Sunday, May 11, 2014

Bakisscoutning

Rainy days, especially combined with "dagen efter" are made for boulder hunting. And no, we didn't find a new Mosjön or Niemisel. Maybe more like a new i-20 and a new Starrberget. There are a lot of stones and crags in Northern Sweden, but I guess the real question is if it's worth the drive.




The first block was pretty big, but offers nothing special.


Rock was pretty rotten, but holds were nice

 
One-finger pocket!


These pockets were a bit exceptional in Northern Sweden as they were not done with a Hilti.


A nice finger crack


Another boulder, big but worthless


Most of the big stones look good in Google maps.


They are big but annoyingly low 


We were not the first ones here!


Some of the blocks were pretty easy to spot


Yet another lowball


This was one of the best boulders we found


It¨s big enough and overhanging on many sides


Helt okej!


Yes it's big but...



Yet another "maybe something"


A random block in the forest


Maybe not worth a 80 km drive?


I almost stepped on a bird


Big but a bit too vertical


Åselestupet might be good for fishing, but definitely not for climbing




This was a pretty nice block with a good approach


Not very high, but maybe something...



The crag behind the boulder was pretty worthless


This crag on the other hand might be something.... 15 meters of vertical climbing



There are room for maybe 10 routes, but hardly worth an 80 km drive...


Too high for bouldering, too low for sport climbing