Lake was literally starting to take over Nurmijärvi.
Luckily we still found our way to 7 Veljestä boulder and Jani got a quick send of the problem! Which now goes with a number 8a+. We got some good footage of the boulder. I will edit and upload the video later.
We also visited Boulderkeskus Konala. What an amazing wall! Can say that it will take a bit more than a pain job to get Hutunki look like that... Great job Jarmo!
A photographic note. Muuratsalo is a great place to go for a Sunday walk. With camera of course...
The weather has been prime for sending. Hope it stays that way for a month or so. Almost all the crags are dry now. Except Halsvuori but that's a sport crag so who cares. It's a boudering season! Olli Mikkonen hoping to grow few centimeters. 'Huuhto' a Kanavuori classic! Altough almost all the problems are classics in Kanavuori!
Marko Yliniemi doing some upwards joga on 'Huuhto'.
This is the first of two videos from our Lapland holiday. I decided to make two videos instead of one long. It will work better in 27crags as it features one area at the time. I didn't edit this video too much so that it works as a beta video too, I hope...
Part one features 'Martti Servo' block. Quality of the rock is as close as you can get to Fontainebleau in Finland. Without the reindeer you might actually think that you are in Apremont.
I am not a morning person. Sometimes it worth waking up early though. Like the other day, it was a beautiful misty morning when me and Doris went for a walk. Thankfully I had my camera with me. Plywood factory at Säynätsalo.
Infamous bridge which has caused a lot of debate lately for being too narrow.
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!
Have to say that I have enjoyed climbing quite a bit these past few warm and humid weeks. Off season climbing can be fun if you don't stress too much about it. I've been having some nice sessions with friends in Jyväskylä and Helsinki. Especially super humid session in Myllis was cool! Just did a lot of easier stuff but had to fight for every single one of them. So cool! Seems that every time I go to Myllis it's either too warm or wet. Now it was both!
Btw. Should off season be called wedding season instead? Once again congratulations to our dear friends Juha and Oili! Thanks for an amazing wedding party! All the best to you both!
Now that the weather seems to start cooling down I've injured my both middle fingers... Right worse than left. Board climbing isn't good for you if you do too much of it. Holds are very similar all the time. I think that's the reason why I got injured fingers. Well live and learn. Although I think I should have learned all ready...
Anyhow, here is a video of Gluteus Maximus. F.A was done by Mika Hinkkanen. Think it was 1st of November 2007? Boulder is quite "of the beaten track" so it doesn't get much traffic. Although it's really worth your while. It consists 3 hard moves and shares the top out with 'Pacman'. Climbing is very similar to this Font problem called 'Hibernatus gauhe'. Although for me Gluteus Maximus felt a tad harder. Conditions weren't prime though.
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