Yes! We are again going to to the outdoor course! This is for those who can climb indoors but would like feel confident on the real rocks outdoors – You will learn rope management, anchoring, belaying and lowering for seconding climbers, all about the different outdoor techniques and what gear to use and of course the safety precautions for the different types of rocks. The first Saturday (23/06/2012) does more the safety aspects; the second (30/06/2012) is really using the gear on the walls. For this reason, the two weekends are at different fantastic locations in the area.

This would be ideal training if you’re thinking about taking part in the Wiwanni Hut Climbing Trip! If you want some impressions of last year’s course have a look at the photos in the gallery and check out the post from last year’s course.

The price for members will be 25 EUR for both days! A maximum 10 of persons can join the course. Please send me an email if you want to participate. Who has currently signed up are:

1) Yoke Yoon
2) Heribert Weickenmeier
3) Javier Sanchez
4) Krystal Smith
5) Michael Morgan
6) Juan Vizcaya
7) Luis Rodrigues
8 ) Eduardo Cruz
9) Fernando Alonso
10) x

Climbing Trip to Wiwanni hut at 2470m

For all members who are interested, the trip is planned to be on the 6-8 July 2012. The price for this trip including accommodation is 25 €!!

While the focus of the trip is really more on alpine style climbing (climbing up a mountain on multi-pitch routes) there is also a lot of “usual climbing” / climbing gardens around the hut for those of you who are not into alpine climbing (again, see topos on the website).

Possible destinations basically sitting on the doorsteps of the hut are:
- Wiwannihorn (3001m) via “Steinadler”- Route (12 pitches) or “Ostgrat” (17 pitches), both not too difficult (mostly 4ish, one or two short 5a passages)
- Augstkummenhörner, multiple routes in different difficulties, most of them 4 (around 5 pitches each)

The planning would involve a long weekend and would be the following:

Friday
–> Early morning leaving Darmstadt around 05:00
–> Hiking up to Wiwannihut either using the direct trail
Saturday
–> Long mutlipitch route (Steinadler or Ostgrat) to Wiwannihorn
Sunday
–> Short multipitch climbing to Augstkummenhörner
–> Driving home, arriving late

For all who want to join the multipitch climbing (not as lead climber), the following skills are necessary:
–> Knowledge of belaying using HMS
–> Knowledge of efficient communication in alpine terrain
–> Feeling OK with a lot of air below
–> Being able to climb 5a difficulty (V+)

If you want to lead climb:
–> Lead climbing in 5a difficulty (V+)
–> Knowledge on how to build a redundant belay point
–> Belaying one or two guys from above

The routes are sufficiently well secured, so there is no need for mobile security devices (i.e. friends, nuts). However, we will bring some in any case.

In general, independent of whether or not you are lead climbing, I will organise an afternoon in an outdoor climbing area near Darmstadt where we can equally demonstrate our skills so that everybody can have a great time once we are doing “the real stuff”

Of course the whole thing really depends on the weather. If it turns out bad, we will cancel/postpone the trip.

If you are interested, please enlist at using the doodle. If you didn’t get the email details please contact Daniel Fischer or someone from the committee. – Sign up period closes 11th of May 2012.

-Daniel

Those currently signed up are:
1) Daniel Fischer
2) Yoke Yoon
3) Eduardo Cruz
4) Alexander Lais
5) Romain Letor
6) Marilou Goyallon
7) David Kabath
8 ) x
9) x
10) x

The ESOC Climbing Club is organising a beginner’s course on Wed 23rd – Thu 24th of May 2012. These dates will also be club nights!!

The beginner’s course is in English and for those who would like to learn indoor sports-climbing including the safety/belaying techniques. You will learn the basics such as knots and safety measures which will allow you to be able to continue your own training and enjoy the fun of climbing.

The course will last twice 3 hours and be held on: 
Wednesday 23 May 2012  19:00 – 22:00 &
Thursday 24 May 2012 19:00 – 22:00 

Contents of the course will be:
• Explanation of the different facets of climbing and its terminology.
• Types climbing equipment, knots, belaying techniques and first climbing techniques and tricks.
• Getting familiar with the material and the climbing partner

The participation will be on a first-come-first-serve basis. The number of participants is restricted to 12. Currently registered are:

1) Kerstin Wilczewski
2) Marion Elteste
3) Jakub Urbanek
4) Courtney Drake
5) Vighnesh Pindoria
6) Jorge Quintanilla
7) Rui Figueiredo
8 ) Luke Lucas
9) Francesco Castellini
10) Jens Lerch
11) Chris Gibb
12) Chris White

-sven schweinfurth

A small group found their way to Wiesbaden last week (11/04/2012) to check out the new “Wiesbadener Nordwand”. Quite a large hall with some nice routes and an archery range if you fell like shooting something instead. The routes are all very new and some of the scales caused some great debates between us whether the number was higher than anticipated, or the skills of each one of us trying to conquer the wall was lower than anticipated! I’m sure it won’t be our last visit. One of the younger members tried out the kids walls and quite liked the climb except for the soar hands the next day..

Two chaps decided to enjoy the early Spring and headed up to the Morgenbachtal (50.0011, 7.8467) on the 22nd of March. It looks like a beutiful place to go and less than an hour’s drive from Darmstadt. Thanks to Micha & Daniel for the photos & discovering the place!

Check out the photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/112132942558955547431/20120322Morgenbachtal#

The 2011 AGM was held on 2nd of Feb. 2012. Thanks for the big round and all the great ideas and topics dicussed. Main points was a long list of things to do this year includiing canyoning and an in depth dicussion on liablity. Big thanks for all those who participated and volunteered to help out this year! We are always looking for trip captains and people with ideas, so if you have any ideas on things the club can organise this year, let us know!!

The following committee was elected:
Chairman: Sven Schweinfurth
Treasurer: Sebastian Martin
Secretary: Olivier Samain

-sven

 A small group of 9 had a great time in the Hochseilgarten on September 3rd 2011. For most, it was something completely new and different. The parcours catered for both the new and daring and we were all exhausted by the time we were finished. In fact, the ESOC climbing club were the last ones on the course as dusk set in.

Hochseilgarten2011_1

Marti made the last big jump relying on the laws of physics to help him get through the last gauntlet rather than using the last quench of strength that was left after such a long day! It was great fun and will be surely organised eagerly again when the Winter is over!

 -Sven Schweinfurth

OLD Post:

The date for the Hochseilgarten will be the 03/09/2011 at 15:00. We will meet there directly! If you’ve taking younger kids along, you may want to come earlier. I will try to be there at 14:00. Please add your name to the doodle so I can get an idea of how many people will be coming. Hopefully the weather will hold – you’re welcome to email me your mobile number just in case we need to postpone it due to the weather. See you there! Please check the website on how to get there: http://www.kletterwald-darmstadt.de/

What a fanstatic course!

Thanks to all who made it happen

BrautBräutigam - Sept2011 - Alex1

– We spent two weekends going from the basics of mounting and unmounting fixings, ropes & knots and everything you should know before hitting the real cliffs. It was challenging but also got us all hooked on climbing in the great outdoors. It got tricky as of the point when we were on the Braut & Bräutigam (Coords: 49,14614   7,77243). The fact that our instructor Eric, mentioned that he used to climb up as a kid without any ropes or fixings didn’t really make us fell more at ease! The sourroundings of the Pfalz were beautiful and I guess we’ll be coming back here quite often!

-Sven Schweinfurth

Check out the gallery for more great pics!!

OLD Note:

A course for outdoor climbing is planned on 17th and on the 24th of Sept. This is for those who can climb indoors but would like feel confident on the real rocks outdoors – You will learn rope management, anchoring, belaying and lowering for seconding climbers, all about the different outdoor techniques and what gear to use and of course the safety precautions for the different types of rocks. The first Saturday does more the safety aspects; the second is really using the gear on the walls. For this reason, the two weekends are at different fantastic locations in the area.
Please send me an email if you want to participate. Who has currently signed up are:

1  Elena G
2  Roman/Yoke
3  Alex L
4  Sven
5  Marti
6  Francesco P
7  Holly F.

The ESOC Climbing Club is organising a beginner’s course on Wed 28th – Thu 29th of Sept. 2011. These dates will also be club nights!!

The beginner’s course is for those who would like to learn indoor sports-climbing including the safety/belaying techniques. You will learn the basics such as knots and safety measures which will allow you to be able to continue your own training and enjoy the fun of climbing.

The course will last twice 3 hours and be held on:  
Wednesday 28.September 2011  19:00 – 22:00 &
Thursday 29.September 2011 19:00 – 22:00  

Contents of the course will be:
• Explanation of the different facets of climbing and its terminology.
• Types climbing equipment, knots, belaying techniques and first climbing techniques and tricks.
• Getting familiar with the material and the climbing partner.

The course will be held in English by the expert trainers at the Bensheim Climbing Hall  

The participation will be on a first-come-first-serve basis. The number of participants is restricted to 12. Currently signed up are:

1  Susy
2  Christina S.
3  Inigo
4  Matthias E.
5  Krystal S.
6  Michael Gr.
7  Patrick M.
8  Micheal M.
9  Luis R.
10  Rui F.
11  Lubomir N.
12  Filipe M.

Waiting List: DianaD, HermineG,

Hooray! The website is up again! Big thanks to all who helped. As you can see, the gallery is not quite working yet and we need someone with a creative touch for the layout etc. So, if you feel that you’re design-savvy and/or would like to volunteer being the web admin, please let me know.  Please feel free to post like mad and keep this site living with content! – sven