The final of the German Boulder series in 2011 took place in Überlingen, a nice place next to the Bodensee. It was traditional. Unfortunately, the weather was not as good as the last years, so the organizers had some problems with the competition walls. The holds were wet; also the mats were wet, so that the climbers got wet shoes, when they started in a boulder problem.
The atmosphere between the climbers was not good. The competition was a disaster.
At the end, the umpires stopped the Final round because the rain got heavier. The result was very strange, only some of the boulders were count.
For me, this was the worst competition ever. There was no fun.
My result was a 4th place, in fact not really bad.
In the whole series I was on the second place, so I’m the German vice boulder champion.
Monday, 11.July 2011 Boulder Borldcup in Sheffield
Two weeks
after my first semi-final in an international competition, I was on the road to
Sheffield, the next boulder world cup.
The weather
was fantastic: sunny and hot! Motivated by the great weather, I climbed the
boulders from the qualifying. So I climbed three problems and with this result
I was easily qualified for the semi-final on the next day.
Like
Saturday the sun was shining on Sunday. The atmosphere was intoxicating. That
is why I was motivated although I had no power anymore. Anyhow, I was not able
to climb just one boulder, but I got all bonus evaluation. Amazing, but this
was good enough for a 13th place. My best result in a world cup, so far…
Wednesday, 6.July 2011 Boulder Worldcup in Eindhoven
In Eindhoven, I had my second boulder world cup this year. After a good competition in Vienna my in Eindhoven was the semi-final.
It was an open-air competition, but the weather didn’t play a good game, so the viewers disappeared under many umbrellas. A funny picture.
As I had gotten some points in the world ranking list in the competition in Vienna, I didn’t have to wait too long in the Isolation. For me, that was an important thing for being even more motivated.
In the qualifying, I was able to climb three Boulders in four tries. It was not until this round finished, that I realized that my result was good enough for the semi-final! My first semi-final in an international competition!
On the next day was the semi-final. I was really tired from the previous day, but I was so happy to be allowed to climb this semi-final. Although I just climbed one of the Boulder problems, I reached the 17th place. And I was really content.
Thuesday, 5.July 2011 German Boulder Competition in Frankfurt
On July the third German boulder competition took place in Frankfurt. Maybe it was because of the holiday period or maybe it was because of the hot temperatures, but not too many people competed.
The qualifying consisted of simple, easy and normal boulders, a good round for getting warm. The final was completly different. Cool Boulder problems, hard moves, great feeling!
In the end, the result was very curt. Julia Winter and I had the same result, so the points from the semi-final decided on the winner. It was me, who was lucky to win this competition!
Sunday, 5. June 2011 My first High Jump contest
Every year one of the biggest Fun-Competitions (Münchner Stadtmeisterschaften) takes place in Munich. Like last year, I helped to create some of the boulder problems, too. Altogether, there were 50 Boulders from very easy to really hard, for kids and for adults, varied, funny, exciting.
After three days working, the Boulders were tested by the starters. Their opinion: “great problems”. So, what more?
Between the qualification and the finale there was a High Jump. Spontaneously, I decided to compete. My very first High Jump!
After a few jumps as a warm-up, the distance between the holds grew bigger and bigger. Those who couldn’t do the jump dropped out. In the end, there were only two women left: Isi and me. After some more jumps there was no decision, so both of us were first.
So my first High Jump was really successful and it was fun, but I still think bouldering is the best discipline of climbing!
Wednesday, 1. June 2011 Boulder Weltcup Vienna
By reason of my good result at the competition in Kitzbühel, I was allowed to start at the boulder world cup in Vienna, my second world cup.
First Boulder: climbed in the first try. A good beginning.
Second Boulder: a jump. Five tries and the Boulder was completed.
Third Boulder: again climbed in the first try. It runs good.
Fourth Boulder: actually good tries, but I wasn’t able to hold the last hold.
Fifth Boulder: top in the second try.
In the end, I was 27th; almost qualifying for the semi-final.
But the most important thing is that it was a great competition with wonderful boulder problems and that I had a lot of fun.
Tuesday, 17. May 2011 KITZ Rock 2011
On the first weekend in May a big event took place in Kitzbühel, Austria. The KITZRock Boulder cup is always a well-organized competition in Austria, where also German climbers are allowed to compete. The qualification round on Friday consisted of six Boulder problems, more than it is usual at German competitions. It was already in this first round that the rout setters showed their knowledge of creating great boulders. The problems were funny, interesting and varied.
Although I was not that confident of a good result because I did not train a lot in the last weeks by reason of my last tests in school, I was able to reach the semi-final and in the end actually the final. At last, I noticed during the final round that my power was leaving. However I tried my very best and was able to reach the top of two boulders. It was a pity, but I fell off the last hold of the last boulder; with a top in this one I could have gotten a better placement. Anyhow at the end of the competition I was third. Better than I ever expected.First was JulianeWurm, second was Katharina Saurwein.
Tuesday, 15. March 2011 Bavarian championship in BoulderingSome days before, a big competition took place in Munich. Bavaria's best climbers came to this competition in bouldering searching for the best one. The start was early in the morning; and although I was tired, I was looking forward to the next hours. The boulder problems were varied: some dynamic moves, some static moves, a little bit of everything. So it was fun to climb them. Amazing, but I was able to climb each boulder in the first try, so I won the competition. What a great feeling.
Monday, 7. February 2011 German Boulder Competition in Munich
The first German competition took place at the Munich Trade Fair last weekend. This event is popular with many people. Some just like to watch the climbers others like to participate. But everybody likes the intoxicating atmosphere. Never before did so many women participate in a German Boulder competition. More than 30 women came for bouldering and having fun. In the qualifying round the boulders were not too hard, but varied. This changed with the next round, in the semi-finals. It got harder and harder to reach the top.
I have been lucky to be one of the best six athletes of the preliminary who was qualifying for the final. In this round we had to climb four different boulders each with four minutes time. Two others and I could climb the first boulder. It was a bit complicated to find the right way for solving this boulder problem because we had to decide between a jump and the static variant.
The next boulder was really difficult. Only one of us had enough power to reach the Top. In contrast the third problem had an easy start, but ended with a move that was impossible to do. So the decision fell on the last boulder. It was a powerful, but also varied boulder which was fun to climb. Juliane Wurm could climb it in her first try and won this competition. I followed on the second place. Julia Winter scored the third place.
This was a good start for me in the new season. Hopefully the next competitions will end like this.
Sunday, 7. November 2010 Some days in Fontainebleau
Amazing how great the landscape can be in autumn. I've been in Fontainebleau last week with two guys from Munich. Our plan was having fun and climbing some of the great boulders.
Even the weather wasn't that good as expected, we enjoyed the 6 days. On rainy days we walked through the woods and were enthused: the yellow trees amidst the green trees, the falling leaves, the changing clouds, ... However, on sunny days we climbed high motivated. By reason of the wet conditions we weren't able to climb many hard stuff, so for example "Magic Bus" 7b, "Le Pare Dessus" 7a+, "S'apelle au logis" 7a, "Joker" 7a, "Attention Chef d'Oeuvre."
Monday, 26. July 2010 One week in the Magic Wood
A few weeks ago I have been to Magic Wood (Switzerland, Averstal). The sun was shining, there was no rain and all the people I met were friendly and high motivated for bouldering. It was amazing, but this motivation made me stronger, so I could climb my first 7c+ (Du côté de Seshuan) and 3 other 7c's (Kuchenmonster, Man of the cow and Höhenzone) ...
I hope I will be back soon again in Magic Wood to boulder many other stuff and feel the magic of this place!
Saturday, 10. July 2010 New Boulderhall in Munich
The largest Boulderhall "Boulderwelt" opened last weekend in Munich.
Last Saturday a big event started in Munich: The largest Boulderhall of the world opened in Munich. It is build in an old factory building, but nothing remembers it. The hall is huge and highlighted because of the many windows and the white colour on the walls. So they create a beautiful atmosphere which makes it more comfortable to train.
For celebrating this big moment a competition took place in this hall. It was just for fun but with many prizes to win.
100 boulders in every difficulty. The boulders were interesting and varied, so everyone could find something for pleasure. Even it was very hot many people came to watch this new hall. All were enthusiastic.
After 6 hours bouldering the competition continued with "Biertischbouldern". It means bouldering around a picnic-trestle-table as fast as possible.
The spirit was brilliant, so I am sure everyone had a lot of fun!
All in all it was a great day and I am sure that I will often train in this new hall.
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