2nd Silver in Dornbirn

Nerves Creeping In When I get emotionally overwhelmed, I don’t really cry. My lips will start shaking and I get the feeling that I can’t really hold my smile anymore, but only my bottom lip does the quivering. I look at the people in front of me. People looking at me...

Flying Like a Butterfly

This weekend was the best competition so far. It was also the first lead competition of the 2017 season. So it is easily to be deemed the best competition so far. But I guess it will stay the best competition for a while longer. It started Friday morning at 8:30 in...

Catalonia Training Camp

The Belgian lead climbing team went on a week-long training camp to Catalonia. To learn, train and create a stronger Belgian team. I learned a lot, not only about climbing, but also about friendship and I learned that being a Belgian doesn’t always require speaking...

Second place in Lille

Lille This time I had to wake up early. It was a long drive of which I slept most of the time, my dad being my very handy coach and driver. Upon arriving, I went inside and checked the gym, I had never been to this climbing wall before. I was excited about the routes...