Kimie's Blog: June 2006

When I'm not climbing...

This is one of my hobbies. Most of the pieces I've made are in Lisbon. These were made in Faro:D
I miss climbing a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PORTUGAL 1 - HOLLAND 0

Usually I don't watch football matches, but when Portugal plays, something changes...
I can't explain it but, it just happens. Yesterday, I went to see the match in Faro's downtown (nice city in the south of Portugal). I dressed myself with the colours of my flag and went out with my friends.

I've hatted and loved the game. I didn't like the referee a bit. It's a little suspicious, being said by me but, I keep seeing Portugal in unfair situations...A little coherence, applying the rules...

Where's the fairplay? What have they done to Cristiano Ronaldo? It seemed to me that it was done on purpose, of send him out. The game would have been better if the rules where applied equally. Is it about "may the best win" or "let's kick same ass", take some important players out.

I'm really trill about Portugal being the best team with 11, 10 and 9 players but, it's true that, I get sad thinking that fairplay is vanishing.

Besides all those drawbacks, I love one thing football: People get alive! When else do you see so many people dancing, doing bodypainting, hugging each other, living their houses to sing their country hymn?

I hate to see that only football has money and support from media but, It's good in many ways.

Any Sport should and could be a "Public Relations" of it's country. I risk to say that's the most international language of all.

When will other sports have half of the support?!

Anyway, if this is the sport that's taking Portugal forward, for now, I wish them the best! Next saturday I'll be in red, yellow and green, waiting for a good match.

GOOD LUCK PORTUGAL!

FIRST 8C in PORTUGAL

At last! The first 8C in Portugal!

It was done by one of the best Portuguese climbers, José Abreu, last sunday.

You can check out about him, in his site www.joseabreu.escalada.com.pt. The only drawback is that it's written in portuguese... Still, you have nice videos and photos to see.

The 8c name is "Acção - reacção", and it's located in Buracas do Casmilo, near Coimbra and Pombal. You can see more about Buracas in the link "Climbing areas".

The two last pictures were taken out of http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://sapp.telepac.pt/fernandomacedo/aph/Casmilo/PB110028.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sapp.telepac.pt/fernandomacedo/aph/Casmilo/P%25C3%25A1gina%25208.htm&amp;h=307&w=410&sz=64&tbnid=8GtZEMM0Xgw3YM:&amp;tbnh=90&tbnw=121&hl=pt-BR&start=11&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBuracas%2Bdo%2BCasmilo%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dpt-BR%26lr%3Dlang_pt%26sa%3DN

This weekend there was a climbers meeting in Sagres, one of the best portuguese areas to climb.
Here´s me, jumping, after a sample of "psicobloc". I'm afraid of jumping but I've done it twice, to fight against it;)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6623664977820103066

The highest jump of the day:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7850826309116486803

Here's some images: