USA & Canada
posted on august, 2010

In the end of July, together with Christina Huber I started from Munich to a climbing trip in the United States and Canada. Our first day we spent in Los Angeles, visiting „The walk of fame“ and Venice Beach. Then we cought another plane to Reno and went ...

OutDoor 2010
posted on august, 2010

As every year also this year from the 15th to the 18th of July all producers of Outdoor products meet in Friedrichshafen in Germany. For us athletes this is always a good occasion to see our sponsors and a lot of friends. At Salewa there took place the ...

(Granite + cracks) × 2
posted on june, 2010

Already some time ago I started to be interested in the dark rock called granite, but for some time I just admired it from a certain distance, looking at the famous climbing pictures from the United States. This year I decided to come closer to it, planning ...

Outsider 8a+, Cornalba
posted on may, 2010

When Simone Moro freed this route in 1989 at the legendary Italian crag Cornalba, I had plenty of other things on my mind. For example playing in the garden or getting my diapers changed by mummy. At that time I wasn't even three years old. Last winter ...

Ice climbing world cup 2010
posted on february, 2010

My season of competitions 2010 was full of contradictions. After more than three months of specific training and one and a half months of fighting and hoping for the Russian visa in the beginning of January I was rewarded for this. In Kirov, 1000 km east ...

Dry girl D11 Iseo
posted on december, 2009

In the end of october I took out the ice axes to try some mixed and dry tooling routes, that had been in my mind for some time. One of these was „Dry girl“, graded D11, 25 meters long, very very steep and situated in the cave „Quail“ above the lake Iseo. ...

New Zealand
posted on april, 2009

Here it is: Lovely, so beautiful - just gorgeous! … Expressing it with the words of the local people. Just after my arrival I started with a really intensive weekend, sightseeing in Christchurch on Friday, shopping and a walk on the beach on Saturday, ...

Via "Italia 61"
posted on october, 2008

In the end of September I was able to climb „Italia 61“ (8a, 230m) at Piz Ciavaces, Sella, Dolomites. I had tried the route for the first time in spring and I immediately fell in love with it. The 8a – pitch, a 5 meter horizontal roof suited me very ...