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@codebyjeff Cute? She's goddamn strong! I'd be scared of her :^).

Found this trove of Belgian #climbing movies. Most of them can be watched for free. Warning: features crazy Belgians and their antics!

Xpedition Films | Professional Climbing Films & Speaker Events

Experience world-class climbing adventures with Nico Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Siebe Vanhee, and Seb Berthe. Award-winning films and inspiring speaker events.

Xpedition Films (www.xpedition-films.com)

Yay! During yesterday's PT session, we managed to bend my knee 90° for the first time since surgery. A small step towards #climbing again.

Bonus perk: I can put on socks and shoes without tricks or assistance now .

Belgian climbers Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll and Nico Favresse in what is possibly the best advertising ever for Patagonia. #climbing

Seb Berthe and Hugo Parmentier #climbing 100 7A boulders in Fontainebleau in one day.
Impressive, quirky, fun video showing the beauty of Fontainebleau.
(French spoken but it has excellent English subtitles)

@ThWilma amazing climbing and excellent picture.

@mkroehnert Most crags in Belgium are limestone. This one's a bit special because it's a dolomite form of limestone. But I don't know if that's the reason for all the pockets/holes. That's very typical of #Beez only. If you follow the hashtag, you can see some more pictures I posted last year.

Bit of a miserable day of #climbing in #Beez, #belgium yesterday. Got spooked while leading the first easy climb. Continued on top-rope and couldn't finish any of the subsequent routes without hangdogging. Frustrating...
It's a style of climbing that's not really my favorite though. Slightly overhanging with lots of pockets and you can't really see which are the good ones until you move to them. So lots of trying, retreating, etc. Which requires more strength than I have available.

@devnull It was 19C today, which is a new record for March 8. So it's a bit worrying, but I have to admit I quite enjoyed it.

Today was an absolutely beautiful day to start #climbing outside again. We went back to Landelies, near Charleroi because it's a warm south-facing crag with ample opportunity to get reacquainted with tiny rock holds after climbing indoors on plastic during the winter.

@jeztastic Hard to say indeed. If the other suggestions fail: how about turning your left hip into the wall and putting the left foot "behind" you. I.e.: bend the left knee, put your left foot on with the toe pointing downwards/to the right.

Beautiful weather for #climbing .