Colin’s three weeks went quite slowly - but then suddenly it was time to deliver him to the the tiny airport at Svolvaer for his return trip (which will include spending the night at Bodo airport because of the connections).
We decided to visit Eggum out on the north coast on the last day, a recently developed sport crag with about 20 routes - mostly in the harder grades. Colin cracked of three of the easier ones - up to Norwegian 7+ (about F7a) in good style, then we had a wander out to view a sculpture (a strangely intriguing head on a plinth) on a foggy headland before heading for home. The shot is a montage of the sculpture from two different directions told you it was intruiging!

A couple of cool showery days came and went then it was back to hot (22 degrees) and sunny. We decided to head up to Glamtinden, I nice little peak we climb every year, and have a look at Eagle Ridge. The route was worth the effort, though some of the rock was a bit soft and crumbly. Despite this the positions are quite superb, making up somewhat fot the sections of ‘iffy’ rock. The views from the summit are magnificent.

After over two weeks of excellent weather, we finally got a day’s rain and a chance for a bit of a rest and to catch up on all the jobs that have needed doing. We have done some great routes, including High Priest (on the Priest) yesterday afternoon, getting back from it just as the sky started to turn milky and the wind started to get up.

We had arranged to go out in Thorbjorn’s new boat to gets some crag-shots of the Priest for the new guide, but the strengthening wind and the fact that we were late down due to a jammed abseil rope (hats off to Colin for eventually extracting it from the depths of the crack) meant we decided to leave for a calmer evening!

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