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 [...]
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 [...]
I promised to write a bit about the summer trip to the Switzerland, but it took a while to have spare time for such. In any case here’s the first article. Originally I had plan to head to Eiger, but the weather turned out to be such, that only very few areas in the whole [...]
During the time I’ve been climbing, I’ve bumped into many kinds of carabiners and quickdraws. I have gradually built a certain view on them, especially what comes to ice climbing. As a result, while waiting for the next season and upcoming Outdoor Show, I thought to write down my thoughts about them + my experiences [...]
It’s been long since my last post. While it’s summer and there’s no ice climbing ahead, it seems that there will be couple of interesting events coming up. First of all, I’m getting my self to the Eiger / Jungfrau region and going to do some climbing there. Actually it seems that I’m able to [...]
Someone at rockclimbing.com asked about how to rack slings nicely. While this is not a big secret, and most of you probably are already aware of it, I decided to put up short instructions post about it. Here’s how I do it: Method one (+slightly faster, +slightly easier to undo, +can be used on short [...]
I have recently been using three different kind of screws; Black Diamond Express , E-climb klau and Grivel Speedy (side by side comparison available at tribevine.com). It’s been revelation for me how different they are. I mean they’re all good, but not in every situation. While Express is easiest to get started, especially on hard [...]
The long waited spring trip is ahead. After contemplating several options we ended up to go to Kebnekaise (once again). I guess it’s the ease of access and good facilities there that made us lean towards it. Well, of course the most important reason is the great mountain environment there. Picture above: Shot from the [...]
Last weekend I and my climbing partner Jari ended up climbing in Nuuksio, Espoo (close to Helsinki, Finland). We knew that we should find a few decent lines there and indeed we did. While there is much less selection in Nuuksio than for instance in Korouoma, both in terms of height and difficulty, it was [...]
Some time ago I bumped into rumor about screws that have replaceable tips. As everyone knows there’s hardly anything more frustrating than a dull screw on a difficult climb. Besides it’s always the one that ends up to your hand whenever you’re in a really difficult spot desperately needing a fast protection… the one you [...]
