Norway – New Big Wall Ice

The crux of Strandhogg (800m, M5+ WI6+ A0).© Bjorn-Elvind AartunSeparate teams of Norwegian, German, and Swiss climbers seized the day in unusually cold temperatures during February and established gigantic new ice routes on Norwegian cliffs the size of Yosemite Valley's walls.Bjorn-Elvind Aartun climbed two routes on the 1,000-meter-high Kjerag massif directly above the open sea in Lysefjord in southwestern Norway.Meanwhile, the German climber Robert Jasper made two separate trips to Norway to climb three different huge ice routes. First was the new route Into the Wild (900m, WI6 X) in Gudvangen, climbed with Markus Stofer.Full report by Dougald MacDonald (with action photos) on Climbing.comDiesen Artikel inkl. Bilder auf UKClimbing.com anschauen

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