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Because I got weaker and weaker I started working more on the book and just doing a bit of rope climbing. In this time I also did two projects of Thomas and Alexander Huber, at Seewaldsee. These lines were waiting to be done for five years. One of them is not too easy. It starts out of a cave with a passage, very pressy, like moving a fridge, with slopey holds and very steep, 15 meters long. What makes it hard to link the moves is not that you get so pumped, but rather it is like being clubbed with a baseball bat. Then you get to a rest and finish another 15 meter of climbing to get to the chain. This is not the crux but at least reason enough to fall off. The line looks very pure and the rock is so solid, a compliment to Tom Huber, who bolted this line. I named it 'RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE', according to Muhammad Ali. The other project was much easier, but not less exciting. A 30 metre corner climb, also very steep and nice to climb 'THRILLA IN MANILLA'. Because both routs are natural, they are not like homogenic pumpy climbs. You do a hard passage, clip the bolt and shake out a bit and then go for another hard passage.

The whole summertime I just did some kayaking, surfing and finishing the book.

I started climbing again in October. With the Big Up production team I spent some days at Blaueis (Blueice), shooting for their video. It was very great hanging out with the Lowell Brothers.

In the end of October I went to Fontainebleau for a week. I just did some 7c's and 7c+ bloc flashing and some 8a bloc boulders.

At Fichtelgebirge, an awesome granite bouldering area near the Frankenjura, I sent a dyno I always tried when I was there. Just one move and an easy mantel. It was a great experience when I did 'GOLDEN FLY', which is definitely one of the greatest dyno's I have done.

Then winter came closer and closer and I had nothing to do at home, as everything I wanted to try was wet. So I did some 7c+ bloc flashing in areas near Munich and Salzburg to keep some practice, but nothing exciting. Suddenly I found a new cave near Salzburg, the Hammerhöhle (Hammercave). This cave is completely horizontal and 20 meters deep. One of the most beautiful lines is an arete with slopey crimps and long reaches. A lot of body-tension and feeling for the right position is required to move dynamically to the next slopey crimps. I was surprised about my shape and doing it on the second day of trying, the name is 'DIE GÖTTER SIND DIE SIEGER', which is one of the hardest pieces I did this year. 'KULINARISCHER LEICHTSINN' a 25m horizontal race nearly through the whole cave. I had great fun doing LA VITA EST BELLA, which has been reason to try hard. Some more projects are waiting to be done.