Currently climbing in Norway
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Climbing day, July 28. Staying in Haugesund, just sounth of Bergen. 50 degree temps, clouds, but no rain. My Norwegian partner Kjetil and I headed for Kårstø, the local crag. Drove 30 minutes towards Stavanger, then pulled off the road. The approach was a 15 minute hike across private land. Kjetil informed me Norwegians believe all citizens should be able to enjoy all lands, thus the law mandates that people have access on private land. One may even camp there for 2 days without asking permission. At the division between private and public property there was a barbed wire fence. The land owner had built a small ladder straddling it for easy crossing. No need for the Access Fund here as there seems to be no access issues. |
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Sounds real cool! Looking forward to pictures. |
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Bump for pictures and update... |
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sounds awesome, but bolted cracks? is the euro crack-bolting stereotype really true, or am i reading too much into this? |
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Romsdal climbing
Norway has great climbing, I have been going for years. Unlike anything in the US in terms of featured, steep granite. Jon, Norway is not in Europe, and it has one of the fiercest traditional ethics I have seen. Bouldering in Norway 2009 |
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Carol Kotchek wrote:Kjetil informed me Norwegians believe all citizens should be able to enjoy all lands, thus the law mandates that people have access on private land. One may even camp there for 2 days without asking permission. At the division between private and public property there was a barbed wire fence. The land owner had built a small ladder straddling it for easy crossing. No need for the Access Fund here as there seems to be no access issues.I went to Sweden during high school for a short exchange, and my host family took me on a vacation to Norway. Sweden and Norway both have a similar law, and I was super impressed by this. It seems like the law just expects people to take responsibility for themselves on both ends of the deal, and it seems like it works well. |
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I want to go now! |
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No bolted cracks here. Seems like it is possible, if the first ascentionist wants to bolt, but so far all the cracks I've seen only have anchors at the top. |