NEWS, about lux. climbers in & out of Luxembourg and foreign climbers in Lux. (Also have a look at BERDORF! Thx ...) LAST UPDATE: 21st May 2011
06.2011 (BERDORF) The dutch climber Jelmer Folkertsma has made the 6th ascent of Yollin (7c+/8a) in June 2011 ! Since the 3rd and 4th ascent of Jean-Marc W. and Yves S. this beautiful route has unfortunately seen no ascents for a long time.
25.09.2011 (BERDORF) Michael Mangerich has redpointed the combi Walk the line (8a+) !
28.08.2011 (BERDORF) Joakim Genin has redpointed, Hermann Buhl (8a+) !
08.08.2011 (BERDORF) Olivier Knepper (16) & Benoît Putzeys (15) both redpointed, Bobby Brown (7c). Their 1st 7c!
07.08.2011 (BERDORF) Jean-Marc Winckel has redpointed Walk the line (8a+).
05.2011 A NEW TOPO IS OUT NOW! More pages, more pictures, get your copyhere
10.2010 This years Exhauscup will take place the 11th of December ! Doors: 10h00, Start: 11h00 ! The system will be same as the previous years. Pierre, JM, Oli, Eric and Yves will be among the routesetters. PARTYTIME AFTER THE FINALS (don't forget your sleeping bag!!) See you there!
18.07.2010 (BERDORF) Marcus Haysom climbed his first 7b, Infernale (7b) !
27.06.2010 (Berdorf) Jean-Marc Winckel has done the 2nd ascent of Terminator (8b/8b+)! (Jean-Marc: It's definitely harder than Hasta La Vista Gringo, but I'm not sure about 8b+!?)
17-24.06.2010 (Magic Wood/Switzerland) David Antunes has climbed James Bong (Fb7a+), Morgenlatte (Fb7b), La boume de luxe (Fb7b), Fast Joe (Fb7b), The Gift (Fb7c) & more !
23.06.2010 (BERDORF) Marco Vironda climbed his first 7b, Infernale (7b) !
05-18.06.2010 (BERDORF) Noé Berger has climbed Apocalypse (7c) (onsight), Massive Attack (8a+) and Borderline (8b) (1st luxembourgish ascent)!
05-06.2010 (BERDORF) Michael 'Stier von Trier' Mangerich climbed Sysiphe (8a+) and Cima Nikita (7c+) !
24.05.2010 (Pfalz/Germany) Jean-Marc Winckel has done Windjammer (8a) and more.
20.05.2010 (BERDORF) Ben Lepesant has climbed Bobby Brown (7c)!
18.05.2010 (BERDORF) Steff Müller has climbed Baraka (8a)!
26.04.2010 Pictures from the Gorges du Tarn are online here !
25.04.2010 (BERDORF) Simon Plum has climbed his first 8b, Hasta La Vista Gringo (8b)!
23-24.04.2010 (BERDORF) Jan Hojer, part 3: Escalation (8b+) (2nd go), this is the first repetition of Daniel Jung's combi, Daniel originally proposed 8c but Jan found new beta and they both agreed on 8b+. Furthermore Jan climbed Hasta La Vista Gringo (8b), Ywéné Ywéné (7c+) (flash) and Apocalypse (7c) (OS) !
18.04.-23.04.2010 (Gorges du Tarn/France) Pierre Goerens has climbed L'oeil du boudha (7b+) & Living color (7c). Jean-Marc Winckel has done Monstre trou (7c), Barbitturique (8a) & Planète groove (8a).
08.04.2010 (El Chorro/Spain) David Antunes has climbed Honk Down (7c).
06.04.2010 (BERDORF) Another impressive day by Jan Hojer: Sushi Bar (8a+) (2nd go), Baboiin (8a+) (2nd go), Borderline (8a+) (2nd go) and Isatis (7c+) !
06.04-07.04.2010 (Châteauvert/France) Jerry Medernach has climbed Atlantis (8a) and Huit B52 (8a+).
04.04.2010 (BERDORF) Jan Hojer from Cologne spent "quite" a good day in Berdorf onsighting Hermann Buhl (8a+) (the first onsight of that route goes back to 1991 by Arnould t’Kint), furthermore here climbed Tribut croquettes (7c+) (onsight!), Cima Ovest (7c+) (2nd go), Sisyphe (8a+) and Jactatio (8a) (2nd go) !
30.03-02.04.2010 (Saint Léger/France) Jerry Medernach has climbed Sous l'oeil de la baleine (7c+), Avec vue sur mémère (8a) and Syndrome du plombier (8a).
24.03.2010 (BERDORF) Noé Berger has climbed Smetana (7c) (2nd go).
15.02.2010 (Châteauvert/France) Jerry Medernach has climbed Le Diktateur (7c+) (2nd go).
19.12.2009 (Fontainebleau/France) Pierre Goerens has climbed Magic Bus (Fb7b+) in snow-covered Fontainebleau.
22.11.2009 (BERDORF) Daniel Jung has climbed the hardest route (combi) in Berdorf so far !! On Sunday Daniel succeeded in his project Escalation (8c), a combi between Cima Ovest and Nikita, more infos in his blog.
01-05.11.2009 (Saint Léger/France) Noé Berger has climbed Magne ton cul pas ma voie L1+L2 (7c+) and Syndrome du plombier (8a) (2nd go), Ben Medernach has climbed Moby Dick (7c) and Jerry Medernach has climbed Moby Dick (7c) and Oussama l'air explosif (7c) (onsight).