In February, i went to Rjukan again, for some ice climbing. This time, the weather was better, with -15° and no wind.
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Kaare and me on top of "Nedre Svingfoss" WI3 |
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Last climb of the day was "Bakveien"WI4, a 2 pitches climb. |
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Here almost on the rest. This section was a bit harder, than i thought, but the ice was very good. |
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This is the "Bakveien" (detour). ½ m wide gully on 70 degrees ice. Very fun climb |
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Christian is balaying the last pitch. The light is gone and temperature was around -18° |
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Leading the last pitch, in wet conditions |
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Christian and Kaare is following. Belaying was Quite cold, with wet cloves:) |
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Kaare is Leading the first pitch of "Tjønnstadbergfossen" WI4, 4 Pitches and 150m. Rjukan City in the back |
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Me leading second pitch. |
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Christian on the 3rd pitch and last steep section. |
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Christian and Kaare on 3rd Belay. Rjukan City in the back. A very nice "half a day" climb. |
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On the last abseil, we trained Abalakovs. So we made one each, and went down the last 60m |
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Sunday we had a half day of Climbing, before going home. Here on the "Jomfrua"WI4. |
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The first 10-15 meters were quite steep, but on very good ice. |
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The Second half, of "Jomfrua" |
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Christian and Kaare following fast. |
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Anders put up a toprope on a M5 route, so we did a bit of Mix training. (More like Drytool, but a very good route) |