Tonde Katiyo and I will document the route setting of the 2011 Boulder World Cup. Our goal is to raise awareness and ultimately a higher standard of route setting at climbing comps.  For that Tonde has set up a site that allows for all kind of interactivity. Till the site is fully operational you can check out our route setting playlist on YouTube. The Milano BWC was really strenuous for me and I got a little sick after returning home, so I only managed to do some male qualification problems for today. Stay tuned for more tomorrow though and - of course I will be doing those "Boulder World Cup reports" again!

Fantastisches Finale der HardMoves Boulder League 2011 gestern abend in Wuppertal! Weltklasse Routenbau von Tobi Reichert und Jonas Baumann, tolles Publiklum und die besten Boulderer Deutschlands boten die Bouldershow des Jahres. Kameratechnisch hatten wir uns auch etwas Neues ausgedacht, nämlich eine Mini-Spiderkam die wir für den Film über diesen denkwürdigen Abend zum ersten Mal ausprobiert haben. (Demnächst mehr über dieses DIY Projekt) Zusätzlich zum Video oben gibt es hier eine slideshow auf flickr...

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On Saturday 9 of October 2010 a couple of hundred climbers gathered to bid Kurt Albert farewell. In Streitberg, Kurt's home village, companions like Stefan Glowacz, Bernd Arnold, Jerry Moffatt, Jesse Guthrie and Holger Heuber recalled episodes of the many aspects in Kurt's life. As sad as the occasion was, at one point each of them was smiling. Remembering Kurt we go through tears and laughter in an instant. Taking risks, big or small, was Kurt's way of going through life, inspiring people on the way.

Weiterlesen: Farewell to Kurt Albert

Our account of the European 2010 climbing and bouldering championships. Needed a bit of time in the making, but should be interesting for in-depth movement analysis. For further information and detailed results, check out http://www.ifsc-climbing.org. Read on for more in German ...

Weiterlesen: Kletter-Europameisterschaft 2010, Imst / Innsbruck