Ramon Marin

Ice Climbing, Dry Tooling

My preferred discipline of climbing is ice & mixed, being the most “out-there”, but I try to mix everything up, from bouldering to steep sport climbing, from british trad to mountain multi-pitch. Probably that’s the reason why I’ll never be very good at anything, but happily mediocre at everything…

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Cogne/Dobbiaco - part 2

...5 days to go, and no M11’s around… So what do we do? Change clothes, get the espresso maker...

Posted on 23 January, 2012 by Ramon Marin

Cogne/Dobbiaco - part 1

This week I was called the “epitome of dedication”. I think they might be right. Kris and I...

Posted on 23 January, 2012 by Ramon Marin

Lip Project

A few days later we were driving again in the dense Welsh rain. Are we going climbing, really?...

Posted on 05 January, 2012 by Ramon Marin

The “Goods” bootcamp

Winter has finally arrived, time to dust off the ice axes. I have to admit I’ve been putting it...

Posted on 29 December, 2011 by Ramon Marin

8a with no spurs

Hardly a month goes by before hearing that some super-wad has climbed yet another 9a+ route....

Posted on 08 November, 2011 by Ramon Marin

Schooled in Ceüse

A couple of weeks ago I booked some flights for a long weekend to Spain in the heat of the...

Posted on 14 July, 2011 by Ramon Marin

Tomahawk M10+

You’ve gotta love climbing. And you gotta love Switzerland. Climbing takes you to stunning...

Posted on 03 March, 2011 by Ramon Marin

Head in Gear

It feels that finally I’ve got my head in gear to do stuff, despite not at the level I expected...

Posted on 17 February, 2011 by Ramon Marin

New trad route in Oeschinensee, Kandersteg

On Monday we went up to have another look at the unclimbed line we spotted after our retreat...

Posted on 08 February, 2011 by Ramon Marin

Looking up and Mixing it up.

It took a while to recover from the 3 pitch lead “Rise and Shine”, and not being able to finish...

Posted on 01 February, 2011 by Ramon Marin

First Impression in Kandersteg

It’s proving a slow start with the climbing here at Kandersteg. To start with the conditions...

Posted on 28 January, 2011 by Ramon Marin

Alpkit team at the Ice Climbing World Cup

Ice climbing competitions are a funny thing, a whole lot of people get together to test against...

Posted on 27 January, 2011 by Ramon Marin

Winter Wonderland: The Rob and Ramon Show

Winter has arrived early in Britain this year, and with a vengeance. A lot of people have been...

Posted on 06 January, 2011 by Ramon Marin