I remember when I started climbing more seriously. That was when I was six years old.
I've never had problems about passionate motivation to just keep climbing and keep training and pushing.
Because grades in climbing are subjective, I am fan of making big gaps between climbing grades.
Climbing is great, and I don't think I'll ever tire of it, because there are so many different disciplines.
Every December I take two or three weeks off. After an entire season of training and climbing, my body needs the break.
What really motivates me to climb harder and harder is not necessarily that I want to push my limits or show who's best, but climbing harder and harder routes makes it more fun.
I was born into a climbing family.
Climbing in a beautiful location, the goal is not to power my way up but to become for that moment a part of the landscape, part of the rock.
I think in general the American scene is much more focused on bouldering, where in Europe they're more focused on sport climbing.
I think climbing deserves to be an Olympic sport, as it is one of the few natural movements - like swimming or running, things that people have been doing for a thousand years.
