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You get proud by practicing
I am working for a youth centre and have recently started a girls-only climbing group. What began with two or three girls has grown now into a fully blown climbing meet up where the more experienced girls show the newcomers the ropes and where there is space not only for climbing but also for chats, …
Show and Tell Part 5: Ivy’s Cooking Pot
Some kids at our climbing wall thought, Ivy and I were sisters. Aawww! We are only work mates, but I think we both owned the same continental-style no-nonsense approach when it comes to kids and climbing. When Ivy’s not in a climbing wall, she creates pretty awesome films and is the director of ‘Ivy on …
‘Show and Tell’ Part 4: Maria’s Jacket
Together we founded what might be the only band in the world that consists of only two bass players and Ingeborg Bachmann in spirit, and I’ll be grateful forever that she put up with my enthusiastic but talentless strumming, because it was so much fun. We might have a comeback though (umm, can you come …
Show and Tell Part 3: Emma’s Scuba Hoodie
I know Emma as a climbing instructor, but she’s also a yoga teacher and an artist, creating the most beautiful collages (amongst many other things) – check out her page @emmamooreillustration on Facebook. Her ‘Show and Tell’ is right up my street when it comes to comfort wear. She asked me to crop out her …
Show and Tell – Part 2: Monica’s rucksack
She has got balls and she likes a challenge, but just as much she seeks for fun: Monica aka @thenourishmentninja is the backbone of a good adventure and we’ve been on quite a few together. When I asked her about her favourite equipment or clothing, she listed a hand full, which will all come to …
Show and Tell – Part I: My gore-tex trousers
I’ve had quite a bit of feedback on my last post about the outdoor clothing/equipment dilemma, so good to hear that I’m not alone! With all the depressing stuff going on in the world I think it would be nice to talk about the good things for a change and plan to showcase items, myself …
Pink!
I like a bright yellow, a fresh green, and a luscious orange: Yes, I like it colourful, but pink, magenta, purple, baby blue and turquois are not really my thing, yet, I do wear all these “ladies” colours in the outdoors. Because when you’re like me getting most of your stuff from ebay or facebook …
Navigation workshop in Bushy Park
You don’t need to leave London to learn the basics of navigating: I just ran a workshop in Bushy Park and the participants were not only quick in learning how to use map and compass, but also keen in finding out about the park inhabitants: The animal bingo got all our eyes peeled (yes, we …
With Black Lizards in Dartmoor
Bog land and I – whilst I can fully agree on the beaut and special vibes of the landscape, I have yet to feel the love for it. It’s ok for some while to play the floor is lava to avoid deep soggy holes, but doing it while trying to follow a bearing and keeping …