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Status update, 4th of May, 2008

I thought it was time for an update. At least 3 people have asked me to put the blag back (yes, blag), and this massive demand has forced me to write something again. ;) Umm...

In my last entry I mentioned climbing projects.. We've completed 3 or 4 (not sure about one of them...) first ascents this spring, among them our "nemesis" route, the one where I psyched out the last time. In my defence, I didn't have proper gear, and had to settle for very little protection on the hard part of it, that time. This time I had the benefit of much more experience, and gear more suitable for that route. I was also lucky enough to draw the longest straw, so that I got to lead the hard (and fun) part of it, while my collegue did the "transport lap" (which was difficult enough, but not too interesting). It went really good! Felt confident the whole time, on an exposed route, with one hell of a view :) Last photo in the photogallery is taken from the belaystance in the middle of the wall, during our previous, failed attempt on the route.

Plans ahead may include the ropejump project that I've mentioned a bunch of times in these posts, and that probably no people who read this still know what is. Suffice to say it includes freefalling inside a valley, using a rope-system, and that I've spent hours upon hours working on it, and that I may at the end of the day not even dare to go through with it. Time will tell. It is simply a personal project of mine that I return to from time to time, and I am actually ready to set it up now. I have all the required gear, I've set up the anchors needed, and can now start basic testing. It takes alot of time, since I work on it alone (and wouldn't want it any other way, truth be told), and it's located in harsh/steep/spectacular surroundings, making it cumbersome to move about to work. More on this hopefully already in a week.

This years summer looks like a repetition of the last one. Climbing in different places in Norway (Will return to Lofoten for sure!), and jumping at Voss. Hopefully some black labour somewhere, to earn a few extra bucks. And then back here in the middle of nowhere again, for yet another season here. I had never thought I'd stay for this long when I started. But I will quit for sure when I grow tired of it.

These are my plans. Other than that, I'm as confused as a fresh fart in a cane chair. It'll be interesting to look back in 5 years and see what I actually ended up doing. ;)

The little geek in me is by the way pretty excited about the Large Hadron Collider that is going to be starting up in June. You should go read about this on wikipedia. Let's hope for no uncontrolled black hole generation...