Kram Snø (sticky snow)

The last week hasn't brought alot of news. Me and Pat kind of broke ourselves after pushing five or six sort of short days on, which caught up to us in the end. We spent a few days resting and pick up the Nord's Tor and Simen from Milan and now our little group is complete but it seems the boys have brought the 'Kram Sno' or 'sticky snow' from Norway with them. We got pounded with 20cm over night!

What to do?

Boulder at Brione!Frogger 8a Brione

This area has to be one of the most awesome I've seen here! so much great looking stuff. Unfortunate that the snow was so heavy. This amazing cave is one of the only things that stays dry and is climbable in the snow. We had some vauge directions and descriptions so we thought we'd give it a shot. We headed up in heavy snow and our little van only barely made it up the slippery icey roads 'the boys had to get out and push up some of the steep hills'. We made it in the end and it was awesome, the cave has the most spectacular colours and sculpted grips. Tor and Pat made quick work of the short 7a+ in the cave which shut me down and then it was on to Frogger.

Pat and me working Frogger

Such a super problem, perfect holds, beautiful, I wish one of us had sent it. We worked out the funky heel, toe beta for the start. I managed to link the starting moves but was getting shut down trying to work out the finish which eluded us. One to come back for...

All the snow has made for some fun rest days which have involved driving around to some different towns, eating and drinking. Great fun! Weather has cleared now so we're back into it tomorrow.

Rest day in Bissone