Ascents in Flaggermusmannen

Really good overhanging crack in a dyhedral, very technical and too hard for the original grade 7b+...

Desperate warm up on a humid day... the sloper traverse was hard!

Cool route with tricky crux; the sloper-rail almost spat me off. Looking for the right conditions for 2 weeks and happy and relieved do succeed on this one as a first of the grade. The gneiss at Flatanger has the most amazing features rock can offer. Close to perfection! Looking forward to the 8a extension next time

Amazing Line, really long and good endurance climb traversing on a overhanging ramp.

Knowing how to jam helps

Burly but fun.

Fin ju! Kort men distinkt.

Really nice climb! Way too short to be classic, but the movement is much nicer than that on the 6c. Incredibly easy for the grade though, onsighted, downclimbed and climbed up again as a warmup! The biggest crux is finding an undercling above your head when the chalk begs you to go left!

Nice climbing! Warm up,onsighted but belayed people on the first 6c pitch. First day of good conditions!

My biggest mental battle so far! Thanks Adam for the vision and inviting me to join the process. Really proud of this one, it has been one hell of a ride!

B.I.G. feels so strange to grade because it really doesn’t feel that bad if you try just the moves. The crux is an 8a+ boulder problem and by now I have it dialed so well that I can do it easily even multiple times in a row. But because of the very powerful style of the boulder it’s way more difficult to do it after 80+ moves of climbing.

To me it felt a whole step beyond Perfecto Mundo which seems confirmed at 9b+. This alongside reflections with Adam made me propose 9c for B.I.G. While in my eyes the range for grades up to 9b seem to have settled due to the total amount of routes and ascents, this doesn’t yet seem the case for 9b+ and 9c, where the possibilities for comparison are still very limited. There are not even 10 climbers that claim to have sent 9b+, and the total of routes graded 9b+ or harder is still below 15, most of which are yet to see repeats. This makes it obvious that confines for both 9b+ and 9c are still blurry and will develop over time and through ascents and shared opinions. I hope they will come soon!

14 tries in 5 days

Project big was wet again so I had to try something else finally. Tried this fun bouldery route a bit 6 years ago, 2nd try this trip. Maybe not the proudest line but definitely fun to climb!

2nd go. Kneebars.

To the first anchor can’t be more than 8a+. Hard to onsight, easy to flash! Liked it a lot! #2go

2nd. Crazy technical dihedral.

Couldn’t find a good beta and felt not easy

Very good climb, consisting of some bouldery sequences with big moves - pumpy and a lot of core is needed - and some good rest points. Solid 8a

Such a close Onsight attempt... Really good crimpy and powerful climb on an overhanging prow, very bouldery like in Techino

#2go

Second try. Cool gym like moves... toe hooks and jumps. Thanks Jon for the beta, belay and cheerleader work!

2nd go. Some nice impromptu beta from Jon and Alexander! Really cool prow feature.