After a nice lie in this morning we decided to head to Lower Gorge and do some more single pitch climbing. After finally finding the car park we walked down to the Hjemresisen area to play. Some of the ice falls looked amazing on the way in, especially Swiss Army which looked in really good condition and way fatter than in the guidebook photo. We headed further down to the gorge to do some easier routes to warm up. We started on a rather lean looking Kort og Godt and climbed a pillar variation on the left which gave great, if slightly short, climbing up to a convenient thread round a pillar. We then headed over to the amazing looking Hjemreisen which gave a nice sustained pitch of WI4 and was nicely stepped out too. After this Pete and I moved together up the three star LP-Plate which goes at WI3 and was good fun; moving together is ridiculously fast and it was good to practice techniques like this, we also both abbed off at the same time which was also useful and fun: we didn’t think the rope was moving around too much but it wouldn’t be that much fun on a sling if the ropes started to slide!
To end the day we headed back up the gorge to have a look at Swiss Army which again was quite stepped out and fatter than in the guidebook photo. Pete and I were both keen to experience our first WI5 and so jumped on the left hand line. It was great climbing and slightly harder than anything we have done so far this trip, it was stepped out which made it feel slightly easier but it felt soft for WI5 in today’s conditions...sorry, I actually mean it was obviously WI6 and we were beasting! A great way to finish the day in the dark and a great note to the end of the second day. I can’t wait to see what the rest of the trip brings!
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