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Name: Fabian Christof
DOB: 19??
Interview: Moon Climbing / January 2011
Moon Climbing - When and where did you start climbing?
Fabian - I think i am climbing for fifteen years now. I´ve started as a sixteen years old teenager who was quite bored during the summer holidays and searched for some thrilling moments in my hometown Würzburg. Unfortunately there is not a single rock!
Moon Climbing - Do you have a favourite style of climbing (traditional, sport, bouldering etc)?
Fabian - I switch between sport climbing and bouldering. It depends on the season. During summer normally I do some rope climbing. The style of the climb itself doesn’t really matter! If there is something that motivates me (the line, moves or it’s name) than I’ve got my favorite climb.
Moon Climbing - You are stuck on a desert island with just one route and one boulder. Which ones would you choose and why?
Fabian - Route: Action Direct! My brutal weakness...So many many pockets! So it would be far and wide the only climb and I would be forced to try it everyday I go climbing. Boulder: Dreamtime (before the hold is broken). Because it’s movements where so smooth and a mixture of everything (static, dynamic, technical and powerful)
Moon Climbing - Who is your climbing hero or inspiration and why?
Fabian - No specific person. I’ve met many climbers that showed me what is possible. That involves not only the physical aspect of climbing like power or technique! What stuck in my mind are all the unique characters with their individual attitude. All off them gave me inspiration how to go climbing or how to live climbing. They changed my style of climbing and my motivation to try a route or a boulder.
Moon Climbing - How often do you climb?
Fabian - Between three or five times per week. It depends if I am on a trip or at home.
Moon Climbing - Where and how often do you train and for how many hours per week?
Fabian - If conditions are good I am only climb outside and no "specific training". If it’s not possible to go outside I train also between three and five times per week. The length depends on if I am alone or with mates. Something around two and six hours per session.
Moon Climbing - What kind of training do you do?
Fabian - I structure my training a bit after my climbing goals. So if I want to do some endurance or route climbing I try to climb many moves on my indoor wall. For bouldering I climb short and powerful problems or I do some finger boarding. Everything I do is similar to my climbing goal.
Moon Climbing - Your top training tip or tips?
Fabian -
1. Make a clear decision if you want to train or not!
2. Set clear goals but they have to be realistic!
3. It’s all about the right intensity! Train hard but healthy!
4. Training is not only fun but also it’s important to finish each period.
5. Try to hold the MOTIVATION high!
1. Make a clear decision if you want to train or not!
2. Set clear goals but they have to be realistic!
3. It’s all about the right intensity! Train hard but healthy!
4. Training is not only fun but also it’s important to finish each period.
5. Try to hold the MOTIVATION high!1. Make a clear decision if you want to train or not! 2. Set clear goals but they have to be realistic!3. It’s all about the right intensity! Train hard but healthy!4. Training is not only fun but also it’s important to finish each period. 5. Try to hold the MOTIVATION high!
Moon Climbing - The climbing achievement you are most proud of and why?
Fabian - Most of my achievements have a special meaning for me but if I have to choose one than I would say it was Shan-Gri-La 8c+ long time ago. In this time everything I’ve done was for climbing! I had a state of mind that made me so excited that I even wasn’t able to sleep. I felt that the ascent was right in front of me and I was only a matter of tries...... I wouldn’t say that this is my proudest ascent but it’s an ascent that is caught in my mind for a very long time!
Moon Climbing - What is your opinion on competitions? Good, bad or indifferent?
Fabian - Why not! Personally I’ve got no experience with comps but it’s a style of climbing and a lifestyle. Maybe it’s also a way to give climbing more public attention! No attention no economy, no economy no sponsoring, no sponsoring no pros, no pros then nothing to talk and read about... I AM JOKING
Moon Climbing - Your goals for 2011?
Fabian -
1. Staying healthy without any injuries!
2. Some 8B+´s at home and abroad and
3. Unfinished route climbs from 2010
4. Trip to South Africa
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