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Psyche!

There's really only one way to approach sending, complete commitment, or in the words of Jonas Wigren, "A whipper is good for the moral." Too true...

The Photographer has a Big Apparatus...

Well, it was a different route but we weren't that far off... Linda Sandgren delivering for the photo shoot on Nedkomsten 5c, Ekoberget, Stockholm.

Know your history?

So it doesn't happen again... We're not keeping anything alive but a reminder of what should never be allowed to reoccur. Censorship is for the ignorant and/or manipulative...

Big man, Magnus Olofsson bearing down on the small crimps of Tirpitz 7a+, Gåseborg, Stockholm.

Boulder Bash

Ry Morrison topping out the final problem to win Boulder Bash at Klätterverket.

Contrast

A climber, a down jacket and skinny dipper... a photo full of contrasts. Jonas Wigren, back at work, on Baggen 7a+, Finnsvedsbergen, Stockholm.

Some of the allure in sport climbing definitely lies in the knowledge that when you work a route it's easy to see the possibility of a send. It's equally easy to forget the impact of lactic acid, or so called "pump" and the difficulty of executing under stress. While climbing can be thought of as many different things, in it's finer forms it is, no doubt, a path to greater self awareness through focusing both body and mind to find the ability to finish.

Nonetheless, sport climbing does involve a degree of hanging around which leaves time for a joke or two... Foiled by pump, after three moves, Fredrik Sydstrand contemplates the impact of bouldering and its affect on his attempt to reclaim his route at Finnsvedsbergen, Stockholm.

Contemplation...

There are times when we hang there, uncertain of how to proceed or what to do next. It can be frustrating, but it is in these moments that we find the means to overcome... Christoffer Westin contemplating the crux of Kattöga 7b+, Finnsvedsbergen, Stockholm.