Aurinko paistaa

Olli struggling to hang on to the slopers on Lähetyssaarnaaja at E75.

Eevi on a pretty nice arete.

Mainland Finland probably isn't famous for it's climbing but for sure there are a couple of gems. Two of them are Falkberget and the sandstone!!?? bouldering area E75 close to Lahti. A couple of weekends ago I was invited show some slides (pics) and got the opportunity to climb at these two locations. Nice rock, cool routes, great friends and beautiful spring weather. I was probably most pleased with flashing the crack Charlatan at Falkberget.

Easter was spent at the more popular destination in the Åland archipelago. More about that later.

Cracks of Hopiavuori

[caption id="attachment_232" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Thin jams on Astronautunto, Hopiavuori, Kustavi. Photo: Heikki"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_233" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Coming off Dead Ringers Chang Variation, Hopiavuori."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_235" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Hilde"][/caption]

Finnish Splitters

[caption id="attachment_222" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="Sofia racking up."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_223" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="Anita Rostén on one of Kräkiniemis small splittergems."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_224" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="Bomber! Anita Rostén finds comfort."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_225" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="Sof playing on yet another gem."][/caption]