The Red River Gorge! Ah, those words are music to my ears! Ever since I visited the area 3 years ago, I have yearned to come back. Yet unfortunately, the prime seasons for climbing (spring & fall) seem to also be the prime seasons for learning. So I put in my time, and I have emerged as a Registered Nurse! Yahoo! So did I jump straight into a full time job? Heck no. I have my whole life to work! Instead, my boyfriend Tom and I packed up our lives into a tiny storage locker, and said goodbye to...

7 weeks ago, I competed in a bouldering event. I fell from the top of the last boulder problem of the final round and landed directly on concrete on my left foot. I don’t think I even touched the mats. The pain was so intense; I ended up lying downon the floor, drooling and crying. I have sprained the other ankle before, this was nothing like it. I knew this time it was bad, but I kept hoping otherwise. My diagnostic is still not complete but I have a broken heel, damaged ligaments and I need to get...

This is my last competition for this season. I did five competitions in the last five months. The regional Championship was in Toronto. There were 69 climbers in the open category. This time the out-of-town climbers came from Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston and the U.S. I met Dylan Barks, a good climber from the U.S.The competition had 60 problems in the qualifying round. The qualifying round was easy and many climbers did well. So, the places for finals were determined by the flash try. I flashed four problems and I worked the other two problems. After two hours of climbing,...

Oh my god… today is the day of towers… I can barely move… do my fingers even work? Can I even get out of bed?… What time is it… *alarm* … damn… you have to be kidding… Nestled in the quiet valley of Grand Junction’s National Monument are towers and spires all waiting for adventurous folk to come explore/ quest up their sandy (yet exciting) pitches to enjoy the satisfaction of sitting on top and seeing the world from a very different perspective. Though I have lived here all of my life and have been...

Well, my spring break came and went just like any other year, and I’d have to say it was definitely one of the better ones. After three days of playing extreme catch-up at school because of nationals, I was so psyched for a solid ten days of climbing at one of my favorite places in the world: the Red River Gorge. Given that bouldering season had just ended for me, the red was pretty much the perfect place to go to get myself motivated, as well as somewhat in shape for the next few months of sport...

Easter holidays are evey year for me the opportunity to go climbing outdoors and this year I decided to go to Margalef, Spain. I know this crag pretty well as I went there twice when I was twelve years old. But above all I love the landscapes, the routes, the type of rock and of course the ambiance with all the strong climbers who come here from all over the world ! I was joined by Jerome De Boeck and a bit later by Chloe Caulier and other belgians as well. Back to the rocks !The first...