Last week was spent skiing at Badgastein in Austria with my family.? We had perfect snow conditions and even at a few days with nice sunshine. Heidi and I had some great moments skiing ofpiste and putting new tracks in the fresh snow. The area around Sportgastein was closed due to avalance danger, but good safe off-piste was to be found in the woods at Graukogel and Badgastein. Have look in the gallery
Heidi Tracking Powder
I went to Dansk Bjergklub’s X-mas meet on Kullen last weekend. This involves climbing on very cold rock during the day and consuming insane amounts of Christmas food and alcohol at the club hut during the evening. The temperature was just above freezing and it is has a pretty masochistic feel to rock climb in conditions like this. We did however enjoy ourselves and had a good time on the rock and at the feast during the evening.
Leading the classic Svenskerruten in rather cold conditions (Photo: C. Hylleberg)
I have not previously told you about my running on this blog, but for the last couple of months I have made very good progress on the 10K distance. Each month I try to participate in Bagsværd Sø Løbet in order to test my current form. On Sunday I did my best time this year running at 0:44:57
Anders running at Bagsværd Sø
My progression at Bagsværd Sø this year:
02/06/08: 48:30
07/07/08: 47:11
01/09/08: 46:01
28/09/08: 44:57
02/11/08: 44:23
07/12/08: 45:36 – (I was recovering from a cold)
A very satisfying form curve that I hope to keep improving! The next race is on 02/11/08 and my aim is just to keep improving. It does not matter if it’s only by a few seconds as long a there is improvement, because improving is winning!
Many climbers seem puzzled by the concept of (T) and (B) ratings on ice axes. Let me try to explain this concept. Axes are either rated (T)echnical or (B)asic. All climbing axes are rated (T) per default. The confusion arises because the picks are also (T) and (B) rated. (T) Rated picks are stronger and heavier. They are primarily designed for mixed climbing where rock work is involved, they are however also suited for normal icefall climbing. (B) Rated picks have finer blades and are only suited for pure water ice climbing.
For Scottish mixed or hard alpine climbing I would recommend the use of (T) rated picks as (B) rated picks may not be strong enough for mixed climbing.
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