Oman Day 10

Little unnamed Wadi:

"So high"

We will be back for shure...

Oman Day 9

Wadi Bani Auf: Projects!!!!!!!!!!!

Where to go???

"Hidden Valley Boulder"

End of the road...

2 really cool projects for next year...

PUNCTURE...

Oman Day 8

Found a little spot between Wadi Sahtan and Wadi Bani Auf:

Lilly Fluxx pulling hard...

alone...

Oman Day 6

Again Wadi Tiwi and more:

Really cool boulder problem: "Giant Bug"

CINEMA!!!

Beach ressort

Oman Day 5

Desert Sessions...

Where is the car???

Oman Day 4

Bouldering In Wadi Tiwi: "The future of hard bouldering???"

We found a liitle bouldering paradise with amazing potential for hard and moderate stuff...

... actually steeper than it looks...

Obelix

F... cool project from the very bottom - too weak after the operation though...

Oman Day 3

Mountain Tour and bouldering near Fibs:

"You sweet little baby..."

"...wanna go for a ride..."

Rough rock

Tough Rock

Stoner Rock

Oman Day 2

Bouldering in a little Wadi near Dibab:

Lilly Fluxx cruising...

Testing my new belly button in the "Scorpion king"...

We are back from a bouldering trip to Oman. Here are some pictures - Oman Day One

Near Dibab by the sea:

Warm water, but destroyed belly button...

Got a new belly button...

Unfinished Business

Not so new, but anyway good news for me:
I used the newgained-power to get down unfinished business in Kochel last week. On the day I "received" my injury Philipp and me were working on a left-sit-start-project to the "Shaka Zulu" at the Afrika-Wand, that we gave the name "Rorschach". Phillip came close to it, doing a "halfbaked" version.

After the rest I already used the moves to gain strength again, but the attempts were always disabled by my foot. When I came back from Portugal it seemed that the "old-body" was working again, so I managed to complete "Rorschach" and the "Shaka Khan"-Sit-Start (although not with the topout this time) last week. As a gift I also repeated Philipps testpiece "Baby Monsta". All the creations are "located" in the "8th" font boulder grade.

It's getting warmer now, so it's time for some rope-climbing - jipiiieeeee!

More good things to say about Sintra

To say it in a few words: Portugal/Sintra was the place to go on Easter! Friendly people, nice weather, nice landscape, nice rock, nice projects and even more nice... . Look at the pictures (by Margit Memminger) and you'll understand!

"Kalashnikov"

"Solaris"

After our trip to Sagrez in the south of Portugal around Christmas I got an invitation by local climber Fred da Silva to Lisboa.

After he sent me some pictures I was persuaded! The rock looked like a mixture between Joshua Tree and Black Mountains. And we were not dissapointed!

The first day we got introduced into the Lisboa boulder-scene, which welcomed us with open arms and minds. They all got not tired while showing us all their juveniles. Especially Fred turned out to be the perfect guide, because he totally knew, what was good for us (city, beach, climbs).

"Mito", a real beauty!

... Margit, cruising at the Sector Mekka

The first week we checked out a lot of places, climbed with locals and with a big group of spanish strongmen and I got back into serious bouldering after my injury and a two month rest. Soon motivated by the scene and the rock I did even a few new lines (Zagalot, Nailbiter) in the upper "7th"-range! While "Zagalot" (an old project) turned out to be a power-full-body-extension-compression boulder (check out the video below on this blog), the "Nailbiter" occured to be a crazy jump with a nerv-wrecking swing-control. Formally tried by Nico Favresse with a static method I soon realized that my solution would be the jump:

"Nailbiter"

To resume the trip is easy: We're having a very good time, being part of a still virgin bouldering community (that will grow fast), enjoying nice restdays on the beach and in the streets of Lisboa. And when we had to leave, it felt the best! And I found a good, hard line on the last day:

"Gorillas in the bruma"

... waiting for an ascent...

I'm shure that it won't be the last time, that I'll visit "Sintra" and its beautifull rocks.