We ate a lot of pasta...
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Me belaying Greig on the first climb of the trip.
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Clare seconding.
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Me on one of my first leads on ice ever.
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Same climb, different angle.
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Rain rain go away...
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Clare and Greig.
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Greig and I heading towards more ice.
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preparing for battle...
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I think I chose the wrong weapon.
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Getting ready.
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Greig comming up.
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Same climb.
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My axes taking a break.
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Greig on top rope.
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Me getting ready for my hardest lead at the time.
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Having second thoughts?
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Getting on with it.
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Easy half done... Now it gets harder.
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Finding the line of least resistance.
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I placed a lot of screws... I was a bit nervous.
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Almost there. At this stage I was no longer nervous... I was scared!
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Happy to have made it.
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Clare seconding.
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A kiwi at Kiwi.
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I was fealing confident, so on the next day I upped it a notch.
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Finding the easiest path up the ice.
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Clare belaying Greig from the top.
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Greig wacking away.
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The Vermork power station, the site of the famous Norwegian heavy water sabotage against the German nuclear energy project during World War II.
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Road side climbing. This photo was taken from my car.
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Gaustatoppen in the background.
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Clare and Greig went for a walk up to Gaustatoppen while I was solo top roping ice.
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Clare with her new designer sunglasses.
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Clare and Greig at the top of Gaustatoppen.
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