Friday, April 04, 2008

Easter in Åland.


Geta from view point.
This year we decided to skip our traditional Font trip and go to Åland instead. Don't know if that was a wise decison since it was very cold almost the whole time. Got quite a lot of snow too. Few days were spend brushing snow off problems.


Kikka doing Hammas.
We did manage to climb some too. But not much. Kikka did Hammas and had some progress on Dodo stand.


Kikka working with Dodo stand.
Although one move might just be too long for her. She can't use heel hook to get the higher crimp so she is just jumping for it and swinging off wildly. Other ways it doesn't seem too bad.


Me doing Mongooli. Photo by Kirsi Hiironen.
I did Mongooli quite quickly. Witch is a nice low roof in Kasviken. Climb consists some nice undercling moves on good holds. Perfect for my knackered finger.


Me doing Mongooli. Photo by Kirsi Hiironen.
Although it was so cold that day that my biceps hurt for two days after. There was some icecles hanging from the roof. Shame that we didn't get them in the picture.


Self potrait of me doing Desperado.
Desperado is a newish problem in Kasviken (in a middle of the high wall). It doesn't top out, but finishes in a horisontal brake with a dyno. Think Ville did it left hand first from undercling but I did right so I could use bicycle move for getting left hand up (And yes you can use the block underneath as foothold). Not too bad if you are tall enough. Anyways a good climb. Definitely worth a go.


Local wildlife crossing a road in Dånö.


Bonsai tree...


Think Doris had the most fun of us.

2 comments:

Chiqui said...

It looks super-nice. i hope we can get there one summer felas!
Take care and climb hard, i'm already working on routes now.
big hugs,
Chiqui

Anonymous said...

Good to hear from you man! Hope all is going well in Spain. Hope to see you soon!