tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300722826837113812012-01-04T03:28:14.837+01:00Best ever club for climbingguodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14728395244343855868noreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130072282683711381.post-14984397798936779892009-07-27T15:39:00.001+02:002009-07-27T15:42:04.089+02:00

That is NOT the question! Of course, to climb. But there are small exceptions. Somedays you might feel that your body is against climbing. The most prominent signs of such a situation are: -you realize you are not calm, -you do not have a clear control of the rock, -you miss good holds,-feel as you have never climbed before.It is then obvious, that your body needs something else, most probably a

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You still keep your old shoes, because you think someone who will want to try out climbing might use it? Bring it to Silelis club. From time to time there appear people who would like to join our club and try out climbing, but I cannot help them if they have a feet which is not 36 or 43! We accept even very smelly shoes!

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Silelis enters the unexplored area of multipitches.The first step was done last Sunday - 'Cinque stagioni' in Arco.Around 6 pitches varying from 4c to 5c. 200m in 2.5 hours.Overall quite easy, except for the last but one pitch - a tricky 5c with good holds but athletic moves.The way down - abseiling on an adjacent multipitch (which is a tough 7a-7b, therefore sometimes negative).Quite scary for

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Even though most of us in Silelis still wear our first climbing shoes, there are some members who are not that lucky. For example, Vlad has again worn out his shoes. That is the price one has to pay if you don't want to stay at beginner's level. But we still respekt him even though he climbs so much and so well. His ingeniousness can be useful to many. Just have a look how he fixed his shoes.In

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We all probably dream of better performance, we train forearm muscles, hang in lock-off positions hoping it will help us on the rock. But many of us forget, that one needs to eat properly to improve in climbing. Beer and crisps are of course essential, but they are more for the psychological health than for the physical one. So first of all what you need is energy. Therefore there is no place for

guodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14728395244343855868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130072282683711381.post-13871313787686750622008-08-26T16:15:00.002+02:002008-08-26T16:29:13.556+02:00

Found a nice name for our beloved country: in terms of climbing, Lithuania should be called Flatlandia or Flatuania! Here I recall a line I sometimes sing in the mountains: "Lietuvoj ner kalnu, Lietuvoj ner kalnu.." (translation: there are no mountains in Lithuania) in the melody of a song from series Courage the Cowardly Dog which I found here.

guodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14728395244343855868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130072282683711381.post-36451344603659353162008-08-14T17:30:00.003+02:002008-08-14T17:35:34.751+02:00

View Larger MapI remember I talked to someone who did not know where the Kindergarden rock is, so I hope I can still help. The rock is in the very center of the map (placemark next time), where the path is wider.

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Recently Sharas decided to join our club and we somehow had to test him. It isn't about testing if he is strong enough, but more if his soul is pure enough to join Silelis. So we took him onto survival trip, to see if he survives. We had been thinking - if he survives, then we admit him into the club. If no, then nobody to admit - no man, no trouble so to say.We took him to ferrata Cesare

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It appears that very little people know, that milk is harmful for hedgehogs, so I decided to make a note on it. It is the worst thing you can give to a hedgehog. Although they drink it so pleasantly! They seem not to have any ferments for it and feel very terrible after drinking it. They get terrible diarrhea for several days and often can die due to dehydration and weakness. So never ever give

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As if beer and other good stuff wasn't enough, Silelis declares that it also loves flowers. Of course, not the dead flowers you can buy in the market or from the Indian guys who stroll through the bars. Silelis loves only living mountain flowers (to love city flowers is the same as to agree that lazy town pigeon is a bird, which is not longer true). Today we introduce one flower we have seen in

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The previous weekend we decided it is time to start our hiking trips to the mountains. Last year we discovered that hiking without overnight in the mountains is not proper hiking, therefore we would not waste our time and planned to come back on Sunday. We tried to call Raivis to get back the tent he borrowed from us, but it seems he had carelessly left Bolzano for a while without returning it

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If I was sincere, I would agree that the blog is dormant due to recent heavy rains in Bolzano and too few climbing eventsdifferent deadlines and exams that make people to forget what Silelis spirit is;the reporters are as scarce as hen's teethBut no, I think it is happening because one of our climbers has injured her hand while sleeping and can barely type now!

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As the season of climbing outdoors is getting a faster and more active pace, climbers in Silelis are thoroughly exploring the wardrobes for clothes suitable for climbing. One has to consider both comfort and elegance, which is not easy. While browsing the (THE) internet and investigating what climbing clothes should be like, I found some very attractive item to buy:the Prana Sugar mini skirt!The

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This is how sad we are that the climbing hall in Bolzano is now open only in the evenings. Badly enough, climbing hall in Merano works only on the days when some of our climbers have karate training! We are very very sad.

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If the wall is overhanging, and the carabiner is at the top, for the second climber there are lots of risks if he attaches himself to the same end of the rope as the leader. Instead, the second climber should attach to himself to the end, where he was belaying. See the scheme above, where the green guy is the second to climb the route. Take into consideration the fact that he has to take the rope

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As the weather is still not too hot, the rock is cold in the shadow. We have not yet reached the level to care about the fact that the friction is stronger when the fingers are completely cold, therefore we long for the sun just like lizards and snakes do. So sun is at work there from about 11:30 to 15:00.

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I was thinking about the climbing wall near Bolzano. We call it "the wall near Bolzano". Maybe it has a name? Or if it hasn't maybe we could scratch our heads a little and think of one? One step further would be the route names. Does anybody know them? I guess there have been some names written, but time, rain and wind has deleted them by now. Please help us to call them by their right name!

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That b---- (Vlad you know which word it is) is very cunning. Instead of showing up on the climbing wall in Sarentino at ten, just like in October, she decides to show up at 12. How lazy! And the rock so cold! First the cold bites, then it bites your fingers away, and you can't feel them anymore. Very wicked!

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So we of course we went to check out the wall near Bolzano. The most interesting thing was to find out if we are still able to climb the routes we used to climb in autumn. And it appears we still can! However it ain't easy, especially the long wide move on the most difficult track. But something is different there indeed. No, not those many (up to 11 so far) people who gather to watch us climbing

guodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14728395244343855868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130072282683711381.post-56822860691078840762008-02-19T11:59:00.000+01:002008-02-19T12:05:17.818+01:00

We have just started the new season with full set of climbing gear, which now includes also our own rope and quickdraws. What could be better than freedom to climb?

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Climbers do not count time in days or weeks, indeed. It is useless notion for them. Instead, you could sometimes hear such expressions as: "Oh, it was long time ago I went climbing, I had to cut my nails four times!". So the currency of time in climbing is the nails. You can't climb with long nails, so if you climb often, they never happen to grow long as you cut them all the time. But if you are

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Sometimes she scares me...So, happy new year. We are finally sober and drunk again, in the right course of the year so to say.The stuff I wanted to tell you guys about was the travel we made in South England just before the new year. You wouldn't believe, but the weather was perfectly warm and nice, no strong winds or rains. Our brains were spelled with the magnificent views of the sea. I have

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If you think that Christmas is all the same for all people, you are wrong. In different parts of the world there are different traditions and habits. Moreover, there are parts of the world where there are no Christmas, nor even Xmas! Anyhow, for those, who are interested to know about the special climbers Christmas traditions, we want to present an old Christmas tradition, that survived few

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Why karate can be more dangerous than climbing? Make a wild guess! As the title may suggest, it is related to elephants. Are there elephants on climbing tracks? Very possibly, no. Are there elephants in karate training area? Not very possibly, but possibly, yes. What happens if an elephant steps on your feet? Ouch...

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As our climbers are also students, who receive homework, we want to ask you for help. One of us needs to write an essay about the intelligence of mice. The problem is the numbers. Does anybody know, what is the IQ of a mouse? Thank you in advice.

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As you may see, no events have taken place in Šilelis club recently. Imagining that there are some devoted readers who are curious to know why, we will tell the truth. Which is that life simply goes on!Nobody has fallen, but as you see from the title of this post, some climbers might have been occupied with studying German. Nobody has climbed 8a, but you may almost be sure that some parties have

guodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14728395244343855868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130072282683711381.post-21617165985942310762007-11-27T18:58:00.000+01:002007-11-27T19:30:51.819+01:00

One of our readers, climber Bozena from Poland, has sent us a video claiming that it could be Trisūnas, that she captured with her camera. We indeed do not know if it could be true, as the fact that the little creature was listening to Metallica's "Seek and Destroy" (confirmed by our experts) is very confusing. Moreover, the creature seems to be dead in the end, which leaves us helpless in

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Well we each get our lessons sooner or later. Sooner is probably better (please correct me if I am wrong!). For Silelis it is a lesson, that there is another beast, who can drag you down. So far we do not know who he is, but we are sure, he likes when you are above your last clipped quickdrawer. In fact it might be that he is watching you every time since last clipping and waits until you get in

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Even if the climbing season is more or less finished and you might think you are safe from Trisūnas, remember, he can also catch you inside! Therefore we highly recommend to get acquainted with the most efficient solution how to deal with him: Unfortunately, it is not yet available in English, we are working day and night to get the text translated to English.

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First of all, do not get into the panic. Call as many friends as you can, ask them to hold the sides and do the heroic job of untangling! Be careful not to make the situation worse...

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Sadly, but it seems this was the last time on this rock for year 2007. The wind and cold were too much stressful. We plan to continue climbing in the climbing hall and go to some warmer places around.

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In this blog item we will collect all the important words that any climber should know.We will probably not bother about the alphabetic order.Trisūnas - muscle shake. In the old Baltic stories, Trisūnas used to catch someone by leg and shake the leg. Muscle shake is also known as Elvis leg or Sewing machine.Strigūnas - when you get stuck in some place on the rock and you don't know how to

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Our friend from Estonia!

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We plan to put more pictures that your memories of climbing/bouldering outside could be more persistent and survive the winter.

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And when is a person addicted? Or maybe you think there are many more addictive sports, such as football or sailing? Maybe climbing for us is so intrinsic (as for descendants from monkeys) and therefore we feel very well when we climb instead of sitting in front of a PC (which is indeed not so intrinsic for the monkeys!).We would like to ask our dear visitors to comment on this topic as it is a

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Silelis has acquired its first asset, a chalk bag! Thanks for those who were patient to borrow a bag for us before. As our bag is completely new and very nice (because it is new) you may want to borrow it from us, so just come over!Although the list of future acquisitions is very long, we do not loose the hope. Little by little...Another news is that commenting settings were changed and it should

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Today one of our member has acquired a couple of brand new left feet climbing shoes. I hear now the screams of astonishment, as no one has ever tried this technique on the rock, to climb with both left shoes. We in fact are not aware if both Paulius feet are left. Nevertheless, we are all impressed by this ingenious and brave decision. Maybe this will be the new trend in climbing and everybody

guodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14728395244343855868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130072282683711381.post-79676748641547103252007-10-18T13:26:00.001+02:002007-10-18T13:41:43.355+02:00

You might find a lot of advices, what to do if you fall when climbing. The traditional include:1. Concentrate to land on your feet2. If you are belayed, at the moment of falling, push yourself away from the rock and prepare the feet to stop you, when you come back to the rock.Nevertheless, the traditional methods do not guarantee you will not be injured.There is indeed one untraditional technique

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We think it is very important to gather sometimes and do something cool together.Such events might include1. Snow-shoe race (eventually in January or February)Maybe top of Schlern could be a suitable place for the race?2. A bouldering camp in Citta dei Sassi (we must climb Matterhorn!)3. A trip to Mori bouldering place4. Iglu building/sleeping in it.Please comment and add any other ideas for

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In our climbing practices, unnecessary danger is a mistake and we encourage reducing the risk of accidents. It is all about having fun when climbing. Therefore we will be keeping a to-do list which might help not only beginners, but also experienced climbers. Everyone can be forgetful.1. Double check your double knot. The most efficient would be to have a tradition to show the knot to your

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Many times we considered a special case: what to do, when a snake falls on you when climbing?One option is to get into a stable position and take it off yourself with a free hand. This would be the natural solution, because the snake gives additional weight. However, a true climber knows, that after taking the slippery snake into the hand you will get into trouble: magnesia on the wet hands will

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1. Guoda2. Marius3. Paulius4. Ieva5. ArunasIf you want to declare or withdraw your membership, write us. Maybe, you wonder what is the benefit of being a member?There are several:1. RESPECT2. You will learn to climb with the beer in hand3. You will have a company to drink a lot of beer4. You will go to wonderful climbing places full of easy tracks(to be cont.)

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Recommendations for unexperienced climbers, how to look serious on the rock:1. When you do not know how to proceed or have no energy to do that, powder the arms for a while. Everybody will think you are preparing to continue soon.2. Never fear to try difficult tracks (you of course might know you will fail, it is even better to be sure of it), as courage gives an impression of being a good

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1. People not drinking alcohol are not invited.If any member decides to have a temporary non-drinking period, they will be understood, but less respected.2. Climb only very easy tracks, if possible with the beer in hand.Warship experienced climbers who never advanced to 6a.3. Cloth moderately, no wall-bitching is advised in general.4. Actively participate in club's activities. This also includes

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There have been so many requests for updates and new information, that we decided to revive the page. We have also changed the link, the present is easier to remember.

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