Fire Wall, Burnt Offerings.
Terje Ovesen fires ned etter å ha klatret Burnt Offerings på the Fire Wall.
Her er det Preben Slaaten som nærmer seg kruxet på samme rute.
Ton Sai
Da er vi kommet vel frem til der vi skal være resten av oppholdet vårt i Thailand, nærmere bestemt Ton Sai. Ton Sai ligger på vest kysten ikke så langt fra Phuket. For å komme deg hit må du hyre en “long tail” båt. Båtturen ut hit tar ca ti minutter og er en fantatisk opplevelse i seg selv, der den tar deg forbi de mest fantastiske klippeformasjoner (i hvertfall sett i en klatrers øyne).
Livet her nede er ganske så enkelt: Bade, klatre, drikke smootis, spise, slappe av på stranden og lese en god bok er noen av ingrediensene det går mest av i om dagen. Det er heller ikke unormalt å slå av en prat med noen, og når praten er ferdig, finne ut at du har sittet hele dagen 
To unger nyter siste rest av dagslys på Railay beach.
Voodo doll.
Ao Nang.
Greed. En av de hardeste rutene her nede.
Terje Ovesen under et av mange fantastiske treene her nede.
Tidel wave.
Ton Sai.
Artikkel i Budstikka “kortreist Opplevelse”
Akkurat fått i meg dagens første kopp kaffe og hentet avisa. For et par dager siden hadde jeg et oppdrag for Romsdals budstikke sammen med Iver Gjelstenli. Bildene skulle brukes i en en reportasje kalt “kortreist opplevelse” og denne gangen var det fra Moldeveggen.
Gledelig overaskelse og se at bildene mine ble brukt i en stor mitside reportasje
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Buldrekonkuranse Moldeveggen
I helga ble det arrangert buldrekonkuranse i Moldeveggen. Det var utrolig mange som møtte opp, og stemningen var på topp. På kvelden ble det servert pizza og Anders Kringstad holdt lysbilde foredrag.
Johannes Hvidsten på ett av de mer bratte buldrene.
Mange hadde tatt turen og det var nesten gamle “bomberom” tendenser i hallen.
Konkuransen om beste mannlige og kvinnelige buldrer ble avgjort med håndbak for damene, og pushups for herrene til stor jubel fra publikum.
Buldring/bouldering Estes Park Colorado
Her er ett par buldrebilder fra Estes Park i Colorado. Litt inspirasjon til inne sesongen.
Her er det Nathan Welton som repeterer ett av sine gamle prosjekter..
Skikkelig “sloper” problem.
Klikk på bildene for å se de større.
Chaos Canyon, Estes Park, Colorado
Har nettopp kommet hjem fra fem hektiske uker i USA. Det ble ikke så veldig mye tid til klatring på turen. Mesteparten av tiden gikk med til bryllypsfotografering og redigering av bilder. Sjekk ut min nye hjemmeside på http://www.terjeaamodt.com Før jeg drog hjem sjekket vi hvor mange bilder vi hadde tatt i løpet av disse ukene. 45000 bilder ble det til sammen, og mer en 350GB på harddisken. Det er vilt mange bilder.
Legger ved noen bilder fra Chaos Canyon I Estes Park Colorado. For å komme dit må du gå i ca 45 min, men det er det vel verd. Eneste ankepunt er at noen av landingene kunne vært bedre. Ta med ekstra crash pad
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Colorado
Hei alle sammen. Er for tiden i USA, nermere bestemt Colorado. Skal vere her i fem uker. Har vert en super hektisk uke. Er på besøk hos et vennepar av meg Nathan og Alicia. De holder på å pusse opp huset, så det er nok og henge fingrene i I dag var vi og buldret. buldringen her er kjempebra… Prøvde oss på et bulder som heter Angry Man. Skal vist nok vere et V7 bulder men det føltes ikke slik ut ..
Tøffe bilder ble det uansett..
Nathan Welton tar i på “Angry Man”
Julsundet.
Had a nice day in Julsundet today with Lars and Odd. The weather was perfect for climbing, cloudy and not too hot. Got some pictures of Lars on the beautiful “Ingen skoletur”
Slettafossen.
Slettafossen is one of the few area you can go climbing when it’s really hot. It’s in the shade most of the day and it has a cold breeze from the river.
Slettafossen.
Lars Jones on “slik jeg liker det”, one of his projects for the summer..
I tried to fly with a paraglider for the first time in my life that day. It was so fun. The feeling of flying is indescribable. This picture was taken just after we finished flying and packing together.
Bouldering at Skotten.
Skotten is a “new” bouldering area located at Farstad. Right now there is between 100 and 150 problems there, but it has a huge potential for more. Couple of days ago I went there with Ådne and Frode. Ådne has done most of the developing out there and spent a lot of time there brushing new problems. He’s also working on a guide book for the area. Awesome because it’s not so easy to find all the cool problems. I have only been there a few times before, and first now I realized hove good it is. It’s AWESOME!!!! Everyone interested in bouldering should defiantly have a look. I’m sure you not get disappointed.
Ådne on a nice arete.
Frode on a steep 7A+. So good
Ådne.
Frode.
Fantebrauta
Have had some minor problem on my blog lately. Here they come again. This was from a trip to Fantabrauta in Romsdalen.
Chris on a beautiful arete
Åsmund cranking hard. Even after two days of guiding on Kvandalstind and having a cold, hi still have more energy than most of us
Chris.
Åsmund.
Chris on a dyno problem.
Stryn.
I have heard a lot of people talk about “beachen” in Stryn and finely I got the opportunity to check it out myself. It was really good Everything from the superb steep climbing to the lovely fjords and lake where we went swimming after climbing. We climbed from morning to around three o’clock, then the sun hit the wall, and it became way to hot for climbing.
Lars learning to take a backflip. First time in his life.
Solveig on “Ny Tid”. Beachen.
Maja.
Solveig and Lars. Happy together
Bohuslen
After spending a day in Oslo visiting some friends of us that we hadn’t seen for years, we drove to Bohuslen in Sweden. Bohuslen has some really good crack climbing. I would say world class, but that’s my opinion. Funny thing is that Tor and Marte, friends of us from Molde, also were there. And we hadn’t plan it at all They had found a perfect place for camping by a lake. That was so good because it was so hot during the day.. I think it must have been more than 30 degrease in the shade. Because of that we ended up swimming more than climbing.
It’s really nice to wake up in a hot tent in the morning and just go out and jump in the water. We also met another couple, Chris and Andrea. Chris we first met in New Zealand, and than again in Australia. To make a long story short, Chris is now together with Andrea from sweden and they just come back from a six month travel. Andreas family Lives in Strømstad only half an hour drive from Bohuslen The world is a small place!!
Maja on a super nice crack boulder in Smøgen
Morning yoga by the lake.
Marte leading one of many nice cracks in Bohuslen. Maja is belaying.
Lysekil.
Andrea on an unknown boulder in Smøgen.
Chris.
Maja bouldering in Smøgen.
Chris taking a photo of Maja.
Chris on a really nice arete .
One of the locals in Smøgen.
Smøgen in the afternoon.
Skiri
Last week Maja and I went to oslo. It’s a long drive, so to break it up we stopped in Romsdalen and did some bouldering . My sister Rannveig was also there. She is now training hard because I promised to take on a long climb called Mongjeura. It’s a 24 pitch rout so it’s good to be prepared.
Topping out is not necessary easy
Kristiansund
Kvitnes fort in kristiansund is an idyllic place close to the ocean. Sun comes in the afternoon and stays till late. If it’s to hot you can take a swim to cool down The last years there have been a huge activity on putting up new routs. Because of that there is now a lot of routs to chose between, for beginners to climbers with more experience
Mie on “Jag är inte Jesus” Climbing on it’s best.
Odd Roar, on the same route, committed before the long run out…..
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Skiri
Skiri has some of the best bouldering in “The wally”. I hadn’t been there for almost two years now, and it was so fun to be back.. To be here in spring is just amazing!!!! The trees starts getting green, the rivers are big. Still a lot of snow in the mountains and the birds are singing constantly. WOW!!
Romsdalen must be one of the best places in the world to be right
Helge Gussiås on one of the best boulders in Romsdalen. “Purkespranget” It’s so good!!!! World class. Here he is doing the crux dyno
Helge Gussiås on one of Romsdalens best boulder problem “Purkespranget” Here hi is doing the crux dyno.
Helge on “Gjermundegen”.
“Gjermundeggen”
Helge on the start move on “Purkespranget”
Nesjestranda ( Presthammarn )
“Presthammarn” is a beautiful little crag on Nesjestranda. It has some nice steep classics and some fun bouldering. Because of the steepness you can climb there all year round.
This was an unusual day. Normally you can have the hole cliff by your self, but today a lot of people where gathering Marte Kjøpstad also put up two new routs.. Good job.
Here is Johannes on one of his projects for the summer, “Korstog”. The route is like a ten meeter “font” problem. SLOPY Johannes is a super enthusiastic climber, who has improved his skills a lot last year.
Tor Solholm on “Opprinnelsen”
Julsundet
Rannveig, my youngest sister called me this morning and asked if we wanted to go climbing with her. We haven’t been climbing together for a long time, and I was amazed about how good she has been:-) On the the picture below you can se here do a tricky move on Boromir. We had brought a stove, so after we had finish climbing we sat down, made dinner and watch the sunset….. FANTASTIC!!!!
Rannveig on Boromir
Julsundet
The weather lately has been fantastic, and we have now started the outdoor climbing season!!!!
Julsundet is my nearest crag, and I use to be there a lot.. It’s a really nice place, and as you can se, we have the sun there until it disappear into the ocean:-) In summer time that means around 11 Pm.
Another nice thing about Julsundet is that you can basically climb there all year round.
Here is Maja enjoying ” Drømmeeggen” just before sunset.
Lars Jones on the beautiful ” Ingen skoletur ” ( No school trip ) A real classic.. May be one of the nicest climb for the grade in Norway…