Bohuslän, Sweden

M photographing Ø on Umulius (7+). Photo by me.

Ø sends Birgers Börst (6+). Photo by LMV

M sends Muffins (7-). Photo by LMV.

Ø sends Adrenaline (7). Photo by LMV.

Ø sends Adrenaline (7). Photo by LMV.

It's been a while since I posted anything now. Sorry for that.

Here's pictures from our weekend in Sweden just now. Climbing are Ø and M. The grades quoted are Swedish. Enjoy!

Back on track...

...or a least starting the track again. I've started rock climbing again after very close to no climbing since October last year. My skills and moves and last but by no means least my psyche are very rusty. Today was my fourth time this summer and I feel like I'm at least starting to get back into it. The first time I toproped not even 10 meters on a too hard route before it started to rain. Second go I toproped one route and came only half way on the second one that was too hard. Third time went better with two completed routes - one lead and one on toprope. And today I sent a route known as an easy classic crack climb on gear (Pinus 5+, Fjell) - sceared as hell and hyperventilating toward the top. But I did it!

Prince Charming also had a good day. He sent a project he has wanted to do for years (Fenriss 7+, Fjell). This route was also a gear climb. I'm so proud of him! A friend of us got his camera out for the occasion so I'll even post a photo of it when I get my hands on one. The photo above is from last summer at a crag called Hellerud.

Back in Business

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I went bouldering once before this week but today was my first day climbing with a rope for a month. I managed better than I had feared, so now I just have to hang in there and keep it up. I'm trying to start a training regime with cardio three times a week and climbing at least twice. The important thing now is cardio because that's the best training for my trip (apart from actual hiking). But I don't want to give up climbing either. So I'll try to fit both activities in, trying to prioritize the cardio.

Prince Charming is cooking me a nice steak this Sunday afternoon and I must say I'm enjoying being cooked for! Earlier today we went through some of the pictures from the trip to Indian Creek we had in September. Photo by JPB.

Remembering the days...

...of sun, sandstone, endless amounts of cracks, vacation and fun. Pictured above is Prince Charming climbing Super Crack (5.10), Indian Creek, Utah. Photo by JPB.

Bouldering

Oslo Climbing Club had their Christmas Bouldering Contest today. It's all very informal, you keep your own scorecard and there are different classes for each difficulty level. A lot of people and a lot of chalk. That's my excuse for not getting a very good score. I guess the truth would be that I wouldn't have scored much better if I was alone. It was fun being social and I hope the boulders will still be there after Christmas when I'm back in town.

Climbing and a Steak

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This Saturday was all about doing just what we wanted to and not stressing at all. Sleeping until waking up form ourselves and having a long breakfast with lots of coffe is the perfect start of a weekend. Prince Charming had egg and bacon and I had oatmeal porridge. A relaxed session of climbing at the gym followed by a visit in the sauna and a long shower is good for both body and mind. To finish a great day off, we had steak and red wine for dinner. Aaah! I love weekends!

Climbing and Bouldering

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Last night I was climbing at the Gym again with Prince Charming. Not in World Champion Shape but did fairly ok I think. Tonight it's bouldering with the girls. That's going to be fun! If you haven't tried climbing before I definetely recommend trying it. It's such a good work out both for body and mind. And you can hang out with your friends at the same time. I have a couple of projects that I hope I'll manage to complete today.

Climbing at the gym

This evening I've been bouldering at the gym with a friend. It was a little bit demoralizing at first, but toward the end I managed to do a good boulder after all. Feels good when you manage to do things you're struggling with, right!?!

The photo is by the way from the National Geographic Vintage Photos Photo Gallery. This is the description of it:

"No Boys Allowed

Photograph by Mrs. Dean Peabody, 1929

To get to the top of this spire in the Chamonix Aiguilles, France, climbing pioneer Miriam O’Brien Underhill scaled up its center ridge with her camera held between her teeth in 1929. Famous for “manless Alpine climbing,” Underhill was the first woman to conquer several challenging peaks, including the Matterhorn. On these treks she climbed only with other women."

Cool lady, huh?