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- Caucasus Climbing: Svanetia logistics (Nov 1st, 2014)
- Caucasus Climbing: Ushba part 2 (Feb 1st, 2014)
- Caucasus Climbing: Ushba part 1 (Oct 2nd, 2013)
- Norway Ice Climbing (Apr 4th, 2013)
- Matterhorn: Winter Approaching (Apr 1st, 2013)
- Wadi Rum part 5: Logistics and tips (Dec 31st, 2012)
- Wadi Rum part 4: Barrah Canyon (Dec 29th, 2012)
- Simond Fox Carving review (Dec 25th, 2012)
- Scarpa Rebel Carbon GTX review (Dec 24th, 2012)
- Wadi Rum part 3: Hammad’s route (Dec 16th, 2012)
- Wadi Rum part 2: The Beauty & L’autre Dimension (Dec 15th, 2012)
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- Grandes Jorasses: Traverse 8/2012
- La Meije: Traverse 7/2012
- Marmolada: Don Quixote 6/2012
- Martinswand 3/2012
- Gondo: Ice Climbing 2/2012
- Norway: Ice Climbing 1/2012
- Riglos 10/2011
- Dolomites 10/2011
- Presles 6/2011
- Patagonia 2/2011
- Les Calanques 12/2010
- Wendenstocke 7/2009
- Salbitschjijen: West Grat 6/2009
- Val di Mello: Kundalini & Luna Nascente 6/2009
- Finale Ligure 2/2009
- Aiguille du Roc: Subtilites Dulferiennes 7/08
- Envers hut: Le pont de soupirs 7/08
- Blåmannen: Ultima Thule winter 2/08
- El Capitan: The Nose 10/07
- Leaning Tower: West Face 10/07
- Half Dome: Regular Northwest Face 10/07
- El Capitan: East Buttress 10/07
- Higher Cathedral Rock: Northeast Buttress 10/07
- Washington Column: South Face 10/07
- Nutcracker & Kor-Beck 10/07
- God Tang (Peak 6013) 8/07
- Ye Zi (Peak 6042) 8/07
- Manse (Peak 6355) 8/07
- Mont Blanc du Tacul: Aiguilles du Diable 7/07
- Aiguilles du Chamonix: Traverse 7/07
- Aiguille du Midi: Frendo Spur 7/07
- Baugen: Hollenderan & Halvmånerisset 6/07
- Blåmannen: Ultima Thule 6/07
- Life in El Chalten 2/07
- Fitz Roy: Franco Argentine route 2/07
- Guillaumet: Couloir Amy 2/07
- Costa Blanca 12/06
- Olhava winter fun 12/06
- Les Droites: Northeast Spur 9/06
- Aretes de Rochefort: Traverse 8/06
- Matterhorn: Schmidt route winter 2/06
- Mont Blanc du Tacul: Gervasutti pillar 8/05
- Grand Capucin: Swiss route 7/05
- Corsica: Porte des Cieux 10/04
- Verdon: Ticket Danger 9/04
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Author Archives: Sampsa Jyrkynen
Weekend on the Marmolada
Last weekend we had a a fairly productive weekend on the Dolomites with Teppo. Our plane arrived in Milano at 7 pm on Friday evening. The weather forecast was crappy everywhere else but the Dolomites looked very promising. The week … Continue reading
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Missed flights and compensation
During our Gondo trip we had some inconveniences with flights. We missed our connecting flight both ways because the first leg of our flights was late. This is mainly a climbing blog and I don’t usually write about this kind of things but now I’ll make … Continue reading
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Weekend on the Martinswand
In the end of March I had another of these short weekend trips with Teppo. This time we went for the climbing near Munich. We hoped that the conditions would have been good in Wetterstein (plan A) or Rätikon (plan … Continue reading
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Gondo, Switzerland
Gondoschlucht is a small ice climbing site on the Swiss/Italian border near Milan. The base is at 1100 meters of altitude and most of the ice falls are in the 150-300 meters range with difficulties of WI3 and upwards. It … Continue reading
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