3rd Boulder World Cup Vail

Straight from Vienna the Austrian Bouldering Team (Anna, Katha, Killi, Johanna, Lukas and me) + Stew, Heiko (Coach) and Klaus (Physio) went to America for the 3rd Boulder World Cup in Vail (Colorado). Before we drove to the 2500m high valley of Vail we had a few relaxing days in Boulder, where we went shopping, swimming, training, had some physio treatments and tried to coupe with the jet lack. In Vail the air was thin and the problems long and powerful, not the best combination for me. However I was happy that I qualified for the Semifinal and finished in an alright 16th place.

On the other hand our team suffered from bad luck with Kili hurting his toe a day before the Qualification round and had a battle with his health, Johanna hurted her ankle on the last Qualification problem after an astonishing performance, Katha had a psychological fight after an old injury and Stew could not coupe very well with the height and got a cold a day before the Semifinal round. The results men: Kili 3rd, Stew 10th, Lu 36. Results female: Anna 2nd, Johanna 20th, Katha 24th

2nd Boulder World Cup Vienna

Vienna World Cup was the second event this year. The qualification round felt pretty good for me, even the warm weather did not distract me. Unfortunately, did I not see a heel hook on the last problem and therefore I had a top too less to make it into the semifinal round. My final position was 27th. Good that there was not too much time to be sad for, because I had to cheer for Stew in the Semifinal and than for the first time ever in Stews World Cup career in the Final. He finished 4th.

1st BWC Greifensee

On the weekend the first Boulder Worldcup of this year was held in Greifensee (Swiss). The weather was cold and wet, but the competition could take place without any troubles on an outside competition wall. When I think about the competition I have split feelings. Firstly, I felt strong and prepared which gave me enough confidence to perform well in the qualification round, However in the Semi final I was laking of the right amount of determination, and therefore I just finished 20th.

Trainingscamp in the capital city

The weather forecast for the weekend was bad for Tirol that’s why the Austrian Bouldering Team (Lu, Kili, Anna, Katha, Johanna, +I), Heiko, Ingo and Stew went to Vienna to train on the Competition wall. We had a lot of fun and now I can´t wait for the Worldcups to start.

Chillaz Winter Collection 2010/11

Kitzrock 2010

The competition in Kitzbühl has been held for the 3rd time this year and it counts to the Austrian and German Cup. It always a good event, well organized and a good preparation for the upcoming Woldcups. This was reflected by the unbelievable big number of competitors, with 60 men and 30 women. I had a good time and enjoyed the competition and finished on 2nd place behind Anna Stöhr and Katha Sauerwein came 3rd. Also the rest of the Ötztal Team did well with Lu winning the competition by the men before Kili Fischhuber and Jonas Bauman. Stew came 4th, Kathi 18th and Eli 27th.

Easter holiday on the côte d´azur

After a hard and long period of training I felt like an easier week with sun, sea and tufas. Therefore Stew and I decided really spontaneous to make a 6 day trip to Castillon to do some easier climbing and improve our power endurance. I was impressed from the climbs and some of the lines had the most interesting tufas I recently held.