Taiwan in My Fingers

I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes, Christmas is all around me and so the feeling grows. The song played on in the kitchen while I was eating alone. My parents were out and my sister was with friends and my brother was at work. So alone. It’s written in the...

8c J’accumoncelle la fatigue

It was only on the day that we departed that I decided to go to Les Auberts from 29 April to 6 May 2016. We were not sure where to go for a week, somewhere close and with good routes. I wanted to climb an 8c. But a week is very short for working and ascending an 8c....

Belgium Senior Lead Championship

This year’s Belgium Lead Championship was a success for me While last year I had looked forward to the Belgium Lead Championship, I couldn’t compete then because I injured myself in my shoulder at the last Belgium Youth Cup competition. I did win that one, but at the...

Good but Sad

Belgian lead climbing championship The Belgian lead climbing youth championship in Blueberry Hill on 5 April was the first competition I won this year. That’s a sad fact, because at two cups of the three I took part in, I only lost by one hold or two and this was a...