Month: November 2018

  • The Klettersteig Rider 3.0

    The Klettersteig Rider 3.0

    Reading Time: < 1 minute The Klettersteig Rider 3.0 is a dual system via ferrata kit. It has a carabiner like standard via ferrata kits have and a “rider” system. The “rider” system fixes to the via ferrata cable and progresses with you. As you get to a part where you need to switch you…

  • Documenting climbing feats

    Documenting climbing feats

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Documenting climbing feats is an interesting challenge because you deal with issues of accessibility, projects that can last for months or even years and in some cases you’re dealing with the prospect of the climber understanding the problem, and then achieving his goal. For two or three years I really explored…

  • The Dawn Wall film

    Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the reasons for which this film is so powerful is that it’s written in the way that Heinrich Harrer wrote about the Eiger. It’s documenting not just a single attempt but the entire process. In doing so we get to know the people well. It gives us some context…

  • Zwift events, a social ride and a race

    Zwift events, a social ride and a race

    Reading Time: 4 minutes Today I participated in two Zwift events, a social ride and a race. The social ride was one hour of pedalling at a comfortable pace trying to keep to the same speed as the group. Rather than trying to be as fast as the group I was trying to pace myself…

  • 100 Move Day Goals reached

    100 Move Day Goals reached

    Reading Time: 2 minutes I have 100 move day goals reached. The difficulty of this goal depends on how high you set the bar. If you set the bar at two hundred calories a day then the goal is easy to achieve. If you set the goal at 500 or 600 calories then the achievement…

  • The Zwift Everest Challenge

    The Zwift Everest Challenge

    Reading Time: 3 minutes This summer I climbed over 8848 metres in a single month and now I have just completed the Zwift Everest challenge as well. This challenge, on Zwift, is much easier than in the real world because you are not carrying water, the weight of your bike, dealing with keeping yourself balanced…

  • Magnetic – Geneva premiere

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday I went to Magnetic’s Geneva Premiere and I really enjoyed some segments of the film and found that others were less interesting. Keep in mind though, that this film is two hours long and that this increase and decrease in interest is normal.  What made this screening special is that…

  • Sport, the nicest of meetings

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Translated from French, Sport the nicest of meetings reminds me of the legend that is told in Il Nuovo Cinema Paradiso. In Il Nuovo Cinema Paradiso we hear about the guy who waits outside a woman’s window for one hundred days and nights to show his devotion to her, and…

  • 2018 Nanowrimo attempt

    2018 Nanowrimo attempt

    Reading Time: 2 minutes As an introvert, I have a tendency to listen and daydream rather than talk. It is for this reason that the Nanowrimo challenge is an interesting one. It encourages me to be verbose, to use more words than I would usually use. It also forces me to find 1667 words of…