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Here's the latest installment from our plucky well travelled Aussie blonde bombshell Sarah Matthews, back in Europe, and elsewhere, cranking it out... 27th July
Just went to Friedrichshafen (German outdoor trade show) and met the whole UK mob, but no webman Richard...The good news is that i did get you some interesting photographs - not exactly bikini shots but even better - how about your boss (Steve Foster) riding a mechanical bull?!! Blackmail offers to be sent to this address.... Sarah in the Chamonix World Cup Event - It's big it's pink, it's a climbing wall????? Chamonix world cup was awesome, then i climbed in Arco, Italy for a week. I needed a climbing partner so wandered into the local climbing cafe where i was introduced into a random group of french and italian climbers, who i later discovered podium at the bouldering world cups. They happily let me tag along and i soon found myself making projects of their warm up climbs.. Today is a bit of a disaster - within 3 hours I have been told that the Kuala Lumpar World cup has been cancelled because of problems with their sponsors (it is now temporarily back on again...) and that the bouldering comp in argentiere that i just turned up to has been postponed.. Maybe you guys should give the KL guys some tips about sponsorship! Top that off with all the french trains being full preventing me getting to my next destination - Rodellar in Spain, I am not having a good day!!
Oh well, that that doesn't kill us only makes us stronger so I should be a super strong boulderer pretty soon!
XX Sar |
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August 11th Hello, and for those that went, how was Salt Lake Trade Show? Steve, I hope you got some climbing done. Are you back in UK and or Oz yet? Sarah at the obviously re-instated Argentiere bouldering comp!?! Before heading to Spain Anyway climbing news: I arrived in Kuala Lumpar yesterday evening (thurs) for this weekends World Cup. It ended up being a marathon 30 hour trip, not the best preparation for a comp tomorrow! Had the funniest thing happen last night - don't know if any of you have read or seen Hotel Babylon, anyway I managed to do something right out of its pages. At 3am wide awake with jet lag I grabbed my swipe card and went down the corridor in a singlet and towel to fill up my water bottle. Only to discover that I had taken my credit card instead of room card. So wrapped in a towel with no contact lens in I wandered into the hotel lobby. Of course speaking a foreign language, wandering around looking (blind) lost and waving a credit card, security were straight onto me thinking I was a prostitute! Had an unreal time in Rodellar in Spain. In 9 days got 7 days climbing in. Spent most of the week destroying myself on a route called El Corridor de la Muerte - a 40m 8a on a 40 degree overhang. On the last go I got past the crux then fell off, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. But not all bad - it was a great training route for comps and also great for my head space cos the draws were meters apart and I really had to get over that..... |
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I also did 2 great onsights - my best ever, a 7c and a 7b+. Can you translate those into Aus grades for me Markus? Another view of Sarah onsighting at Rodeller....looks as good as she says doesn't it... Have some fantastic photos of my onsights which I will send when I get back - plenty of X-cube vision and Wild Country quickdraws and harness showing! A quick question for Markus and Steve in particular - I am really serious about relocating to Europe for next year at least. I have been looking into vet jobs which are a possibility in France and Italy where I speak the languages but the downside is the horse jobs are not necessarily near climbing areas and are full time. I know that Intertrek were doing a re-think in Australia and Steve I wondered if you had any possibiltities that may enable me to do some continent based work for you? Steve, you have to get yourself over to Rodellar - it is so gorgeous, a massive canyon with formidable crags either side of a beautiful winding river. It means there is climbing all day. The only downside is that you need to be projecting 7b or upwards as most of the great climbing is of that grade or above, the easier is fun but not as exciting. XX Sarah |
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August 14th V quick update from Malaysia - after travelling 30 hours from Spain and having less than 36 hours recovery, I just got joint 14th in the KL world cup.
Admittedly a weaker field but held onto my record of being unbeaten by any other aussie or kiwi competitor in difficulty comps this year. A tired - but happy - Sarah only jet lagged one way, at the German Trade show... Imagine what I could do with some sleep! I'm making a habit of burning the candle at both ends!
XX Sar |
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