Part 2

Took some time but now it's finished!

S U N

"Sun is shining, the weather is sweet". Makes you want to climb. Doesn't it?

Extremely rare sunny day! We hardly ever get to see sun in November in Finland. Not to mention climbing! But today (22.11.2009) was a welcome exception!

Testing testing, so interesting. I think these new DSLR's make handy cams quite obsolete...

Fyysikko

A funny video of my accent of Fyysikko... How nice to see yourself behaving like a total twat. Believe it or not, but I was still enjoying every minute of it!

Huomio: Sisältää huonoa kielenkäyttöä! ;)



Fyysikko is a classic Font 8B problem at 28.7. First accent was done by Tomi Nytorp in 2005. Problem consists 12 hard sustained moves and a jug haul at the end. On the send I got a really bad cramp on my right calf muscle. Luckily I was able to fight all the way to the jugs and top it out.

10 days in Lapland

By the original plan we were supposed to go to Lofoten. But being Norway the weather forecast didn't look too promising. So in the end we ended up staying in Lapland for the whole time. Out of the 10 days we climbed 9. First 8 in a row. We were a bit knackered after that so we had to take that one rest...

Hiidenkirnut. Can recommend!


Kikka sending 'Los Cojones direct'.


Some easy soloing at Kirnut.


Doris and her favorite toy.


Kikka climbing at 'Rotanloukku'.


Can't believe that we have rock like this in Finland...


Jarmo 'The Axe' Annunen sending 'Pimp My Ride' at Servo block.


Kikka sending 'Almendra assis'. Or was it 'Peukku assis'?

Think...

http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=2038

http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=48885

Kuhanjulma

Went through my video archives and found one that I haven't published yet. Quite a lot of work filming yourself climbing...


Quick update. Just got back from Rovaniemi. Weather was warm and humid for most of the time, but we still managed to climb a LOT. But more form that later. I have some video of our trip. Would people like short videos, like one problem in video or a longer one?

Problems that we got on video:

• Pimp My Ride (Jarmo)
• Viimeinen Tuuttikuski (Marko)
• Almendra or Peukku Assis (Kikka)
• Turvasanat (Jesse and Marko)
• Los Cojones Direct (Kikka)
• Pyramidi (Marko)
• Easy Company (Marko)
• Midi Assis (Marko)

Niemisel

Heko working with 'Jedi mind tricks'.


Jari trying to levitate up to jug. No avail.


Heko and Jari...


Juha back in redpoint business (Poor Oili)...


Mr bicep...


Doris wondering that 'what are we doing at sport climbing crag?'. Not to worry just stopped for a sauna...

Austvågøy.

Tomi's new problem called 'Sea gold'. Name comes from
dried fish brand that is a local delicacy.
@ Stem bastensen.


New slab called 'Fish bone' at Djupfjorden. Self portrait.


Juha doing 'Cragnslap' @ Djupfjorden.


Aki leading 3th pitch of 'Solens Sønner'.


True friction slab.


Photo shoot...


Happy Aki at the top of 'Solens Sønner'.


Djupfjorden. View fom high above.


Team Finland took silver yet again...


Gadus Morhua was quite tasty...

Halsvuori.

Sign for protecting prehistoric paintings at Halsvuori.


Juha Juutila on first moves of
'Multasormi' or was it 'Mutasormi'.


Rope bouldering... 6 something?


Juha being belayed by Aki Rautava.