Today we headed in Uschinen for some steep mixed climbing, below are some photos from our visit including an impressive ascent of Pink Panther M9 by Rob Gibson...
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| Me getting shut down on M7...God these routes are steep |
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| Pete on "Steinzeite" M8 |
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Rob on "Pink Panther" M9
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Rob on "Pink Panther" M9
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Rob on "Pink Panther" M9
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After a long night of traveling we arrived in Kandersteg, some of the routes looked pretty thin but plenty still climbable, After a little unpacking and getting excited it wasnt long before we were kitted up a walking in to our first route, we headed into the Oeschinenwald area where their were plenty of routes to choose from, Rob and Pete headed of to climb the first pitches of "Reise ins reich der Eiszwerge", myself and Scott ended up getting on an un-named route which looked pretty cool, the climbing was pretty steep but not to hard, due to starting out late in the day we were only able to do the first few pitches...still a good warm up though...
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| "Un-Named route" WI5 |
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| "Reise ins reich der Eiszwerge" WI5 |
This weekend packed in some good bouldering down at the cuttings boulderfeild, Having a few unfinished routes from previous visits I was determined to put them to bed and get the tick...Quite a few of us were down there which made it more enjoyable and much more entertaining. I had a couple of routes I was really looking forward to doing, "Pornagraphic Beats" V4, and "Razorface" V8,. Ive been on both routes before, Pornagraphic being long and pumpy and a route that should be done at the beginning of the day, and Razorface being just well....Insane, but for some reason I am getting pretty close to gettting the tick on this even though it is way above my bouldering grade... although a great day I am still unable to put that tick mark next to any of these routes.. falling off on the last move of pornagraphic beats was really upsetting but this route only allows you to try 3-4 times before it sucks the life out of you....beleive me next time I will get this.... Below are some good shots from our day out....
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| Chris on "Hello Sailor" V2 |
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| Me on "The Scene, Revisited" V3 |
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| Matt on "Streamline" V2 |
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| Chris on "Pornagraphic Beats" V4 |
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| Me on "Pornagraphic beats" V4 |
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| Moving through the Cave on "Pornagraphic Beats" V4 |
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| Shane on "Relativity" V4 |
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| Roof section of "Relativity" V4 |
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| Chris Moving through the roof of "Relativity" V4 |
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| Moving into the crux of "Razorface" V8 |
The training for Kandersteg trip continues as Myself, scott and toby head to secret location....
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Toby on New Un-named route at secret
training location |
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| Scott moving into big move.. |
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| Scott Swalling |
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| Scott Cutting loose |
Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are
naught without prudence, and that a momentary negliance may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; Look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end
