Lately I have noticed that during harder climbing routes when I need to battle my way through them, I catch myself with a thought "I am done and want to quit this route". And I feel that this thought comes up more when I am physically and mentally tired and it has been a slow, [...]
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Restarting bouldering after the lockdown
Last week was my first week climbing again after 4.5 months of a break. It has been the longest I haven't climbed since I started climbing. I was not sure what to expect and was trying my best to have as little expectation as possible and get there with an open mind. I thought I'll [...]
Why is it good to be different?
Last night I was watching IFSC Boulder World Cup Meiringen 2021 Men's and Women's finals. I was really looking forward to see women's session and who will be participating this year. I must admit I enjoyed it more than watching men's session. Maybe also because I'm a woman and seeing similar built persons bouldering makes [...]
Pushing my comfort zone
When I started this blog I wanted to share my climbing experience and also motivate myself to push my comfort zone and grow. To be honest, I didn't do that much since then. Pushing comfort zone is scary and uncomfortable. And you need some courage and motivation to do that. I also realized that since [...]
My headstand journey
At the end of the hike in South of France. My most courageous headstand. On top of a small hill, with uneven ground and rocks under. I was super focused not to fall :-). Photo by Remi. In August I went on holidays to South of France where, besides visiting different places and enjoying nice [...]
Females who inspire me
Today inspired me to write a post about women who has and keep inspire me every day. Although it shouldn't be just this one day a year to think about it and appreciate the incredible women around me every day. My family and friends First I would like to start with my family women - [...]
My climbing learnings
Me climbing 5c (white route). Photo: Carolina Ferranti. I have been climbing couple of years now. And there are few things I have learned, which I try to apply during my climbing practices. Some of these learnings come from my friends, some from observing fellow climbers. I hope you find them useful and inspiring for [...]
Revealing climbing grades
Lucia climbing 5c (red route).Photo: Carolina Ferranti With one of the first blogs friend of mine asked what does different numbers I'm mentioning in my climbing stories mean. I did briefly explain that those are climbing grades which help to determinate the difficulty level of each route. Later we discussed about this in our climbing [...]
Celebrate your successes – smaller and bigger ones
I have just arrived home after my weekly climbing practice. I am jumping out of my pants from how happy I am about the evening and especially the last route I did. It was a nice tiny grip 6b I managed to do in one go!!!! How great is that, knowing that for another really [...]
Why should you consider climbing as your next hobby
Me and Berni (one of my climbing buddies) on a 6a route "Friends with benefits" in De Uithof, Hague, The Netherlands. This route was a lot of fun. It was about climbing in a tandem and helping each other to get up. I started climbing few years ago and the way I got to climbing [...]
Higher together 