PLEZANJE
Si želiš polet z nami na eksotične pocitnice. Ne oklevaj in se nam pridruži na nepozabnem doživetju na Kalymnosu. Z vami bova Borut Kavzar in Martina Cufar. Oba bova s svojimi izkušnjami poskrbela, da vam ne bo dolgcas in se boste s potovanja vrnili še bolj zagreti plezalci.
Pridružite se nam lahko v terminu 14.07. - 24.07.2014.
Cena 580 € (prevoz Ljubljana, Milano, Dunaj, Sofija - Kalymnos, nastanitev NZ, inštruktor joge& plezanja)*
* letalski prevoz bo organiziran z razlicnih destinacij
ROK PRIJAV 31.05. OZ DO ZAPOLNITVE MEST (20 UDELEŽENCEV)
Si želiš polet z nami na eksotične pocitnice. Ne oklevaj in se nam pridruži na nepozabnem doživetju na Kalymnosu. Z vami bova Borut Kavzar in Martina Cufar. Oba bova s svojimi izkušnjami poskrbela, da vam ne bo dolgcas in se boste s potovanja vrnili še bolj zagreti plezalci.
Pridružite se nam lahko v terminu 14.07. - 24.07.2014.
Cena 580 € (prevoz Ljubljana, Milano, Dunaj, Sofija - Kalymnos, nastanitev NZ, inštruktor joge& plezanja)*
* letalski prevoz bo organiziran z razlicnih destinacij
ROK PRIJAV 31.05. OZ DO ZAPOLNITVE MEST (20 UDELEŽENCEV)
CLIMBING
Do you want to spend your summer on exotic holidays? Do not hesitate and join us on our unforgettable adventure on the island of Kalymnos. Borut Kavzar and Martina Čufar, both experienced climbers, will make sure that you will always be on the move and most importantly leave the island more enthusiastic about climbing than ever.
When? July 14th - July 24th 2014
Price: 580 € (flight from Ljubljana, Milan, Vienna, Sofia to Kalymnos, accommodation (B&B), yoga and climbing instructor)*
* flights organized from different destinations
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 31st 2014 or on a first come, first serve basis (up to 20 participants).
Do you want to spend your summer on exotic holidays? Do not hesitate and join us on our unforgettable adventure on the island of Kalymnos. Borut Kavzar and Martina Čufar, both experienced climbers, will make sure that you will always be on the move and most importantly leave the island more enthusiastic about climbing than ever.
When? July 14th - July 24th 2014
Price: 580 € (flight from Ljubljana, Milan, Vienna, Sofia to Kalymnos, accommodation (B&B), yoga and climbing instructor)*
* flights organized from different destinations
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 31st 2014 or on a first come, first serve basis (up to 20 participants).
JOGA
Zjutraj boste lahko z vadbo kundalini joge prebudili telo in s tem pognali v tek energijo, ki je skrita v vas. Tako se vam bodo smeri kasneje zdele lažje in manj previsne. Vadili bomo zgodaj, sicer ne dve uri pred sončnim vzhodom, kot to počnejo pravi jogiji, temveč od 6:30 do 8:00. Vadba je sestavljena iz ogrevalnih vaj, niza vaj z dolocenim namenom (npr. niz za odpornost proti boleznim, niz za krepitev trebušnega centra…), sledi meditacija in sproščanje.
Zvecer po plezanju in kopanju lahko na plaži naredimo še nekaj razteznih vaj, da bodo naslednji dan mišice kot nove, plezanje pa s tem še vecji užitek.
Zjutraj boste lahko z vadbo kundalini joge prebudili telo in s tem pognali v tek energijo, ki je skrita v vas. Tako se vam bodo smeri kasneje zdele lažje in manj previsne. Vadili bomo zgodaj, sicer ne dve uri pred sončnim vzhodom, kot to počnejo pravi jogiji, temveč od 6:30 do 8:00. Vadba je sestavljena iz ogrevalnih vaj, niza vaj z dolocenim namenom (npr. niz za odpornost proti boleznim, niz za krepitev trebušnega centra…), sledi meditacija in sproščanje.
Zvecer po plezanju in kopanju lahko na plaži naredimo še nekaj razteznih vaj, da bodo naslednji dan mišice kot nove, plezanje pa s tem še vecji užitek.
YOGA
You will start your day with Kundalini Yoga practice that will wake up your entire body and kindle the energy within you. This will calm your mind and make your climbing moves fluid and almost effortless.
We will practice early in the morning, not two hours before sunset like the real yogis, but from 6:30 to 8:00. The practice consists of some warm-up exercises, different posture sequences for various purposes (postures for disease resistance, core strengthening postures) meditation and relaxation at the end.
In the evening, after climbing and sea bathing, we will do some yoga stretches on the beach to relax our muscles for the upcoming climbing challenges.
You will start your day with Kundalini Yoga practice that will wake up your entire body and kindle the energy within you. This will calm your mind and make your climbing moves fluid and almost effortless.
We will practice early in the morning, not two hours before sunset like the real yogis, but from 6:30 to 8:00. The practice consists of some warm-up exercises, different posture sequences for various purposes (postures for disease resistance, core strengthening postures) meditation and relaxation at the end.
In the evening, after climbing and sea bathing, we will do some yoga stretches on the beach to relax our muscles for the upcoming climbing challenges.
MARTINA ČUFAR POTARD
S tremi besedami bi se opisala takole: zasvojena s plezanjem.
In to že od enajstega leta, ko sem se po naključju srečala z umetno steno in plezališčem med planinskim taborom Alpe Adria Avstriji. Od takrat naprej sem želela le plezati in plezati. Vpisala sem se v alpinistično šolo, bila 4 leta premlada da bi postala pripravnik, a to me ni motilo, bistvo je bilo, da sem bila v stiku s plezalno sceno. Leta 1990 sem šla na prvo tekmo in zmagala…Takrat se je začela moja tekmovalna pot, ki je trajala 17 let! Najbolj so mi v spominu ostali prvo finale leta 1994 v Birminghamu, prve stopničke leta 1998 v Courmayeurju, prva zmaga leta 2001 v Chamonixu, naslov svetovne prvakinje leta 2001 v Winterthuru ter zmagi na mastrih v Arcu 2001 in v Serre Chevalierju 2002. Vse to sem dobro usklajevala s študijem. Leta 2003 sem diplomirala na Fakulteti za šport in s tem postala tudi trener športnega plezanja. Omeniti moram dve osebi, ki sta mi zelo pomagali na tekmovalni poti, to sta moj oče, ki me je vozil vseposod in varoval ure in ure, ter Tomo Česen, ki je bil med leti 1996 in 2001 moj trener.
Leta 2006 sem začutila, da je čas da zapustim izolacijske cone in tekmovalne stene ter se popolnoma posvetim »esenci« plezanja – skali. Že v času tekmovanj sem več časa kot vsi ostali preživela v plezališčih. A nikoli ni bilo časa za daljša potovanja saj sem bila omejena s tekmovalnim koledarjem. Potem pa sem bila popolnoma free! Sponzorji in Slovenska vojska so me še naprej podpirali, tako da sem lahko obiskala Ameriko in njenega granitnega očaka El Capitan, pa Mehiko in El Gigante, ter seveda veliko evropskih plezališč v južni Franciji, Španiji, Italiji, na otokih Sardiniji. Korziki in Kalymnosu,v Turčiji. Moja najljubša plezališča so tista s kapniki, kot so na Kalymnosu, v Verdonu. Saint Legeru.
V marsikatera od plezališč sem med leti 2005 in 2011 skupaj z Borutom Kavzarjem odpeljala tudi slovenske mladince, ki so v letih ko sem jih spremljala vidno napredovali tako na tekmah, kot v skali. Pa ne bom rekla, da je to moja zasluga, temveč predvsem to, da je dober plezalec tisti, ki zna in si želi plezati v skali, saj je le ta najboljša učiteljica plezalne tehnike.
Od leta 2009 živim v Franciji, pod Mont Blancom, kjer imam poleti dobre pogoje za plezanje smeri v granitu, daljših in krajših, opremljenih in takih s tradicionalnim varovanjem. Leta 2011 se nama je z Nicotom pridružil sin Tommy, ki nama je zagotovo spremenil plezalni ritem, a uspevava lepo usklajevati igralne urice s Tommyjem in plezalne v bližnjih plezališčih.
Poleg plezanja sem zasvojena še z jogo, ki jo redno delam vsako jutro že več kot deset let. Leta 2009 sem opravila sem tudi tečaj za učitelja kundalini joge. Navdušuje me tudi padalstvo, ki pa sem ga po rojstvu Tommyja postavila malo na stran, a želja po prostem padu še ostaja!
Upam, da bom lahko na Kalymnosu z vami delila te svoje strasti in vas okužila s plezalnim virusomJ
Naj smeri:
340 smeri z oceno 8a.
Nekaj 8a+ na pogled.
Vizija 8c, Mišja peč
Tom et je ris 8b+
Prva ženska ponovitev smeri Hotel Supramonte 8b, 250m na Sardiniji
Petkrat čez steno El Capitana – do prostih ponovitev El Nina 8a+ in Goldengate-a 8a je manjkalo le malo.
S tremi besedami bi se opisala takole: zasvojena s plezanjem.
In to že od enajstega leta, ko sem se po naključju srečala z umetno steno in plezališčem med planinskim taborom Alpe Adria Avstriji. Od takrat naprej sem želela le plezati in plezati. Vpisala sem se v alpinistično šolo, bila 4 leta premlada da bi postala pripravnik, a to me ni motilo, bistvo je bilo, da sem bila v stiku s plezalno sceno. Leta 1990 sem šla na prvo tekmo in zmagala…Takrat se je začela moja tekmovalna pot, ki je trajala 17 let! Najbolj so mi v spominu ostali prvo finale leta 1994 v Birminghamu, prve stopničke leta 1998 v Courmayeurju, prva zmaga leta 2001 v Chamonixu, naslov svetovne prvakinje leta 2001 v Winterthuru ter zmagi na mastrih v Arcu 2001 in v Serre Chevalierju 2002. Vse to sem dobro usklajevala s študijem. Leta 2003 sem diplomirala na Fakulteti za šport in s tem postala tudi trener športnega plezanja. Omeniti moram dve osebi, ki sta mi zelo pomagali na tekmovalni poti, to sta moj oče, ki me je vozil vseposod in varoval ure in ure, ter Tomo Česen, ki je bil med leti 1996 in 2001 moj trener.
Leta 2006 sem začutila, da je čas da zapustim izolacijske cone in tekmovalne stene ter se popolnoma posvetim »esenci« plezanja – skali. Že v času tekmovanj sem več časa kot vsi ostali preživela v plezališčih. A nikoli ni bilo časa za daljša potovanja saj sem bila omejena s tekmovalnim koledarjem. Potem pa sem bila popolnoma free! Sponzorji in Slovenska vojska so me še naprej podpirali, tako da sem lahko obiskala Ameriko in njenega granitnega očaka El Capitan, pa Mehiko in El Gigante, ter seveda veliko evropskih plezališč v južni Franciji, Španiji, Italiji, na otokih Sardiniji. Korziki in Kalymnosu,v Turčiji. Moja najljubša plezališča so tista s kapniki, kot so na Kalymnosu, v Verdonu. Saint Legeru.
V marsikatera od plezališč sem med leti 2005 in 2011 skupaj z Borutom Kavzarjem odpeljala tudi slovenske mladince, ki so v letih ko sem jih spremljala vidno napredovali tako na tekmah, kot v skali. Pa ne bom rekla, da je to moja zasluga, temveč predvsem to, da je dober plezalec tisti, ki zna in si želi plezati v skali, saj je le ta najboljša učiteljica plezalne tehnike.
Od leta 2009 živim v Franciji, pod Mont Blancom, kjer imam poleti dobre pogoje za plezanje smeri v granitu, daljših in krajših, opremljenih in takih s tradicionalnim varovanjem. Leta 2011 se nama je z Nicotom pridružil sin Tommy, ki nama je zagotovo spremenil plezalni ritem, a uspevava lepo usklajevati igralne urice s Tommyjem in plezalne v bližnjih plezališčih.
Poleg plezanja sem zasvojena še z jogo, ki jo redno delam vsako jutro že več kot deset let. Leta 2009 sem opravila sem tudi tečaj za učitelja kundalini joge. Navdušuje me tudi padalstvo, ki pa sem ga po rojstvu Tommyja postavila malo na stran, a želja po prostem padu še ostaja!
Upam, da bom lahko na Kalymnosu z vami delila te svoje strasti in vas okužila s plezalnim virusomJ
Naj smeri:
340 smeri z oceno 8a.
Nekaj 8a+ na pogled.
Vizija 8c, Mišja peč
Tom et je ris 8b+
Prva ženska ponovitev smeri Hotel Supramonte 8b, 250m na Sardiniji
Petkrat čez steno El Capitana – do prostih ponovitev El Nina 8a+ in Goldengate-a 8a je manjkalo le malo.
3 words that describe me the most: addicted to climbing...
... from the age of 11, when I »accidentally« discovered climbing when visiting a holiday camp Alpe Adria in Austria. I immediately fell in love with the sport and wanted to climb every day. In 1990 I entered my first competition and won. This was the beginning of my career as a competitor. I competed for the next 17 years.
The most memorable moments for me were the year of 1994 and making it into my first finals, my first podium in 1998 in Courmayeur, first victory in 2001 in Chamonix. The same year I became a World Champion in Winterthur, won the Rock Master in Arco and a year later, I won the Serre Chavalier Master as well.
Balancing high performance sports with studies was never a problem for me. In 2003 I graduated from Faculty of sport in Ljubljana, Slovenia and became a climbing coach. The two most influential people in my career were my father, who would take me anywhere and spent his days belaying me for hours, and Tomo Česen, my coach between the years of 1996 and 2001.
In 2006 I decided to step out of the isolation zones and off competition walls. It was a time to completely »surrender« myself to the true essence of climbing – the rock, where I'd normally spent more time than other competitors, but unfortunately never had enough time for longer trips due to my intense competition calendar. After retiring, I was completely free! With the support of my sponsors and the Slovenian Army, I went to the US where I climbed El Capitan, traveled to El Gigante, Mexico, and climbed many different crags across Europe (Southern France, Spain, Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, Kalymnos and Turkey). Crags with big tufas like the ones in Kalymnos, Verdon and Saint Leger are my absolutely favorites! I also visited some of these places as a coach between the years of 2005 and 2011 together with the Slovenian Youth Climbing Team and their head coach Borut Kavzar. The team improved immensely over the course of those few years. It is not me who should be taking the credit, it is rather the fact that a successful climber is the one who enjoys climbing outdoors, for the rock teaches you how to use your climbing technique.
Since 2009 I've been living in Chamonix, France, where are good conditions for all kinds of climbing in granite during the summer. In 2011me and Nico welcomed our son Tommy, who definitely changed our climbing schedule, but we still manage to balance both, family and climbing time.
Besides climbing I am an enthusiastic yogi. I've been practicing yoga each and every morning for over a decade. In 2009 I became a certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga. I also love to skydive, but after Tommy's birth I've abandoned this hobby for a while. Nevertheless, the desire of free falling still remains!
I am looking forward to sharing my passion with you in Kalymnos and hopefully succeed in infecting you with the climbing virus J
Best ascents:
340 routes 8a
Several 8a+ OS
... from the age of 11, when I »accidentally« discovered climbing when visiting a holiday camp Alpe Adria in Austria. I immediately fell in love with the sport and wanted to climb every day. In 1990 I entered my first competition and won. This was the beginning of my career as a competitor. I competed for the next 17 years.
The most memorable moments for me were the year of 1994 and making it into my first finals, my first podium in 1998 in Courmayeur, first victory in 2001 in Chamonix. The same year I became a World Champion in Winterthur, won the Rock Master in Arco and a year later, I won the Serre Chavalier Master as well.
Balancing high performance sports with studies was never a problem for me. In 2003 I graduated from Faculty of sport in Ljubljana, Slovenia and became a climbing coach. The two most influential people in my career were my father, who would take me anywhere and spent his days belaying me for hours, and Tomo Česen, my coach between the years of 1996 and 2001.
In 2006 I decided to step out of the isolation zones and off competition walls. It was a time to completely »surrender« myself to the true essence of climbing – the rock, where I'd normally spent more time than other competitors, but unfortunately never had enough time for longer trips due to my intense competition calendar. After retiring, I was completely free! With the support of my sponsors and the Slovenian Army, I went to the US where I climbed El Capitan, traveled to El Gigante, Mexico, and climbed many different crags across Europe (Southern France, Spain, Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, Kalymnos and Turkey). Crags with big tufas like the ones in Kalymnos, Verdon and Saint Leger are my absolutely favorites! I also visited some of these places as a coach between the years of 2005 and 2011 together with the Slovenian Youth Climbing Team and their head coach Borut Kavzar. The team improved immensely over the course of those few years. It is not me who should be taking the credit, it is rather the fact that a successful climber is the one who enjoys climbing outdoors, for the rock teaches you how to use your climbing technique.
Since 2009 I've been living in Chamonix, France, where are good conditions for all kinds of climbing in granite during the summer. In 2011me and Nico welcomed our son Tommy, who definitely changed our climbing schedule, but we still manage to balance both, family and climbing time.
Besides climbing I am an enthusiastic yogi. I've been practicing yoga each and every morning for over a decade. In 2009 I became a certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga. I also love to skydive, but after Tommy's birth I've abandoned this hobby for a while. Nevertheless, the desire of free falling still remains!
I am looking forward to sharing my passion with you in Kalymnos and hopefully succeed in infecting you with the climbing virus J
Best ascents:
340 routes 8a
Several 8a+ OS
BORUT KAVZAR
S plezanjem me je spoznal Vili Gucek konec osemdesetih eden vodilnih športnih plezalcev v Sloveniji.Lahko bi rekel, da je bilo to začetek popotovanja v svet oprimkov, spoznavanje skupnosti, ki je še najbolj podobna preprostemu življenju »hipijev« v sedemdesetih. No ja ideja je seveda povsem drugacna.
V času ko še ni bilo interneta smo se navduševali nad filmi kot so Življenje na konicah prstov, hodili gledat zvezde plezanja na Arco rock master. Pripadam prvim generacijam »plastičarjev«. Če bi temu lahko tako rekel smo plezanje na umetnih stenah nekako izumljali. Oblikovali prve oprimke, gradili »bolderce« kot jim danes pravimo.
Kot tekmovalec nisem bil tako uspešen, da bi lahko skusil tekme svetovnega pokala, zato sem že zelo kmalu svojo željo in motivacijo za plezanje začel prenašati na mladi rod. Sprva v rodnih Trbovljah, nato kar nekaj let v plezalni šoli Andreja Kokalja. Temelje svoje plezalne šole Triumf sem postavil leta 2000. Nekaj let kasneje, natančneje 2006 pa sem prevzel vodenje slovenske mladinske reprezentance. Lahko rečem, da je bila to moja »sanjska služba«. V zadnjih osmih letih sem »sokrivec« za tri svetovne prvake in da je reprezentanca zopet postala ena izmed najboljših na svetu.
Zelo rad tudi dokumentiram plezalni gib, nekakšen vertikalni balet, ko plezalec napet kot struna pozira fotografskemu objektivu ob seveda prekrasni skalni kulisi.
Skupaj z Martino vas zato vabim, da se nama pridružite in spoznate vsaj delcek plezalne pravljice, seveda na prekrasnem plezalno eksotičnem grškem otoku Kalymnosu.
S plezanjem me je spoznal Vili Gucek konec osemdesetih eden vodilnih športnih plezalcev v Sloveniji.Lahko bi rekel, da je bilo to začetek popotovanja v svet oprimkov, spoznavanje skupnosti, ki je še najbolj podobna preprostemu življenju »hipijev« v sedemdesetih. No ja ideja je seveda povsem drugacna.
V času ko še ni bilo interneta smo se navduševali nad filmi kot so Življenje na konicah prstov, hodili gledat zvezde plezanja na Arco rock master. Pripadam prvim generacijam »plastičarjev«. Če bi temu lahko tako rekel smo plezanje na umetnih stenah nekako izumljali. Oblikovali prve oprimke, gradili »bolderce« kot jim danes pravimo.
Kot tekmovalec nisem bil tako uspešen, da bi lahko skusil tekme svetovnega pokala, zato sem že zelo kmalu svojo željo in motivacijo za plezanje začel prenašati na mladi rod. Sprva v rodnih Trbovljah, nato kar nekaj let v plezalni šoli Andreja Kokalja. Temelje svoje plezalne šole Triumf sem postavil leta 2000. Nekaj let kasneje, natančneje 2006 pa sem prevzel vodenje slovenske mladinske reprezentance. Lahko rečem, da je bila to moja »sanjska služba«. V zadnjih osmih letih sem »sokrivec« za tri svetovne prvake in da je reprezentanca zopet postala ena izmed najboljših na svetu.
Zelo rad tudi dokumentiram plezalni gib, nekakšen vertikalni balet, ko plezalec napet kot struna pozira fotografskemu objektivu ob seveda prekrasni skalni kulisi.
Skupaj z Martino vas zato vabim, da se nama pridružite in spoznate vsaj delcek plezalne pravljice, seveda na prekrasnem plezalno eksotičnem grškem otoku Kalymnosu.
The person who introduced me to climbing was Vili Guček, one the best climbers in Slovenia in the late 80s. This was the beginning of my journey into the world of climbing holds and community that resembled the simple lifestyle of the hippies back in the 70s. But there is so much more to it.
Back in the days when we had no internet, we enjoyed watching the movies like Edlinger's La Vie au bout des doigts and watched the »rockstars« of climbing competing at the Arco Rock Master. I belong to the first generation climbing on artificial walls. We shaped the first climbing holds and built the first boulder walls.
I was not as successful as a competitor to compete in the World Cup, so I decided to bring my motivation for climbing to the younger generation. I started in my hometown Trbovlje and later continued at the Andrej Kokalj Climbing School. I first began with my own Climbing School Triumf in 2000. Few years later, in 2006, I became the head coach of the National Youth Climbing team. This felt like my dream job. In the course of the last 8 years I helped »bringing up« 3 world youth champions and turning the team into one of the best youth climbing teams in the world.
I love capturing climbing moves that often seem like some kind of vertical ballet, when a climber, strained almost like a string and surrounded by beautiful nature, is posing to the camera.
Join us on our yoga-climbing adventure on the Greek Island of Kalymnos and taste the sweetness of climbing!
Back in the days when we had no internet, we enjoyed watching the movies like Edlinger's La Vie au bout des doigts and watched the »rockstars« of climbing competing at the Arco Rock Master. I belong to the first generation climbing on artificial walls. We shaped the first climbing holds and built the first boulder walls.
I was not as successful as a competitor to compete in the World Cup, so I decided to bring my motivation for climbing to the younger generation. I started in my hometown Trbovlje and later continued at the Andrej Kokalj Climbing School. I first began with my own Climbing School Triumf in 2000. Few years later, in 2006, I became the head coach of the National Youth Climbing team. This felt like my dream job. In the course of the last 8 years I helped »bringing up« 3 world youth champions and turning the team into one of the best youth climbing teams in the world.
I love capturing climbing moves that often seem like some kind of vertical ballet, when a climber, strained almost like a string and surrounded by beautiful nature, is posing to the camera.
Join us on our yoga-climbing adventure on the Greek Island of Kalymnos and taste the sweetness of climbing!