This blog is for family and friends to keep up to date with the team's progress. You can find out how their training is going, read climber profiles and get a day to day update of the competition in Austria.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Melissa Andersen
Gender: Female
Height: 170cm
Nickname: Mel
How old are you: 18
Where are you from: Wambion, Pretty much Canberra though
School/job: Graduated year 12 Merici College 2008, Currently Part Time work at South Canberra Rocks and National Convention Centre looking at doing qualifications to be an outdoor Guide
When and where did you first start climbing: Canberras North side Gym Mitchell in 2006 to gain strength in my ankle, after a couple of months i was told i had a osteio oedema (some form of tumour) so i had to take the rest of the year off due to surgery and such. Got back into it in 2007 and have been climbing ever since =]
Favourite Climbing Gym: There all cool in their own different ways, i don’t really have a main favourite gym
Hours Training per week: 3 nights a week ranging from 1.5hours a session to 2.5hours
Favourite Climbing area: Outdoors is pretty sweet don’t get to much though
Best Competition result: 3rd in a national comp
Why do you climb: Because its fun and after finishing a hard climb you know its not the end theres always something harder about
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