Getting warmer...

Felix de Oliveira searching for the next hold on Girburken 6c, Uringe. A short but excellent climb that keeps you guessing; you know where you have to go but it's not quite clear how you're going to get there. Go before the bugs do...

1/160, F4.5, 105 mm, ISO250 © 2010 Shawn Boye

Uringe

Christian Seeger on the traverse of Slitvargen 6c, Uringe. Sometimes you encounter a climb that is more an experience than anything else; the sort of climb you try and make your buddies climb too... That's Uringe, you're not likely to go back but it's better if you're not the only one who's been there.

1/200, F4.5, 82 mm, ISO400 © 2010 Shawn Boye

Split Personality

A crowd in a hole; Daniel Widman fighting the layback on the ever popular Split Personality, 6C+, Focksta.

1/200, F2.8, 35 mm, ISO400 © 2010 Shawn Boye

Anomalocaris

Ry Morrison in spring sun on the immaculate crux of Anomalocaris 7a, Ekoberget.

1/640, F5.6, 105 mm, ISO100 © 2010 Shawn Boye

The spring belay...

Ry Morrison demonstrating the spring belaying technique... Yuji would have been proud, but when you've been inside for 6 months such minor details are irrelevant. Ry flashed Ekoturism in good style.

1/200, F9.0, 24 mm, ISO100 © 2010 Shawn Boye

Slabs

It's not that I'm skeptical to slabs, Ekoturism is a fantastic climb, it's just that it's more efficient to move one's eyes than head...

1/200, F8.0, 105 mm, ISO400 © 2010 Ry Morrison

Another hand model...

I've alluded to problems that hand models can encounter before... Well, you can add a week in Font and no hand cream to the list. Ry Morrison explaining why his palm doesn't have any skin...

1/500, F4.0, 105 mm, ISO200 © 2010 Shawn Boye