Angelniemi is a crag for all season - the most reliable ice around Salo in winter and some great sport climbing in summer. Anni, Tony and I went over from Helsinki and met Dave who was coming from the west.
I decided that if I want to get some good photos it time to get serious and try something a bit more technical so took a spare rope and
jumars with me. I'm pretty happy with the results and, to be honest, jugging up and sliding down the rope a few times was good fun.
Dave on Lähetysseura ("The Mission") 7a+
Dave and Tony both put in cracking efforts to climb this very nice looking route up a fine red wall of granite.
Dave again on Lähetysseura, 7a+
Tony's turn, same route
Lähetysseura from below. 20 metres of powerful and balancy granite wall climbing.
Tony on Kaisanprojekti ("Kaisa's Project"), 6b
I fell off the crux of Kaisanprojekti last year and bashed my hip up, so both wanted to do it and was a bit scared of it at the same time. A long sling clip-sticked to the crux bolt sorted that out and I found a ridiculously tenuous stemming method to avoid laybacking the crux that I'm to pathetically weak to do. I got it on my third redpoint attempt including the use of the the "crouching tiger, hidden dragon flying kung fu move" higher that totally made my day.
I decided that if I want to get some good photos it time to get serious and try something a bit more technical so took a spare rope and jumars with me. I'm pretty happy with the results and, to be honest, jugging up and sliding down the rope a few times was good fun.
Dave on Lähetysseura ("The Mission") 7a+
Dave again on Lähetysseura, 7a+
Tony's turn, same route
Lähetysseura from below. 20 metres of powerful and balancy granite wall climbing.
Tony on Kaisanprojekti ("Kaisa's Project"), 6b
4 comments:
Some fine photos Toby. Your photos just keep getting better and better. Well done on your RP too.
Well done to all! I was just wondering whether "clip-stick" method is the same as the "stick-clip" method?
> I was just wondering whether "clip-stick" method is the same as the "stick-clip" method?
Indeed it is and your method works much better in the past tense. With my butchering of the English language I had to resist writing "clip stuck". "Stick-clipped" is much more elegant. :-)
Nice pics.
Jugging is a wonderful way to bypass all the dificulties of rock climbing. Providing someone reliable sets your rope on a multi-pitch climb..
Ah, also a frown on the quickdraws clipped together on the first image of Dave on Lähetysseura.
-n.
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