Rochers d'Heure: new routes
Six new routes, from 6c to 7b, have been opened and bolted at the Rochers d'Heure, at Somme-Leuze. The authors: N. Denis, N. L'hermite and P. Lanners.
Rock Route of the month
Freyr, the largest sport climbing area in Belgium, offers some great 8a's. Bayou Minou, on the Al'Legne south face, is subject of our route of the month, climbed by Benja
Rock New topoguide for Freyr
The new edition of the Freyr's topoguide is out now. After three long years, the biggest climbing area of Belgium finds his topoguide back ! Read the article of Hubert (i
Competition Muriel wins
A good start of the season for Muriel Sarkany as she wins the first round of the UIAA Worldcup, before Sandrine Levet and Natalija Gros. Alexandre Chabot is the winner in
Rock Shingen repeated
After 2 years of unsuccessfull tries by various climbers, Olivier Favresse is the first to climb Shingen (8b++, at Freyr), being the 6th climber to ever sent the route. T
Goldfinger: article, pictures & video
We prepared you a nice article (in Dutch) on the latest Goldfinger Competition, held at Klimax (Breendonk) If you don't understand it, you can have a look at the enclosed
Competition Goldfinger 2002
The third edition of the annual international climbing competition Goldfinger, at Klimax (Breendonk), was won by Martina Cufar and Serik Kazbekov. Martina won the competi
Rock Still not tired of Nicolas?
No? That's great! We are very proud to present you our first edition of Route of the Month (now in French) with Nicolas Favresse in the brand new 8c at Freyr: Le Clou. A
Rock Favresse's on the run!
Great sends from the Favresse brothers in Cuenca (Spain): Olivier, recovered from a finger injury, managed to tick Molokomix (8b). His older and better-known brother Nico
Rock 8A by Thierry
Thierry Hardy has sent Atrésie, 8A bloc, at Fontainebleau (Cuvier Rempart), without spotters but with his video-camera as a proof. He also sent Fourmis Rouges (7C+). He h
Belgian Boulder 2002
Have a look at the Quicktime movie of the finals of the Belgian Bouldering Championship, 2 weeks ago. We recommend you only to watch the movie when you have a broadband i
Gear guide What's new in 2002?
Hereby two articles about a full range of new products for 2002. The first presents the trekkingshoes Taïga from La Sportiva, the Victorinox altimeter knife, the new Hiru
Competition Belgian Boulder 2002
The 14-year old Chloé Graftiaux is the winner of the Belgian Boulder Championship at the women's category. Jérome Abraham was he best in the men's category. Later-on this
Movies on BCN
At last we could complete our most recent plans: Quicktime movies on the Belgian Climbing Network. Have a look at our first collection of competition movies. We feat
Rock Nicolas opens new 8c at Freyr
Our National Champion, Nicolas Favresse, has just sent his latest project at Freyr (B). Le Clou is a solid 8c, on the right face of the Al'Legne. It starts with Tartines
Competition Belgian Climbing Championship
Muriel Sarkany and Nicolas Favresse are the fresh national champions. Climbing gym Face Nord (Mons) was the scene of a very nice competition. See the complete r
Rock 8b for Ollie
During his stay in El Chorro, Olivier Coenen has sent Shaka Zulu (8b, sector Zeppelin) on the first try. He also climbed Lourdes (8a) on the second try.
Rock Bad Bolts Kill
The Belgian Rebolting Team has its own website. Currently only in Dutch, they report their activities. There is also possibility to report problems and dangerous situatio
Alpinisme Compaq Pole 2002
They are ready for the biggest challenge ever attempted. Who ? Two Belgians: Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer. They just left Belgium to join the North Pole for the Ulti
Competition Belgian Championships
The dates of Climb and Boulder 2002 are known. The difficulty competition is programmed for March 9th and 10th in climbing gym Face Nord in Mons. The bouldering competiti
Alpinisme Ice climbing in Belgium
Ice climbing in Belgium is such a rare activity that whenever it is possible, it is sensational. After 3 weeks of freezing, only one ice fall was partially climbable
Rock THE climbing guide comes !
All Belgium waits it for years: the climbing guide of the biggest belgian area: Freyr. More than 600 routes of all styles in one guide. Be patient, it is planned for Apri