Tanz der Molekühle- Lechtal

On Friday and Saturday Stew and I went to a secret crag in Lechtal. Unfortunetly one whole part of the wall was still completely wet, so there was only one route left for me to try called “Tanz der Molekühle 8b/+”. These was one of the nicest route I ever been on. After bouldering  it up the first time I knew that eventually I would be able to climb this line, because it was completely my style. After checking it out a second time we headed back to the car for the night. On Saturday morning we were back and after a really cold warm up my first go already went well and I could climb past the crux. On my second go of the day I clombed the route meaning that I only needed 4 attempts in total. I am so happy and this was an awesome start in the outdoor season. Photos will follow later....

Boulder Woldcup Innsbruck

Innsbruck was the third world cup stop for me. It was strange, but I felt more nervous than usual. So close to home you just want to climb well. The audience was great in Innsbruck, already for the qualification round there were lots of people supporting you on the way to the top. Qualification and Semi-finals went well for me; I was especially proud to keep my nerves and performed my best. However in the Semi-final I fall off the top hold on boulder number 2 which was disappointing and the reason why I finished only 17^th and not a more deserved better position. The disappointment did not last too long, because I was so happy to hear that Stew qualified for the finals and I really enjoyed watching and shouting for him, in this awesome atmosphere. 

 I am kind of sad that there is a competition break now until August for me, but on the otherside I am happy to have more time to climb on the rock again.

Log Dragomer and Vienna

Time goes fast and 2 World Cups already past. This year I prepared differently than previous years, thanks to the help from Reini Scherer who provided me with really good trainings methods. Also Stew was from great help, who pushing me in my training and for setting some amazing problems. This paid off and I feel more confident in me and my climbing. In the Log Dragomer I climbed well and enjoyed it, without feeling too excited and nervous. However on 2 out of 5 problems in the Quali I climbed to the last move but was not able to catch the top. I finished 27^th overall. Obviously I felt disappointed but knew that I was strong enough to get into Semis. 

 

A week later was the World Cup in Vienna. Qualification went well except that I sticked a hard dyno 2^nd go but fall off to the top and until the last minute I could not to the dyno again. Therefore I needed more attempts and only just qualified for the Semifinal. The Semifinal was extremely hard and I only collected 1 Bonus. I finished with 6 others on place 15. Somehow felt alright about my performance but deep inside I knew that there would have been more. 

Next week is Innsbruck which is the last World Cup for me until end of August in Munich. I am looking forward to try my best and give everything. VENGA

Austrian Championship in Kitzbühl

The Austrian Championship in Kitzbühl was once more an amazing event. The competitor field was huge with all the top Boulderers from Austria, except from Anna Stöhr and Jakob Schubert who competed in the Boulder-Worldcup in China. 

The qualification went well for me, even if i am not a great fan of the "jam" modus. I was able to climb all blocs in slightly less attemps than Kathi Posch and qualified 1st for the finals. The final problems were great, really nice to climb but unfortunally they were a bit too easy. Katha Saurwein (1st) was the only girl in the final which flashed all 4 problems. Kathi (2nd), me (3rd) and Babsy (4th) had a tied race and climed all the 4 final problems in 5 goes. 

By the guys the final was dominated by Kilian Fischhuber (1st) who flashed 3 of the final blocs. The race was a bit tieder between Christian Feistmantel and Lukas Ennemoser with  both flashing one problem, although Christan got one more bonus hold and therefore finished 2nd before Lu.

Seasonstart

The preparation for the upcoming world cups been going according to plan. Like always in this preparation phase I went through a few ups and downs. Now I am really looking forward to the season, I currently giving some fine tuning to my training and try to work on some weaknesses. April is coming close and the start is going to be the Austrian Championship on 14th of April, followed by two Boulder World Cups, one in Log Dragomer 21st und 22nd of April and the next one in Vienna 27th and 28th April.