Touring and ice climbing in Stora Sjöfallet, SwedenSunday, January 15th, 2012 with No Comments »

We spent the first weekend of January in Stora Sjöfallet. Along my self I had Juho Särkilä and Tuomas Lahti. During the four days we climbed two and used the other two days for ski touring nearby mountains. Though there’s a very good and well located inn there, we decided to go camping instead. Picture [...]

Ice climbing, ropes and single vs. halfTuesday, January 3rd, 2012 with 2 Comments »

There’s been plenty of debate about the rope systems in ice climbing, weather to use single or half ropes in particularly. Some folks swear to the half ropes, whereas other insist that single ropes are better due to actually lower impact forces. So here’s my take on the topic. To orientate my view, I’m writing [...]