Shai Ben Dror

Angola. Climbing as a bridge. On one side, still landing. On the other, full into life mode. Whatever it is, I had never imagined how climbing can create this bridge, between the team @_mimi_white , @cocuun , @tompaulrandall , Philipp and the village, or everywhere in life back home. I knew it had the potential, and it was the first time feeling it like that. Every fist bump has a meaning... 👊🏻 Definitely gives me some ideas... Going through the amazing photos by @philippklein , and sharing some moments. We're lucky to have this talent with us 📸😉 @climbangola @climbingforareason

Impossibile condensare in un post una esperienza così forte! Dalla preparazione del viaggio, dall’immensa generosità degli amici nel sostenere il progetto @climbingforareason , dallo splendido gruppo creatosi, dai paesaggi, le persone, le scalate, la pioggia e le sudate, le calate e la polvere dei fori con il trapano, le cene da Dina e Maura, le chiacchiere fuori dalle tende, le colazioni sontuose, le partite a dadi, Ramiro & friends, Fonseca, la fazenda, i ragni sotto la tenda, le alzatacce, di nuovo le mega sudate, i ragazzi col macete ….. Grazie 🙏 @shaibendror @tompaulrandall @philippklein @_mimi_white I ricordi sono per sempre!

ANGOLA 🇦🇴 Something for a lifetime.. On one of the first days, we tried to go by ourselves to one of the local sectors. We saw the rock, it was just there. @cocuun was with the guidebook, but we reached the jungle, got stuck and turned around. Later that day, we told that to the local Cumbira climbing kids. They said they’ll take us and come climbing there, ‘but bring mechetes’. In the hot boiling sun, they just told us to wait in the shade, while they were opening the path. And whoa, that was a mission 😅 It was a very tiny but one of those mind blowing moments for me- how much you can learn from this simple, yet complex reality. It’s different, it’s creative, it’s happy, it’s hard, it’s interesting. Whaaa, still not sure how to ever describe this trip. It’ll take some time to process, but the bridge @climbingforareason created here for this remote village and region is such a unique opportunity that could bring so much to everyone who’s involved. And some really good climbers, @climbangola 😳 Village dinners, tropical rains, some climbing, board sessions, jungle explorations, sketchy drives, crag sessions with 50 kids, normal fun times.. And more to come. For now I can say I'm just grateful to have had the chance to take a small part in this big thing @tompaulrandall who is total legend, created a dream team that I can’t imagine a better one to experience all of these crazy days together 🙏🏻 @cocuun @_mimi_white @philippklein Obrigado 💙💪🦥

4 days of Magic ⭐️ If we got to the end of the rope twice a day, it means we were doing something right😅 Long routes, good rock, but more than all the best people 🍺 This place did it again... And forever grateful for these moments 🙌 Fins a la proxima 💙

Aaaaiiiiiirrrrr 🙏🏻 Taking in what I can 💙

Eating peppers in the gym, apples at the crag and chocolate in the snow 🦥🫑🍏 Or just living ;) 📸 from @charlotteveld during a Barnaday where she took some really cool photos of cooler climbers

Bunch of things that are actually moments, with people I Iike in places I like. can't believe it was only a week. I'll let emojis do the first trip of the year's summary 🙏🏻 💙🦥🌨️⛄️🥶🇳🇴🇨🇿🧗🏼‍♂️🌬️😂🤳🏾📸😋😻👨‍💻💡💬

Behind the sends of @jane_svecova @martinsvecko and our athlete manager @shaibendror on a recent trip to Ticino, Switzerland 📸 @martinsvecko

Arco! 😁 The face says it all... How the fuck it took me so long to give this place a proper visit? There is something in the mix that made it magic, and the perfect holiday vibe. With extra bits of hosts and friendships from different life thihgs that come together 🌏 Mountain air, snowy peaks, some climbing, good friends, catching ups, pizza, and cold beer. It seems life could be as simple as that. Cheers to all 🍻 Until nextime 🤌🤌 🚀🌟💙🏔️🧗🏼‍♂️🍺🎄🎁🌌🍕

While I'm still sneaking in a last experience for the year, there are so many things happened that I actually had to make a post, try to look back at it - somehow it did make look back and say wtf 😅 and apperciate it. Life and where they took me left me being so grateful in the most cliche, but real way. But all together, it's thanks to this mix of people that made every place to what it was. From work im Norway, to the beach in Mallorca, to the van in Margalef, or just climbing at home, and many other things and places. Thank you all, let's keep going. Who cares about numbers but 2026 is gonna be even cooler🚀 (Big thanks to all the photo takers, and one special to @martinsvecko )

When things align... WTF 🙃 I was at this place so many times, I was hanging off from this angle many, many times, I was upside down with my knee stucked there endless times. But recently, things worked. In life, and on the wall. And I still can't believe it 😅 The worse timing turned to be the best. Just in time before a week of celebrating life 🙌 Do you think @vertical.life.climbing has a limit of tries for loging? 😂 Thanks @bendroramit_climber for endless belays on this piece of 15m rock, and to all the dear friends that joined 🌟

I often try to really be grateful for the details of life, for its highs and lows, and bring something different to everything I do and everyone I meet. 3 packed days in Chironico with @jane_svecova and @martinsvecko for @rungne_official and a lot of content, but also a bit of bouldering, a lot of nature, more of chats, strongest fingers, and some average home coffee and van excellent coffee. Three days of something different 🙌 When you have some great photographers around the photos really capture the fantasy, but the actual makers of the dreams are the people - so happy to have had the chance and see you all soon, thank you for making life such a cool thing 💙 📸 By the legends @janvirt.official & @martinsvecko & @jordantylerlea P.s video coming soon yay