Zebloc : Who are you, and where do you come from ?
Klem : Je suis Klem Loskot, je habite a salzburg, austria. (NFT : in french in the text)

Zebloc : You are an Austrian, and quite a strong guy. Do you think that it could help you in becoming a governor in the USA ?
Klem : I already spoke to my friend arni. He said Ishould go straight for president.

Zebloc : What have you been doing in the last 6 months ?
Klem : In summer I went to sri lanka for a month for surfing. It was very great. 27° water temperature, each day glassy 8 foot waves, off shore wind, amazing food, blue sky every day and friends to share all that.
Just after that I went to the australian bush, western australia, to search for new places to climb and to do a movie about this trip for the salomon adreanalin hunters2 DVD.
Some climbing in austria, putting up new sport climbs.
Yesterday i just got back from one month deep water soloing in mallorca.

Zebloc : You travel a lot… What do you know and think about french bouldering spots and french climbers ?
Klem : I used to go to france a lot, when i started to climbing. When I was at school, I didn’t have enough money to go further. I liked it so much, but I never really got in touch with local climbers. Either there were none, or they didn’t want to speak to us. Once I went to fontainebleau and I met seb frigault. It was pretty fun.

Zebloc : Many people criticize (can’t be so hard, blablabla) quotation, and you recently decided to stop grading your problems… Can you explain a little bit about this ?
Klem : I never was serious about this. People blow up a part of climbing that is so small, to something that is the most exciting for them. I just don’t want to share that.

Zebloc : What do the words « emotionnal landscape » mean to you ?
Klem : S ome strong memories from a wonderful time I spent.

Zebloc : Fred Noé declared in a previous interview for Zebloc that « Reblochon is the base for a healthy diet ». What is your opinion on the subject ?
Klem : I eat what ever I like. The more fresh and the more natural food is grown, the better it tastes to me. I like to cook at home. I don’t like food with lots of artificial flavour, old and low quality oil and all kind of food what is cooked for ever and became dead.

Zebloc : Do you envy people who have a nice haircut, like Tom Cruise or Ron Kauk ?
Klem : I’m to lazy to really think about haircuts. I just think if you style your hair a lot and then they look stupid it is worst, than if they just look stupid without styling.

Zebloc : I climbed with you one day in a gym, and you spent the first half hour jumping around in the biggest dynos I’ve ever seen… Don’t you like wearing off your shoes ?
Klem : At that day I spent a whole day working at the office of Salomon. I like that, but I’m just not used to stay inside all day. And then we went to a indoor gym. Oh, I got lost…

Zebloc : Tell us a little bit about deep water soloing… Is it more like high bouldering ? route climbing ? sun tanning ?
Klem : It’s just another game to get women curious.
It depends from which side you’re coming. If you arrive as a route climber, you can spend time in on sighting or climb some really pumpy stuff.
A boulderer can get really happy to finally have find the most amazing crash pad ever and go for high problems.
If all that is not so inspiring, you can take care of your skin colour. For me it is a great thing. You don’t have a rope, you don’t have to take care to have the crash pad in the right spot.
You’re about as free as you can be.

Zebloc : Your book, « the IXth grade », is full of blurry pictures. Did you do this on purpose ? (i’m joking, this is a wonderful book, go find it !!!)
Klem : I know, I have already heard about this. But i thought, I just can’t do another climbing book that is like a cooking book.

Zebloc : Who is the best climber in the world (come on, I will not be upset if you do not say my name…) ?
Klem : There are so many people out there which know how to climb rock. For me it all comes back to one move. If I climb a 40 meter climb with the hardest move possible to do with no feet, it doesn’t really seem hard to me. Iwant it pure. The climber who is able to go passed the most crazy and impossible passages, is the king, who ever that is. May be you?

Zebloc wishes to thank SALOMON for the pictures