A crazy end to a crazy year: a lumbago & taking a fall while bouldering outside
2020 was crazy and we’re all glad it’s over, am I right? But honestly, the ending wasn’t less crazy for me than the rest of the year. Or rather, the rest of the year...
Loving bones, climbing stones. Stories of everyday phdlife
A category about our dear hobby: bouldering. Here you find both wisdom learned from bouldering and reviews of boulder gyms we visited during our travels. Some posts also contain ideas on how you can adapt training advice from bouldering to writing your PhD thesis.
2020 was crazy and we’re all glad it’s over, am I right? But honestly, the ending wasn’t less crazy for me than the rest of the year. Or rather, the rest of the year...
Dear people, today I wanted to delight you with a (not anymore all that ) short review of Blockwerk Mainz. I have spent a whole 12-entries pass (and a few more sessions), so I...
Today I want to share some thoughts on bouldering, anxiety about finishing the dissertation and the second wave of Covid with you. Since the area where I am right now has been labeled risk...
So, I have to apologize for not posting that long – but the last weeks were quite intense for me. Sarah filled in and wrote a lot of content, but it’s my turn now....
We were almost about to skip last week’s post because we had both forgotten about it. But then I went bouldering (my bouldergym has reopened!) and realized there were a few more things to...
I recently watched this bouldering video which addressed, among many other things, the question of what it means to train like or be a professional. I thought this is actually very important for the...
Hey there, guys! It’s time for part II of our PhD/Life Wisdom series concerning wisdom learned from bouldering. In Part I, Sarah told you about the following points we learn from climbing walls: 1....
I spent some time in the south of France recently. Of course, I couldn’t leave without checking out a local boulder gym. Out of the numerous options available, I chose the Block’Out company’s branch...
Last time I went conferencing, I also checked out a bouldergym for you guys, Monk Bouldergym in Amsterdam. Here’s the review. The price 15€ for entry and shoes wasn’t cheap but I wasn’t going...
Recently I witnessed a class at our climbing gym. It was about which strength training exercises you can do for antagonist muscles which are neglected in climbing. But those are not what I want...
At some point recently, us to Epigrammetrists were in the boulder gym bouldering and we realized that bouldering actually teaches you quite some insights for life. And not only life in general, but also...
Dear epigrammetrists, it’s time for another post about bouldering in Braunschweig. As you already know, I spent my summer on a fellowship at Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel and went bouldering in Braunschweig. The first month was...
As you might know, I currently am a research fellow at Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel to work on my dissertation. But of course, we promised we would review bouldering places we visit during our travels. So...
So, this is going to mark a new sort of posts here on our Bouldering Epigrammetry Blog – whenever we get the chance to visit and train in a new climbing hall, we will...