Even if this was a big competition, it didn’t mean that much to me because I’m currently in a training period and prepering for the lead season. But I still had the privilege to go and I had a lot of fun. Qualifiers with 8 boulders were on Saturday and about 30 competitiors were competing in my category. I managed to finish off four boulders on two too many tries for making finals. Once again I wasn’t too happy about my performance since I made some silly mistakes. I was surprised by how technical the bouldering style was, and I think it’s great to see the girls who prioritize and training for boulder comps are the ones who makes finals and perform the best. I ended up placing 7th in the end, which isn’t too bad, although I should have been in finals (Luckily) our flight back got cancelled and I managed to get two lead sessions before heading home yesterday evening; one at Magnet in Bern and one at Milandia in Zurich. I love the gyms in Switzerland and I had a great weekend!

It’s also worth mentioning that Thilo, one of our new team members, secured a norwegian spot in finals where he ended up placing 4th in his first international bouldering comp!!!

This was my last competition before the real season kicks off in Chamonix in about 1,5 month. My summer plans are starting to look like something and I’m really psyched to finish school and focus on training and competitions. Two more exams and one month left!!!

My favorite gym in my favorite city

After the comp I went to Innsbruck with the rest of the national team, where we had three days of amazing training at Tivoli. IT’S SUCH A GOOD GYM! Still two months to go until the season starts, but in just three weeks I’ll head to Switzerland for the European Youth Championship in bouldering!

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Anyway, there was a national comp organized in my “home-gym” last week-end, and I had a blast competing in front of my friends and family. I realized it was a loooong time since the last time, but it was a lot of fun. The three route setters did a great job setting, and I ended up winning another national comp with topping the three routes. Check the link for a video of the final; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q55vFNdw9C0 (Sorry, I cant make the video work here on the site..)

Finals. Photo by Eigil Rognan

On my last post here I said I wished I had some comps to look forward to, and now I do!!! I’ve decided to take part in the World Cup in Kitzbuhel in two weeks, as well as the European Championship in May and probably the Nordic championship next week. SOOO three competitions coming up

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Not much has happened lately, but I was in Trondheim last week where I won yet another national comp, but this time in bouldering. I have never competed much in national bouldering comps, mainly because there hasn’t been that many, but the competition now was a good one and I had a lot of fun!

photo by Ulf Hansen

On Thursday I was on a photoshoot with photographer and explorer Ryan Waters, and he took some impressive and good shots for Bergans of Norway, one of my new sponsors. I’m really excited to see how they turn out, and I’ll hopefully be able to use them here on the web site. So stay tuned for that!

As many of you know I’m in my last year at high school and I have a lot of exams coming up between easter and summer, so it looks like my competition season won’t start until the European Championship in Chamonix in July. I’ve chosen to focus on my studies this spring, and I’ll only miss a couple of competitions, but it’s still sad because I could have gained more experiences by competing. It’s also important for me to do some comps before the season just to get the head ready. I wish I had some comps to look forward to in the near future, but we do have some national team training camps coming up in April, and that is something to be excited about! As well as a national comp in lead in Oslo in just three weeks

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In some hours I’ll head to Switzerland for a week of training with some of my swiss friends. I am very excited to train with new people and in different facilities with new routes, and I’m sure it’s gonna be a great week! Even if I have a lot of fun training at home, some new inputs is always good for the motivation!

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Not much has happened the last month, but I am happy to announce my new partnership with the Norwegian outdoor brand Bergans of Norway. I’m honored to be an ambassador and a part of their team among other inspirational athletes such as world traveler/climber/explorer etc. Cecilie Skog. This partnership has opened several new opportunities for the following years, and I’m excited to work with them and represent the brand in the best way I possibly can.

As I said I started my training in mid december and I’m now bouldering a lot. I feel like I’m getting stronger every week and it’s a great feeling. I have never bouldered as much as I do now, and I’m sure it will improve my lead climbing a lot, as well as my power and endurance.

Now that the CAC-website is up and running I recomend you all to check it out and buy a Tee for this great cause! www.climbersagainstcancer.org 

Another thing you should check out is my interview with the italian climbing website Planetmountain I did in the beginning of january; http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=40444, as well as keep your eyes open for another interview with the Norwegian financial newspaper “Finansavisen” some time very soon. I will keep you posted about when it gets out

Excited about todays local and fun bouldering comp at klatreverket! If you’re nearby you should bring your happy-mood and come by at 4 o’clock! The picture is from the last competition in december, the upper and the pic to the right is taken by Ulf Hansen

Anyway, this post is mainly about CAC – Climbers Against Cancer. And since I’m trying to promote this in Norway, I will write it in Norwegian;

Du har kanskje sett bilder av Jakob Schubert eller Sharma iført t-skjorte med bokstavene CAC skrevet på brystet? Vel, “Climbers Against Cancer” er en verdensomfattende kampanje som ledes av engelskmannen John Ellison, som selv har kreft. Han er far til en tidligere konkurranseklatrer og er en del av det engelske trenerteamet. Hele kampanjen går ut på salg av t-skjorter i forskjellige farger, hvor all inntekt går til kreftforskning. Nettsiden hvor salget skal foregå er enda ikke åpnet, men det er ikke så lenge til nå… På den vil det være mulig å kjøpe t-skjorter i flere forskjellige farger. I mellomtiden kan dere sjekke ut Facebook-siden http://www.facebook.com/CacClimbersAgainstCancer?fref=ts og vente i spenning på at www.climbersagainstcancer.org og nettbutikken åpner.

Team Norway supports CAC, do you!?!?

Selv anbefaler jeg alle å lese det rørende innlegget til den franske klatreren Laura Michelard om John Ellison og CAC; http://planetgrimpe.com/laura-michelard/?p=1693

I am happy to be a part of this great campaign and I want to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

After my climbing in finals I was in the lead in front of the swiss girl Amanda because of time. I was quite happy about my performance, but I knew I could have fighted more and gotten a few more moves. I missed an essential heel-hook and fell. But I am very happy about the way I climbed, and it was a nice way to finish the season, even though I could have done better. The Slovenian girl Tina Sustercic was the last one out to climb and she was so strong. She found the heel-hook easy and made the next three or four moves before she fell. Unfortunately she managed to stand on a bolt about half way up and got disqualified. I might be the official winner of this competition, but the Slovenian Tina climbed the best and should have been the one on the top of the podium. Because of that I decided to give her my medal. Her coach found it very touching and so he talked with the organizers and fixed another gold-medal for me, and so we both ended up with each our medal

The world cup was probably the competition I’ve been the most disappointed about ever, but I learned a lot about myself and got some very good experiences to take with me. Climbing outdoors again was nice, but waaay too cold for me. Luckily we had a nice bouldering session in Skofja Loka before the youth comp and that was a lot of fun! I am so impressed by their small, but amazing gyms. All the walls are prepped with (mostly bad) holds and all you wanna do is to climb circuits. It’s endless with possibilities for making boulders and circuits. It is inspiring and impressive that a small country like Slovenia has so many good lead climbers when all they got are small boulder gyms. No other words than WOW.

The season is now over and I am happy about how it ended, though the victory has a bitter taste. But mistake happens and rules should be followed by all athletes. I will now spend some time reflecting on my season. It might take some time, but it’s an important part of competing and being an athlete. I am very excited about next year, and I can’t wait to plan and start training again! More to come soooon!

 
Photo of the podium at the EYC comp and the overall ranking. Both pictures taken by Zdenka Mihelič. More pictures can be found here

Anyway, I won the female category and that also means I got my 7th or 8th national champion-title. Check out the TV coverage from the competition here, I start around 03.52.00.

Earlier today I held a presentation and a training session for a group of 30 motivated teenagers, and I have to admid that it was a lot of fun.  On friday I’m flying to Slovenia for the world cup in Kranj, then we will have a team trip to Misja Pec for some days, and then back to Kranj for the last event in the EYC. I’m still in the position of taking the overall title, but I still have to complete the competition before anything is settled.

I have also made an Instagram-profile with the name tinaajh, and you should all follow me to get the latest pictures from my travels, competitions and adventures! <3 <3 <3

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