Ascents in Hovedveggen by Christer Honoré-Livermore

Tried it one other time and hated it. Tried it again today after someone else had cleaned and chalked it up a bit, and found a solution that worked. Did it on the 3rd-4th go of the day. Very short, intense crux; easier for longer people.

Had one go to try to figure out the moves. Did not try more today due to extreme amounts of mosquitos, in particular at this part of the crag.

Nice addition to the crag! Did it on second go.

Second go. Pretty cool route, just needed some thinking (and power) for the middle crux.

Second go. Great physical and varied climbing. Pumpy!

Repeat, to put up a top rope. Had to do it twice to do it without rest this session; it is certainly a pumpy and somewhat tricky route (but super nice!)

Had one go on toprope with some hanging. Have to come back with a kneepad on sometime. Pumpy route!

Had two goes on this route with several hangs, in order to figure out the various parts. Still heavy, and still hard and painful to get the kneebar to work.

Three attempts today; made it to the kneebar on two of them. Getting closer!

Sent it on the first go of the day, with a kneepad I borrowed from a friend. Gave me just enough rest to keep going afterwards.

Had two working attempts. Did the first part easily, but could not get past the top crux even after several hangs.

One trip up the wall, trying a bit at the start of the crux, but couldn't get far today.

Had two trips up the route, and tried the start of the crux a few times, but fell before I could reach the flake every time.

Had one go where I tried working on the first part of the crux again. Could not get very far, unfortunately.

One go, with some progress on the first part of the crux, up to the flake.

Had another 2-3 goes on this today, but finally on toprope so I could try the top more comfortably. Was able to piece together some things, but not all the moves. Still some work to be done, for sure.

Ett jobbeforsøk på topptau.

Worked a little on the crux, on toprope.

Two attempts. Got to the crux without rest on the second go. Had to cheat past the crux both times. Got to the top after the crux.

Finally, at the 5th/6th try of the second day of this route I was able to put it together. After the first few tries on this route a week or two ago I thought that the crux move would be (almost) impossible for someone my height (174cm). But after discussions and tips from strong fellow climbers in the meantime it sounded possible, and today I was able to finally nail the move. A couple more tries to put it all together, and the route was sent. Time to move on to the harder version of the top now.

Slightly easier than Feten I think, but quite pumpy and nice througout.

Repeat

Repeat. Too busy at the crag today to get on something new.

Repeat; always nice to climb this one.

Warm-up

Did it several times on lead and toprope today, but as warm-up and cool-down. Still great!

Warm-up; repeat.

Tur opp for å få hengt topptau på prosjektet.

Climbed it to put up toprope on "Den onde siden av kraften".

First one time up on lead, and then three times in a row on toprope later.

Did it on today's second go. I had one session on it a couple of years ago too.

Had one or two attempts on this several years ago, but did it on first try now (when putting up draws). Fun and pumpy!

Repeat

Repeat.

Climbed it 2-3 times for endurance training.

Repeat, twice in a row.

Did it once on toprope with very cold fingers.

Repeat

Did it on first go of the day (and year), but has tried it once before so no proper onsight. A bit mossy here and there, but I found enough hand and body jams along the way to keep it together all the way up.

Tried three times, and worked through the cruxes. Upper parts a bit wet due to melting snow.

Finally! On the third go of the day, with super beta and motivation from my belayer.

Repeat on toprope to clean the draws for a friend. Great to know I still remember the beta, and have pump to spare.

Helene was working on the route, so I climbed it on toprope. Haven't tried it in a few years, but was able to do it without rest, twice (with break in between).

Sent on fourth go. Hard crux in the beginning, but fun climbing overall.

Did it one time clean on lead, and a couple of times on toprope and/or with breaks due to cold fingers.

Second go. Cruxy sections, and otherwise rather easy. Nice climbing most of the way.

Årets første uteklatring! Kaldt og litt vått, men skikkelig digg.

Repeat. Warm-up.

Repeat; warm-up

Repeat; warmup

Repeat, first in several years. Quite weird and hard top.

Tried many times to get past the first bolt, but it is super hard. Have to try again when I climb much harder grades.

Second go! Hard crux in the beginning; pre-clipped two draws to avoid potential ground fall.