World Cup

Observation time.

Last week I had the chance to participate in the World Cup event that took place in Boulder, Colorado. It certainly was a great experience and learned a lot, not only during the actual event, but also during the training process.
The event itself, was pretty amazing.  It put together athletes from 12 countries, over 1500 tickets were sold to general public that gathered to cheer and motivate the climbers, and over 20.000 people log on internet live transmission.  

The 2 qualifier routes were super bouldery, on a very short wall and certainly the nerves and lack of experience at this level, played a very important role on my performance. In numbers i got the 32nd position.   It was an amazing experience and i guess that being exposed to this situations, more often, will, for sure, bring better results.
It felt nice to carry the Argentina flag down pearl street during the open ceremony. I think is great for our country to be participating in this events.

Parade.

26 athletes moved toward semis and then the best 8 took part on the final round.  Jakob Shubert and Johana Ernst were the best climbers along the competition.  

In resume, great event, amazing organization, pretty bouldery routes and lots of public.

On a last personal note, participating on this event required a great personal effort, not only on the economic side, but in many other aspects.  Added to that effort i need to mention the unconditional support i had, through out the process, from Carolina Fritz and Juan Martin Miranda.  Long training sessions, belaying me time after time, being there and going through the ups and downs !!!  It is impossible to go through all this completely alone, and I owe them so much !! Thanks !

See you all soon.

SANTI

p.d.: more pictures to come in he future !

warming up !

Ramon Julian, hanging loose !

LEAVIN` IT UP !!!

Warming up in Serra Do Cipo.

WOW ... it´s been long time since the the last post.  Many things to tell.  We basically got into a traveling rally, that is not over yet, and certainly will keep on for some more time.  But at least, the next 15 days, we will stay in the same place.  So far, we´ve been on board 17 airplanes this year. We´ve drove more than 7000km and we´ve been in 8 different countries.   

It´s been a little stressful, but I also realized that as soon as we stay too long in one single place, our itchy feet start messing around and we need to move again.  Along this months, we climbed and ski as much as possible ... oh yes, and we also worked, a little bit. 

Caro, focusing before her climb !

At the moment, we are back in San Martin de los Andes, were we are staying for the nest 15 days, completing the final part of my trainning towards the climbing world cup. On September 28, we are flying to the US, were the competition will take place, on October 8th & 9th.  I will be climbing for Argentina.  With no pressure at all, I only hope to climb my best and get the best possible result. I will certainly climb A MUERTE BICHO !!!  After that, plans are to head to the Red River Gorge and in a super FANATIC rally, send as much as possible !!!  

Here are some pics from the last months. Enjoy !!!

Another beautiful line in Serra.

Rest day in Serra.

Belaying Blaise.

Snow in Santiago.

Mountain Hardwear climbing series

Caro in first qualifier.

Santi in first qualifier.

Warm weather in Las Chilcas.

Ski Arpa.

Skiing Lanin with my brother.

my brother in Arpa

Arpa hut.

    

FESTINHA

This a short video about Carolina sending Festinha. A beautiful route in Serra Do Cipo, Brasil.  This was her first 12c / 7b+, but most importantly, it reflects how amazing climbing can be, by giving us the opportunity of setting a goal, and going through the entire process, learning, dealing with frustration, developing focus and consistency in order to succeed.  Watching carolina go through all this, remind me why i climb and how lucky we are to be able to enjoy this magnificent sport ! Enjoy the video.