April 2018 (Dillingen/Luxemburg, Germany) End of February, Anselm Geimer (see picture) climbed the 1st ascent of « Meuf d’Antoine (Fb7c+) ». A few weeks ago, Jay Hoffmann did the 2nd ascent. Here’s a video about Jay climbing it : https://vimeo.com/264470479
Anonymous: Hi, how are the tops? Is it a carabiner or a ring?
A triangle running through a bolt and a chain. If you want to toprope put your quickdraws in in order to not abuse the triangle 🙄
Anonymous: Hello, I would like to climb in Berdorf but I have read that I need a licence (free of charge). Do you know where I can ask for the form ? Thank you in advance, Agathe M.
Hi 😀 No, you don’t need a license anymore. If there are controls, you just need to tell that you are a member of a climbing club or association.
Here’s an old interview that the « Luxemburger Wort » did with Jean-Marc about climbing in March 2015. The interview is in french. After the interview was published, Jay-M said: « Some lines he wrote I did not really tell him and I do not agree with one or two things … but it’s ok, I’m just grinning ».
Eric, Thierry, Olivier, Jean-Marc & Ewa paid a visit to the new bouldergym by « Eifelblock » in Trier (Germany). This is a very nice place to meet, hang around, drink and eat … and of course train hard 😀
www.eifelblock.de Niederkircherstrasse 10, 54294 TrierHere’s a collection of the main climbing.lu videos from 2001 to 2016 edited by Jean-Marc Winckel and Olivier Groff.
The pictures all belong to John Gill / copyright John Gill !!
INTERVIEW with the legendary John Gill.
(Interview done by - and intro written by Jean-Marc Winckel in 2008)
John Paul Gill Jr., born February 16, 1937, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (USA) is my all time climbing hero beside Wolfgang Güllich, Klem Loskot, Tony Lamprecht and some others. I admire his philosophy about climbing, especially bouldering. He is a mathematician, a gymnast, a climber and for me a philosopher, a wise man. « There is an affinity between math and climbing. It has to do with independence of effort and good pattern recognition skills, coupled with a desire to solve problems and explore. », so John.
As a gymnast, he discoverd bouldering and introduced the use of magnesia (chalk) and the dynamic movements into climbing. The jumps were aesthetically pleasing him. The picture where he does a one-arm front lever (see the pictures) became very known throughout the whole world. Therefore, he is also known as the father of bouldering. Climbing was for John an extension of gymnastics. In his first article in the « American Alpine Journal » in 1969 named « The Art Of Bouldering » he wrote : « …the boulderer is concerned with form almost as much as with success and will not feel that he has truly mastered a problem until he can do it gracefully. » But what I admire the most about him are his ideas about the mental strength in climbing and how he experimented with it.
Pat Ament writes in his biography about John Gill : « … He found in bouldering sharp, clear reality, and on occasion a feeling that – with the right consciousness – he weighed a little bit less. The right mental attitude might inspire « a slight sensation of telekinesis » or in fact minutely perceivable levitation. It was easy to listen to such concepts, as they flowed subtly and with somewhat of a sense of humor from Gill. After all, he did at times seem to defy gravity. »
… “Nur die Harten kommen in den Garten” 😂 … In memory of our beloved Ex-Haus in Trier (Germany) 😭 This is a video of the finals of 2010s Ex-Haus bouldercup. 2014 has been the last Ex-Haus bouldercup, the 23rd edition and thus the oldest bouldercup in Germany !! … “Always stay true to our holy boulder temple and the Ex-Haus Dachboden Deluxe spirit.”
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10.03. - 23.03.2018 (Leonidia / Greece) Anselm Geimer & Jay Hoffmann had a nice trip to Leonidia in Greece. Here are some of the routes they climbed: Anselm did “Tufandago (8a+)”, “Venganza del silence (8a)”, “Fata Morgana (8a)”, “First class (8a)”, “Oaka.IC (8a)”, “La chèvre de Mr. Seguin (8a)”, “Acrovatis (7c+)”, “Räuber Fotzenklotz (7c+)” and much more. Jay did “Autopsia (7b+)” insight, “Bonobo (7b+)”, “Baumkraxler (7b+)”, “Spazokefalia (7b+)” insight and much more.