Fear – The first steps to free your mind

Fear – The first steps to free your mind

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fear is like your dog: it will become your best friend or your boss depending on how you treat it. And just like with your dog, you have to understand its nature to make friends with it.  I highly recommend Eric Hörst’s book:...
FEAR – Becoming a master of your mind

FEAR – Becoming a master of your mind

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In the next few blog posts I want to share a little bit about how I’ve been treating my faithful friend, Fear. We’ve grown close over the last two years since my accident. Our relationship has been pretty tight and we´ve...
Red River Gorgeous

Red River Gorgeous

Back in the fall I visited the Red River Gorge in Kentucky to check out the world famous sport climbing I’ve been hearing about forever. I didn’t get let down — the place lived up to its reputation. What a place! We camped at the Land of Arches and...
Adam Ondra in Flatanger

Adam Ondra in Flatanger

The beating of a hammer drill echoed off the massive gray walls of the storied Hanshelleren Cave in Flatanger, Norway, home to Change (5.15c) and Move (5.15b), two of the world’s hardest routes. It was 9 p.m. and still light. The drill belonged to Adam Ondra, who had...
Flatanger  May 2013, with Adam Ondra and Petr Pavlíček

Flatanger May 2013, with Adam Ondra and Petr Pavlíček

  One week after my last surgery I was asked to go with Adam and Petr up to Flatanger. I knew that I wouldn´t be able to climb as much as I would like to, but also that being outside, surrounded by magnificent nature and good people was the best medicine I can...

The metal is gone!

Yesterday I was back on the hospital to remove the metal screws, plates and pins from both of my ankles and my elbow.  While I was flying around on a lightning cloud in a world where the dogs can talk and fish can walk, the surgeons spent two hours pulling everything...