Ascents in Troms

Lovely setting, amazing rock, great to get out of the car

Probably my favourite of the five

First pitch only

Ran both pitches together

Nice climb, dave ran both pitches together

Nice flake with interesting exit, good it’s been left trad

Over 35m, pitch one is 30 m, pitch 2 about 15 m. The top bolt bracket is missing but easy to step right into adjacent line for finish anyway

Seems the main route now on head wall

Nails crux, felt more 22 +, given N 7- in local guide. Nice moves, some flaky flakes

Interesting route on some large quartz holds

Had to get the final route in before we left. Small climbing world, ran into expat kiwi Rick Macgregor, responsible for many fine Kiwi and Australian FAs. Unfortunately the route has a couple of chips. The crag was the ultimate in consumer climbing, not something to emulate back home.

Dave headed up this in error with only slings as runners. He managed to place two and was welcomed by a “ Gday mate” as he got to the anchor.

Led pitches 1,3,5 all clean. P2 clean. The crux pitch, did all moves free but needed a few ( quite a few) rests. The God of death, that’s how you feel after doing the 45 m overhanging hand crack. Mega classic.

Quick run up this morning before the weather changed.pitch 1, finally sussed the start, Pitch 2 amazing.P3 some pretty shallow placements.

Did this the evening we arrived, always good to suss out the descent route. Ended up “ scrambling” up too far and did first pitch of Varussen before getting onto route. 24 hour daylight is great.

Pitch 1 only. ( by mistake), mainly solo, then roped up for the last 5 m when it looked a bit serious.

Interesting and quite steep.

Quite fun and great views

Short but nice

Interesting slab and corner